Terriers Advance to Hockey East Semifinals with 4-1 Victory over UMass Lowell

Sunday, March 17

Lowell, MA

4 PM

Boston University

16-17-4

UMass Lowell

19-13-5

Boston University

UMass Lowell

Photo by: Rich Gagnon

Terriers Advance to Hockey East Semifinals with 4-1 Victory over UMass Lowell

March 17, 2019 | Men's Ice Hockey

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LOWELL, Mass. - The Boston University men's ice hockey team will make a record 25th Hockey East semifinal appearance following a 4-1 victory at No. 18 UMass Lowell in the third and decisive game of their league quarterfinal series on Sunday afternoon.

Junior Patrick Harper scored two goals and assisted on classmate Chad Krys' goal that opened the scoring. Freshman Joel Farabee added his fourth goal of the series.

BU advances to face third-seeded Northeastern in Friday's semifinal round at TD Garden beginning at 4 p.m.

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU wasted little time in building a lead it would not relinquish, scoring a trio of tallies in the first while limiting Lowell to just three shots in the period.
Skating on a 3-on-1 rush, Harper found Krys for a one-timer from the right circle to give the visitors a 1-0 lead just 3:28 into the contest.
The Terriers continued to put on the pressure, first having a goal waved off due to a high stick before Farabee scored minutes later on a sharp wrister from the left circle at 12:05 of the opening period.
Moments after the only power play of the game expired, BU was able to take a 3-0 lead into the first intermission thanks to a shot by Harper from the left side that got through traffic with 1:26 remaining in the first.
After a scoreless second period, the River Hawks got on the board and ended junior Jake Oettinger's shutout bid with a tally by Kenny Hausinger at 8:02 of the third.
The BU defense stifled UML the rest of the way as Harper added an empty netter with just under a minute left to seal the victory.

GAME NOTES

BU has reached the Hockey East semifinals for the 15th time in 18 years.
Albie O'Connell becomes the first first-year head coach since Tim Whitehead (UMass Lowell) in 1997 to lead a team to the Hockey East semifinals.
The Terriers held a 29-19 shot advantage as Oettinger made 18 saves.
Christoffer Hernberg made 10 saves on 13 shots for the River Hawks before being replaced by Tyler Wall, who stopped all 15 shots he faced.
BU had the only power play of the contest and was able to keep its penalty kill off the ice.
Sophomore Logan Cockerill had the first two-assist game of his career.
Freshman Hugo Blixt had a game-best four blocked shots.

UP NEXT

BU will face third-seeded and ninth-ranked Northeastern in the Hockey East semifinals on Friday (March 22) at TD Garden.
Game time is set for 4 p.m.
The game will be televised live on NESNplus.
The teams were an even 1-1-1 in three meetings during the regular season.