Terriers Fall to No. 4 Boston College, 4-1

Saturday, February 29

Boston, MA

7 PM

Boston University

12-12-8, 9-8-5

Boston College

23-8-1, 16-6-0

Boston College

Boston University

Photo by: Steve Babineau

March 1, 2020 | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score Highlights Box Score O'Connell Postgame

BOSTON – The Boston University men's ice hockey team dropped a 4-1 contest to visiting Boston College on Saturday evening at Agganis Arena.

The Eagles scored early and built a 3-0 lead before senior Patrick Curry added on to his team-leading goal total with a power-play tally midway through the third.

BC added an empty-net tally and the Terriers fell to an even 12-12-8 on the year and 9-8-5 in Hockey East play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

BC quickly took an early 1-0 lead off a defensive miscue with freshman Alex Newhook scoring off an assist from classmate Matt Boldy exactly seven minutes into the game.
The visitors doubled their lead at the 7:48 mark of the second when a shot by Connor Moore from above the right circle went off BU netminder Sam Tucker and in.
BU held a 21-14 shot advantage through two periods but found itself down a pair of goals.
The deficit grew to 3-0 when David Cotton scored at the 4:40 mark of the third.
On the latter of two BU power-play chances, a center-point effort by junior David Farrance was tipped in by Curry from the slot to make it a 3-1 contest with 11:08 to play.
BU threatened to get closer but BC netminder Spencer Knight and the Eagles' defense closed it out and Graham McPhee added an empty-netter in the final seconds.

GAME NOTES

BU held a 31-29 advantage in shots.
Tucker made 25 saves for the Terriers while Knight turned in a 30-save performance.
Farrance's assist allowed him to become the first BU defenseman in 22 years to tally 40 points in a season as Tom Poti recorded 42 in 1997-98, marking the most of any Terrier blueliner in the Hockey East era.
Freshman Trevor Zegras also picked up an assist on Curry's goal.
BU's lone penalty came with two seconds left in regulation and it came in a matching situation.
The Terriers' power play scored on one of two chances.

UP NEXT

The Terriers will close out the regular season with a home-and-home series against Northeastern beginning Friday (March 6) at Matthews Arena.
The game, which will be televised on NESN, starts at 7 p.m.