(Box from BC game summary sheet)
Friday, January 16, 2004 at Kelley Rink, Chestnut Hill, MA
BC 5, BU 1 HOCKEY EAST GAME
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY (HE) 1 0 0 - 1 (6-7-6 overall, 3-6-2 HE)
BOSTON COLLEGE (HE) 0 4 1 - 5 (15-3-3 overall, 8-1-2 HE)
Shots on Goal Pen - Min Power Play
BU 7- 9- 5 -- 21 11 - 22 1 - 5
BC 9-11- 7 -- 27 6 - 12 1 - 10
BU - Sean Fields 9- 0- x - 9 saves/3 goals (24:51)
Stephan Siwiec x- 7- 6 - 13 saves/2 goals (35:09)
BC - Matti Kaltiainen 6- 9- 5 - 20 saves/1 goal (60:00)
Referee - Conrad Hache
Assistants - Bob Bernard, Kevin Shea
Attendance - 7884 (sellout)
1st Period
BU1 Ken Magowan 8 (Kevin Schaeffer, Ryan Whitney) PPG 19:55
Penalties
BU - Gregg Johnson (interference) 3:02
BC - Ty Hennes (roughing - contact to head) 8:18
BU - Thomas Morrow (interference) 16:18
BC - Chris Collins (roughing) 16:18
BC - Andrew Alberts (interference) 19:34
2nd Period
BC1 Chris Collins 8 (Ryan Shannon) 0:36
BC2 Ned Havern 3 (Greg Lauze) 1:27 GWG
BC3 Stephen Gionta 6 (John Adams, Peter Harrold) PPG 3:44
BU Timeout 3:44
BC4 Adam Pineault 3 (Justin Dziama) 6:05
Penalties
BU - Ken Magowan (interference) 3:34
BU - David Van der Gulik (holding) 8:58
BC - Andrew Alberts (interference) 10:44
BU - Ryan Whitney (roughing) 12:39
BC - Pat Eaves (interference) 17:45
BU - Ken Magowan (roughing - contact to head) 18:34
3rd Period
BC5 Adam Pineault 4 (John Adams) 3:08
Penalties
BC - Chris Collins (holding the stick) 6:53
BU - John Laliberte (high-sticking) 9:10
BU - Brad Zancanaro (slashing) 9:44
BU - Kenny Roche (tripping) 12:03
BU - Brian McConnell (tripping) 13:14
BU - Brian McConnell (roughing) 18:38
3 Stars - 1. BC - Adam Pineault (2G)
2. BC - Matti Kaltiainen (20 saves, 1 goal)
3. BC - Chris Collins (1G)
Boston University:
F KENNY MAGOWAN, MARK MULLEN, FRANTISEK SKLADANY
David Van der Gulik, Brian McConnell, Bryan Miller
Kenny Roche, David Klema, John Laliberte
Gregg Johnson, Brad Zancanaro, Matt Radoslovich
D RYAN WHITNEY, KEVIN SCHAEFFER
Sean Sullivan, Jekabs Redlihs
Tom Morrow, Dan Spang
G SEAN FIELDS, Stephan Siwiec, John Curry
Boston College
F JOE ROONEY, TONY VOCE, PAT EAVES
Chris Collins, Ryan Shannon, Stephen Gionta
Ned Havern, Ty Hennes, Ryan Murphy
Adam Pineault, Brian Boyle, Justin Dziama
D ANDREW ALBERTS, J.D. FORREST
John Adams, Peter Harrold
Greg Lauze, Brett Peterson
G MATTI KALTIAINEN, Joe Pearce, Robbie Miller
COMMENTS
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Boston College took the first game of a home-and-home weekend set with
rival Boston University with a 5-1 come-from-behind win Friday night at
BC. BU led 1-0 after one with a good first period but BC exploded for
4 goals in the first 6 minutes of the second period to seal the victory.
Freshman Adam Pineault had 2 goals in the game, and goalie Matti
Kaltiainen was stellar in the first period to keep the game close until
his teammates could beat the BU netminders. BU pulled starting goalie
Sean Fields after he gave up 3 goals on 3 shots to start the second,
but his replacement, Stephan Siwiec, fared little better.
Both goalies played well in the first period, keeping the game scoreless
until late in the frame. Kaltiainen stopped a quick bid by Mark Mullen
to open the game, and Fields replied with a stop on Steve Gionta in front.
The BC goalkeeper made his first big save when he stoned John Laliberte
on a tip in front of the net at 6:22, then stopped Frantisek Skladany on
a power play after he was set up with some nice passes by his teammates.
BU was playing pretty well in the period, skating hard and getting some
pressure on the BC end, though BC had their chances, too. At 11:05
Kaltiainen made the save of the game after he saved a shot from the left
side but left a rebound in front. Laliberte picked up the puck with a
wide open net to shoot into, and he threw it at the goal only to see
Matti dive back across the face of the goal and somehow snare the shot
with his glove. (To be sure, the shot was toward the middle of the open
net, not to the corner.) The period continued with lots of physical
play in the corners, plenty of interference and holding that was let go
by the referee. Both teams had shots but few were testers from this
point forward until BC had a nice rush by Chris Collins down the right
side and his backhand was blocked into the crease. The puck lay under
Fields as players converged on the goalie and pushed at the puck. The
ref lost sight of the puck and blew his whistle shortly before it was
poked into the net by a BC player -- no goal. BU finally broke the ice
on a late power play (after an inconsistent call by the ref, calling a
ticky-tack interference after letting all the holding go earlier.) After
passing the puck back and forth at the points, and with time winding down,
Kevin Schaeffer threw the puck at the net from the right point. Kenny
Magowan was camped in front and tipped the puck just enough to deflect it
through Kaltiainen's legs and it trickled in with just 5 seconds left in
the period.
You would think that BU would be charged up after the first period and
scoring late, but it was BC that took over the game to start the second
period. On a set play on a faceoff in the BU zone, Ryan Shannon won the
faceoff back for Chris Collins. A teammate set a pick to keep Collins
clear to take a quick, partially-screened wrist shot that found the far
side of the net to even the game. BC jumped into the lead just seconds
later when a weak BU clearance was stopped by Greg Lauze and thrown at
the net. Ned Havern intercepted it before it reached the crease, and with
Fields to one side of the goal in anticipation of the first shot, spun
and threw it quickly into the far side for the 2-1 BC lead. After a
rush each way led to nothing, BU took a penalty and BC made them pay almost
immediately. The puck was passed between the points briefly, then fed to
the left circle for Stephen Gionta, who one-timed a slap shot to the net.
Fields was late sliding across to cover and the puck deflected off his
body and into the goal. 3 shots on goal in the period for BC, and 3 goals.
Jack Parker swapped his goalkeepers shortly thereafter, hoping to change
the momentum and wake his team up. Just a minute later, though, that
hope turned to dust when the puck came sailing into the BU end and Siwiec
left his goal to play it in the corner. He passed it behind his net as
a BC forward came near him, only to see it intercepted by another BC
player. As he scrambled back to the net to cover, and his teammates tried
to get to the BC player, Justin Dziama passed it back to Adam Pineault
below the red line, and he banked a shot off the sliding Siwiec as he got
to the crease and into the net. From this point forward BC had the best
of play and BU was unable to get much going. Andrew Alberts rang one
solidly off a post during a power play but Siwiec settled down and held
the fort the rest of the period. Ryan Whitney had a great opportunity to
bring BU back into it as he was sprung clear down the slot but his move
to the left to get around Kaltiainen was too much and he shot wide, then
Siwiec made a nice save on a Collins breakaway to hold the score at 4-1.
The third period opened with up-and-down action, with David Klema firing
a big slap shot that was saved. Pineault got his second goal of the night
when he made a stop-and-start move down the left wing to get around a
defenseman, and swooped in low to fire a hard wrist shot that powered
through the goalie somehow and into the far side. It looked like Siwiec
had it covered but not quite on the post, and it snuck through. BU had
a chance after that when Magowan was free at the left side with Kaltiainen
down but he couldn't lift his backhander and the BC goalie stretched out
his leg for a nice save. The rest of the period featured a lot of dumb
penalties by BU and a succession of experimental power plays by BC (lots
of different pairings, trying different formations on the man-advantage,
etc., but few shots.) The outcome was not in doubt and it ended quietly
with the sellout crowd leaving in droves during the period.
There was lots of energy in the crowd for this game, despite it being
during a break without the students, and BU worked hard in the first period
on the road. They had a chance to open up a larger lead with good shots
at open nets in the first but Kaltiainen played very strongly (hence earning
the number 2 star in the game.) In contrast, the BU goalie could not put
together 2 good periods. Fields was good in the first, and has a history
of playing well against the Eagles, but the quick goals in the second
seemed to take the life out of him and his teammates. It has been a problem
for the Terriers this year, with Fields not having the type of year he did
last season. His teammates didn't help him much after they got behind,
either, letting BC seize the momentum and the game. Coach Parker has been
very annoyed and frustrated by his underachieving team this year, and this
game was a microcosm of that problem.
BC came into the game minus leading scorer and team leader Ben Eaves, out
with an injury, and it looked like it took them a while to get settled.
The first goal off the faceoff was a real lift, and when they got the
lead everything seemed to flow smoothly from that point forward. They
didn't have a dominating offensive game, but once they had the solid lead
it was the regular, steady defense and good goaltending that controlled
the game. As I've noted before, this is not the most powerful offensive
machine in terms of scoring, but the defense is very good. BU did get
a power play goal, breaking the team's string of successful penalty kills,
but it didn't affect the final outcome. Adam Pineault's 2 goals gave
him 3 in 2 games, and many hoped it would be the breakout that people have
been waiting for with the talented (but young) freshman.
The two teams met again Saturday night at BU, with BC holding on for a
tight 3-2 win. (I'll have a writeup on that one later today.) BC will
play a postponed game Tuesday at Providence, then face Northeastern
Friday at NU. BU plays next weekend against Maine in a 2-game set at
Walter Brown Arena in Boston.
Rick McAdoo
"Volunteer reporter"
A satisfied BC fan. GO EAGLES!
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