Freshman forward Patrick Harper scored three goals and an assist for the Terriers

Prd	Time	Team	Score	Type	Scored By	Assists
1st	4:42	BU	1-0	EV	Patrick Harper	Clayton Keller, Bobo Carpenter
1st	6:05	BU	2-0	EV	Patrick Curry	Chad Krys, Nikolas Olsson
1st	7:38	BU	3-0	EV GW	Bobo Carpenter	Dante Fabbro, Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson
1st	19:51	U18	1-3	SH	Josh Norris	Graham Slaggert
2nd	0:24	BU	4-1	PP	Patrick Harper	Bobo Carpenter, Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson
2nd	1:19	BU	5-1	SH	Clayton Keller	Jordan Greenway
2nd	6:04	BU	6-1	EV	Patrick Harper	Bobo Carpenter
2nd	18:23	U18	2-6	SH	Jacob Tortora	-
3rd	0:15	BU	7-2	EV	Bobo Carpenter	Patrick Harper, Chad Krys
3rd	7:57	BU	8-2	PP	Dante Fabbro	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, Chad Krys

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	Final
USA Under-18 Team	1	1	0	2
Boston University	3	3	2	8

Shots on Goal	1st	2nd	3rd	SOG
USA Under-18 Team	4	9	8	21
Boston University	18	11	12	41

Team Stats and Records	PP	PIM	SHGF
USA Under-18 Team	0/9	9/18	2
Boston University	2/9	9/18	1

USA Under-18 Team Goaltending	MIN	GA	1	2	3	Saves
Dylan St. Cyr (L)	59:46	8	15	8	10	33
Empty Net	0:14	0

Boston University Goaltending	MIN	GA	1	2	3	Saves
Jake Oettinger (W)	30:32	1	3	0	0	3
Connor LaCouvee	29:15	1	0	8	8	16
Empty Net	0:13	0

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BOSTON - Sophomore Bobo Carpenter had a five-point night (2g, 3a) and freshman Patrick Harper continued his torrid preseason with a hat trick as the No. 3/4 Boston University men's ice hockey team rolled past the U.S. National Under-18 Team, 8-2, on Thursday evening at Agganis Arena.

THE RUNDOWN

Final Score: Boston University 8, U.S. Under-18 Team 2 - Exhibition
Location: Agganis Arena - Boston, Mass.
Box Score | Highlights | Postgame Comments: Quinn / Carpenter

HOW IT HAPPENED

- Boston University turned in another impressive exhibition performance, scoring three goals in each of the first two periods to cruise to the 8-2 victory.

- Sophomore Bobo Carpenter registered two goals and three assists while freshman Patrick Harper notched a hat trick and a helper.

- The Terriers scored three goals - all even-strength - in a span of 2:56 to jump out to a 3-0 lead less than eight minutes into the contest.

- Harper opened the scoring at 4:42 before classmate Patrick Curry and Carpenter followed to create the 3-0 cushion.

- Both of Team USA's tallies came shorthanded one in the closing seconds of the first period and the other late in the second.

- In the middle period, Harper finished off his hat trick, converting on the power play just 24 seconds into the stanza before adding his third goal of the night at 6:04. Fellow freshman Clayton Keller recorded a shorthanded tally in between Harper's tallies.

- Carpenter completed his five-point night on a marker just 15 seconds after the puck dropped on the third period and freshman Dante Fabbro capped the scoring with a power-play goal at 7:57 of the third.

- Junior goaltender Connor LaCouvee played the second half of the game and stopped 16 of the 17 shots he faced. Freshman Jake Oettinger played the first 30:32 and made three saves while allowing one goal to pick up the victory.

- Freshman Chad Krys and sophomore Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson each had three assists.

GAME NOTES

- BU killed off all nine of Team USA's power-play chances and went 2-of-9 with the man advantage.

- The Terriers held a 41-21 shot advantage.

- Harper scored eight goals on 10 shots over the course of BU's two exhibition games and had a hand in 11 of the team's 18 goals.

- All of the four goals allowed by BU during its two exhibition games were either shorthanded or 5-on-3.

- Carpenter, Harper and Krys all had a +4 rating.

NEXT UP

- BU will officially open its season on Saturday (Oct. 8) when it visits Colgate for a 6 p.m. contest.

- It will be the second contest played in Colgate's new Class of 1965 Arena. The Raiders skated to a 2-2 draw with Army in their season opener on Oct. 1 - The game will be streamed live on the Patriot League Network.