BU is celebrating the program’s 100th season—as is BC—and both squads wore throwback uniforms. The Terriers’ unis—with off-white pants, a large B on the front of the scarlet sweater and tan gloves—reflected what the earliest BU teams wore. BC’s throwback was from the early 1960s.
tw-align-centerHere's a look at how Dom got our student section buzzing with the game's first goal! pic.twitter.com/add5GTJWrK
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) December 11, 2021
Nearing the midway point of the second period, Brian Carrabes tracked down the puck in the BU defensive zone and flicked a back hand pass to Gallagher. The freshman blueliner quickly headmanned the puck to Kaufman breaking in alone on the BC netminder, whom he beat high to the blocker side, doubling the lead.
tw-align-centerGally's great stretch pass leads to a breakaway goal for Kauf! pic.twitter.com/lqyFbYcRz5
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) December 11, 2021
After being held in check for 40 minutes, the Eagles erupted in the third period with Marc McLaughlin scoring just a minute in followed by two tallies less than a minute apart. At 7:19 Nikita Nesterenko’s follow-up of his own shot glanced off Case McCarthy’s skate and into the net. Patrick Giles gave BC the lead on a slick backdoor play at 8:11.
BU answered three minutes later. Gallagher’s pass sent Ty Amonte flying up the right side. As he reached the bottom of the right circle, his sharp-angle shot—or was it a pass—was expertly redirect by Kaufman crashing to the goalmouth.
tw-align-centerMax Kaufman simply can't be stopped! pic.twitter.com/IPv8z3D3zX
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) December 11, 2021
After BU had outshot the Eagles 33-27 in regulation, BC had a 4-2 edge in the scoreless overtime, but both teams had great chances. Commesso foiled point-blank shots by Marshall Warren and Eamon Powell, while Dop robbed Fensore. .
BU nearly had a golden scoring chance in the final 10 seconds, but just as Amonte was about to escape the Terrier zone on a potential breakaway, Jack St. Ivany tripped him and time ran out before the Terriers could manage a power-play chance.
In the shootout, the first eight skaters were unsuccessful, but Trevor Kuntar got the puck past Commesso in the fifth round. Trying to extend the shootout, Matt Brown’s shot rang off the post.
BU is back on the Agganis ice tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. for an exhibition game against the NTDP U18s whose lineup includes 2022 recruits Devin Kaplan and Lane Hutson. Live Stream is on College Sports Live.
Commesso stopped 28 Eagle shots, while Dop defended 32 Terrier attempts. BU took just one penalty and that was a coincidental, so faced no power plays. Terriers were 0-2 in man-advantage situations.
● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score
● Video highlights and post-game comments
● WTBU Sports recap
● Boston Hockey Blog recap
The late Jack Kelley, who coached BU for ten seasons, was recognized during pre-game with 43 members of "The Mentor's" family in attendance. The 1971 and 1972 national championship clubs were honored following the first period. Jake Danby, captain of the 1972 champs and an All-American that season, was between the periods guest with Bernie Corbett on the Terrier Sports Radio broadcast.
Looking ahead
2022 recruit Michael LaStarza scored Waterloo’s first goal and assisted on the game-winner in the Black Hawks’ 5-1 win against Des Moines. The left-shot forward from Montreal leads Waterloo with 16 points in 18 games.
Looking back
Max Willman scored his first NHL goal in the Flyers’ 4-3 win against Vegas. Earlier this season, Willman became the 90th Terrier to play in the NHL.
tw-align-centerThat first goal in The National feeling. #PHIvsVGK | #BringItToBroad pic.twitter.com/O7S0iOd2kN
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) December 11, 2021
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