No. 3/4 Terriers Roll Past U.S. Under-18 Team, 8-2

Thursday, October 6

Boston, MA

7 PM

Boston University

U.S. Under-18 Team

Boston University

Photo by: Rich Gagnon

No. 3/4 Terriers Roll Past U.S. Under-18 Team, 8-2

October 6, 2016 | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score Box Score Highlights

BOSTON – Sophomore Bobo Carpenter had a five-point night (2g, 3a) and freshman Patrick Harper continued his torrid preseason with a hat trick as the No. 3/4 Boston University men's ice hockey team rolled past the U.S. National Under-18 Team, 8-2, on Thursday evening at Agganis Arena.

THE RUNDOWN

Final Score: Boston University 8, U.S. Under-18 Team 2 - Exhibition
Location: Agganis Arena – Boston, Mass.
Box Score | Highlights | Postgame Comments: Quinn / Carpenter

HOW IT HAPPENED

Boston University turned in another impressive exhibition performance, scoring three goals in each of the first two periods to cruise to the 8-2 victory.
Sophomore Bobo Carpenter registered two goals and three assists while freshman Patrick Harper notched a hat trick and a helper.
The Terriers scored three goals – all even-strength – in a span of 2:56 to jump out to a 3-0 lead less than eight minutes into the contest.
Harper opened the scoring at 4:42 before classmate Patrick Curry and Carpenter followed to create the 3-0 cushion.
Both of Team USA's tallies came shorthanded one in the closing seconds of the first period and the other late in the second.
In the middle period, Harper finished off his hat trick, converting on the power play just 24 seconds into the stanza before adding his third goal of the night at 6:04. Fellow freshman Clayton Keller recorded a shorthanded tally in between Harper's tallies.
Carpenter completed his five-point night on a marker just 15 seconds after the puck dropped on the third period and freshman Dante Fabbro capped the scoring with a power-play goal at 7:57 of the third.
Junior goaltender Connor LaCouvee played the second half of the game and stopped 16 of the 17 shots he faced. Freshman Jake Oettinger played the first 30:32 and made three saves while allowing one goal to pick up the victory.
Freshman Chad Krys and sophomore Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson each had three assists.

GAME NOTES

BU killed off all nine of Team USA's power-play chances and went 2-of-9 with the man advantage.
The Terriers held a 41-21 shot advantage.
Harper scored eight goals on 10 shots over the course of BU's two exhibition games and had a hand in 11 of the team's 18 goals.
All of the four goals allowed by BU during its two exhibition games were either shorthanded or 5-on-3.
Carpenter, Harper and Krys all had a +4 rating.

NEXT UP

BU will officially open its season on Saturday (Oct. 8) when it visits Colgate for a 6 p.m. contest.
It will be the second contest played in Colgate's new Class of 1965 Arena. The Raiders skated to a 2-2 draw with Army in their season opener on Oct. 1
The game will be streamed live on the Patriot League Network.