Date: Tue, 16 Mar 93 17:09:25 -0500
From: sid (Robert Whitaker)
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Subject: Boston University 5, Boston College 1 (HE quarterfinals, 2nd game)
Sunday, March 14, 1993
HOCKEY EAST PLAYOFF QUARTERFINALS (2nd game) at Walter Brown Arena, Boston, Mass
Boston College (9-24-5) 0 - 1 - 0 -- 1
Boston University (27-7-2) 2 - 2 - 1 -- 5
Scoring: BC-BU
1st period:
1. BU, Pandolfo 15 (Thornton) 4:47 0-1
2. BU, Joubert 16 (Linna) 15:43 PPG 0-2
2nd period:
3. BC, Chase 7 (Joyce, Pascucci) 6:42 1-2
4. BU, Pomichter 16 (Sacco, Brennan) 11:17 1-3
5. BU, Joubert 17 (Friedman, Wood) 15:13 1-4
3rd period:
6. BU, Mark Bavis 14 (Friedman, Joubert) 6:55 1-5
Saves: BC, Mike Sparrow (35:46) 19 saves,
Josh Singewald (24:14) 7 saves.
BU, Scott Cashman (60:00) 29 saves.
Penalties: BC 6/12, BU 8/16.
Powerplays: BC 0/4, BU 1/4.
Referees: John Gravellese, Scott Leavitt.
Linesman: Bill Jones.
Attendance: 1,248.
Summary:
BU clinched a seed in the Hockey East Finals with a resounding 5-1
victory over Boston College at BU Sunday night. Rookie Jacques Joubert, a
transfer from Princeton, paced the Terriers with 2 goals and an assist.
Terrier senior netminder Scott Cashman was superb in his final game at Walter
Brown Arena, stopping 29 of the 30 shots he faced.
The Terriers drew first blood at 4:47 of the first when frosh Jay
Pandolfo tallied on a Steve Thornton rebound after Thornton made a strong move
right in on BC goalie Mike Sparrow's doorstep for the 1-0 lead. For Joubert,
it was his fourth goal in his last 4 games. The goal came just seconds after
Sparrow had made a beautiful split save on a 2-on-1 break by Mike Prendergast
and Mike Pomichter.
Later in the period, BC was putting the pressure on but somehow
Scott Cashman managed to keep the Eagles off the board with flurry of impressive
saves. At 13:06, BC defender Ron Pascucci floored Joubert on a play behind the
BU net, then after referee John Gravellese signaled a holding penalty, Pascucci
nailed Joubert in the neck with his stick, again sending him to the ice.
Pascucci was assessed the double minor, and deservingly so. BC Coach Steve
Cedorchuk had been urging the Eagles to stay out of the box all weekend, and
Pascucci should have taken the coach's advice.
The BU powerplay looked terribly disorganized, even yielding a
clean breakaway to BC RW Mike Spalla in the opening seconds. But with just
under a minute left on the 5x4, Joubert got things together when he popped the rebound from Kaj Linna's drive
under Sparrow's leg for the only powerplay goal of the night and a 2-0 BU lead.
BC came back with one of their ownwhen John Joyce fired the puck up to Don Chase, who flew up the far boards
unmolested as the Terriers were caught on a line change. Chase wound up with
a slapper from the top of the right face-off circle, and the result was his
7th goal of the year at 6:42 of the second. BU's lead was cut to 1.
The BC defense, normally hard-hitting, looked flat that night.
At 10:45 Petteri Koskimaki found himself all alone right in front of the crease
but Sparrow made a great stick save to preserve the one-goal defecit. BC's
defense fell flat, as they allowed BU all kinds of time with the puck in their
own zone. I found this surprising, as BC defensemen have considerable size
(Greg Callahan, 6-3, 220; Scott Zygulski, 6-3, 204) and usually they like
to throw their weight around. Not on Sundays, I guess.
Sparrow couldn't keep coming up big all night, as Mike Pomichter got
his 16th of the season at 11:17 when he lifted a Dave Sacco rebound over
Sparrow's glove.
Unlike the defense, BC's forwards showed a little more intensity and
continued to get some good chances on Cashman. Mike Spalla was robbed for the
second time that evening when Cashman lunged across the crease and knocked the
puck off Spalla's stick before he could pull the trigger on an open net.
BC got a powerplay at 11:47 when Steve Foster went off for interference, but
BU dominated play and BC was forced to keep clearing from their own zone.
BU capitalized again, this time at 15:13, when Doug Friedman fed
Joubert all alone in the slot, and Joubert slammed the puck into the far corner
for a 4-1 Terrier lead.
BC called a timeout and replaced Sparrow with Josh Singewald, who st
started in Friday's 6-2 loss for the Eagles. Singewald went the next 24:14
relatively untested, facing only 8 shots. But when he strayed from the net
to play a loose puck at 6:55 of the third, Joubert stole it and dished it off
on Mark Bavis, who flipped it into the open net for the 5-1 lead. BU took
3 penalties and BC 2 to keep most of the 3rd at less than 5x5and a pretty-emotionless affair, as the end of BC's season loomed larger.
With the win, BU goes to 6-0 on the season against BC, something the
Eagles would probably like to put behind them. I expected BC to play a tighter
checking game and keep this one close, but the BC defense gave up early and
left Sparrow to fend for himself. However, the play of Scott Cashman in net
for BU was one of his most solid performances this season, and undoubtedly
frustrated Eagle forwards.
BU will advanceto historic Boston Garden for the first time since the 1991-92 season, when
they won the Hockey East championship, defeating Maine 4-3 in OT on a goal by
Shawn McEachern. The Terriers face the Wildcats of New Hampshire in the
semifinal, Friday at 8:00 pm. UNH and Maine make their second Garden
appearances in as many years, while UMass-Lowell makes their first ever trip
to the Garden in HE touney play when the faceoff against Maine in the opening
game of the semifinals at 5:00 Friday. It looks to be an exciting series, and
all four games, including the finals, will be shown live on NESN.
Good Luck to all of this year's teams and their fans!
Sid Whitaker
Boston University '94
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