By: Jake Reiser<\/p>\n
The last weekend of Hockey East regular season play is finally here. After a long season, there was one matchup left for the No. 6 Boston University Terriers on the docket: No. 13 University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish.<\/p>\n
In a battle of strong third period teams and large goaltenders, the Irish prevailed in game one, by a score of 3-1. Jake Evans had two goals for Notre Dame while Cal Petersen made 37 saves against the Terriers.<\/p>\n
Evans got the Irish on the board just before the midway point of the first period. On a Charlie McAvoy giveaway to Cam Morrison, Evans\u2019 one-timer got through BU netminder Jake Oettinger to give Notre Dame a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Almost at the end of the period, and in the minute following a successful penalty kill, the Terriers put one home. Clayton Keller spun with the puck around the offensive zone, turned to take a shot and fired one towards net. The puck deflected off the shin pad of Patrick Harper, beating Petersen and evening the game at one\u00a0goal a side.<\/p>\n
Notre Dame took the lead for good with less than two minutes left in the second period. On a play that was initially waived off as no goal, Bobo Carpenter pushed a Notre Dame forward into Oettinger, who couldn\u2019t make a play on Ben Ostlie\u2019s backhand bid. After review, the call was overturned, giving the Irish a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n
The goal was Ostlie’s first goal of the season and first point by a Notre Dame senior this season.<\/p>\n
Throughout the game, the referees made themselves known, with early whistles, and two reviews that defined the game.<\/p>\n
It felt like the Terriers had all the momentum in the third period, landing 23 shots on Petersen in the frame. Again, late in the period, Evans\u2019 one-timer on an odd man rush just beat Oettinger, sealing a Notre Dame victory. Boston University had two power plays in the third period, but couldn\u2019t convert, only getting three shots total with the man advantage.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur power play is not good enough. End of story. We\u2019re very, very immature with our power play,\u201d said BU Head Coach David Quinn.<\/p>\n
Quinn also noted how strong Cal Petersen has been against BU in his career at Notre Dame.<\/p>\n
\u201cPetersen\u2019s had our number for three years if you go back and look at our games with them,\u201d Quinn said. \u201cTwo years ago, we were here, and I think we put 50 shots on him both nights, and we get a point. Last year, we went out [to South Bend] and we played well in the first game, won 3-2, and the second night, they beat us, 1-0.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even still, Quinn believes there were a lot of positives to take out of the game as whole.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought we played hard, I thought we were much more responsible\u2026I thought our grit was there, I thought our determination was there,\u201d Quinn said.<\/p>\n
With the loss, the Terriers will not be able to claim the Hockey East regular season title outright. Depending on the outcome of the Friday night match-up between Boston College and UMass-Lowell, as well as their own game Saturday night at 7 p.m. against Notre Dame, BU could claim a share of the Hockey East lead only on points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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