Goals Shots
UNH 2 0 1 - 3 UNH 10 6 5 - 21
BU 2 2 3 - 7 BU 10 12 15 - 37
Power Plays: UNH - 1 for 4 0.250%
BU - 0 for 5 0.000%
Penalties: UNH - 7 for 14 minutes
BU - 6 for 12 minutes
Saves: UNH - Heinke 8 10 12 - 30 of 37 0.811% 60:00
BU - Herlofsky 8 6 4 - 18 of 21 0.857% 60:00
Game Summary:
1st Period
BU - Mike Grier (Chris O'Sullivan, Shane Johnson) 8:12
BU - Jacques Joubert (Kaj Linna, Mike Prendergast) 9:03
UNH - Mike Mowers (Eric Royal, Ted Russell) 4x4 16:35
UNH - Mowers (Eric Flinton, Russell) 5x4 ppg 19:04
Penalties
BU - Mike Sylvia (2 min - hitting after the whistle) 14:57
UNH - Eric Boguniecki (2 min -hitting after the whistle) 14:57
BU - Steve Thornton (2 min - holding) 18:30
2nd Period
BU - Ken Rausch (Jay Pandolfo, Shawn Bates) 2:01
BU - Thornton (Grier, O'Sullivan) 4x4 8:31
Penalties
UNH - Todd Hall (2 min - hooking) 3:24
BU - Linna (2 min - holding the stick) 7:52
UNH - Tom O'Brien (2 min - roughing) 7:52
UNH - Dean Woodman (2 min - high sticking) 9:05
BU - Jon Coleman (2 min - interference) 17:23
3rd Period
UNH - Royal (Kent Schmidtke) 0:22
BU - Pandolfo (Bob Lachance, Coleman) 10:16
BU - Grier (O'Sullivan) 12:26
BU - Matt Wright (Mike Sylvia) 19:55
Penalties
BU - Lachance (2 min - slashing) 5:17
UNH - Russell (2 min - holding) 7:42
BU - Joubert (2 min - interference) 12:57
UNH - Hall (2 min - interference) 13:23
UNH - Byran Muir (2 min - roughing) 15:53
Referees: John Gravellese, Tim Benedetto
Linesman: Bill Jones
Attendance: 3806
Points
BU UNH
Mike Grier (2g, 1a) Mike Mowers (2g)
Chris O'Sullivan (3a) Eric Royal (1g, 1a)
Jay Pandolfo (1g, 1a) Ted Russell (2a)
Jacques Joubert (1g) Eric Flinton (1a)
Ken Rausch (1g) Kent Schmidtke (1a)
Steve Thornton (1g)
Matt Wright (1g)
Shane Johnson (1a)
Kaj Linna (1a)
Mike Prendergast (1a)
Shawn Bates (1a)
Bob Lachance (1a)
Jon Coleman (1a)
Mike Sylvia (1a)
BU Roster:
1 Shawn Ferullo, G; 2 Kaj Linna, D; 3 Chris O'Sullivan, W; 4 Chris Kelleher,
G; 5 Doug Wood, D; 8 Bill Pierce, W; 9 Shawn Bates, C; 11 Bob Lachance, W;
12 Mike Grier, W; 15 Mike Sylvia, W; 16 Ken Rausch, W; 17 Jay Pandolfo, W;
19 Steve Thornton, C; 20 Jeff Kealty, D; 21 Mike Prendergast, W; 22 Matt
Wright, W; 24 Jacques Joubert, C; 26 Jon Coleman, D; 27 Shane Johnson, D;
30 Tom Noble, G; 35 Derek Herlofsky, G
UNH Roster:
2 Kent Schmidtke, D; 3 Bryan Muir, D; 4 Tim Murray, D; 5 Eric Royal, F; 8
Mike Sullivan, F; 10 Mike Mowers, F; 11 Eric Nickulas, F; 12 Dean Woodman,
D; 15 Tom O'Brien, F; 17 Eric Flinton, F; 18 Brian Putnam, F; 19 Dylan
Dellezay, F; 21 Ted Russell, D; 24 Nick Poole, F; 26 Rob Gagnon, F; 27 Joe
Moran, F; 30 Trent Cavicchi, G; 31 Mike Heinke, G; 32 Todd Hall, D; 33 Eric
Boguniecki, F
All information is unofficial.
Game Review
In the rematch of Thursday's game in Portland, ME, BU and UNH
faced-off at Walter Brown Arena. Unlike Thursday night, BU was ready to
play and it showed from the opening face-off until the final buzzer
sounded. Playing at home, at 7:00pm, on good ice, and with Mike Grier
back in the lineup made a difference, as BU out-played UNH most of the
night and controlled the flow of the game. The Terriers also played
their best defensive game since Rich Brennan was injured.
THE FIRST PERIOD: BU came out ready to play and almost
immediately attacked the UNH net, getting a great shot on net which Mike
Heinke made the save on. The game settled down after the first few
minutes and both teams played well, with the edge going to BU. Around
the eight minute mark the Wildcats had their best chance in the game, as
Eric Boguniecki got the puck all alone in front of the net and Derek
Herlofsky had to come up with a great save. As often happens, it turned
into a BU goal at the other end of the ice. Mike Grier cleared the puck
into the UNH zone, kept it in at the UNH blueline and got it to an open
Chris O'Sullivan. He then he got in front of the net to receive
O'Sullivan's centering pass and wristed the puck through Heinke's legs
into the net.
Just 51 seconds later the Terriers struck again, as Kaj Linna
carried the puck into the Wildcat zone on the left side and passed it
over to Mike Prendergast in the center, who passed it down to Jacques
Joubert, who was just inside the face-off circle to Heinke's left.
Jacques one-timed the pass and shot the puck through the five-hole, as
Heinkle moved across the crease to try and protect the net.
After a pair of matching penalties, UNH scored while skating
four-on-four at 16:35. Eric Royal and Mark Mowers got a two-on-one
break against Chris Kelleher. Royal carried the puck into the BU zone on
the left side and Mowers came down the right side, with Kelleher between
them. At the center of the left face-off circle Royal made a great pass
to Mowers which Kelleher attempted to block, but missed. Mowers
received the pass at the right side of the crease and knocked the puck
into an open net, as Derek was playing Royal to shoot, not pass the
puck.
The Wildcats tied it up 2-2 on a powerplay with 56 seconds left in
the first, as UNH did a great job of moving the puck around the outside,
before Eric Flinton , at the top of the right face-off circle, threaded
a pass to Mowers, who was at the top of the crease and tipped the puck
past Derek. Overall the first period was evenly played, with maybe a
slight edge to the Terriers for more inspired play.
THE SECOND PERIOD: Despite giving up the tying goal at the
end of the first, the Terriers came out in the second and immediately
took control of the game. Just 2:01 into the period BU got a lucky
break, as Ken Rausch picked up a loose puck just inside the UNH blueline
and snapped off a hard shot from the top of the slot. It deflected off
of Rob Gagnon's skate, who was in the slot, into the top left corner of
the net, catching Heinke by surprise, as he was looking for the shot to
go to the right side of the net.
The Terriers never looked back as they continued to control the game
and scored again at the 8:31 mark to regain their 2 goal lead.
O'Sullivan passed the puck from the blueline down to Steve Thornton in
the left face-off circle. The pass was slightly behind Steve, so he
learned back and passed the puck from behind him, through his legs, to
his front, as he skated across the top of the crease. Heinke went down
and attempted to poke-check the puck away before Steve could regain
control, but he just missed it as Steve got the puck back on his stick
and swept it into the net between Heinke's toe and the post.
THE THIRD PERIOD: The Wildcats pulled to within one, 4-3,
just 22 seconds into the period on a lucky break of their own. Kent
Schmidtke intercepted the puck in neutral ice, skated into the BU zone
and passed the puck into the slot. The puck hit Linna's skate and
deflected to Royal, who picked it up and back-handed it into the top
right corner of the net, cleanly beating Derek.
Just 2:41 into the period BU lost Steve Thornton for the game as he
was back-checking a Wildcat and slid into the boards, hitting his knee
very hard. Reports on his condition were unavailable, but it may be
anything from a severe bruse to a break. If it is broken, he will be
finished for his college career, so, hopefully, it is only a severe
bruse.
The Terriers broke the game open in the middle of the period, as a
rising Jon Coleman shot from the right point hit Jay Pandolfo in the
back and deflected into the net at 10:16 to make it 5-3. It was Jay
Pandolfo's 40th goal and 100th point of his career. Just 2 minutes and
10 seconds later BU made it 6-3, as Grier poked the puck free from a
tangle of legs along the right side boards and skated into the Wildcat
zone with O'Sullivan on a two-on-one break against Todd Hall. Grier
passed the puck over to O'Sullivan in the slot and he froze both Hall
and Heinke before passing it back to Grier on the right, who put in into
the open net.
The Terriers capped the victory with five seconds remaining in the
game, as Matt Wright skated into the UNH zone on the left, cut across to
the top of the slot and blasted a shot past Heinke's stick side into the
top left corner of the net.
OBSERVATIONS: UNH played well for the first twenty minutes,
but BU dominated them from the beginning of the second period and the
Wildcats were unable to play their game from that point on. The
Terriers out-played, out-skated, out-hit and out-hustled UNH the entire
game and Heinke kept the Wildcats in the game for far longer than they
might otherwise have been in it. Mike Grier's return gave BU a huge
boost, as he is a natural leader on the ice. He is one of the hardest
working Terriers and it showed on both his goals, as he started both of
the plays he scored on.
It was even better to see the Terriers play their best defensive
game since Rich Brennan's injury, as they did a great job of shutting
down the high-powered offense of the Wildcats. After allowing 38 shots
in Portland Thursday, the Terrier defense limited UNH to only 21 shots
in this game. With Rich's return expected on Friday at UMass Amherst,
the BU defense finally looks like it might be ready to play the way it
was expected to this year.
Steve Thorton's injury continues a line of injuries to key Terriers
this year; Jay Pandolfo, Shane Johnson,Rich Brennan and now Steve. The
bad news is he is important to the success of Mike Grier and Chris
O'Sullivan and his absence will be felt. The *good, if it can be
called that* news is that Ken Rausch filled in for Steve on the line
for the rest of the game and played well with Mike and Chris.
UPCOMING GAMES: This upcoming Friday the Terriers travel to
Amherst to play the Minutemen, who are coming off their huge victory
over the Maine Black Bears. BU will have to be ready for a fired up
team, or else they too may fall to the Minutemen, who have just fired
another "shot shot heard 'round the world."
After Umass Amherst, the Terriers face a rejuvenated Northeastern
Huskies team, which decimated the UMass Lowell River Hawks this weekend,
in the first round of the Beanpot.
Sean Pickett
Go BU Terriers, 1994 Hockey East Champions!
BU Hockey Page: http://www.tiac.net/users/spickett/hockey.html
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