Weighart: A Dog-Beat-Dog World: Challenging Season Ends at Garden

BOSTON - The Boston University men's ice hockey team's season came to an end on Friday evening in the Hockey East semifinals as No. 6/8 Northeastern escaped with a 2-1 overtime win at TD Garden.

BU opened the scoring with a power-play goal in the second overtime before the Huskies got an equalizer in the opening moments of the third. 

Zach Solow provided the heroics for the Huskies at 15:44 of overtime.

The Terriers end their season with a record of 16-18-4.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• A fast-moving opening period produced no scoring, although the Terriers had a goal overturned with 2:03 remaining in the frame due to goaltender interference.
• BU still got on the board first, however, as sophomore Ty Amonte roofed a shot by the right post after collecting the puck off a deflected shot from classmate David Farrance at 7:39 of the second.
• The Amonte goal came in the final second of BU's first power play of the night. 
• Just over five minutes later, sophomore Logan Cockerill found junior Patrick Harper in the slot for an open look in tight but the winger's attempt went off the crossbar.
• Junior Jake Oettinger stopped the first 26 shots he faced including 18 in the second period alone.
• The Huskies were able to muster an equalizer on their first shot of the third period with the teams skating 4-on-4. 
• Matt Filipe skated in at right crease before his drop-pass attempt went off a BU stick and right to Tyler Madden, who buried the puck just 16 seconds into the third.
• The Huskies appeared to take the lead with 13:19 to play but, like the Terriers in the opening period, had the goal taken away due to goaltender interference.
• With 12 minutes left in regulation, a left-circle attempt by sophomore Shane Bowers went off NU goaltender Cayden Primeau and then off the left post.
• Oettinger came up big with back-to-back stop on odd-man rushes by the Huskies on both sides of the 7-minute mark. 
• The Terriers got a power-play chance with 5:49 left in the third but were unable to create good scoring chances.
• BU's penalty kill was put to the test late in regulation and again in overtime but was up to the task each time.
• In the 16th minute of overtime, NU's Brandon Hawkins picked off a clearing attempt and found Solow open in the high slot, where he buried the game-winner.

GAME NOTES

• Oettinger turned in a 42-save performance for the Terriers while Primeau made 29 stops for the Huskies.
• BU went 1-for-2 on the power play and killed off all three of Northeastern's chances with the man advantage.
• The Terriers were making their record 25th Hockey East semifinal appearance.
• BU recorded 22 blocked shots, including three each from Farrance, junior Dante Fabbro and freshman Hugo Blixt.
• The Terriers were without the services of top scorer Joel Farabee, who suffered a lower-body injury in BU's previous game on Sunday at UMass Lowell. 

THANK YOU, SENIORS

• The result marks the end for seniors Bobo Carpenter and Ryan Cloonan along with graduate student Max Willman. 
• The Class of 2019 made three straight trips to the NCAA Tournament and won the 2018 Hockey East tournament title along with a shared 2017 league regular-season championship.