By: Jarett Leonard<\/p>\n
In a back-and-forth, high scoring affair that contained just as many fortunate bounces as skilled finishes, the Boston University and Harvard women’s hockey teams battled to a 6-6 tie in the Beanpot consolation game.<\/p>\n
But the result was no consolation for the Terriers, who surrendered five leads over the course of 60 minutes and allowed the tying goal with just over a minute left on the clock.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a bit of an old school hockey game,\u201d BU coach Brian Durocher said. \u201cIt was just one of those nights where there was a lot of good offensive play, some funny bounces and some beautiful shots and that led to a high scoring game.\u201d<\/p>\n
BU opened the scoring midway through the first period as senior Maddie Elia raced down the left wing and stickhandled her way to the front of the net. Her backhand shot was stopped by Larcom, but junior Nina Rodgers was there to bury the rebound and give the Terriers a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
It would not last long, though, as Harvard tied it about three minutes later. Just nine seconds after sophomore Connor Galway was whistled for interference, junior Lexie Laing slipped a pass across the crease to the tape of classmate Haley Mullins, who tapped it in to even the score.<\/p>\n
BU would regain the lead less than five minutes into the middle period. Following a chance for Rodgers in the high slot that was turned away, she regained the puck and threw it toward the net, where Elia deflected it in.<\/p>\n
But once again, the lead did not hold, as two costly mistakes allowed Harvard to reverse BU\u2019s one goal edge. After freshman Abby Cook failed to clear the puck, Mullins snapped one over the head of BU junior goaltender Erin O\u2019Neil and in to tie it at two goals apiece.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we probably mishandled a couple pucks that were within our ability to deal with,\u201d Durocher said. \u201cYou give credit to them for most of those things but we might have added to it by mishandling a puck or making a less than perfect decision.\u201d<\/p>\n
Four mintues later, BU\u2019s troubles continued when junior Chelsea Ziadie flipped one in from center, and as O\u2019Neil attempted to move it quickly, it came of the heal of her stick and slipped over the line.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Erin saw a couple BU kids that were fanning out and late in the process made the decision that \u2018I can get this up there quick,\u2019 forgetting that she was right in the middle of the net,\u201d Durocher said. \u201cPucks break off sticks sometimes, and it\u2019s probably a little more vulnerable for a goalie who\u2019s got that bigger paddle. You\u2019ve got to really handle it, and it looked like it just clipped the heal and slid underneath.\u201d<\/p>\n
Later in the second, junior Victoria Bach tied the game again, skating out front, turning and firing the puck short side off the corner post and in to make it 3-3. Then early in the final frame, Elia pulled the puck off the boards and found junior Rebecca Leslie in front, who stickhandled to moved Harvard freshman goaltender Beth Larcom out of position and easily potted the go-ahead goal. For Elia, the helper marked her third point of the game and the 100th<\/sup> of her career.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s pretty special, playing for such a good program like BU,\u201d Elia said. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of my teammates helping me get better so I\u2019m thankful for them.\u201d<\/p>\n Once again, though, the lead was short lived, as senior Sydney Daniels blasted a slap shot from the slot just 10 seconds later to tie it at 4-4. The goal was her team-leading ninth of the year.<\/p>\n \u201cI loved how our kids continued to compete the entire game,\u201d Harvard coach Katey Stone said. \u201cI\u2019m really proud of our effort. There\u2019s no question that this group of kids brings the best effort every time they put the jersey on.\u201d<\/p>\n BU later got a bounce to go its way, as Mary Parker\u2019s wrist shot was deflected, slowing it enough to cross up Larcom as the puck beat her five-hole to give the Terriers a 5-4 lead. But Harvard continued the theme of the game and tied it just over two minutes later, this time a tip-in from Laing to make it 5-5.<\/p>\n With six minutes left, Parker gave BU the lead for the second time in the third period, finishing a rebound after Bach\u2019s long wrist shot was rejected. Harvard then pulled Larcom for the extra attacker and, fittingly, sophomore Kate Hallett tied the game with 1:01 on the clock.<\/p>\n The draw continued an impressive week for the Crimson, who barely fell to No. 5 St. Lawrence 2-1 on Friday before tying No. 3 Clarkson 2-2 on Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cI think our kids are fed up,\u201d Stone said. \u201cThey\u2019re tired of being in that position and they\u2019re proud kids. They want to better than we are right now and our record doesn\u2019t show the fight or the tenacity that our team has. They\u2019ve been on the other side of it and they\u2019re doing everything they can to get on the right side of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Parker added a helper to her two tallies and has now recorded four goals and an assist against her former team this season. The graduate student spent three years with Harvard, tallying 91 points over 104 games and capturing the 2014 Beanpot title.<\/p>\n BU will now turn its attention to an important home-and-home series this weekend with the University of New Hampshire. The two teams are tied for fourth place in Hockey East with 20 points, and the top four teams will earn home-ice advantage in the first round of the conference tournament.<\/p>\n \u201cI think moving forward, our team is just looking to build on the good things were doing and continue to put 60 hard minutes of BU hockey together,\u201d Parker said. \u201cI think if we do that moving forward, we\u2019ll put ourselves in a good position.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By: Jarett Leonard In a back-and-forth, high scoring affair that contained just as many fortunate bounces as skilled finishes, the Boston University and Harvard women’s hockey teams battled to a 6-6 tie in the Beanpot consolation game. But the result was no consolation for the Terriers, who surrendered five leads over the course of 60 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17192,"featured_media":1623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1041],"tags":[1510],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7857"}],"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\/17192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20533,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7857\/revisions\/20533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}