In the final regular-season game with final playoff seeding on the line, #14 Terriers played their worst game of the season, getting blitzed by Maine, 8-1 at Alfond Arena.
With UConn defeating Vermont and Northeastern edging Merriack on a last-minute goal, BU, UConn and Merrimack all finished with 41 points. Using the Hockey East tie-breaking criteria, the Huskies get the #4 seed for the playoffs and the Terriers are #5. Following byes in the opening round, BU and UConn will meet in the quarterfinals next Saturday night at the Excel Center in Hartford.
Following Senior Night activities, Maine scored four times in the first period with three tallies coming in a 1:07 span late in the period.
Drew Commesso (4 goals against on 14 shots) was replaced in the middle period by Vinny Duplessis who yielded two more scores before Wilmer Skoog got BU on the board with his second “lacrosse” goal of the season. Assists went to Robert Mastrosimone and Nick Zabaneh.
tw-align-centerHe's scored TWO of these THIS SEASON - it's officially The Skoog™️ now. pic.twitter.com/ApUscbdXAs
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) March 6, 2022
The Black Bears added two more goals in the third period to send the home fans happy in their team’s final game of the season in Orono.
“We tried to play an east-west game against a team who’s very
competitive”, said Coach Albie O’Connell. “It’s just disappointing. I love this
team, hated the way we played tonight, hated the way we competed, hated
our mentality, our details. We were bad. It’s about as bad as we played
all year and we picked a bad time to do it.”
● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score
● Boston Hockey Blog recap
Looking back
Clayton Keller scored a pair of goals and assisted on two others as Arizona defeated Ottawa, 8-5.
Joel Farabee assisted on three goals in the Flyers’ 4-3 win against Chicago.
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