Comeback Falls Short for No. 2 Terriers at No. 10 Denver, 4-3

Friday, October 14

Denver, CO

9:30 PM ET

Boston University

1-1-0

Denver

1-2-0

Boston University

Denver

Comeback Falls Short for No. 2 Terriers at No. 10 Denver, 4-3

October 15, 2016 | Men's Ice Hockey

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DENVER – A late comeback effort fell just short for the No. 2 Boston University men's ice hockey team on Friday evening as No. 10 Denver held on for a 4-3 win in the opener of a weekend series at Magness Arena.

THE RUNDOWN

Final Score: #10 Denver 4, #2 Boston University 3
Records: BU (1-1-0), Denver (1-2-0)
Location: Magness Arena – Denver, Colo.
Coach Quinn Postgame

HOW IT HAPPENED

Down 4-1 entering the third period, Boston University got goals from sophomore Jordan Greenway and freshman Clayton Keller to make it a one-goal game.
A flurry of late pressure by the Terriers was withstood by the Pioneers, who picked up their first victory of the season.
Denver opened the scoring late in the first period on a power-play goal by Matt Marcinew and then tacked on two more 42 seconds apart in the fifth minute of the middle stanza to take a 3-0 lead.
Junior Brandon Hickey got the Terriers on the board with a power-play tally from the top of the left circle at 9:25 of the second before the home team reestablished a three-goal cushion less than three minutes later on Evan Janssen's second marker of the period.
At 2:47 of the third, Greenway stuffed home the puck during a scrum at the right post to make it a 4-2 contest.
With the Pioneers on a power play, Keller won a race to the puck and converted a shorthanded breakaway with 9:12 left in regulation.
Sophomore Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and freshman Patrick Harper assisted on both of BU's first two goals.
Freshman Jake Oettinger made 31 saves in goal for the Terriers while Tanner Jaillet turned aside 23 BU shots for the Pioneers.

GAME NOTES

Denver held a 35-26 shot advantage.
The Pioneers converted on one of seven power-play chances and the Terriers' penalty kill is 14-of-15 thus far this season.
BU went 1-of-3 with the man advantage.
Greenway recorded 10 of the Terriers' 26 shots.
Freshman Dante Fabbro (+1) was BU's lone plus player on the night.
The all-time series between BU and Denver is now knotted at 15-15-2.

NEXT UP

The teams will close out the weekend series on Saturday (Oct. 15) at 9 p.m. ET.
The game will be televised on Altitude 2 (DirecTV 681-1, Dish 453) and will be streamed at NCHC.tv.