Terriers Use Special Teams to Roll Past Merrimack, 7-2

Monday, January 21

Boston, MA

4 PM

Boston University

9-9-3, 8-5-2

Merrimack

7-17-1, 4-11-0

Merrimack

Boston University

Photo by: Matt Dresens

Terriers Use Special Teams to Roll Past Merrimack, 7-2

January 21, 2019 | Men's Ice Hockey

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BOSTON - The Boston University men's ice hockey team scored four special-teams goals en route to 7-2 home win over Merrimack on Monday at Agganis Arena.

The Terriers, who potted three power-play goals and a shorthanded tally, extended their win streak in Hockey East play to four games and improved to 9-9-3 overall and 8-5-2 in Hockey East play.

Sophomore David Farrance had his first two-goal game as a Terrier while junior Patrick Harper had a goal and two assists. Senior Ryan Cloonan and graduate student Max Willman each scored his first goal of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Merrimack opened the scoring 8:50 into the first on a goal by Chase Gresock.
BU knotted it up on its first power play of the night on a blast from the center point by Farrance on assists from Harper and junior Patrick Curry.
The Terriers took the lead and never let it go as Cloonan poked in his own rebound at the crease with just under a minute to play in the opening period.
Willman became the seventh Terrier this season to score a shorthanded goal when he took advantage of a Merrimack miscue and finished off a breakaway midway through the second for a 3-1 lead.
Harper punched in a rebound to push the lead to 4-1 at 13:17.
Just 20 seconds later, Merrimack's Logan Drevitch converted a breakaway along the left side to make it a 4-2 contest.
BU tacked on three more goals in the third to put the game away.
Junior Dante Fabbro and sophomore Shane Bowers recorded power-play goals at 2:12 and 6:01, respectively, of the third
Farrance put the finishing touches on the win with a shot from the left circle off a good look by Harper with 9:35 to play.

GAME NOTES

BU outshot Merrimack, 42-32, and held a 36-19 advantage in face-offs.
The Terriers went 3-of-4 on the power play and killed off all six of Merrimack's man-up chances, including a five-minute major in the third.
Cloonan ended a streak of 97 consecutive games without a goal, dating back to November 2015.
Willman, who transferred from Brown, scored his first goal as a Terrier and the 17th of his career.

UP NEXT

The Terriers will welcome No. 17 Arizona State to Agganis Arena for a weekend series on Jan. 25-26.
Game time on Friday is 7:30 p.m. while Saturday will be a 7 p.m. start.