{"id":10381,"date":"2010-03-14T12:05:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T17:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2010\/03\/14\/house-goal-in-ot-sends-maine-past-massachusetts-lowell\/"},"modified":"2010-08-23T11:55:46","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T16:55:46","slug":"house-goal-in-ot-sends-maine-past-massachusetts-lowell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/recaps\/2010\/03\/14\/house-goal-in-ot-sends-maine-past-massachusetts-lowell\/","title":{"rendered":"House Goal in OT Sends Maine Past Massachusetts-Lowell"},"content":{"rendered":"
University of Maine junior center and captain Tanner House scored 5:10 into overtime Sunday night to send the Black Bears to the Hockey East Tournament Semifinals with a 3-2 win in the decisive third game of their quarterfinal series against the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.<\/p>\n
Maine will oppose defending National Champions Boston University next Friday at the TD Garden in Boston. Vermont will face Boston College in the other semifinal.<\/p>\n
House drove to the left post while sophomore left wing Brian Flynn skated with the puck along the left-wing boards and slid him a pass after drawing Lowell senior goaltender Carter Hutton over with a fake.<\/p>\n
“I can’t describe that feeling,” House said of his 16th goal of the season. “Flynn made a great pass. I was fortunate to bang it in off the post.”<\/p>\n
Maine is returning to the semifinals for the first time since the 2005-06 season, when they lost to Boston College in that game, but followed the tournament with a trip to the NCAA Frozen Four. Lowell lost to B.U. in the Hockey East Championship Game last season.<\/p>\n
“They (Maine) are to be congratulated,” Lowell coach Blaise MacDonald said. “They really bounced back from some adversity and played well.”<\/p>\n
Maine sophomore defenseman Will O’Neill’s second goal of the game with 4:48 remaining in the third period sent the game to into the extra 20-minute session. O’Neill sent a whistling one-timer past Hutton from the right point. The goal came while the teams were skating four-on-four. <\/p>\n
“I just tried to get as much on it as I could,” O’Neill said.<\/p>\n