For the second time this season, the #5 Terriers played in a game with 15 goals and wild scoring swing. Unlike the first time--a 9-6 loss to next weekend's opponent, BC--BU came out on top, defeating Maine 9-6 to get a sweep of the two-game home series. BU skated without its captain, Dom Fensore, who suffered an upper-body injury in Friday's 5-1 win.
With the victory, BU (16-6-0; 11-4-0 HE) moves into a tie with Connecticut for second place in Hockey East, although the Terriers have three games in hand vs. UConn. BU's 32 points are two behind Northeastern with the Terriers having a game in hand.
Twelve Terriers hit scoresheet, led by Matt Brown with four points (G,3A), Wilmer Skoog (2G,A) and Jeremy Wilmer with 2G,A). Both Lane Hutson and Quinn Hutson contributed a goal and two assists.
Wilmer Skoog continues to wield on very hot stick. He opened the game with two goals in the first 4:28. In the past 10 games, the senior center has generated eight goals and seven goals.
Photo credit Caroline Fernandez
After Brown's power play goal and one by Lane Hutson at 14:45, BU had built a 4-0 lead and was totally dominating play. That changed quickly. A Maine power play goal at 17:32 was followed by Ben Poisson's conversion of a rebound 17 seconds later. When Brandon Chabrier snapped another rebound past Drew Commesso with 6.3 seconds left in the period, Maine had whittled the BU lead down to one.
Wilmer's first goal at 2:41 gave BU a two-goal lead, but the Black Bears connected twice in the next five minutes to knot the score at five apiece. After a disallowed Maine goal, Coach Jay Pandolfo replaced Commesso with Vinny Duplessis.
BU regained a lead that it would not relinquish at 13:19 of the middle period when Ty Gallagher threw a shot on goal from center point and it sailed home for his first tally of the season.
Terriers re-asserted control in the third period with three goals. Striking early again, a home-run pass from Lane Hutson sent brother Quinn in alone on Maine's Connor Androlewicz and he ripped a shot past the goalie's glove.
Then, some precision passing yielded two power play goals three minutes apart: Wilmer's second of the night and one by Luke Tuch, who had scored the first goal on Friday night."
Three BU penalties made things a bit interesting in the final five minutes and Maine scored on the first one when the rebound of Jacob Sirota's shot from 40 feet deflected off Nolan Renwick and slid past Duplessis.
Final shots were 36-27 in BU's favor and, after a rocky start, the Terriers had the edge at the faceoff dot, 31-26.
Following the game, Pandolfo initially lamented, "I don't know what to say; it was an interesting game."
He added, “I thought the first 15 minutes of the game we’re playing pretty close to as well as you can,” Pandolfo said. “We got that penalty, they scored that funny power play goal, we ran into Drew and then never really recovered. Next thing you know, they’ve got a little momentum.”
More comments from Pandolfo, Commesso and Wilmer
With four points (G,3A), Brown jumps to the top of the overall scoring list for Hockey East with 34 points (11G,23A) and a 1.48 points per game. Lane Hutson is tied for third with 27 points.
The all-freshman line of Wilmer, Hutson and Ryan Greene combined for eight points for the second time this season.
BU converted all three of its power play opportunities, while the Terrier penalty kill, which had been very strong since second semester began, will victimized by Maine on two of four chances.
● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score
● Video highlights and post-game comments
Looking ahead
2023 recruit Shane Lachance scored a pair of goals and added an assist as Youngtown routed Madison, 8-0. 2024 recruit Brandon Svoboda scored his ninth goal and added an assist for the Phantoms. Lachance; Svoboda
2023 recruit Macklin Celebrini's power play goal in the third period was the game-winner as Chicago edged Des Moines, 3-2. Celebrini, who also assisted on the Steel's first goal, now has 20 tallies and is tied for third in the USHL in goals, trailing only 2023 recruit Jack Harvey (25) and Lachance (23).
Looking back
Jake Oettinger stopped 33 shots en route to his fourth shutout of the season as Dallas topped Arizona, 4-0.
Nick Bonino scored his eighth goal in the Sharks' 5-3 loss to Columbus.
The wraparound from @NickBonino 👌 pic.twitter.com/kj0OX0wuHZ
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) January 22, 2023
Women's Team
Terriers rode a pair of first-period power-play goals and 30 saves by Andrea Brändli to a 3-1 road win against New Hampshire.
After yielding an early goal to the Wildcats, BU had a 5-on-3 man-advantage late in the period and cashed in twice in 28 seconds. Freshman Brooke Disher scored the first one and junior Clare O'Leary the second. Terriers closed out the scoring with freshman Clara Yuhn's empty-net goal in the final minute of the third period.
● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score
● Post-game comments: Coach Brian Durocher
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