{"id":30522,"date":"2022-02-27T23:08:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T04:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=30522"},"modified":"2022-02-28T15:46:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T20:46:49","slug":"mens-hockey-terriers-suffer-disappointing-loss-to-rival-eagles-settle-for-weekend-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2022\/02\/27\/mens-hockey-terriers-suffer-disappointing-loss-to-rival-eagles-settle-for-weekend-split\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Hockey: Terriers suffer disappointing loss to rival Eagles, settle for weekend split"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Owen Gund<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. &#8211;\u200b\u200b The Boston University Terriers saw their eight-game win streak come to an end in a 3-1 loss to the Boston College Eagles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Terriers were the better team for large stretches of the game, but a stellar performance from BC graduate goaltender Eric Dop (42 saves) and two BC goals off the rush proved to be the difference in the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTough way to lose a hockey game,\u201d Terrier head coach Albie O\u2019Connell said after the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBoth [BC goals] came off turnovers, so they were opportunistic in what they were doing out there. Tip your cap to BC. They played a good hockey game,\u201d O\u2019Connell added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston College head coach Jerry York was pleased with the way his team looked in the victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGreat effort by our players tonight,&#8221; York said. &#8220;I thought they played hard. They played strong, especially on the P.K. Just a really good effort tonight.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar to Saturday\u2019s game, the Terriers jumped on the Eagles early and barraged Dop with shots. They earned a 4-on-3 power play just over five minutes into the game, and junior forward Wilmer Skoog broke the ice with a fantastic shot. The Swedish standout collected a behind-the-back feed from his linemate, junior forward Matt Brown, and rifled a slap shot over the left shoulder of Dop for his team-leading 12th goal of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Skoog&#39;s team-leading 12th goal of the year has us up 1-0! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5FUXjaY0H7\">pic.twitter.com\/5FUXjaY0H7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BU Men&#39;s Hockey (@TerrierHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierHockey\/status\/1498044463083495426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 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;\">After the first period, the two teams went to the locker room with the Terriers holding a 19-7 edge in the shot count and a 1-0 advantage on the scoreboard. After the game, York said that the one-goal deficit felt much more surmountable for the Eagles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLast night, they had a 3-0 lead early, and we had to fight all the way back. Tonight, you know 1-0 it\u2019s still right there it\u2019s not an insurmountable lead\u201d, York said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sure enough, the second period was much more evenly matched, and just over 15 minutes into the middle stanza, the Eagles capitalized on a turnover by Boston University junior defenseman John Copeland. Copeland lofted a backhand right onto the stick of Boston College forward Marc Mclaughlin, who fed his linemate, Jack McBain, for a 2-on-1 opportunity. McBain roofed the puck over the glove of Terrier sophomore netminder Drew Commesso (21 saves) to knot the score up at one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BC_MHockey\/status\/1498061749416648704?s=20&#038;t=CS5IVFhlZuwXpfZUtwKQnQ<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">York\u2019s decision to put McLaughlin and McBain together paid off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI wanted to get McBain with McLaughlin. That was the key reason to doing that,\u201d York said when asked why he shuffled his top two lines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Boston University, Copeland\u2019s turnover was a costly player by a defenseman who is a bubble player. O\u2019Connell sat Copeland for the remainder of the game following the turnover.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe had full control of the puck, and he kind of threw a backhand up the middle, and they capitalized on it,\u201d O\u2019Connell said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Terriers had multiple opportunities to retake the lead later in the second period, but they failed to cash in. Their most notable opportunity was a 30-second 5-on-3 power play with three minutes to go in the period. O\u2019Connell called time out to draw up a plan of attack and was disappointed with the way his team executed it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen we called the timeout before the 5-on-3, that was kind of an important moment in the game, and we didn\u2019t execute,&#8221; O\u2019Connell said. &#8220;We had some guys on the power play tonight who didn\u2019t necessarily execute what we were trying to do.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second period tied at one, and the Eagles took a power play into the third period. The Terriers killed that penalty to start the third and again picked up their play. They peppered Dop with 14 more shots in the final frame. The Eagles goaltender stopped them all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other side, Commesso stood tall but got burned by two of his former Olympic teammates. McLaughlin fired a cross-ice feed to BC defenseman Drew Helleson, who stepped into a one-timer before Commesso could get across.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O\u2019Connell referred to the goal as \u201can NHL play,\u201d and York said after the game that a goal like that was necessary to beat Commesso.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BC_MHockey\/status\/1498076312774144000?s=20&#038;t=CS5IVFhlZuwXpfZUtwKQnQ<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat was the only way we were gonna catch him. It had to be a one-timer because he gets across quick,\u201d York said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the goal, Boston College graduate student Brandon Kruse took a big hit as he dropped the puck to McLaughlin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOn the goal that won the game, Brandon Kruse took a big hit to make a play,\u201d York said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O&#8217;Connell said, \u201c[Max Kaufman] went for a big hit, and the puck squirted to their guy. It was kind of a broken play that turned into a highlight-reel play.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston College forward Patrick Giles added an empty-net goal in the final seconds to seal the game for Boston College. The Terriers dropped to 16th in the PairWise with the loss. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They now have two regular-season games remaining against Maine before the Hockey East playoffs the following week. Friday\u2019s game against Maine starts at 7:30 p.m. at Alfond Arena in Orono.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured Image: BC senior forward Jack McBain (11) scores on BU sophomore goaltender Drew Commesso (29) during the second period of a 3-1 Eagles win at Conte Forum on Feb,. 27, 2022. Photo by Patrick Donnelly.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Owen Gund CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. &#8211;\u200b\u200b The Boston University Terriers saw their eight-game win streak come to an end in a 3-1 loss to the Boston College Eagles. 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