Terriers Earn Weekend Split with 6-4 Road Triumph over No. 16 Providence

Saturday, January 9

Providence, RI

7 PM

Boston University

1-1-0

Providence

4-4-2

Boston U.

Providence

Terriers Earn Weekend Split with 6-4 Road Triumph over No. 16 Providence

January 9, 2021 | Men's Ice Hockey

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A quick start on the road resulted in a wire-to-wire victory for the Boston University men's ice hockey team on Saturday night as the Terriers held off No. 16 Providence, 6-4, at Schneider Arena to earn a weekend split and their first triumph of the season.

Senior David Farrance had a goal and two assists within the first seven minutes of the game while classmate Logan Cockerill added a pair of goals, including a huge shorthanded tally. Sophomore Markus Boguslavsky's first collegiate goal proved to be the game-winner.

In goal, freshman Drew Commesso earned his first NCAA win with a 32-save performance.

Both teams are now even on the year as BU moves to 1-1-0 and the Friars fall to 4-4-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Terriers got off to a perfect start, scoring just 3:19 into the game before quickly adding a pair of power-play goals to take a 3-0 lead.
Redshirt junior Ty Amonte, who missed all of last season due to injury, redirected a Farrance offering to the back of the net from the slot to open the scoring.
Exactly a minute later, BU converted on its first power play of the night as Farrance blasted a shot from the right point to create a two-goal cushion.
PC went back to the box and the Terriers pounced on the chance with sophomore Jay O'Brien scoring his second goal in as many nights on a left-circle effort off helpers from classmate Domenick Fensore and Farrance, creating a 3-0 advantage just 6:40 into the contest.
The Friars wasted little time making up their losses on special teams, getting a full two-minute 5-on-3 advantage and scoring on both to make it a 3-2 affair.
Uula Ruikka got the home squad on the board at 13:09 of the first before Tyce Thompson added another just 44 seconds later, which came off a 6-on-4 delayed penalty.
The aforementioned penalty put the Terriers down a man once again but Cockerill ended up turning the tides by picking off a pass at the top of the BU zone before converting a shorthanded breakaway at the 14:13 mark of the opening stanza to push the BU lead back to two.
After Craig Needham scored for the Friars at 4:23 of the second, Boguslavsky scored what would be the game-winner just over three mintues later when he redirected a bid from classmate Alex Vlasic past PC netminder Jaxson Stauber.
The Friars refused to back down, however, and made it a one-goal game once again at the 14:16 mark of the second with a goal from Matt Koopman.
A back-and-forth third period ensued and the Terrier defense came up big down the stretch to hold off the Friars and tack on an empty-netter from Cockerill in the closing seconds to seal the 6-4 win.

GAME NOTES

This was the first two-goal game of Cockerill's career.
Amonte's last goal came in the 2019 Hockey East semifinals, which ended up being BU's final contest that season.
In last season's visit to Providence, the teams also had a wild contest with the Friars eking out a 6-5 win despite four points from Farrance including a hat trick.
BU went 2-for-4 on the power play while PC was 2-for-5.
Stauber made 14 saves in goal for the Friars, who held a 36-20 shot advantage.

UP NEXT

The Terriers are scheduled to face No. 15/13 UMass Lowell next weekend in a home-and-home series beginning Friday (Jan. 15) at Walter Brown Arena.
The River Hawks postponed their games this weekend and this upcoming Tuesday due to a Covid-related pause.