{"id":39218,"date":"2023-11-04T23:45:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T03:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=39218"},"modified":"2023-11-20T10:19:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:19:51","slug":"mens-hockey-terriers-split-series-with-no-3-4-north-dakota-in-ot-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2023\/11\/04\/mens-hockey-terriers-split-series-with-no-3-4-north-dakota-in-ot-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Hockey: Terriers split series with No. 3\/4 North Dakota in OT thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Justin Davids<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Trying to complete the series sweep, Boston University Men\u2019s Hockey (4-2-2, 1-1-1 HE) lost the second game against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks (4-4-1, 0-0-0 NCHC), 5-4 in overtime at Agganis Arena.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe would\u2019ve liked a better result at the end of the day but it\u2019s gonna help our group,\u201d said coach Jay Pandolfo. “Really happy with their effort, they don’t quit. North Dakota’s a very good hockey team… this weekend’s going to help us later on.”
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Looking to continue last night\u2019s success, BU freshman forward Macklin Celebrini drew a five minute major penalty just three minutes into the contest to set up BU\u2019s first power play opportunity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After a couple of quality chances, BU sophomore forward Ryan Greene hit Celebrini with a beautiful net-front pass to make it 1-0 Terriers. However, North Dakota challenged the goal, believing the play to be offside. The challenge was successful and the score would remain 0-0.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even as the Terriers generated solid puck possession throughout the power-play, Fighting Hawks senior goaltender Ludvig Persson prevented BU from taking the early lead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The scoring finally began with North Dakota captain Riese Gaber ripping one past the glove side of BU junior goaltender Mathieu Caron.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About three minutes later, BU sophomore defenseman Lane Hutson reached into his bag of tricks and equalized the score at one, beating Persson from the top of the point.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first frame would finish 1-1, with the Terriers leading in shots 15-6 and seeking to build off of Hutson\u2019s late goal in the first for a momentum push.<\/span><\/p>\n

NDU sophomore forward Owen McLaughlin kicked things off in the second frame, finishing off an amazing tic-tac-toe goal to regain the lead, making it 2-1 Fighting Hawks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Soon after the goal, BU was able to obtain another main-advantage opportunity. Terriers senior forward Luke Tuch gave BU their best look on the PP, ringing the post on a one-timer. Nevertheless, the score would remain 2-1 Fighting Hawks.<\/span><\/p>\n

NDU wouldn\u2019t stop there. Fighting Hawks freshman forward Jayden Perron capitalized on BU sophomore forward Quinn Hutson\u2019s minor boarding penalty, giving NDU an insurance goal to make it 3-1.<\/span><\/p>\n

BU\u2019s Celebrini then added on to BU\u2019s total penalty minutes, committing a slash. The Terriers would be able to kill off the penalty, keeping NDU from extending their two-goal lead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Celebrini stormed back and responded with an amazing connection pass to Hutson, allowing him to score his second goal of the game and cutting the lead down to one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you thought Hutson would cap his night off at two goals, you thought wrong. Just before the final minute of the second period, Hutson completed the hat trick and tied the game up at three apiece. The crowd at Agganis was simply in awe of the young defenseman\u2019s incredible performance thus far.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI had a couple lucky bounces and pucks were finding me so I felt like stuff was going in so I was just going to throw it at the net,\u201d said Hutson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The period finished tied up at 3. Hutson\u2019s phenomenal play-making ability was on full display in the second, and the Terriers looked to keep their momentum up in the final 20 minutes of play.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Three minutes into the final period, BU freshman defenseman Aiden Celebrini took a hooking penalty, the Terriers\u2019 fourth infraction of the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the Terriers were able to escape NDU\u2019s power-play opportunity, the Fighting Hawks would break the tie soon after. NDU sophomore forward Ben Strinden scored off of an offensive zone face-off, catching Caron off-guard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers were given yet another man-advantage. However, BU could not get one past Persson and BU could not score their first power-play goal of the night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As tensions grew inside Agganis, BU sophomore forward Devin Kaplan saved the Terriers\u2019 hopes of a win, redirecting a shot from BU graduate Cade Webber. Kaplan\u2019s goal knotted the game up at four with just 2:17 remaining, ultimately forcing an overtime period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Just 20 seconds into the extra stanza, UND sophomore forward Jack Blake carried the puck into the offensive zone and drove the net to put one past Caron to win the game for the Fighting Hawks in an extraordinary solo effort.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though the Terriers could not complete the sweep, their determination and grit impressed throughout the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Boston University Men\u2019s Hockey is back in action next Friday, November 10th at 7 p.m. for the first of two matchups against UMass Lowell. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Justin Davids Trying to complete the series sweep, Boston University Men\u2019s Hockey (4-2-2, 1-1-1 HE) lost the second game against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks (4-4-1, 0-0-0 NCHC), 5-4 in overtime at Agganis Arena.\u00a0 \u201cWe would\u2019ve liked a better result at the end of the day but it\u2019s gonna help our group,\u201d said coach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23120,"featured_media":34741,"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\/39218"}],"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\/23120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39219,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39218\/revisions\/39219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}