No. 2 Terriers Edged in Overtime by No. 3 Denver at Frozen Four, 2-1

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The No. 2 Boston College males’s ice hockey group had its season come to an finish within the nationwide semifinals as No. 3 Denver posted a 2-1 extra time victory on the NCAA Frozen 4 on Thursday night at Xcel Power Heart.
 
Denver’s Tristan Broz scored from the highest of the proper circle at 11:09 of extra time to finish the competition.
 
BU’s energy play by no means took the ice within the 79:09 of play however the Terriers’ penalty kill was an ideal 4-for-4 within the sport.
 
Senior Luke Tuch opened the scoring with a shorthanded objective 7:45 in on the primary energy play of the competition. The Terriers had probabilities to double their lead however the Pioneers bought an equalizer with 4:39 left within the second.
 
BU netminder Mathieu Caron got here up with two heartstopping saves, one within the closing seconds of the center interval and one other proper after a DU energy play ended halfway by the third.
 
The Terriers practically took a late lead in regulation when a shot by freshman Jack Harvey clanged off the proper put up however the sport went to extra time.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Terriers practically scored within the opening minute of play as freshman Macklin Celebrini was alone within the slot off a give-and-go with classmate Shane Lachance however his try was stopped by Denver goaltender Matt Davis.
• BU discovered itself on the penalty kill slightly below six minutes into the sport however turned it into an early lead with a shorthanded objective by Tuch.
• Tuch took benefit of a Denver miscue on the proper level off a BU clearing try and took the puck up the left aspect earlier than chopping in and beating Davis shortside on the 7:45 mark.
• BU had a 10-3 shot benefit within the opening body and threatened so as to add to its lead earlier than settling for a 1-0 lead heading into the primary intermission.
• All the second interval was performed 5-on-5 and the Pioneers took benefit of a BU turnover behind its personal web to even the rating.
• Miko Matikka collected the puck behind the objective and located Tristan Lemyre, who crashed the web on the left crease and knocked it in to make it 1-1 with 4:39 left within the second.
• The primary of Caron’s exceptional stops got here within the remaining minute of the second as he lunged to his proper earlier than discovering a technique to glove Aidan Thompson’s wide-open bid on the opposite aspect of the crease.
• The third interval was evenly performed at 5-on-5 however the Pioneers got three extra probabilities on the facility play within the stanza, forcing BU’s penalty to return up large time and time once more.
• Proper as an influence play expired, Caron made one other highlight-reel cease when he denied Jack Caruso on the foot of the slot with a diving save halfway by the third.
• BU was capable of put 9 photographs on objective within the eleven-plus minutes of extra time, with their finest probabilities coming throughout a 2:00 stretch of 4-on-4 play, however the Pioneers scored on their sixth shot of the additional session.
• Broz obtained a go on the high of the Denver zone and skated by the impartial zone earlier than approaching the proper circle and burying a shot between Caron’s pads for the winner.

GAME NOTES

• Sophomore Devin Kaplan assisted on Tuch’s objective.
• BU held a 34-29 shot benefit as Caron stopped 27 Denver photographs and the Pioneers bought a 33-save efficiency from Davis.
• Every group blocked 17 photographs with BU senior Cade Webber and Denver’s Zeev Bulum main the way in which with 4 every.
• Webber completed the 12 months with an NCAA single-season document 133 blocked photographs.
• The Terriers made their twenty fourth look within the nationwide semifinals.