{"id":28236,"date":"2021-10-09T23:02:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T03:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=28236"},"modified":"2022-05-16T12:47:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T16:47:25","slug":"mens-hockey-terriers-drop-home-opener-5-1-to-uconn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2021\/10\/09\/mens-hockey-terriers-drop-home-opener-5-1-to-uconn\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Hockey: Terriers drop home-opener 5-1 to UConn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Joe Pohoryles<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the first time in 581 days, the Boston University Terriers (1-1-0, 1-1-0 HE) played at Agganis Arena in front of a full crowd. Excitement was buzzing when the puck dropped against the University of Connecticut Huskies (2-1-0, 1-1-0 HE), but it slowly drained as the Terriers fell 5-1.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe tried to play shinny and they played real hockey,\u201d BU head coach Albie O\u2019Connell said after the game. \u201cWe played like a bunch of boys. They played like a bunch of men.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UConn\u2019s top line of Marc Gatcomb, Jachym Kondelik and Jonny Evans led the way, with each forward notching two points. Sophomore winger Ryan Tverberg added two goals in the beating, and goaltender Darion Hanson stopped 29 of 30 shots.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Junior forward Matt Brown scored the lone goal for BU, which was assisted by senior defenseman Joseph Campolieto and sophomore defenseman Cade Webber. It was Brown and Campolieto\u2019s first point in a Terrier uniform. Sophomore goaltender Drew Commesso made 25 saves in the loss, and fellow sophomore Vinny Duplessis saved all seven shots he faced in relief.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Final | UConn beats BU 5-1<\/p>\n<p>Both sides generated chances throughout, but only the Huskies executed. Terriers split the opening series and are now 1-1 on the season.<\/p>\n<p>SOG: 37-30, UConn<br \/>PPs: BU 0-2 | UConn 0-3<br \/>FOs: 36-29, BU<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Pohoryles (@Joe_Poho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joe_Poho\/status\/1447012383000449024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Terriers were physical from the puck drop, not afraid to throw their bodies around. First-liners Robert Mastrosimone and Brown each had good looks on an odd-man rush, but Hanson passed his first tests of the night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UConn ultimately struck first halfway through the opening frame. Evans pushed a shot from the right circle, bouncing off Commesso\u2019s pads and onto the stick of Jachym Kondelik. Marc Gatcomb was all alone to the left of the cage, where he received the puck and fired it into a wide-open net.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It did not take long for the Terriers to respond, however. Driving into the offensive zone in a four-on-two rush, senior defenseman\u00a0 Campolieto received a long breakout pass from Webber down the left side and fired it on goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The puck bounced right onto a streaking Brown\u2019s stick, allowing the UMass Lowell transfer to bury his first goal with the Terriers. Campolieto\u2019s assist is the first point at BU after skating in 16 games with the Terriers last season.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It feels good to be scoring goals in Agganis again! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bNxiFJmqUa\">pic.twitter.com\/bNxiFJmqUa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BU Men&#39;s Hockey (@TerrierHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierHockey\/status\/1446982289968275465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two sides traded chances down the stretch with the Terriers committing a handful of lazy passes intercepted by the Huskies in the defensive zone, but the score remained deadlocked by the first intermission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UConn took the lead back just 47 seconds into the second period. Gatcomb corralled a wall pass on the left side and connected with Evans, who was left wide open on the cross-ice pass to slot the puck past a shifting Commesso.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UConn GOAL!!!<\/p>\n<p>2nd period starts and the Huskies grab the lead right back.  Jonny Evans with his first on the year! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IceBus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IceBus<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>OH JONNY!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CVNzKtpSXp\">pic.twitter.com\/CVNzKtpSXp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UConn Men&#39;s Hockey (@UConnMHOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UConnMHOC\/status\/1446989756273942528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UConn doubled the lead halfway through the second, when the puck found Ryan Tverberg all alone at the top of the zone for a clear breakaway. The winger strolled in and beat Commesso on the backhand to make it 3-1. UConn got another breakaway chance shortly after on a blocked Campolieto shot, but Commesso stood tall.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UConn GOAL!!!<\/p>\n<p>BU turnover leads to a break-away chance for Ryan Tverberg who finishes it off for a 3-1 lead at 9:46.  Tverberg&#39;s 2nd on the year!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IceBus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IceBus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mc0oepHc8k\">pic.twitter.com\/Mc0oepHc8k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UConn Men&#39;s Hockey (@UConnMHOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UConnMHOC\/status\/1446993998720159748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTeams get coached, they play good defense. If you try to play individual in our league, it\u2019s going to end up in the back of your net, and that\u2019s what we did,\u201d O\u2019Connell said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Terriers created multiple close chances in the final minutes of the second period, aided by a Roman Kinal high-sticking penalty. The Terriers generated four shots on the power play and eight more in a row after that, but couldn\u2019t reach the back of the net.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The puck did get past Hanson early in the third, when Max Kaufman carried the puck behind the net and brought it around front to put it in top shelf, but the play was whistled dead after officials lost sight of the puck. The Terriers also immediately went to the penalty kill on a Tyler Boucher tripping call.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BU killed the penalty, but UConn made it 4-1 just minutes later with Tverberg\u2019s second goal of the night. The sophomore was all alone on the left face off dot and knocked in the puck with 14:05 left in regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UConn GOAL!!!<\/p>\n<p>Tverberg gets his 2nd on the night and extends the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IceBus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IceBus<\/a> lead to 4-1! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cng46lLy9j\">pic.twitter.com\/cng46lLy9j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UConn Men&#39;s Hockey (@UConnMHOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UConnMHOC\/status\/1447005640606507010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Things went from out of hand to out of pocket when Carter Berger fired a powerful wrister from the right circle beat Commesso high to give the Huskies a four-goal lead. Vinny Duplessis replaced Commesso immediately after.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UConn GOAL!!!<\/p>\n<p>Carter Berger with an absolute SNIPE for his first of the season and a 5-1 lead for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IceBus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IceBus<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uuobIQUBmR\">pic.twitter.com\/uuobIQUBmR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UConn Men&#39;s Hockey (@UConnMHOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UConnMHOC\/status\/1447007667961094150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCommesso was outstanding, even giving up five. It could have been 10,\u201d O\u2019Connell said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the game all but decided, time ticked off with a couple more penalties doled out to each side, and UConn walked away victorious.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Terriers host Sacred Heart on both Friday and Saturday next weekend, with the first game starting at 7:30 p.m. and the Saturday matchup starting at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured Image by Patrick Donnelly<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joe Pohoryles For the first time in 581 days, the Boston University Terriers (1-1-0, 1-1-0 HE) played at Agganis Arena in front of a full crowd. 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