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No. 2 Hockey Outlasts BU, 7-5
February 01, 2019 | Hockey
Two goals from freshman Ty Farmer helped propel the Minutemen past the Terriers in the third.
BOSTON – No. 2 University of Massachusetts hockey countered every Boston University surge and used a three-goal third period to outlast the Terriers, 7-5 on Friday at Agganis Arena. The win marks the Minutemen's 20th of the season as the squad improves to 20-5-0, 12-3-0 in league action, while BU drops to 10-11-3, 8-6-2 in Hockey East play.
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"It's a really good sign for our team that every time BU tied the game, we went back ahead pretty quickly, said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "You don't like to give up five goals, but we found a way to win on the road and in a building we haven't won in in a long time. I'm very proud of my team and our energy level. We competed tonight, we executed a lot of the stuff we wanted to do in our game plan. But BU is a gifted team. They're going to score goals if you give them chances and we gave them a little too much tonight."
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The tone of the evening was set with senior Jacob Pritchard opening the scoring just 46 seconds into the contest on a cross-ice feed from sophomores John Leonard and Philip Lagunov.
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The Terriers countered with a goal from Ryan Cloonan at the 6:20 mark to tie things at one, but the Minutemen responded with a pair of tallies to take a 3-1 lead into the first intermission. Off a faceoff win by sophomore Jake Gaudet, freshman Bobby Trivigno tipped home a Cale Makar shot from the point 8:30 into the stanza. Marc Del Gaizo's shot from the point from Kurt Keats found its way pat BU goaltender Jake Oettinger at the 15:58 mark.
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BU took advantage of a 5-on-3 power play opportunity midway through the second with a goal by Joel Farabee, tucked under netminder Matt Murray at 10:47, while Patrick Curry, set up by Farabee pulled the Terriers level with UMass, 3-3, 15:47 into the period.
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Lagunov put the Minutemen back on top before the close of the frame, though, finishing off a feed from Leonard at the post at 16:36.
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Boston University once again tied the score with Curry's second of the night, 3:33 into the third, which brought the score to 4-4.
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However, freshman Ty Farmer responded with the next two tallies for UMass, going to the net on the rush to finish off a feed from Trivigno and sophomore Mitchell Chaffee at 8:49, and later burring a breakaway at 17:45.
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Logan Cockerill brought the Terriers back to within a goal at 6-5 with 1:31 to play in regulation but Leonard was tripped up while driving towards the empty net and was awarded the Minutemen's seventh and final score of the night at 19:45.
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UMass edged BU in shots, 34-33 and went 0-for-2 on the power play, while the Terriers were 1-for-4. Murray made 28 saves in his 16th win of the year (16-3-0) for the Minutemen. His counterpart, Oettinger, made 27 saves for BU.
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Farmer's two tallies marked his first multi-goal game of his career and second multi-point game of the season. Leonard's three-point effort (1g, 2a) tied a single game career best, his eighth multi-point game of the year. Trivigno and Lagunov both had multi-point nights, as well, with a goal and an assist apiece.
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UMass and Boston University will finish off their season series next Friday, Feb. 8, at the Mullins Center at 7 p.m.
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"It's a really good sign for our team that every time BU tied the game, we went back ahead pretty quickly, said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "You don't like to give up five goals, but we found a way to win on the road and in a building we haven't won in in a long time. I'm very proud of my team and our energy level. We competed tonight, we executed a lot of the stuff we wanted to do in our game plan. But BU is a gifted team. They're going to score goals if you give them chances and we gave them a little too much tonight."
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The tone of the evening was set with senior Jacob Pritchard opening the scoring just 46 seconds into the contest on a cross-ice feed from sophomores John Leonard and Philip Lagunov.
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The Terriers countered with a goal from Ryan Cloonan at the 6:20 mark to tie things at one, but the Minutemen responded with a pair of tallies to take a 3-1 lead into the first intermission. Off a faceoff win by sophomore Jake Gaudet, freshman Bobby Trivigno tipped home a Cale Makar shot from the point 8:30 into the stanza. Marc Del Gaizo's shot from the point from Kurt Keats found its way pat BU goaltender Jake Oettinger at the 15:58 mark.
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BU took advantage of a 5-on-3 power play opportunity midway through the second with a goal by Joel Farabee, tucked under netminder Matt Murray at 10:47, while Patrick Curry, set up by Farabee pulled the Terriers level with UMass, 3-3, 15:47 into the period.
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Lagunov put the Minutemen back on top before the close of the frame, though, finishing off a feed from Leonard at the post at 16:36.
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Boston University once again tied the score with Curry's second of the night, 3:33 into the third, which brought the score to 4-4.
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However, freshman Ty Farmer responded with the next two tallies for UMass, going to the net on the rush to finish off a feed from Trivigno and sophomore Mitchell Chaffee at 8:49, and later burring a breakaway at 17:45.
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Logan Cockerill brought the Terriers back to within a goal at 6-5 with 1:31 to play in regulation but Leonard was tripped up while driving towards the empty net and was awarded the Minutemen's seventh and final score of the night at 19:45.
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UMass edged BU in shots, 34-33 and went 0-for-2 on the power play, while the Terriers were 1-for-4. Murray made 28 saves in his 16th win of the year (16-3-0) for the Minutemen. His counterpart, Oettinger, made 27 saves for BU.
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Farmer's two tallies marked his first multi-goal game of his career and second multi-point game of the season. Leonard's three-point effort (1g, 2a) tied a single game career best, his eighth multi-point game of the year. Trivigno and Lagunov both had multi-point nights, as well, with a goal and an assist apiece.
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UMass and Boston University will finish off their season series next Friday, Feb. 8, at the Mullins Center at 7 p.m.
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Team Stats
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BU
Shots
34
33
PPG
0
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
4
2
Penalty Mins
8
4
Faceoffs Won
32
28
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
+2
Goals
1
Sh
5
A
2
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
5
A
1
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
3
A
1
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