(Box from BC game summary sheet) Friday, January 16, 2004 at Kelley Rink, Chestnut Hill, MA BC 5, BU 1 HOCKEY EAST GAME ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 -------- 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!