No. 2 Men's Ice Hockey Blanked by Minnesota State, 3-0

Saturday, October 14

Boston, MA

7 PM

Boston University

2-2-0

Minnesota State

2-1-0

Minnesota State

Boston University

Photo by: Matt Dresens

No. 2 Men's Ice Hockey Blanked by Minnesota State, 3-0

October 14, 2017 | Men's Ice Hockey

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BOSTON - The No. 2 Boston University men's ice hockey team could not solve the Minnesota State defense on Saturday evening, dropping a 3-0 contest to the visiting Mavericks at Agganis Arena.

Minnesota State used a power play to open the scoring at 7:15 of the second period and then bumped up their lead just over six minutes later. A late empty-netter sealed the weekend sweep for the Mavericks, who now stand at 2-1-0 on the year. The Terriers move to an even 2-2-0.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After a scoreless first period in which the teams combined for five unsuccessful power plays, the Mavericks used a too many men penalty on the Terriers to open the scoring.
Nicolas Rivera knocked in a rebound at the top of the crease following a slap shot from above the left circle by Ian Scheid at 7:15 of the middle stanza.
Minnesota State had a goal taken away after a video review midway through the second but BU was unable to take any momentum from the reversed call.
A third effort in front gave the Mavericks a 2-0 lead as C.J. Suess punched the puck past BU netminder Jake Oettinger at the 13:56 mark of the second following two saved shots by Zeb Knutson.
Jason Pawlowski stopped all 26 shots he faced in the MSU goal and Marc Michaelis added a late emtpy-netter to create the 3-0 final.

GAME NOTES

The Mavericks held a 28-26 shot advantage, including a 14-4 margin in the second period.
BU was held without a power-play goal for the first time this season, coming up empty on four chances.
The Mavericks were 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Sophomore Jake Oettinger made 25 saves in goal for the Terriers.
This marked the first time since Nov. 19 of last season that the Terriers were shut out at home.

FROM COACH QUINN

"Tonight, it was more disappointing because we lost. I thought that we did a lot of things that we didn't do last night. I thought we competed. I thought we were physical. I thought we had a good first period but couldn't get a power-play goal. Second period, they started coming at us a bit more. When we face adversity in the middle of the game, we tend to feel sorry for ourselves. That's kind of what was going on tonight."

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