BOSTON - Graduate student Sam Tucker stopped all 26 shots he faced to pick up second shutout of the season and lead the Boston University men's ice hockey team to a 3-0 victory over Vermont on Friday evening at Agganis Arena.

Freshman Domenick Fensore opened the scoring at 4:21 of the second with his first collegiate goal before senior Patrick Harper doubled the lead later in the period. Senior Patrick Curry put the finishing touches on the victory with an empty-netter.

Tucker also added the first assist of his career and made 12 of his saves in the final period, helping the Terriers improve to an even 4-4-4 overall with a 3-3-3 Hockey East mark.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The first period produced eight shots a side but no goals.
• The Terriers were able to kill off a 38-second 5-on-3 advantage for the visitors that stretched into the early moments of the second period.
• Fensore cashed in at left post on the rush with BU on the power play to give the home squad a 1-0 lead.
• Fellow rookie Ethan Phillips took a pass from junior David Farrance in the neutral zone and skated through the right circle before finding Fensore at the far post for his first tally as a Terrier.
• Farrance teamed up with Harper to make it a 2-0 contest, passing off at the top of the zone as they passed by each other before Harper weaved around the Vermont defenders before firing a shot from the left dot that beat UVM netminder Stefanos Lekkas high to the blocker side with 8:58 left in the second.
• In the final seconds of the middle stanza, freshman Trevor Zegras took a major contact to the head-elbowing call that resulted in a game misconduct, giving the Catamounts a lengthy power-play opportunity to start the third.
• BU's penalty kill was up to the task, however, helping Tucker keep Vermont off the board en route to the shutout.
• With Lekkas pulled for a late extra attacker, freshmen Robert Mastrosimone and Sam Stevens caused a turnover and allowed Curry to skate in all alone and score an empty-netter in the closing seconds to create the 3-0 final.

GAME NOTES

• Farrance picked up a pair of assists to stretch his point streak to six games and continues to lead all Division I defensemen in goals (9) and points (18).
• Lekkas made 20 saves for the Catamounts, who held a 26-23 shot advantage.
• Ten of Tucker's 26 saves came during Vermont's major power play.
• Sophomore Jack DeBoer made his season debut after missing the first 11 games due to injury.
• Stevens was back in the lineup after an injury caused him to miss 10 contests after he played in the season opener.
• BU head coach Albie O'Connell was not behind the bench as he was suspended for the game by Hockey East.
• Sophomore Matthew Quercia recorded a career-best five blocked shots.
• BU went 1-for-3 on the power play while killing off all four of UVM's chances with the man advantage.

UP NEXT

• The two teams will face off again on Saturday (Nov. 23) at 4 p.m. in a game that will be televised on NESN.
• That will wrap up a stretch of 10 consecutive Hockey East contests for BU.