{"id":29515,"date":"2022-01-08T09:41:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T14:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=29515"},"modified":"2022-01-22T11:11:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T16:11:14","slug":"mens-hockey-terriers-dominate-series-opener-against-arizona-state-7-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2022\/01\/08\/mens-hockey-terriers-dominate-series-opener-against-arizona-state-7-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Hockey: Terriers Dominate Series-Opener Against Arizona State, 7-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Carolyn Mooney<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BOSTON \u2013 Boston University (8-9-3, 5-5-3 HE) scored seven goals against Arizona State (12-11-0, independent) at Agganis Arena to start their new year off with a win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If one of the new year\u2019s resolutions for the Terriers was to dominate on the offensive end of the ice for the remainder of the season, Friday night\u2019s game against the Sun Devils would be a step in the right direction towards checking that resolution off their list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFrom the drop of the puck to the first shift, we were there,\u201d said BU head coach Albie O\u2019Connell. \u201cWe had some physicality. \u2026 I think it was about as thorough as we\u2019ve played all year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sophomore goaltender Drew Commesso (26 saves) got the start, and seven different players scored for BU, including freshman forward Tristan Amonte who tallied his first goal as a member of the Terriers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn\u2019t until just under two minutes into the second period that the puck found the back of a net, as Amonte got the scoring going for BU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amonte\u2019s older brother and line-mate, senior assistant captain Ty Amonte, got the puck loose down low and passed it to junior forward Ethan Phillips in the right face-off circle. Phillips one-timed a pass to Tristan who was crashing the net and backhanded the puck past the Sun Devil\u2019s net-minder, sophomore Cole Brady (31 saves), to take the lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How cool is this? Ty helps set up his brother Tristan&#39;s first goal as a Terrier to give us a 1-0 lead! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ptHheZvNRp\">pic.twitter.com\/ptHheZvNRp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BU Men&#39;s Hockey (@TerrierHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierHockey\/status\/1479625984689291266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/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;\">\u201cIt was nice to get on the board for him,\u201d said O\u2019Connell on Tristan\u2019s first goal. \u201cThat will give him some confidence because he was in and around it all in that first period. \u2026 It was really good to see. I was happy for him. That line played really well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Terriers found the back of the net two more times in the second period, with freshman defenseman Ty Gallagher scoring on the power play thanks to an ASU roughing penalty 7:18 into the second stanza.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gally sends it top shelf to give us a 2-0 lead! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t9Taj8sIl3\">pic.twitter.com\/t9Taj8sIl3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BU Men&#39;s Hockey (@TerrierHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierHockey\/status\/1479629521171136515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/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;\">BU junior forward Robert Mastrosimone gave the Terriers a three-goal cushion with a highlight-reel goal with less than three minutes to go in the period. Mastrosimone stripped the puck from a Sun Devil defenseman who was attempting to clear the play and walked in on Brady, back-handing the puck into the back of the net.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sheeeeeeesh, Mastro.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/collegehockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@collegehockey<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNAssignDesk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ESPNAssignDesk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L2RGVQRsvP\">pic.twitter.com\/L2RGVQRsvP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BU Men&#39;s Hockey (@TerrierHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierHockey\/status\/1479634659151683590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/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;\">Just under halfway into the final play of regulation, ASU\u2019s Sean Dhooghe scored his fourth goal of the season to bring the Sun Devils within two. Dhooghe redirected a shot by Matthew Kopperud, to put one past Commesso.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunDevilHockey\/status\/1479641711982923784?s=20<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But just over two minutes later, the Terriers responded with a breakaway goal from junior forward Jay O\u2019Brien giving BU their three-goal cushion back.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good luck trying to stop OB on a breakaway! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QfCGzciiIv\">pic.twitter.com\/QfCGzciiIv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BU Men&#39;s Hockey (@TerrierHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierHockey\/status\/1479642415451492353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/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 remainder of the third period was all BU as the Terriers would go on to score two empty netters, thanks to forwards Dylan Peterson and Jamie Armstrong, who scored his first goal of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And another power-play goal by junior forward Matt Brown helped seal the victory over the Sun Devils.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASU is the most penalized team in all of college hockey and has allowed the second-most goals in the NCAA. So for the Terriers to capitalize on the man-advantage twice, it was good to see guys execute, according to O\u2019Connell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur power play was terrible in practice yesterday,\u201d added O\u2019Connell. \u201cIt\u2019s never always going to be perfect, but it was good to see guys executed and that\u2019s what it comes down to. To Execution, shooting the puck.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Terriers are set for a rematch against the Sun Devils with the tail end of their back-to-back series set for Saturday night at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On how to keep the momentum going, O\u2019Connell says that his team has to have the right mindset going into the series finale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHuman nature would be to let up a little and think it\u2019s going to be easy because we scored seven,\u201d said O\u2019Connell. \u2018But, there was a lot of hard work and our commitment to winning was high, so we\u2019re going to have to need that again to win.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Image: Freshman defenseman Ty Gallagher (4) and the Terriers celebrate his goal in the second period of a 7-1 win against Arizona State at Agganis Arena on Friday, Jan. 7, 2021. 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