Rivalries matter, even when the sport is for third place in a four-team event.
Boston College netted the ultimate two targets of the third interval and held on to beat longstanding rival and No. 5 ranked Boston University 4-2 within the comfort sport of the seventieth Beanpot event at TD Garden.
BC improved to 10-12-6 whereas BU dropped to 20-8-0 within the first comfort assembly between the faculties within the event’s historical past. BU misplaced two video games in a row for the primary time this season, however its Beanpot losses to Northeastern and BC don’t rely within the Hockey East standings.
“A consolation game does not always carry as much weight as a championship game,” stated BC first 12 months coach Greg Brown. “But for us, each time we play BU, it at all times issues and we actually wanted to get a win.
“I think these two teams could play anywhere at any time and there is going to be a rivalry there with a competitive edge.”
BU had extra weighty points on its agenda than simply the Terriers’ long-standing rivalry with the Eagles, a blood feud that transcends the Beanpot. BU entered the sport combating for favorable seedings within the upcoming Hockey East and NCAA tournaments, so within the Terriers’ case each win going ahead has March implications.
“Sometimes it feels like we want an easy game and that is what it felt like to me,” stated BU first 12 months coach Jay Pandolfo. “I know it was the consolation game, but it was against BC and that is a big deal.”
The Eagles had been on the enterprise finish of a weekend sweep by BU again in January, the primary since 2017. That alone proved to be a motivating issue for BC, which jumped to a 2-1 lead within the first interval.
Eagles’ junior left-wing Nikita Nesterenko opened the scoring together with his seventh of the season at 1:52 of the interval. BC went up 2-0 when freshman middle Cutter Gauthier arrange defenseman Eamon Powell on the ability play at 11:45 for his fourth of the season.
BU bought on the board at 12:53 when Domenick Fensore and Quinn Hutson collaborated on freshman middle Ryan Greene’s seventh purpose of the season. The groups skated a scoreless second half and BC exited the sheet with an 18-15 lead in photographs on purpose.
BU tied the sport 2-2 when Jay O’Brien of Hingham flicked house a Jeremy Wilmer rebound for his fifth at 8:16 of the third. BC regained the lead when freshman left wing Andre Gasseau’s wobbler from the left circle that went over goalie Drew Commesso’s glove for his ninth of the season. BC junior left-wing Trevor Kuntar scored an empty netter with 4.7 seconds to play.
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