{"id":28628,"date":"2021-10-31T18:43:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T23:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=28628"},"modified":"2022-03-03T09:44:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T14:44:30","slug":"womens-hockey-terriers-edge-providence-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2021\/10\/31\/womens-hockey-terriers-edge-providence-on-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Hockey: Terriers edge Providence on the road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Owen Gund<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Boston University Terriers improved to 5-1-3 (4-0-3 HEA) with a 2-1 road victory over the Providence College Friars (3-2-2, 2-1-0 HEA).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe looked like a completely different team from Friday night,\u201d BU head coach Brian Durocher said after the game. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRight from the get-go, we started collecting pucks and catching passes, and our confidence sort of built from there.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just four minutes into the game, sophomore forwaard Catherine Foulem broke the ice for BU with her second goal of the season. Sophomore forward Claire O\u2019Leary spun around and threw the puck in front from the right corner. The puck hit the side of the cage and bounced right out to Foulem, where she one-timed it over the left shoulder of Providence graduate goaltender Sandra Abstreiter.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#39;s a replay of Fou&#39;s goal that got us on the board first in Providence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eUypuwmao3\">pic.twitter.com\/eUypuwmao3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; x &#8211; BU Women&#39;s Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierWHockey\/status\/1454889127648841732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 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;\">With eight seconds left in the first period, Christina Vote doubled the Terrier lead with her third goal of the season. The first-year forward from Arlington, Mass., snuck behind the Friar defense and roofed the puck glove side on the breakaway. O\u2019Leary picked up her second primary assist of the afternoon on the goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finally a Halloween film where someone gets slashed and scores a goal at the same time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jfNxZUGp9g\">pic.twitter.com\/jfNxZUGp9g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; x &#8211; BU Women&#39;s Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierWHockey\/status\/1454896496839700482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 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;\">O\u2019Leary played a more prominent role in both BU games this weekend, and after Sunday\u2019s game, Durocher was complimentary of her play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI thought [O\u2019Leary] played very well,\u201d Durocher said. \u201cShe protects the puck well, she\u2019s strong with the puck, and whatever speed she plays the game at, it doesn\u2019t drop when she gets the puck,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heading into the locker rooms after the first, the Terriers held a 2-0 lead and a 12-7 advantage in shots on goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey\u2019re a good team\u2026 they got a few opportunities, and they capitalized on them,\u201d Providence captain Caroline Peterson said of the Terriers after the first period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neither team made a strong push in the second period as both teams looked tired. Scoring chances were rare, and both goaltenders played poised in the net.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With two minutes to go in the middle frame, the Friars sprung fifth-year forward Haley Lunny on a breakaway, but Terrier senior goaltender Kate Stuart denied the Bedford, N.Y., native with a right pad save and also kicked out the rebound.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kate comes up with two outstanding saves to keep us ahead by two! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZPCjE9frRH\">pic.twitter.com\/ZPCjE9frRH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; x &#8211; BU Women&#39;s Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierWHockey\/status\/1454904661635485696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 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;\">Neither team got on the scoresheet in the second period, and the Terriers held a two-goal lead heading into the third period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stuart picked up right where she left off and made several big saves in the opening five minutes of the third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Friars continued to pressure and broke through roughly nine minutes into the third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With 11:13 to go in the game, senior forward Sara Hjalmarsson earned her first point of the season on a top-shelf snipe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bankeryd, Sweden native picked the top left corner and caught Stuart off guard with a quick wrist shot from just inside the blue line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/PCWHockey\/status\/1454913729980682243<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Friars had an opportunity to tie it up when Terrier forward Mackenna Parker took a slashing penalty with 10:19 to go in the game, but the Terriers killed off the penalty thanks to a handful of fine saves from Stuart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With one minute remaining, Providence pulled Abstreiter for an extra attacker. The Friars forechecked hard, but the Terriers preserved their lead to earn their third road victory of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a valiant effort for the Terriers, who remain unbeaten in Hockey East play<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up next, the Terriers have a home-and-home against the University of Connecticut. Friday\u2019s matchup is in Storrs, Conn., and will start at 6 p.m time.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Owen Gund The Boston University Terriers improved to 5-1-3 (4-0-3 HEA) with a 2-1 road victory over the Providence College Friars (3-2-2, 2-1-0 HEA).\u00a0 \u201cWe looked like a completely different team from Friday night,\u201d BU head coach Brian Durocher said after the game. \u201cRight from the get-go, we started collecting pucks and catching passes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18643,"featured_media":28589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,1039,1041],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28628"}],"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\/18643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28629,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28628\/revisions\/28629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}