Terriers Pick Up 4-1 Road Win over New Hampshire

Friday, February 14

Durham, NH

7 PM

Boston University

11-9-8, 8-5-5HEA

New Hampshire

15-12-2, 9-9-1HEA

Boston University

New Hampshire

Terriers Pick Up 4-1 Road Win over New Hampshire

February 14, 2020 | Men's Ice Hockey

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DURHAM, N.H. - Freshman Trevor Zegras recorded a goal and two assists as the Boston University men's ice hockey team earned a 4-1 road victory against New Hampshire on Friday evening at Whittemore Center.

The Terriers led wire-to-wire, scoring twice in each of the first two periods to take two points and move into fourth place in the crowded Hockey East standings.

Senior Patrick Harper and junior David Farrance each had a goal and an assist and graduate student Sam Tucker made 26 saves to earn the win in his first start in four weeks.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After killing off an early penalty, the Terriers opened the scoring when junior Kasper Kotkansalo found Wilmer Skoog all alone in the right circle, where the freshman initially mishandled the pass before snapping a shot past UNH netminder Mike Robinson at 9:28 of the first.
The Terriers got a major power play late in the first and it turned into a 5-on-3 advantage just 14 seconds later.
BU used the two-man edge to double lead, once again converting from the right circle on Harper's 40th goal as a Terrier with 2:27 left in the opening frame.
UNH got on the board with a tally from Chase Stevenson at 3:27 of the second but the Terriers responded less than two minutes later to quickly reestablish a two-goal lead.
Zegras earned his 11th tally of the season when he took a pass from classmate Jamie Armstrong and had his attempt from just above the right circle glaze off a UNH defender and in at 5:24.
An aggressive BU rush produced a three-goal cushion with just under eight minutes left in the second as Farrance finished off some quick right-to-left passing by Harper and Zegras to pot his 14th goal of the season.
The Terriers played a smart third period while continuing to great good chances before closing out the 4-1 victory.

GAME NOTES

BU extended its unbeaten streak against UNH to 11 games (9-0-2) with its seventh straight win over the Wildcats.
The Terriers held a 31-27 shot advantage.
Robinson made 26 saves for the Wildcats.
BU went 1-for-6 on the power play and successfully killed off both of UNH's chances with the man advantage.
The Terriers are now the only team in the country to have three players with 32 or more points this season (Farrance – 37; Harper – 35; Zegras – 32).
Before tonight, BU's last two games that took place on Valentine's Day were road losses to UNH.

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