No. 2 Terriers Fall at No. 10 Denver, 3-1

Saturday, October 15

Denver, CO

9 PM ET

Boston University

1-2-0

Denver

2-2-0

Boston University

Denver

Photo by: Rich Gagnon

October 16, 2016 | Men's Ice Hockey

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DENVER – The No. 2 Boston University men's ice hockey team dropped a 3-1 contest at No. 10 Denver on Saturday evening at Magness Arena as the Pioneers completed a weekend sweep.

THE RUNDOWN

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

HOW IT HAPPENED

Freshman Kieffer Bellows tied the game at 1-1 with his first collegiate goal 43 seconds into the third period but Henrik Borgstrom scored his second goal of the contest with 9:37 left in regulation to lift the Pioneers to the weekend sweep.
Both of those goals came on the power play and Denver added an empty-netter from Tyson McLellan with 25 seconds left to create the 3-1 final.
The Terriers put together a strong effort in the first period, limiting the home team to just three shots and creating a handful of good chances, but were unable to strike first.
Bergstrom opened the scoring on a tough-angle shot from the foot of the left circle that eluded BU goaltender Jake Oettinger 1:37 into the middle period.
Sophomore Charlie McAvoy and freshman Patrick Harper assisted on Bellows' tally, which came from the far side of the right circle. The freshman spun around and fired a shot that went off the far post and in.
Backstroke's winner came off a rush as the freshman took a pass from Troy Terry and backhanded a shot over Oettinger's left shoulder.
Oettinger tallied 20 saves for the Terriers while Tanner Jaillet picked up the win in goal with a 24-save performance.

GAME NOTES

The Terriers held a 25-23 shot advantage.
BU went 1-of-6 on the power play and killed off six of seven man advantages for Denver.
Harper has at least one point in all three games to start his career and has a team-best five points on two goals and three assists.
Freshman Clayton Keller recorded a game-best five shots.
Denver now holds a 16-15-2 advantage in the all-time series

NEXT UP

The Terriers will welcome Sacred Heart to Agganis Arena for the home opener on Friday (Oct. 21) as part of Family & Friends Weekend.
It will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
The game starts at 7:30 p.m. and will be broadcast live on TerrierTV (GoTerriers.com/TerrierTV).