No. 7/8 Terriers Skate to 2-2 Draw with UConn

Friday, October 20

Boston, MA

7:30 PM

Boston University

2-2-1, 0-0-1

UConn

2-2-1, 1-1-1

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UConn

Boston University

Photo by: Matt Dresens

No. 7/8 Terriers Skate to 2-2 Draw with UConn

October 20, 2017 | Men's Ice Hockey

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BOSTON – Junior Bobo Carpenter scored a pair of shorthanded goals in the second period but visiting UConn drew even in the third period and the No. 7/8 Boston University men's ice hockey team settled for a 2-2 tie on Friday evening at Agganis Arena.

The Terriers, who were playing in their Hockey East opener, move to 2-2-1 overall and 0-0-1 in league play while the Huskies now stand at 2-2-1 with a 1-1-1 conference mark.

HOW IT HAPPENED

All four goals came during UConn power plays as Carpenter notched a pair of shorthanded goals and the Huskies converted twice on the man advantage.
On the Huskies' first power play of the night, Carpenter forced a turnover before scoring off a backhand on a breakaway to open the scoring at 11:38 of the second.
UConn quickly equalized later in the power play on a shot from the center point by Johnny Austin.
Carpenter came through once again on the the penalty kill, taking advantage of a miscue by UConn netminder Adam Huska and converting off a backhanded wraparound at the 17:10 mark of the middle stanza.
The Huskies' third and final power play of the night created a second tie that was never broken as Alexander Payusov knocked in a rebound at the left post with 12:30 let in regulation.

GAME NOTES

Carpenter became the first Terrier to score two shorthanded goals in game since Cason Hohmann performed the feat against Merrimack in the Hockey East quarterfinals on March 14, 2015.
BU held a 35-33 shot advantage, including a 14-7 margin in the scoreless opening period.
Sophomore Jake Oettinger recorded 31 saves for the Terriers while Huska stopped 33 shots for the Huskies.
BU has only scored one even-strength goal over its past three contests.
Carpenter's goals were his first of the year.
Payusov and Austin each added an assist while Maxim Letunov had a helped on both UConn goals.
Junior Jordan Greenway recorded an assist on Carpenter's second goal.

FROM COACH QUINN

"There wasn't a lot of room out there and guys competed. I thought we had a really good first period and defended a lot harder. It's just frustrating because we just haven't been able to score goals."

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