No. 9/10 Terriers Edged by UMass Lowell in HE Quarterfinal, 2-1

Sunday, March 14

Boston, MA

1 PM

Boston University

10-4-1

UMass Lowell (HE Quarterfinal)

9-8-1

UMass Lowell

Boston University

Photo by: Jenna Van Sickle

No. 9/10 Terriers Edged by UMass Lowell in HE Quarterfinal, 2-1

March 14, 2021 | Men's Ice Hockey

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BOSTON - The No. 9/10 Boston University men's ice hockey team was edged by UMass Lowell, 2-1, in a Hockey East quarterfinal contest on Sunday afternoon at Walter Brown Arena.

The second-seeded Terriers opened the scoring with an early goal but the visitors quickly tied it up before getting a go-ahead goal with under 12 minutes to play.

BU will now have to wait until the NCAA tournament selections are announced next Sunday (March 21) at 7 p.m.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Terriers got the start they were looking for as sophomore Jamie Armstrong scored off a rush just 2:17 into the contest with assists from freshmen Dylan Peterson and Nick Zabaneh.
Lowell, however, was not down long as a redirection by Matt Brown in the left slot off a bid from John McDonald made it a 1-1 game just over two minutes after the Armstrong goal.
BU got the first power-play chance of the contest at 12:27 of the second but was unable to regain the lead.
The Terriers' first penalty came in the closing seconds of the second and another occurred at 4:45 of the third but the River Hawks' power play did not convert on either chance.
A miscue behind the BU goal led to the game-winner as the puck popped out to the left circle where Brian Chambers converted an open look at 8:19 of the final period.
The Terriers pulled goaltender Drew Commesso in favor of an extra attacker with 1:27 to play but could not come up with an equalizer.

GAME NOTES

The loss snapped BU's impressive 12-game home winning streak in the Hockey East tournament.
Commesso had a 27-save effort in goal for the Terriers while UMass Lowell got 16 saves from Henry Welsch.
Sophomore Jay O'Brien had his six-game point streak come to an end.
BU played its first playoff game at Walter Brown Arena since March 9, 2002.