Hockey Team Bows to Ferris State
December 27, 1999 | Men's Ice Hockey
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Junior forward Carl Corazzini (Framingham, Mass.) notched his second career hat trick, and the Terrier hockey team outshot Ferris State, 34-26, but neither was enough as B.U. bowed to Ferris State, 4-3, December 27th in the opening game of the Silverado Shootout hosted by the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
For B.U., who will play host UMD tomorrow evening (December 28th) in the second game of the Shootout, the loss dropped its record to 11-5-2.
It marked the Terriers' first game of the second semester with their last action coming December 10th when they lost, 4-2, at the University of Maine.
Not only was it the team's first action in 17 days but it also played without four of its top players who are with the U.S. Junior Team at the World Junior Championships in Sweden. Missing from the lineup are sophomore center Dan Cavanaugh (Springfield, Mass.), freshman right wing John Sabo (Harding Township, NJ), sophomore defenseman Pat Aufiero (Winchester, Mass.), and freshman goalie Rick DiPietro (Winthrop, Mass.).
Terrier head coach Jack Parker would not use these missing players as excuses for his team's loss.
"We had 20 players dressed, and so did they," said the coach. "The difference was we didn't get it done, and they did."
On the positive side of the Terriers' lineup, freshman defenseman John Cronin (Duxbury, Mass.) returned to the lineup after missing eight games with a broken thumb. Sophomore forward Mike DiMella (Medford, Mass.) saw his first action of the season after missing the team's first 17 games with a bad back. Finally, freshman defenseman Freddy Meyer (Sanbornville, NH) played his first collegiate game after spending the past two-and-a-half years with the U.S. National program in Ann Arbor, MI.
"I thought Freddy played very well for his first game," Parker said of Meyer. "He is a real good player."
Unquestionably, the star of the game for the Terriers was Corazzini, who now has five goals in his last three games and nine for the season.
After a scoreless first period, Ferris State took a 1-0 lead at 3:20 of the second period. Corazzini then tied the game when he scored his first goal of the game with assists going to senior Tommi Degerman (Helsinki, FIN) and freshman Ryan Priem at 5:03 of the first period. For Priem, who hails from Minnetonka, MNjust two-and-a-half hours from Duluth, it was his first collegiate point.
Corazzini notched his second goal of the game on the Terriers' power play just 2:36 later. Sophomore Jack Baker (Boston, Mass.) had the number one assist as he passed the puck out to Corazzini in front of the Ferris State net. Sophomore Chris Dyment (Reading, Mass.) also had an assist.
Ferris State managed to tie the game at 18:23 of the period as the two teams entered the final period knotted at 2-2.
The Bulldogs drew first blood in the third period when they went ahead 3-2 on a shorthanded goal at 4:37 of the period. It was the sixth shorthanded goal allowed by the Terriers this year.
It appeared that's how the game would end, but Corazzini finished off his hat trick on a sprawling shot with just 2:35 to play in regulation. Corazzini, whose first collegiate hat trick came against the
However, the Bulldogs' Scott Lewis won the ensuing faceoff and sent teammate Phil Lewandowski in on Terrier goalie Jason Tapp (Kelowna, BC). Lewandowski, whose late second-period goal had tied the game, scored the game-winner just 11 seconds after Corazzini's goal.
Parker pulled Tapp with 1:24 to play in the game for an extra skater, but the Terriers could not score the equalizer.
"I was very pleased with our effort tonight," said Parker. "I thought we played hard and got enough shots to win. We just didn't get it done.
"You can't win many games when you give up four goals," continued Parker. "But, you have to give them credit. They are a good team, and they are very opportunistic.
"I thought when we scored the tying goal it would get us going, but they won the faceoff and scored the game-winner.
"We were without four of our players, but it gave some of the other kids a chance to play.
"We have now lost our last two games, but I think we have our best hockey ahead of us. It might come next month or next year.
"I think we are a good team, but January will tell us how good we are," said Parker looking to the coming month that sees the Terriers play two games each against Boston College, Maine, and New Hampshire, along with single games against UMass/Lowell and Yale.
For Corazzini, the hat trick was greeted by mixed emotions.
"It's nice to have scored three goals, but it's too bad it came in a game we lost," he said.
