{"id":34813,"date":"2022-11-18T08:32:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=34813"},"modified":"2022-11-18T08:32:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:32:40","slug":"mens-hockey-no-11-9-bu-faces-cross-town-rival-no-18-16-northeastern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2022\/11\/18\/mens-hockey-no-11-9-bu-faces-cross-town-rival-no-18-16-northeastern\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Hockey: No. 11\/9 BU Faces Cross-Town Rival No. 18\/16 Northeastern"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Gracie Davenport<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

After picking up its first series sweep of the season, No. 11\/9 Boston University Men\u2019s Hockey (6-3-0, 4-2-0 HE) will face off against cross-town rival No. 18\/16 Northeastern University (6-3-3, 5-3-2 HE) this weekend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Following two weeks without competition, the Terriers had an extremely successful weekend against the University of Massachusetts. BU heavily outshot UMass with a season-high 45 shots in both outings. Their offense shined as they scored 12 goals over the two-game series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The freshmen accounted for half of the goals, but most notably, freshman forward Ryan Greene stole the show. Greene had a five-point effort (2g, 3a) in the Nov. 11 game, and was on the ice for six of BU\u2019s seven goals. Opening the scoring both nights, he tallied another goal in the second game. For his performance, Greene was named Hockey East Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 7.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c[Greene\u2019s] playing in all situations now. He\u2019s killing penalties, he\u2019s on the power play. He\u2019s playing more, and he\u2019s earned it,\u201d BU Head Coach Jay Pandolfo said following BU\u2019s 5-1 win on Nov. 12. \u201cHe\u2019s very calm out there, he makes smart decisions with the puck, and he\u2019s been really good for us.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Junior goaltender Drew Commesso started both games and notched a 50-save weekend, recording a .943 save percentage across the two games. The two goals he conceded Friday both came with BU on the penalty kill. <\/span><\/p>\n

BU is riding a three-game win streak, with Commesso in net for each of those games. Commesso will have to continue to stand strong this weekend against an explosive NU offense.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finding consistency has been a challenge for the Terriers all season long. Coming into the UMass series, they had split every weekend\u2019s pair of games\u2014losing the first game and winning the second. Last weekend, they were finally able to carry their momentum throughout the entire series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was happy for our guys,\u201d Pandolfo said in his mid-week press conference. \u201cI think they really did put really good work in those two weeks leading up to the UMass series, so it\u2019s a credit to them being ready.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One reason for the Terriers\u2019 inconsistent outcomes has been their discipline. BU ranks first in Hockey East and eighth in the nation for most penalty minutes per game, averaging 14.22 penalty minutes per night. Improving on this, the Terriers only took two minor infractions in their last game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of depth, and we want to use that depth. When guys are sitting on the bench and are not getting out there because we have to kill too many penalties, I think it hurts the flow of our game,\u201d Pandolfo said. \u201cI think it\u2019s important that our discipline is better, and it has been.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Huskies are coming off a two-game Boston College series where they were held without a regulation win. In their first matchup, NU scored three goals in the third period to come back from down 4-1. The Terriers will have to keep the pressure on their opponents for the full 60 minutes if they want to capitalize.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A cornerstone of NU\u2019s roster is junior goaltender Devon Levi. Through 11 games, the sophomore ranks fourth in the nation with a .941 save percentage.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c[Levi\u2019s] a terrific goalie,\u201d Pandolfo said. \u201cThe big thing going against him is you have to create second chances. He doesn\u2019t give up too many goals on the first shot. We have to make sure we\u2019re getting to the net, we\u2019re finding rebounds, we\u2019re recovering pucks.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The last time the Terriers and Huskies met was in the 2022 Beanpot Championship game, with BU shutting out the three-time reigning champions in a 1-0 contest. This weekend, BU will be looking for their first home win against Northeastern since 2019. Of note, neither Commesso nor Levi played for their respective teams during the Beanpot Championship, as both were overseas for the 2022 Olympic Games.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first game will take place at Agganis Arena on Friday, and the second will follow Saturday at Northeastern\u2019s Matthews Arena. Both games have puck drops scheduled for 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Gracie Davenport After picking up its first series sweep of the season, No. 11\/9 Boston University Men\u2019s Hockey (6-3-0, 4-2-0 HE) will face off against cross-town rival No. 18\/16 Northeastern University (6-3-3, 5-3-2 HE) this weekend.\u00a0 Following two weeks without competition, the Terriers had an extremely successful weekend against the University of Massachusetts. BU […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21299,"featured_media":34749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1026,1028,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34813"}],"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\/21299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34816,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34813\/revisions\/34816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}