No. 5/4 Terriers Blanked by UConn, 4-0

Saturday, November 19

Boston, MA

7 PM

Boston University

6-4-1, 2-1-1

Connecticut

4-4-5, 2-2-1

UConn

Boston University

Photo by: Rich Gagnon

November 19, 2016 | Men's Ice Hockey

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BOSTON, Mass. - The No. 5/4 Boston University men's ice hockey team allowed visiting Connecticut to score four goals on just 20 shots in a 4-0 loss to the Huskies on Saturday evening at Agganis Arena.

THE RUNDOWN

Final Score: Connecticut 4, #5/4 Boston University 0
Records: BU (6-4-1, 2-1-1 HE), Connecticut (4-4-5, 2-2-1 HE)
Location: Agganis Arena – Boston, Mass.

HOW IT HAPPENED

UConn freshman Adam Huska turned aside all 37 of the Terriers' shots to pick up his first collegiate shutout and allow Connecticut to earn a weekend split with BU.
After neither team was able to score in the first 30 minutes of the game, Karl El-Mir broke the scoreless deadlock at 10:04 of the middle stanza when he wristed a shot past BU netminder Jake Oettinger after Johnny Austin took out Charlie McAvoy while he skating with the puck in his own end.
The visitors doubled their lead before the second intermission at 16:08 of the second when Kasperi Ojantakanen scored off a feed by Benjamin Freeman just as a UConn power play expired.
The Terriers came out of the third-period gate hungry for a goal but the Huskies killed any chance of a momentum switch when David Drake corralled a deflected puck and had his shot from the right circle go off Oettinger's pad and in with 18:12 to play.
Corey Ronan, son of former Terrier Ed Ronan, capped the scoring at 5:44 of the final period when he pounced on a bouncing puck in front of the BU goal.

GAME NOTES

BU outshot UConn, 37-20, and held a 34-15 advantage at even-strength.
The loss snapped a nine-game home winning streak dating back to Dec. 4 of last season. It was BU's longest home streak since 1997, when the Terriers were playing at Walter Brown Arena.
Oettinger allowed his first goals at Agganis as his home shutout skein to begin his career came to an end at 204:41 on El-Mir's goal.
Freshman Patrick Harper recorded a career-high nine shots on goal.
BU is now 4-2-1 all-time against the Huskies.

NEXT UP

The Terriers have a quick turnaround as they will host No. 11/10 Harvard on Tuesday (Nov. 22) in a match-up of crosstown rivals.
Game time is 7 p.m. and it will be streamed live at GoTerriers.com/TerrierTV.