Saturday, November 13, 2021

Terriers tie UMass, but lose shootout, Women upend Holy Cross

Playing their best hockey in several weeks, Terriers skated to a 2-2 overtime tie with #8/9 UMass in the front end of a home-and-home at Agganis Arena. The Minutemen scored the only shootout goal to grab the extra point. BU goals were by Case McCarthy and Dylan Peterson.

Despite a decided shot advantage by BU in the first period, UMass struck first on a power play. Reed Lebster connected just 17 seconds into the man-advantage, firing the puck past a screened Drew Commesso, assisted by Bobby Trivigno and Ryan Ufko at 14:44.

BU responded quickly with some nice stick-handling by Peterson setting up McCarthy for a wrister from the right circle that beat Matt Murray low to his stick side. His third goal in four games, following a turnover forced by Jamie Armstrong, evened the score at one apiece.

But UMass would regain the lead before the end of the period as Garrett Wait converted a backdoor feed from Ryan Ufko. A five-bell save by Commesso on Anthony Del Gaizo in the final minute kept the deficit at one.

The second period was more even with BU holding an 11-9 shot advantage. After failing to convert on two power plays early in the period, a third UMass penalty provided the opportunity to tie the game. Wilmer Skoog won the draw to Domenick Fensore who passed to Jay O’Brien at the right point. O’Brien returning to action for the first time since the opening weekend, wristed a shot off Murray’s blocker. The rebound was at a defender’s feet in the left circle, but Peterson quickly gained control and whipped the puck home to draw BU even at 2-2.

After a scoreless third period, BU dominated the 3-on-3 overtime with all five shots, coming close on an strong individual effort by Fensore that just missed the net.  Lucas Mercuri produced the only shootout tally.

The tie ended the four-game winless streak for BU, who outshot UMass, 34-25.

The teams meet again Saturday at the Mullins Center in Amherst. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. for the contest that will air on NESN.

Noting that his team played with both energy and smarts, Coach Albie O’Connell said, “Five-on-five I was really pleased with our effort, our poise, how we managed the puck. And we played like men tonight.” He added that O’Brien, who led BU with seven shots, had played well on both sides of the puck and that his return brought positive energy to the team.

● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score

● Video highlights and post-game comments: Coach  O’Connell and O’Brien.

● Boston Hockey Blog recap

Looking ahead

2023 recruit Lane Hutson assisted on four goals—two on power plays—in the NTDP U18s’ 9-1 win against the Czech Republic at the Five Nations Tournament in Switzerland. 2022 recruit Devin Kaplan had one helper for Team USA.

2022 recruit Jeremy Wilmer scored his seventh goal and added a pair of assists to lead Tri-City past Waterloo, 6-2. The Rockville Center, N.Y., native leads the Storm with 15 points in 12 games. His goal is at 1:10 of the video below:

Women’s Team

After being held scoreless for five periods over two games against Holy Cross, the Terriers erupted for three goals in the final period to earn a 3-1 win at Walter Brown Arena and split of the series.

Senior Mackenna Parker brought BU even with the Crusaders at 1-1 just three minutes into the period. Her third goal came on a power play, assisted by Courtney Correia and Ellie Larson. Three minutes later Catherine Foulem provided the game-winner, also with a man-advantage, assisted by Julie Nearis and Andi Calderone. Parker hit an e
mpty net in the final minute to complete the scoring.

Freshman Callie Shanahan stopped 23 shots for her third win of the season.

● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score

● Video Highlights

 

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