Box Score
DURHAM, N.H. - Kenny Roche scored three goals,
including the game-tying tally at 18:58 of the third
period, and assisted on another to lift the
eighth-ranked Boston University Terriers men’s hockey
team to a 4-4 tie with 13th-ranked University of New
Hampshire in Friday night's Hockey East action at the
Whittemore Center.
UNH is now 4-2-1 overall and 2-1-1 in Hockey East
while BU is now 2-1-4, 2-1-3.
With the score tied 1-1 entering the third period,
UNH took a 3-2 lead as the teams combined to score
three goals in a span of 1:45 early in the stanza. The
Wildcats took their first lead of the night, 2-1, at
2:55 when Mike Radja (Yorkville, Ill.) scored from the
slot after receiving a pass out of the right corner
from Brett Hemingway (Surrey, British Columbia). Jacob
Micflikier (Winnipeg, Manitoba) was also credited with
an assist.
Roche tied the game, 2-2, with his first goal of the
game, an unassisted tally at 3:13. The 'Cats went back
in front 3-2 just 27 seconds later, however, when
Thomas Fortney (Webster Groves, Mo.) found the
upper-left corner from the slot. Josh Ciocco (Atco,
N.J.) set up the goal.
BU forged the third tie of the game, 3-3, when Roche
scored into an open net off a rebound at the right
post at 8:40. Sean Sullivan (three assists), with the
initial shot, and Chris Higgins were credited with
assists.
New Hampshire regained the lead, 4-3, at 14:23. Bobby
Butler (Marlborough, Mass.) won the puck on the right
halfboards and backhanded a centering pass to Matt
Fornataro (Calgary, Alberta), who skated down the slot
and wristed a close-range shot inside the right post.
UNH was whistled for a penalty at 18:32 and the
Terriers called time out. BU's Curry was pulled in
favor of an extra skater with 1:18 remaining. Sullivan
passed the puck across the blue line to Roche at the
left point. Roche settled and fired a screened shot
that sailed inside the near post at 18:58.
BU had two more power plays in the five-minute
overtime session but could not capitalize to break the
deadlock.
UNH goaltender Kevin Regan (South Boston, Mass.)
recorded 26 saves, including two in overtime. Curry
stopped 23 shots, one in OT.
Following a scoreless first period in which BU
recorded an 11-7 shot advantage, the Terriers quickly
took a 1-0 lead in the second stanza. Higgins won the
opening faceoff back to Sean Sullivan, who moved the
puck up to Roche on the left wing. Higgins collected a
pass from Roche and fired a shot from the left point
that sailed into the near upper corner of the net at
:10.
Whereas BU scored 10 seconds into the middle stanza,
UNH scored with 10 seconds remaining in the 20-minute
frame to tie the score, 1-1. Micflikier gathered a
rebound off a Ciocco shot in the right corner and
fired a shot from the circle. Curry stopped that shot
but Ciocco, unmarked at the left post, deposited the
puck off the rebound into the net.
New Hampshire returns to action Nov. 12 (3 p.m.) at
No. 1-ranked University of Maine. The next Wildcats’
home game is Nov. 18 vs. UMass-Lowell. Game time at
the Whittemore Center is 7 p.m.
