Men's Ice Hockey Plays to 3-3 Draw at UMass Lowell

Friday, October 25

Lowell, MA

7 PM

Boston University

1-1-2, 0-0-1HEA

UMass Lowell

3-2-2, 0-0-1HEA

OT 1

Boston University

UMass Lowell

Photo by: Rich Gagnon

Men's Ice Hockey Plays to 3-3 Draw at UMass Lowell

October 25, 2019 | Men's Ice Hockey

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LOWELL, Mass. - Playing in its Hockey East opener, the Boston University men's ice hockey team played to a 3-3 draw at UMass Lowell on Friday evening at Tsongas Center.

Senior Patrick Harper tallied two goals and an assist for the Terriers, who move to 1-1-2 on the year and 0-0-1 in league play.

BU scored the first three goals of the game before the home team rallied back to force overtime.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Effective penalty kills by the Terriers led to the first two goals, which were both scored by Harper.
Right as the first penalty of the game expired, junior David Farrance stole the puck in the BU zone before threading a pass through the neutral zone that set up Harper on a breakaway, which he converted 8:36 into the game.
BU found itself shorthanded once again to start off the second period but Harper was the beneficiary of an errant pass and cashed in on a backhand just 14 ticks into the stanza to give the visitors a 2-1 lead.
Special teams pushed the BU advantage to 3-0 at 7:48 of the second as Farrance blasted a power-play shot past UML netminder Tyler Wall on assists from freshman Trevor Zegras and Harper.
The River Hawks got on the board moments later and added another before the second intermission to get back into the game.
Chase Blackmun provided the River Hawks' first goal just 24 seconds after Farrance's tally.
A lucky bounce for Lowell in the slot led to their second goal as Kenny Hausinger put one in at the 15:58 mark.
The home team completed the comeback early in the third as Seth Barton found the back of the net off assists from Lucas Condotta and Hausinger.
BU had a third-period power-play chance but came up empty before having to kill back-to-back penalties late in the period.
The best chance in overtime came on a UML breakaway by Carl Berglund but BU netminder Sam Tucker was up to the task, turning away the bid with the top of his blocker.

GAME NOTES

Harper had his third multi-point game of the season and is now one of 10 players in the country averaging two points a game.
BU outshot the River Hawks, 36-28.
Tucker made 25 saves on the night to remain undefeated on the year at 1-0-2.
Wall recorded 33 saves for the River Hawks.
With an assist on Harper's first goal, Curry extended his point streak to eight games dating back to last year.

UP NEXT

The Terriers will play their first Hockey East home game of the season on Saturday (Oct. 26) when they host New Hampshire.
Game time at Agganis Arena is set for 7 p.m.