Sunday, October 24, 2021

Peterson hat trick paces 8-6 win

Led by sophomore Dylan Peterson's hat trick and three-point efforts by sophomore Nick Zabaneh (G,2A) and freshman Ty Gallagher (3A), #16 Terriers flexed their offensive muscles in an 8-6 win against Merrimack. The victory at Agganis Arena before a crowd of 5,339, gave BU a split of the home-and-home series.

Senior Ty Amonte, who had been limited to two starts during the past two seasons, returned to the line-up and, just two minutes in, scored the game’s first goal and his first since March 22, 2019 in the Hockey East semifinals.

Freshman Brian Carrabes and Zabaneh each scored their first collegiate goal, while BU also received goals from Robert Mastrosimone and Wilmer Skoog—his third of the weekend. Mastrosimone, who was a team best +4, Skoog and junior Alex Vlasic also had two-point games. Altogether, 12 Terriers hit the scoresheet.

The Terriers found the net on their first three shots and led 4-1 after one and 6-3 after two.  The Warriors, whose three power-play goals ended BU’s penalty-kill streak at 20 for this season, narrowed the deficit from three to two goals three times in the final period.

We’ll leave the goal-scoring details to these Tweeted videos:

Merrimack answered a minute later on a Filip Forsmark goal.

Eight minutes into the second period, Skoog extended the lead to 5-1, scoring on the rush.

Goalie Drew Commesso kept the Warriors at bay with several strong saves, including on a redirect attempt by Max Newton, during the first of three Merrimack power plays. But the Warriors whittled the lead down to 5-3 on a pair of power-play goals before Peterson's third goal at 19:50 

Merrimack made things interesting in the final period  After Declan Carlile's 4-on-4 goal two minutes in made the score 6-4, Carrabes responded 20 seconds later on a 3-on-1 break.

Zach Vinnelli's one-timer midway through the period make it again a two-goal lead before Zabaneh and Vinnelli scored in the closing minutes.

“We came out with a kind of attack-mentality of just playing the right way, getting the puck in behind their D, getting shots on net, and that’s how we kind of grew that lead,” said Head Coach Albie O'Connell.

He pointed out that getting [Amonte] "back in the line-up was huge for the team" and that "the guys kind of fed off his energy."

Commenting on the nine BU penalties leading to three power-play goals, O'Connell asserted "Penalties, we’re gonna have to be a little more disciplined, for sure. We just gotta be a little smarter away from the puck.”

-Peterson's hat trick equaled his three-goal output during the shortened 2020-21 season.

-Terriers went 0-for-4 on its power plays, but produced their second short-handed goal of the season.

-At the face off dot, BU was close to even with the Warriors through two periods, but the visitors dominated third-period draws and finished with a 41-32 advantage. 

● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score

● Video Highlights and Post-game comments Coach Albie O’Connell and Peterson

● Boston Hockey Blog recap

● WTBU Sports recap

 

Looking ahead

2023 recruit Jack Musa scored his 5th and 6th goals leading Madison past Muskegon, 6-4. Musa is tied for the Capitols’ scoring lead with 11 points. 2022 recruit Quinn Hutson had a pair of power play tallies—his 4th and 5th goals—for the Lumberjacks.

2022 recruit Michael LaStarza scored his 3rd goal and added two assists as Waterloo doubled up Lincoln, 8-4.

2022 recruit Anton Castro stopped 31 shots in Fargo’s 4-3 loss to Omaha.

2022 recruit Jeremy Wilmer scored his 4th goal in Tri-City’s 3-2 loss to Sioux Falls.


►USA Hockey: 2023 recruit and NTDP U17 defenseman Kai Janviriya Feature Video


Women’s Team

Terriers rebound from Friday’s loss to RPI by defeating Union College, 4-1, at the Achilles Center in Schenectady, improving to 4-1-2.

The Dutchman scored just a minute into the game, but Emma Wuthrich knotted the score late in the period with her second goal. BU took the lead on senior Courtney Correia's shorthanded tally with just 25 seconds left in the middle period.

Terriers extended the margin to 3-1 midway through the third period on captain Catherine Foulem’s first goal of the season. Ellie Larson, a graduate transfer from RIT, closed out the scoring with an empty-net goal. Senior goalie Kate Stuart stopped 25 shots for the win.

● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score

● Boston Hockey Blog recap

 

 

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