Despite Best Efforts, BC Gets the L

From the drop of the puck the Boston College Eagles seemed to dominate, but if you looked at the scoreboard, it told you differently. The Eagles kept the puck in the attacking zone most of the night, but penalties and lucky bounces for North Eastern got them into trouble.

BC let up the first goal, but it was not long before Matt Price came onto the ice for a delayed penalty call and put it behind Thiessen. Brad Thiessen however, played a strong game, and that’s the only goal he let go by him. Brock Bradford had a beautiful breakaway chance that was denied, which then led to a turnover to the Huskies, who capitalized on the opportunity. Greg Costa put them up 2-1.

The Eagles went onto the powerplay for the second time of the night, but Thiessen stayed strong and was the Huskies’ best penalty killer. Northeastern proved why they are third in penalty killing as they killed all seven of Boston College’s power play chances.

Towards the tail end of the first period, the Huskies found their legs and applied some pressure to the Eagles line of defense. This momentum didn’t last too long, because at the start of the second it seemed as if BC was on a power play, spending most of the beginning minutes in the opposing zone. But confident goaltender, Brad Thiessen, stood tall. North Eastern didn’t record their first shot on net in the second period until a little over six minutes in. Their power play unit stepped up to give them a two goal lead when BC goalie John Muse tried to play the puck. This goal gave them momentum as they went on to score only about one minute later, with a goal by McCauley.

Eagles defense seemed to be shutting the Huskies down pretty well, limiting them their time in their own zone. But North Eastern took full advantage every time they did eventually get the puck smoothly into the BC zone. And again, they got a lucky bounce when Muse tried to play the puck, with Quailer’s goal with 1:41 left in the second. With 2.9 seconds left, it took the referees a while to sort out the scrum that went on in front of Thiessen, but it ended up being even as BC Captain Brock Bradford took a 5 minute major, and a Huskie was handed a misconduct.

Donovan made it 6-1 Huskies which gave him a four point night including one goal and three assists. BC finally decided to change the man in between the pipes, when they took out Muse and put in Venti. Venti would then stop all shots for the rest of the third period. When BC took a penalty with 1:36 remaining, it was pretty much decided that North Eastern would be playing Boston University in the Beanpot next Monday.

Power plays and lucky bounces seem to go the Huskies way, as they went on to win 6-1 over the Boston College Eagles.