Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Terriers tie UConn, grab extra point in shootout; Pridham pulls a Skoog!

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#10 Terriers rallied to tie UConn in the third period on Cole Hutson's highlight-reel goal and then gained the extra point by winning the shootout, 2-0, at Toscano Ice Center in Storrs. Quinn Hutson and Cole Eiserman connected on their shootout attempts while Mikhail Yegorov defended both shots he faced. The freshman goalie also made a game-saving stop during the three-on-three overtime.

With the win, BU is within two points of second place Maine in the Hockey East standings, although the Black Bears have two games in hand. Terriers can assure themselves of a third-place finish with a win or a tie in either of its final two games. BU is off next weekend, then finishes the regular season with games at home against Providence and on the road at Vermont. 

A slashing penalty to Quinn Hutson gave the Huskies an early power play and they converted right off the ensuing draw. Ryan Tattle pulled the puck back to Joey Muldowney for a quick shot that Yegorov fought off, but Jake Richard got to the rebound first and popped it into the cage. 

After failing to score on two power plays, the Terriers drew even at 12:20 on sequence that began with Quinn Hutson taking a hit to get the puck to Ryan Greene in the right corner. The junior co-captain circled to center point and then wired a pass to Sascha Boumedienne who had driven to the left post for the finish past Tyler Muszelik, It was the freshman's second goal in two games.    

Four minutes into the third period, UConn regained the lead. After BU put on some pressure on the rush, the Huskies took the puck the other way. From the bottom of the left circle, Kai Janviriya passed to Ethan Gardula at the top of crease and he elevated the puck over Yegorov's shoulder, restoring the home team's one-goal lead.   

Matching penalties to Gavin McCarthy and Tattle had the teams skating four-on-four and that's when the Cole Hutson Show took center stage. Devin Kaplan handed the puck off to Hutson at center ice. He skated into the offensive zone, put the puck between his own skates, worked past two defenders by passing to himself and then closed on Muszelik, beating him to the stick side. The freshman blueliner's goal was his 10th. Tom Willander had the second assist.

Both teams had chances to break the tie in the final minutes and Yegorov had to make a left-pad save with two minutes remaining to keep BU even.

During overtime, BU had two grade A chances. The first came when Eiserman's forecheck enabled Cole Hutson to break in alone, but this time Muszelik made the stop. Then, Jack Hughes sped into the offensive zone, but his wrister from between the dots was defended.

With just over a minute left, Yegorov came up huge again, reaching back to pull Tattle's attempt off the goal line.

In the shootout Quinn Hutson converted his attempt while Richard's was stopped by Yegorov. Cole Eiserman followed with a goal and Yegorov turned aside Ethan Whitcomb's shot for a 2-0 win.

● Go Terriers.com recap and box score

● Post-game Coach Jay Pandolfo

● Boston Hockey Blog recap

Looking ahead

2025 recruit Jack Pridham continues to wield a hot stick for Kitchener, scoring twice (his 21st and 22nd) in a 6-1 win against Guelph.  With five goals and two assists in the last five games, he has 44 points. Pridham's second tally was a Wilmer Skoog lacrosse goal.

Looking back

Lane Hutson scored his fourth goal in Montreal's 4-0 win against Carolina. He remains the rookie points leader with 43 points.  

Clayton Keller scored his 21st goal as Utah edged the Blackhawks, 2-1.

 

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