{"id":29372,"date":"2021-12-05T12:01:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T17:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=29372"},"modified":"2021-12-06T10:29:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:29:58","slug":"mens-hockey-veteran-leadership-special-teams-propel-terriers-to-sweep-of-unh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2021\/12\/05\/mens-hockey-veteran-leadership-special-teams-propel-terriers-to-sweep-of-unh\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Hockey: Veteran leadership, special teams propel Terriers to sweep of UNH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Owen Gund<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>DURHAM, N.H. &#8212;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Good teams find a way to win, and that\u2019s precisely what the Boston University Terriers (6-9-2, 5-5-2 HEA) did in a 2-1 overtime victory over the University of New Hampshire (7-9-1, 3-7-1 HEA) on Saturday night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Playing in front of a hostile UNH crowd at the Whittemore Center, the Terriers completed their first series sweep of the 2021-22 season and improved to sixth in the Hockey East standings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veteran forwards Matt Brown and Max Kaufman scored for BU, and sophomore goaltender Drew Commesso made 28 saves in the victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur leaders won us the game,\u201d Terrier head coach Albie O\u2019Connell said in his postgame <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X9_5kV4sjCw\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">press conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cThey led us last night, and they did it again, and we\u2019re going to need them to continue to do that if we want to make sure we get some W\u2019s.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All season long, O\u2019Connell has talked about \u201cplaying the right way,\u201d but now the Terriers seem to have found a formula that leads to results: steady team defense and timely goals from their leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brown, a junior forward who has a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/icehockey-men\/article\/2021-03-17\/mens-college-hockey-umass-lowell-takes-down-no-1-boston-college-2ot-hockey-east\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">history of scoring clutch goals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, broke the 0-0 deadlock midway through the second period. The Terriers had a five-on-three power play, and junior defenseman Dom Fensore fed Brown down low, where the junior forward rifled a wrist shot past UNH goaltender Mike Robinson. Brown celebrated his goal with a wave to the Wildcat student section.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Matt Brown says hello. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j4JTyDL7eu\">pic.twitter.com\/j4JTyDL7eu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BU Men&#39;s Hockey (@TerrierHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierHockey\/status\/1467301877322637312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 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;\">\u201cTheir goalie was kind of cheating a little bit, and Brownie shot one, and we were fortunate it went in,\u201d O\u2019Connell said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brown\u2019s tally was BU\u2019s third power play goal of the weekend, a big improvement for a team that went 0-for-5 with the man advantage against Cornell last weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m excited that our special teams produced this weekend, O\u2019Connell said.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you have good goaltending and good special teams, and at 5-on-5 if you break even, you give yourself a good chance.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Terriers goaltending and special teams were particularly sharp later in the game. BU killed off three penalties after Brown\u2019s goal, and Commesso made 21 stops in the third period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wildcats made a strong push late in the game, and with seven minutes to go, freshman forward Liam Devlin tied the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A UNH shot from the point was blocked by BU senior captain Logan Cockerill, but popped right to Devlin in the slot, who chipped one over Commesso&#8217;s right shoulder for his fourth goal of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Take a look at Liam Devlin&#39;s fourth goal of the season in tonight&#39;s game against BU brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnviroVantage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EnviroVantage<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Game Day Central \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KNEgDWaB1m\">https:\/\/t.co\/KNEgDWaB1m<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeTheRoar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BeTheRoar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hsxyt5L37e\">pic.twitter.com\/Hsxyt5L37e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UNH Men&#39;s Hockey (@UNHMHOCKEY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNHMHOCKEY\/status\/1467317989674422272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 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;\">\u201cIn the third period, they had a lot more energy than we did,\u201d O\u2019Connell said.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe just really looked like we ran out of gas, but in the 3-on-3 overtime, we kind of came to life.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both teams found their second wind in the extra session and had some quality chances. The game appeared headed for a shootout, but in the final seconds of overtime, junior defenseman Case McCarthy made a gutsy pinch in the left-wing corner, stole the puck, and fed Kaufman, who was alone in the slot. The 25-year-old graduate student pulled the puck onto his backhand and roofed it over Robinson&#8217;s left shoulder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">KAUF CALLED GAME <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RcZu52SsTI\">pic.twitter.com\/RcZu52SsTI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BU Men&#39;s Hockey (@TerrierHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierHockey\/status\/1467322232514875392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 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;\">\u201cKaufman probably had his best weekend as a Terrier. He was a pretty dominant player tonight,\u201d O\u2019Connell said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Terriers have one more meaningful game before the holiday break, and it\u2019s a big one. They\u2019ll take on the Boston College Eagles on Friday night at Agganis Arena. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured Image: BU junior defenseman Dom Fensore (23) skates with the puck during the first period of a 3-1 win against New Hampshire at Agganis Arena on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. 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