{"id":28009,"date":"2021-10-02T09:12:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T13:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=28009"},"modified":"2021-10-02T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T13:13:00","slug":"womens-hockey-terriers-open-season-with-a-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2021\/10\/02\/womens-hockey-terriers-open-season-with-a-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Hockey: Terriers open season with win at UNH"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Owen Gund<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

DURHAM, N.H. \u2013 The Boston University Terriers (1-0-0, 1-0-0 HE) kicked off their 2021-22 season with a come-from-behind 4-2 victory over the University of New Hampshire Wildcats (0-1-0, 0-1-0 HE) at the Whittemore Center on Friday night. In his <\/span>post-game press conference<\/span><\/a>, Terrier head coach <\/span>Brian Durocher<\/span><\/a> said he saw this win as a vital confidence booster for his team.<\/span><\/p>\n

“[It’s] real important because I can’t reach into my briefcase and hand a confidence card to people,” Durocher said. “On the ice, we try to give them a little bit of direction, but in the end, they have to play.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s amazing how confidence goes. This was maybe a team confidence [booster] today where as a group they felt good about themselves. They came out and they won.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The game started with a tough break for the Terriers. Just 22 seconds into the game, senior forward <\/span>Emma Wuthrich<\/span><\/a> turned the puck over in the neutral zone with a tape-to-tape pass to UNH forward <\/span>Kira Juodikis<\/span><\/a>. Using Terrier defender <\/span>Andi Calderone<\/span><\/a> as a screen, a streaking Juodikis rifled a wrist shot low, glove-side to open the scoring for the Wildcats. The tally was Juodikis’ first goal of her college hockey career.<\/span><\/p>\n

It didn’t take long for the Terriers to respond. Just three and a half minutes later, senior forward <\/span>Mackenna Parker<\/span><\/a> collected a beautiful backhand feed from BU defender <\/span>Nadia Mattivi<\/span><\/a> and quickly wired one bar down to tie the score at one apiece.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What a pass by Nadia to set up Mackenna, who goes bar down for our first goal of the year! pic.twitter.com\/4j4Q4DfugR<\/a><\/p>\n

— x – BU Women's Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) October 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n