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By: Akshai Wadhwani\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 November 17, 2017<\/p>\n
BURLINGTON, Vt. \u2014 The wins have not come often for the Boston University women\u2019s ice hockey team so far this season, but when they have come, they have been emphatic.<\/p>\n
That point was reinforced in Burlington on Friday evening, when the Terriers put seven past Vermont for their third victory of the season. The game finished 7-1, confirming that all three of BU\u2019s wins this year have been by margins of at least four goals; the Terriers beat UConn, 6-2, earlier in the season, and toppled RIT, 5-1, two weeks ago.<\/p>\n
BU ran rampant mostly in the first two periods, during which all goalscoring occurred. Ending a two-game drought, senior Victoria Bach found the net just over seven minutes in off help from Rebecca Leslie and Reagan Rust. Interluded by Natasza Tarnowski\u2019s second goal of the season, Bach then earned herself a brace seven minutes later. The three strikes were complimented by a defense that allowed the Catamounts a minimal four shots on target in the opening frame.<\/p>\n
The second period carried out in a similar fashion as its predecessor. BU took less than a minute and a half to add to their lead, with Bach finishing the hat trick. Remaining relentless in the first five minutes of the frame, the Terriers then made it 5-0 when Rebecca Leslie hit home to add a goal next to her three assists on the night.<\/p>\n
Vermont launched some bouts of pressure after Leslie’s strike, finally breaking through with eight minutes remaining in the second stanza. Catamount winger Alyssa Gorecki put the puck past Corinne Schroeder to prevent the freshman goaltender from notching her first-career shutout.<\/p>\n
Not to be thrown off by the UVM goal, the Terriers promptly resumed their dominance and bit back after 40 seconds. Continuing her hot streak, Bach struck for the fourth time off a feed by Leslie and sophomore defenseman Abby Cook; the latter now has six assists this year, tied for third-most on the team.<\/p>\n
After a short spell of uneventfulness, BU netted the final goal of the game in with roughly two\u00a0minutes to go in the second period. Abby Stanley notched her first tally of the season \u2013 and her first as a Terrier \u2013 maneuvering the puck with a toe-drag before pinpointing the top corner of the net. Jesse Compher earned her second assist of the game on the play.<\/p>\n
The Terriers appeared content to rest on the laurels of their six-goal lead heading into the third frame, as they notched just seven shots to Vermont\u2019s 16. Schroeder, however, was not to be beaten, saving all 16 to preserve the 7-1 final.<\/p>\n
BU \u2013 now 3-6-2 overall and 2-5-2 in the Hockey East \u2013 was able to produce the outstanding result from 30 shots, its lowest total for seven consecutive games.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaking advantage of your opportunities \u2014 when you can get three early in the game, and then I think we padded it with a couple more \u2014 it allows you to play a little bit more conservatively,\u201d Head Coach Brian Durocher said, when addressing the statistic. \u201cWe don\u2019t have to try to get\u2026eight, nine, or ten goals.”<\/p>\n
\u201cI think when you get a lead like that, and you continue to play pretty well, it doesn\u2019t have to be a pile on. Without a doubt, the early start helped.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Terriers held their opponents to less\u00a0than 30 shots for the fourth consecutive game, restricting the Catamounts to 26. The BU defense also kept their hosts 0-for-6 on power plays opportunities \u2013 though the Terriers went 0-for-3 themselves.<\/p>\n
Bach was unquestionably the game\u2019s top star, armed with her four goals as well as a joint-team-leading six shots. Rebecca Leslie wasn\u2019t far behind her, with three assists and a goal to her name. Winger Mary Grace Kelley also had three helpers on the night, while Reagan Rust and Jesse Compher notched two assists apiece.<\/p>\n
Another welcome name on the list of notable individuals was forward Natasza Tarnowski. Bagging a goal and an assist in Friday\u2019s fixture, and having scored her first goal of the year last time out against UConn, the sophomore is looking back to form<\/p>\n
\u201cA nice shot in last week and another nice goal today, throw in an assist as well, and all of a sudden some things are going right for her,” Durocher said of the sophomore. “Hopefully that will snowball in a real positive direction, because we\u2019re going need her.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Terrier head coach dealt out positive commentary about his team\u2019s overall improvements.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m always a fan of what we do defensively\u2026but you\u2019ve got to applaud the scoring. I\u2019ve been telling them [the players] that if we keep getting 40, 45, even 50 shots\u2026eventually pucks are going to jump in the net. And tonight they did,\u201d Durocher said. \u201cTo put both ends of the spectrum together in good order, and really keep Vermont to very few grade-A chances made for a pretty well-rounded game.”<\/p>\n
\u201cThe test will be to come back tomorrow night and do the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Next Up:<\/strong> As per Coach Durocher\u2019s words, the Terriers will spend the night in Burlington before facing the Catamounts again on Saturday. Puck drop is set for 4 P.M.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By: Akshai Wadhwani\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 November 17, 2017 BURLINGTON, Vt. \u2014 The wins have not come often for the Boston University women\u2019s ice hockey team so far this season, but when they have come, they have been emphatic. That point was reinforced in Burlington on Friday evening, when the Terriers put seven past Vermont for their third […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17192,"featured_media":13054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1041],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21908,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13048\/revisions\/21908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}