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By: Brian Lombardo<\/p>\n
BOSTON \u2014 A tie was perhaps the most fitting of all the possible results for Friday night’s women’s hockey matchup. Both the Terriers and the Huskies put forth efforts deserving of a win. The true battle happened between the pipes tonight as Terrier goaltender Corinne Schroeder (23 saves)\u00a0and Huskies goaltender Annie Belanger (43 saves)\u00a0stopped a combined 66\u00a0shots.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Terriers broke\u00a0open the scoring late in the first period when Natasza Tarnowski notched her first goal\u00a0of the season. Tarnowski converted on a beautiful feed from Abby Cook that lead her directly into space in the slot where the UConn net minder couldn’t react with enough time.<\/p>\n
With all of the game’s momentum heading into the second period in BU’s favor, the Huskies answered back and took the life out of the Terrier offense. In the second period, UConn allowed the Terriers only\u00a0six shots on net.<\/p>\n
In addition the Huskies found the game’s first tying goal when Natalie Snodgrass scored at the 9:33 mark of the second frame. The crowd inside Walter Brown Arena could feel the momentum start to shift in Connecticut’s favor as they out-skated and out shot the Terriers going into the third period.<\/p>\n
BU seemed to settle in to a grove in the third period, regaining the look of the team that took advantage late in the first. Instead, a sloppy breakout pass left a rolling puck on the stick of UConn captain Justine Fredette, who fired a laser past Schroeder to take the first lead of the game for the Huskies at 2-1. Fredette’s strike came at the 7:53 mark of the third.<\/p>\n
As the clock began to\u00a0tick down,\u00a0it was noticeable that the Terriers started to play with great urgency; forgetting what the scoreboard read and focusing solely on the game plan that Coach Brian Durocher had instilled\u00a0in them.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0game was 49.6 seconds away from a loss for the Terriers when\u00a0senior captain Rebecca Leslie played hero\u00a0by\u00a0knocking in a goal to bring the game to 2\u00a0a piece. The goal came with Schroeder off the ice, leaving the net empty in favor of an extra attacker.<\/p>\n
Coach Durocher said that in deciding who he trusts most late in a game as an extra attacker, “it’s important to look for someone who has it going.”<\/p>\n
Durocher thought the sophomore\u00a0Tarnowski\u00a0was his best skater on Friday, but an icing late in the third made it impossible for him to\u00a0put her on the ice for any longer of a shift.<\/p>\n
The team played flawlessly with the net empty. Forechecking hard in the\u00a0offensive zone to keep the puck in and\u00a0finding the right person to put a shot on net at a crucial time late in the contest.<\/p>\n
“Being able to find the one we needed was\u00a0huge,” Coach\u00a0Durocher admitted as he reminisced the final\u00a0few minutes of the third period.<\/p>\n
At this point in the season, the Terriers won’t\u00a0turn their nose up at a split of 2 points in Hockey East play. With picking up a single point Friday, the\u00a0team separated themselves from Merrimack College for sole possession of 7th place in the conference. The Terriers now hold 2-6-2 overall record with an in-conference record of 1-5-2.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Terriers\u00a0will take the rest of this weekend off before starting preparation for a two\u00a0game series next weekend in Burlington, Vermont against the UVM Catamounts.<\/p>\n
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