{"id":40323,"date":"2024-02-16T23:01:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T04:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=40323"},"modified":"2024-02-16T23:07:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T04:07:01","slug":"mens-hockey-no-3-bus-slump-continues-in-providence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2024\/02\/16\/mens-hockey-no-3-bus-slump-continues-in-providence\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Hockey: No. 3 BU’s slump continues in Providence"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Joe Eachus<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Boston University men\u2019s hockey\u2019s slump continued on Friday night at Schneider Arena, as the No. 3 Terriers skated to a 2-2 tie against No. 10 Providence, with the Friars picking up the extra Hockey East point in the shootout.<\/span><\/p>\n

BU (19-8-2, 13-4-2 HEA) is now 3-4-1 since the highly-touted series against Boston College in late January, while the Friars (16-9-3, 9-6-3 HEA) picked up a key two points to pull ahead of UMass for sole possession of fourth place in the conference standings.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, we did some good things. A little bit of shooting ourselves in the foot again with mistakes. This time of year, [that] can\u2019t happen,\u201d coach Jay Pandolfo said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Providence was first on the board at the 4:34 mark of the opening frame, as Hobey Baker nominee and Friar captain Chase Yoder tipping Guillaume Richard\u2019s point shot past Caron to open the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite a relatively clean game overall, with just three penalty calls between the teams, special teams proved critical. With Macklin Celebrini taking up residence in the box for a slash, Nick Zabaneh\u2019s unassisted short-handed effort led to BU\u2019s first goal of the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zabaneh intercepted a cross-point pass, beat the lone defender, and lifted it backhand over the left shoulder of a diving Philip Svedeback for his fourth tally (and second short-handed) of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

The teams headed to the locker rooms through one period of the top-10 matchup knotted at one goal each. Caron was nearly-flawless in the first frame, turning aside 16 of 17 shots. BU managed just six shots on goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers turned up the intensity in the second period, with a handful of opportunities on net. However, Svedeback was dominant in the crease for the Friars.<\/span><\/p>\n

The forecheck proved to be the difference, as Jack Hughes and Jack Harvey forced a turnover in the Friar end, and Harvey threaded a pass to a streaking Sam Stevens between the hashmarks, who\u2019d easily float the puck over Svedeback for a 2-1 BU lead.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat was what we talked about, playing behind them. Win a puck on the forecheck, get it to the slot. I\u2019d like to see us create a little more than one even-strength goal. Still, we\u2019ve got to bear down even more,\u201d Pandolfo noted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Providence answered back three minutes later on the power play, with a puck movement clinic leading to Tanner Adams scoring his sixth of the year off a slick feed from Graham Gamache.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe pressured on that one, but [Providence] ended up making a play. When you\u2019re aggressive on the [penalty] kill, you\u2019re going to give up some chances like that,\u201d Pandolfo said.<\/span><\/p>\n

20 more minutes of hockey solved nothing, even with a power-play chance for BU late in the frame, and the two squads headed to 3-on-3 overtime. Just four shots between the two teams (BU 3 shots on goal, PC 1) and perfect goaltenders on either end led to an official tie and a shootout for the extra point in the standings.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t like [the power-play] tonight, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d Pandolfo said. \u201cWe only had one, and we weren\u2019t in sync, the execution was not very good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With the playoffs looming, both teams needed to have the extra point to bolster their place in the standings, but only one could earn it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Providence won the shootout, with Hudson Malinoski scoring the lone goal and Svedeback a perfect 3-for-3 on save attempts, stopping Quinn Hutson, Celebrini, and Lane Hutson.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two squads return to action on Comm. Ave. tomorrow night, with puck drop scheduled for 6 p.m. and the game streaming on ESPN+.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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