Terriers Post 5-2 Road Win over UMass Lowell

Saturday, December 8

Lowell, MA

7 PM

Boston University

5-8-2, 5-5-2HEA

UMass Lowell

8-7-1, 4-4-1HEA

Boston University

UMass Lowell

Shane Bowers - Goal Celebration at Lowell

Photo by: Brian Fluharty-Lowell Atheltics

December 8, 2018 | Men's Ice Hockey

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LOWELL, Mass. - Boosted by a three-goal first period, the Boston University men's ice hockey team earned a weekend split with UMass Lowell by posting a 5-2 road win on Saturday evening at Tsongas Center.

Senior Bobo Carpenter and sophomore Shane Bowers each scored a pair of goals, junior Patrick Curry had a career-high three points (1g, 2a) and junior Jake Oettinger made 40 saves to help the Terriers improve to 5-8-2 with an even 5-5-2 Hockey East mark.

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU scored two 5-on-5 goals, a 4-on-4 tally and a power-play goal in addition to a shorthanded marker by Carpenter that was the eventual game winner.
The Terriers scored three times in just under four minutes to take a 3-0 lead at 14:02 of the opening period.
Sophomore Kasper Kotkansalo picked off a Lowell clearing attempt and got the puck to Carpenter who spun around and fired a shot from the inside of the left circle that found the back of the net at 10:03.
Kotkansalo set up the next goal as well, knocking down an elevated puck at the BU blue line with the teams skating 4-on-4 to set up a rush that Bowers capped with an impressive backhand to the top right of the net at 13:03.
Fifty-nine seconds later with BU down a player, Carpenter poked in a rebound off a shot by Curry to create the 3-0 cushion.
Lowell scored just five seconds later – right as BU got back to full strength – to get on the board and cut the BU lead to 3-1.
The home team made it a one-goal contest midway through the second on a shot from the top of the left circle by Mattias Goransson.
The BU power play provided an insurance goal in third as Curry curled around the right post and popped a shot over UML netminder Chris Hernberg with 15:06 left in regulation.
Bowers finished off his two-goal night and sealed the victory with a tally at 17:03 of the third.

GAME NOTES

The Terriers' special teams had a strong night, going 1-for-3 on the power play and killing off all five of Lowell's chances with the man advantage.
Lowell held a 42-26 shot advantage.
Kotkansalo and fellow sophomore blueliner David Farrance each had two assists on the night while graduate student Max Willman picked up a helper on Curry's goal.
This was the fourth straight year that BU and Lowell split their season series.

UP NEXT

The Terriers will close out the 2018 portion of their schedule on Friday (Dec. 14) when they host Dartmouth.
Game time at Agganis Arena is set for 7:30 p.m.