Gallery: Men’s hockey lose to Northeastern’s late game-winning goal
Conceding a late goal with 61 seconds left in the game, the Boston University men’s hockey team fell 3-2 in the opener of their last weekend series at Matthews Arena to the Northeastern Huskies. The Terriers got started in the second minute of the first period when freshman forward John McNelis scored his first career goal by tipping in Mick Frechette’s wrister from the point. The Huskies responded with their own tally in the fourth minute of the first period, but sophomore Nick Roukounakis added another goal for BU in the ninth minute. Northeastern scored the only goal of the second period, three minutes in, and found the game winner with 1:01 left on the clock in the final frame.
Below is Jenny Chen’s gallery of the game.
Sophomore defender Cole Hutson (44) cuts around a Northeastern player.Sophomore goaltender Mikhail Yegorov (40) kneels in his crease as a referees review the previous play.Sophomore forward Nick Roukounakis (7) scores his second goal of the season.Sophomore forward Kamil Bednarik (38) gets into a scrum.Sophomore defenseman Sascha Boumedienne (78) wrists a puck.Freshman forward Jack Murtagh (19) takes a knee during warmups.Junior defenseman Aiden Celebrini (22) dekes in his offensive zone.Sophomore forward Brandon Svoboda (8) prepares to take a faceoff.Freshman forward John McNelis (26) shoots the puck on a breakaway.A linesperson escorts sophomore defenseman Sascha Boumedienne (78) to the penalty box.Freshman forward Ryder Ritchie (21) enters his offensive zone.Sophomore forward Cole Eiserman (34) juggles the puck in warmups.Freshman forward Jonathan Morello (10) cuts in the left circle.While junior defenseman Aiden Celebrini (22) waits for the referee’s call, sophomore defenseman Sascha Boumedienne (78) retapes his socks.
