Saturday, October 7
Boston, MA
1:30 PM
Boston University
0-2-0, 0-2-0
0
at
2
Northeastern
5-1-0, 2-0-0
1
2
3
F
Boston U.
0
0
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0
Northeastern
0
0
2
2
Terriers Drop 2-0 Contest at No. 5/7 Northeastern
October 7, 2023 | Women's Ice Hockey
BOSTON – The Boston University women's ice hockey team (0-2-0, 0-2-0 HE) fell 2-0 at No. 5/7 Northeastern (5-1-0, 2-0-0 HE) Saturday afternoon at Matthews Arena.
The game was scoreless until 4:59 into the third period when Northeastern found the back of the net with a speedy goal at the crease. Despite BU pulling its goalie late in the third, the Huskies scored an empty-netter with under 30 seconds to go in regulation.
In her debut with the Terriers, graduate student Alexa Matses made 28 saves in the crease.
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME NOTES
UP NEXT
The game was scoreless until 4:59 into the third period when Northeastern found the back of the net with a speedy goal at the crease. Despite BU pulling its goalie late in the third, the Huskies scored an empty-netter with under 30 seconds to go in regulation.
In her debut with the Terriers, graduate student Alexa Matses made 28 saves in the crease.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The first period saw BU and Northeastern nearly even on both ends of the ice with neither team scoring despite promising chances.
- The second period featured five total penalties with three on BU and two on Northeastern.
- Both times the Huskies were in the box resulted in 4-on-4 situations, but each team's penalty kill kept the other from finding the back of the net.
- Despite multiple breakaway chances for both teams, the game remained scoreless after the second frame.
- Northeastern was quick to strike in the third as it found the back of the net at the 4:59 mark.
- BU pulled Matses with 1:49 to go, resulting in an empty-netter for the Huskies leading to a 2-0 final.
GAME NOTES
- At the end of the second, both BU and NU had 21 shots apiece with NU narrowly edging BU in faceoffs 14 to 13.
- BU outshot Northeastern overall, 31-30.
- The Terriers won 17 faceoffs compared to the Huskies' 28.
- BU was 0-for-3 on the power play while Northeastern went 0-for-4.
- Freshman Alex Law led BU in shots with six.
UP NEXT
- Following a bye-week, BU will host Syracuse on Friday, Oct. 20.
- Puck drop is set for 6 p.m.
Team Stats
BOS
NEU
Shots
31
30
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
4
3
Penalty Mins
8
6
Faceoffs Won
17
28
Game Leaders
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
-2
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
0
Players Mentioned
G
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