Carpenter Helps Terriers Down Merrimack, 3-1, to Complete Sweep

Saturday, January 20

Boston, MA

7 PM

Boston University

11-11-2, 9-7-2

Merrimack

7-13-4, 4-9-2

Merrimack

Boston University

Photo by: Rich Gagnon

Carpenter Helps Terriers Down Merrimack, 3-1, to Complete Sweep

January 20, 2018 | Men's Ice Hockey

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BOSTON – Junior Bobo Carpenter scored two goals and assisted on another to help the Boston University men's ice hockey team post a 3-1 home win and complete a weekend sweep of Merrimack on Saturday evening at Agganis Arena.

The Terriers' special teams made the difference, going 2-for-4 on the power play and killing off all seven of the Warriors' chances with the man advantage.

BU, which extended its unbeaten streak to four games (3-0-1), improves to an even 11-11-2 overall and 9-7-2 in Hockey East play while Merrimack falls to 7-13-4 with a 4-9-2 conference mark.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Terriers scored one goal in each period, beginning with a power-play tally from freshman Brady Tkachuk at the right crease that came at the 12:28 mark of the first.
Carpenter pushed the lead to 2-0 just 3:58 into the second when he finished off a perfect pass from freshman Shane Bowers on a rush.
Merrimack got on the board with 1:46 left in the middle stanza as Ludvig Larsson took a feed from Cole McBride and buried a shot while streaking across the goalmouth.
That was the only shot the Warriors were able to get past BU netminder Jake Oettinger, who stopped 26 of 27 shots on the night.
Carpenter capped his fourth multi-goal game of the season midway through the third, receiving a pass in the right slot from junior Jordan Greenway before turning and firing a shot to the top of the cage.

GAME NOTES

The Terriers are now tied for third with Providence in the Hockey East standings with 20 points.
This was BU's first two-win weekend of the season.
Greenway, playing in his 100th career game, earned the primary assist on both of the Terriers' power-play goals.
Freshman Ty Amonte earned his second assist of the weekend.
Only six teams have longer current unbeaten streaks than BU (3-0-1).
BU honored longtime equipment manager Mike DiMella for reaching 1,000 career games with the Terriers.

UP NEXT

The Terriers will return to action next weekend when they head west for a pair of contests at Arizona State.
The first-ever meeting between the two schools will take place at Gila River Arena, home of the NHL's Arizona Coyotes, on Friday (Jan. 26) at 9 p.m. ET.