Boston University utilized its special teams play en route to a 5-2 victory over Connecticut on Saturday.<\/p>\n
A fortunate bounce for BU onto Ahti Oksanen’s stick put them up early in the first period. Although the shots might have shown 12-7 in favor of UConn in the opening period, the play was one-way traffic in Boston University’s favor. The Terriers possessed the puck for most of the period, but UConn’s effective shot blocking kept them within one after 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
The second period had similar results. Boston University struck just 4:11 into the period, again on a power play. Cason Hohmann deflected Brandon Hickey’s bomb from the point by UConn goaltender Rob Nichols (25 saves), giving BU a 2-0 edge. The Terriers had to kill off consecutive penalties midway through the period, but kept the score 2-0 after two.<\/p>\n
Boston University kept the momentum going into the third period, as Nick Roberto scored just 2:37 in. A packed house of 7,712 was dead silent as the Terriers opened up a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n
“A huge third goal,” Terriers coach David Quinn said. “When you go to the net like that and get rewarded. We had a lot more grit and grind to our game tonight.”<\/p>\n
Despite being down 3-0 to the No. 3 team in the country, the Huskies weren’t ready to stop fighting. Cory Sharib banged in a rebound past BU goalie Matt O’Connor (20 saves) with 12:11 left to play in the game. Just 57 seconds later, UConn struck again when Corey Ronan beat O’Connor. Suddenly, the building had life as UConn trailed only 3-2.<\/p>\n
“When it went 3-0 I was really proud of the effort our kids showed,” said UConn coach Mike Cavanaugh. “You’re playing the No. 3 team in the country, and they score on the third shift of the third period, and you think a lot of teams may wilt or may fold. We didn’t; we came right at them and got that goal.”<\/p>\n
The Huskies’ momentum was short-lived. Boston University freshman standout Jack Eichel created a scoring chance for his team that Danny O’Regan buried into an open net, sealing the deal. The Terriers added an empty-netter for a 5-2 margin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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