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University of Massachusets Athletics
Wednesday, December 11
Amherst, Mass.
7 p.m.
University of Massachusetts
8-7-2, 2-5-2
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#13/12 Boston University
9-6-1, 5-3-1
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Boston U.
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Massachusetts
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#13/12 Boston University Rallies Past Massachusetts Hockey, 4-2
December 11, 2024 | Hockey
AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts hockey scored the first two of the night, but #13/12 Boston University responded with the next four unanswered to rally past UMass, 4-2 on Wednesday night at the Mullins Center. The setback leaves the Minutemen at 8-7-2 on the year, 2-5-2 in Hockey East, while the Terriers improve to 9-6-1 overall, 3-4-2 in league action.
"The difference in the series, I think the first game, discipline was an issue for BU, then tonight, discipline was an issue for us," said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "We can't give that team five power plays, and it came back to bite us. Then there were some young mistakes on the blue line. But for five of six periods, I really liked our team against a really good team in our league."
UMass opened the scoring 1:41 into the first period when junior Kenny Connors intercepted a pass in the offensive zone to set up a score by sophomore Jack Musa. Musa's first shot was turned aside by Mathieu Caron, but after a goal mouth scramble, Musa put his second shot in the net at the back post. Daniel Jencko were picked up an assist on the play, as well.
The Minutemen doubled their lead at 13:09 into second period courtesy sophmore Aydar Suniev's 10th of the season. Connors sent the puck up the ice to spring junior Cole O'Hara and Suniev on the rush and O'Hara fed Suniev for the finish.
BU cut its deficit in half at the 17:35 mark of the second with a power play goal from Devin Kaplan. Cole Hutson set up a shot by Cole Eiserman that was saved UMass netminder Michael Hrabal, but Kaplan was there to put in the rebound.
The Terriers leveled the score at 2-2, 8:49 into the third period. Cole Hutson collected a puck from Jack Hughes and Quinn Hutson and skated to the high slot where he sent a shot through traffic to the back of the UMass net.
Moments later, Cole Hutson struck again, converting on the man advantage for Boston University off a setup from Jack Harvey and Devin Kaplan at the 10:07 mark, which gave the Terriers a 3-2 lead.
BU added an insurance marker 12:48 into the third with Quinn Hutson tucking a pass from Eiserman and Cole Hutson around Hrabal to complete the scoring.
The Terriers out-shot the Minutemen 33-24 on the night and went 2-for-5 on the power play, while UMass was 0-for-3.
Hrabal logged 29 saves for the Minutemen and Caron had 22 stops for BU.
The Minutemen will be back in action on Saturday, December 28, when the squad will play host to Simon Fraser for an exhibition matchup at the Mullins Center at 6 p.m.
"The difference in the series, I think the first game, discipline was an issue for BU, then tonight, discipline was an issue for us," said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "We can't give that team five power plays, and it came back to bite us. Then there were some young mistakes on the blue line. But for five of six periods, I really liked our team against a really good team in our league."
UMass opened the scoring 1:41 into the first period when junior Kenny Connors intercepted a pass in the offensive zone to set up a score by sophomore Jack Musa. Musa's first shot was turned aside by Mathieu Caron, but after a goal mouth scramble, Musa put his second shot in the net at the back post. Daniel Jencko were picked up an assist on the play, as well.
The Minutemen doubled their lead at 13:09 into second period courtesy sophmore Aydar Suniev's 10th of the season. Connors sent the puck up the ice to spring junior Cole O'Hara and Suniev on the rush and O'Hara fed Suniev for the finish.
BU cut its deficit in half at the 17:35 mark of the second with a power play goal from Devin Kaplan. Cole Hutson set up a shot by Cole Eiserman that was saved UMass netminder Michael Hrabal, but Kaplan was there to put in the rebound.
The Terriers leveled the score at 2-2, 8:49 into the third period. Cole Hutson collected a puck from Jack Hughes and Quinn Hutson and skated to the high slot where he sent a shot through traffic to the back of the UMass net.
Moments later, Cole Hutson struck again, converting on the man advantage for Boston University off a setup from Jack Harvey and Devin Kaplan at the 10:07 mark, which gave the Terriers a 3-2 lead.
BU added an insurance marker 12:48 into the third with Quinn Hutson tucking a pass from Eiserman and Cole Hutson around Hrabal to complete the scoring.
The Terriers out-shot the Minutemen 33-24 on the night and went 2-for-5 on the power play, while UMass was 0-for-3.
Hrabal logged 29 saves for the Minutemen and Caron had 22 stops for BU.
The Minutemen will be back in action on Saturday, December 28, when the squad will play host to Simon Fraser for an exhibition matchup at the Mullins Center at 6 p.m.
Team Stats
BOS
UMA
Shots
33
24
PPG
2
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
3
5
Penalty Mins
6
10
Faceoffs Won
33
24
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
0
A
2
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
1
Players Mentioned
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