By: Jake Resier<\/p>\n
It\u2019s already tough enough to beat No, 7 Boston College twice during the regular season. It\u2019s certainly another to do it a third time, and even more to do it on one of the biggest stages in regular season play. No. 3 Boston University did just that.<\/p>\n
On Monday night, the two schools faced off for the third time this season, this iteration of the Comm Ave Rivalry traveling across the city to TD Garden in the second game of the first Beanpot Monday. With two wins in hand already against the Eagles this season, the Terriers, in part due to a lackluster BC first period, got out to an early lead and wouldn\u2019t let it go the rest of the game, taking home a 3-1 victory.<\/p>\n
Just under five minutes into the game, Patrick Harper came streaking up the wing, skating past Eagles net-minder Joseph Woll, and wrapping the puck around the net. Woll went down, not controlling the puck, and Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson capitalized quickly on the rebound, netting his 11th<\/sup> goal of the season and giving the Terriers a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n The Eagles had trouble generating offense early in the game and never really established an offensive zone presence. Casey Fitzgerald got the first Boston College shot on net, only a dump in from center ice, with 1:50 left to play in the period. After one, Boston University held a decisive 12-2 shots on net advantage.<\/p>\n The firepower came from the Eagles to start the second period, but the Terriers nabbed the next score. On the power play, a Chris Calnan roughing call, Bobo Carpenter and Dante Fabbro drew BC penalty killers to one wall, then slid the puck over to Chad Krys. With a clear lane to shoot in, he rifled a wrister past Woll to grow the BU lead to two goals.<\/p>\n BC struck back when Matthew Gaudreau, falling backwards at the net, flipped a pass to Austin Cangelosi, who had an easy slam dunk past Terriers goaltender Jake Oettinger.<\/p>\n The Eagles gained confidence, as Forsbacka-Karlsson\u2019s holding penalty at the midway point of the period gave BC a chance to tie the game. However, the Terriers swung the pendulum that is momentum back their way with a shorthanded goal by Clayton Keller.<\/p>\n \u201cCharlie [McAvoy] made a great play,” said BU Head Coach David Quinn. “They dumped it in, probably a little harder than they wanted to, Charlie was able to get it, slither through the neutral zone, he makes a great pass to Clayon. It\u2019s funny, Clayton is really good on breakaways when he\u2019s got pressure but when he\u2019s got some time, he\u2019s not as productive. I felt good because I knew he had that guy chasing him.\u201d<\/p>\n Keller approaches a Terrier legend, Jay Pandolfo, in two separate categories. The shorthanded tally was Keller\u2019s fourth of the season, one behind Pandolfo\u2019s franchise leading five man down markers. Keller also tied Pandolfo\u2019s record of 15 consecutive games with a point, now longer than Jack Eichel\u2019s longest streak at BU. For Keller, his first taste of the Beanpot was certainly memorable.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was pretty special, especially playing Boston College,” said Keller. With that atmosphere, it was similar to the World Juniors. It was great to get the win tonight, and now we\u2019re focused on Friday and then, the next game on Monday and I think we\u2019re just going do the right things and prepare for that game.\u201d<\/p>\n It was thought that Ryan Cloonan had scored his first goal of the season in the third frame as well, but it was waived off because Woll had possession of the puck, and Cloonan pushed Woll, resulting in the puck rolling over the goal line.<\/p>\n \u201cThat could be deflating, especially when I still don\u2019t understand why it was called off,\u201d Quinn said. \u201cYou just have to keep playing. I think our guys were surprised but I thought we handled it well, you can\u2019t let it get you down, you have to keep playing. I thought we did a good job of that.\u201d<\/p>\n For the whole game, both teams played tough, physical hockey, but in the end, it came down smart play in the third by the Terriers to hold onto a win.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought the third period was a little bit of give and take, and we played smart hockey in the third. Obviously, we would have wished our power play would have been able to put the game away, make it 4-1,\u201d Quinn said. \u201cJust got some great goaltending, I thought our defense did a good job getting the puck out of our own end, any time you can beat Boston College, you\u2019ve played pretty well. Just a good night for us overall.\u201d<\/p>\n There\u2019s one more game before the Beanpot championship game next Monday, a matchup at Tsongas Arena at 7:15p.m. on Friday against the University of Massachusetts Lowell Riverhawks. 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