Saturday, October 23, 2021

Road woes: Terriers edged by Merrimack, Women lose to RPI

#16 Terriers were edged by Merrimack, 3-2, in the front end of a home-and-home at Lawler Rink. BU briefly held a 2-1 lead late in the second period on the strength of two Wilmer Skoog goals. The loss drops BU to 2-3-0 overall and 1-2-0 in Hockey East.

The Warriors got on the board first following a turnover in the BU zone due to some casual passing. Merrimack captain Max Newton stole the puck near the left boards and found Alex Jeffries alone in the crease for a quick shot and a 1-0 lead.

BU matched that tally on the second of its three power play opportunities in the opening period. Domenick Fensore took a pass from Ethan Phillips at center point and his hard wrist shot was redirected home by Skoog who was camped in the slot.

In the middle period, three Terrier penalties contributed to a 18-8 shot advantage for the home team. Junior goalie Drew Commesso fended off a flurry of close-in shots midway through the period to keep the score tied.

At 13:20 during a penalty kill, Matt Brown had a breakaway, but his attempt to go five-hole was snuffed out by goalie Zachary Borgiel. Three minutes later, Skoog skated into the zone. His cross-ice pass didn’t connect with Phillips, but the junior wing recovered the puck, surrounded by three defenders, and backhanded it to Skoog in the slot for a one-timer that beat Borgiel to the glove side for BU’s only lead of the game.

The lead last less than three minutes. A collision with Steven Jandric at the BU blueline disrupted both Terrier defenseman and the puck slid to Jake Durflinger who broke in alone and beat Commesso high to the glove side.

The eventual game-winner came at 6:31 of the third period. With Merrimack controlling the puck in their offensive zone, Matt Copponi passed to Adam Arvedson, who had just come onto the ice. His one-timer from just inside the blueline beat Commesso high,as he was moving across the crease.

BU pressed for an equalizer, but tight defense by the Warriors limited their opportunities. With Commesso pulled for an extra attacker, Tyler Boucher redirected Brown's shot past Borgiel, but it was waved off for a high stick call.

While BU kept its penalty kill streak going with three kills, making it a perfect 19 for 19, Merrimack outshot the Terriers, 31-20, and dominated the face off dot, 38-25,

A clearly frustrated Coach Albie O’Connell didn’t hide his displeasure about his team’s efforts on offense. He said: “We had many opportunities to shoot the puck tonight that we passed up on,” adding that his team was “borderline inept at the offensive blueline.”

Addressing the Warriors’ second tally, he pointed out that “You can’t have two defensemen run into each other, then [have them] go on a breakaway, and then chase him down and then take a penalty on it.”

● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score

● Post-game comments Coach O’Connell

● Boston Hockey Blog recap

 

Looking ahead

2023 recruit Ryan Fine scored a goal and three assists in the NTDP U17s’ 9-1 win against the Soo Eagles. Defenseman Kai Janviriya assisted on three goals and goalie Michael Chambre stopped all 12 shots he faced over 30 minutes. On Wednesday, Fine recorded four assists in an 11-2 win against the Eagles. Janviriya scored his first goal, a short-hander, assisted by Fine.

● USA Hockey recap

2023 recruit Jack Musa scored his fourth goal in Madison’s 5-3 win against Muskegon. Musa is tied for the Capitols’ point lead with nine.

2023 recruit Jack Harvey scored his sixth goal—tied for second in the USHL—in Chicago’s 2-1 overtime loss to Green Bay. He also has nine points thus far.

Looking back

Charlie Coyle scored his first goal of the season and added an assist in the Bruins’ 4-1 win against the Sabres.

 Women's Team

Terriers suffered their first loss of the season, 4-2, to RPI at Houston Field House. The Engineers scored the only goals of the third period after BU had tied the game at 2-2 in the middle period.

RPI first-period tally was matched at 16:21 by Courtney Correia’s fourth goal, assisted by Mackenna Parker and Madison Cardaci.  The Engineers regained the lead at 2:20 of the second period. BU pulled even late in the period when Julia Shaunessy head-manned a pass to Julia Nearis who blasted a shot home from the right circle. Nearis has a 10-game scoring streak.

Early in the third period, RPI connected on a power play for the eventual game-winner, before adding an empty-net goal.

● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score

 

 

 

 

 

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