boston – Four different Terriers found the back of the net to lead the second-place Boston University men's ice hockey team to a 4-2 victory over Northeastern University in the Hockey East quarterfinals at Agganis Arena on Saturday night. Ta.
The Terriers scored three times in the second period to build a 3-0 lead and never relinquished it, but BU (25-8-2) never held back Northeastern (17-16-3). It never went below. With 1:09 left in the second and 4:25 left in regulation, Justin Hrykowian scored to bring the Huskies within reach, but it was a freshman. Macklin Celebrini Hrickowian scored his 30th goal of the season just 24 seconds after cutting the deficit to one point and ending Northeastern's rally.
Senior luke touch Scored goals and assists as graduate captain case mccarthy and second year student Quinn Hutson The lamp was also lit. 2nd grade ryan green, Lane Hutson and jeremy wilmerjunior jack hughesnew student tom wilander and senior dylan peterson They each also added one assist.junior goaltender Matthew Caron He was sharp for the Terriers, stopping 21 of 23 shots.
With this win, the defending Hockey East Tournament champions advanced to the Hockey East Tournament semifinals for the second consecutive season.
how did it happen
- Neither team could break through in the first 20 minutes, with the Terriers having an 11-4 advantage in shots.
- With 10:45 left in the second period, freshman LaChance intercepted a clearance attempt by Cameron Whitehead (28 saves). LaChance immediately tried to get it to Celebrini, but the puck jumped off Celebrini's stick and Harvey's pursuit was dismissed.
- after a while, Quinn Hutson Breaking the scoreless draw. He began the sequence by flipping the puck to the offensive side. As Hutson continued his path to the net, Hughes continued to move the puck at the half wall for Green, who collected the puck at the goal line and immediately found Hutson wide open in front of the goal.
- Tuch expertly redirected Wilmer's shot on a power play at 13:40, doubling the Terriers' lead.
- McCarthy made it 3-0 with a rocket from the right point with 2:07 left, but Frykowian answered 58 seconds later and made it 3-1 40 minutes later.
- After making the score 3-2, Northeastern appeared to be gaining momentum, but Celebrini ended any hopes of a comeback with a great goal. Lane Hutson He began the sequence by shutting down Hirikkovian in the BU zone, allowing Celebrini to collect the puck and release the puck to Harvey on the right wing. Harvey got to the blue line, patiently waited for support, and eventually dropped the puck for Celebrini at the top of the NU zone. With the Huskies' defenders losing their advantage, Celebrini was able to get into the slot, fool another defender, and uncork a wicked wrister that Whitehead had no chance of stopping.
- Northeastern brought out Whitehead in favor of an extra attacker, but could not find the extra goal.
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