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.