SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The sixth-ranked Boston University men's ice hockey team scored five times in the first period en route to an 8-2 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday night at Compton Family Ice Arena.
Senior Luke Tuch led BU (2-2-0) with three points, all in the opening frame, as he scored a goal and assisted on two others. Freshman Shane Lachance scored the first two goals of his collegiate career while classmate Macklin Celebrini also lit the lamp twice. Freshman Aiden Celebrini also scored his first goal as a Terrier and assisted on another. Senior Dylan Peterson recorded a goal and an assist, sophomore Quinn Hutson lit the lamp, sophomore Devin Kaplan, graduate student Sam Stevens and sophomore Jeremy Wilmer added two assists apiece and freshman Gavin McCarthy earned his first NCAA point with the primary assist on Lachance's first goal.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Hutson opened the scoring just 3:40 into the proceedings when his wrist shot from the top of the right circle sailed over Ryan Bischel's glove and into the back of the net.
- Macklin Celebrini made it 2-0 just 1:04 later with a sensational effort. He gathered the puck above the right circle, dangled through two Irish defenders and then sent an off-balance wrister past Bischel.
- Notre Dame got within one just 36 seconds after Celebrini's goal, but BU needed only 59 seconds to respond. Wilmer and Peterson completed a give-and-go in the offensive end, with Peterson finishing the play for his first goal of the season.
- Tuch followed that with an unassisted strike just 1:22 later, as he stole the puck in his own zone, created a 2-on-1 with Kaplan and fired the puck past Bischel.
- Lachance closed the scoring in the first with a sensational redirection at the 9:31 mark. He then began the second stanza with the Terriers' sixth goal of the night, slotting home a rebound off a Stevens shot during a 2-on-1.
- Aiden Celebrini made it 7-1 just 1:01 later with a wicked wrister from the top of the zone, with his brother pushing the lead to 8-1 at the 6:19 mark with a sensational shot on a power play.
- Junior Mathieu Caron was terrific in the third period, stopping 16 of 17 shots as the Irish tried to get back into the game. He finished the contest with 28 saves.
GAME NOTES
- This was the first time the Terriers scored eight goals since an 8-2 victory over Bentley at Agganis Arena on Oct. 1, 2022.
- BU has scored first in all four games this season.
- Six of the nine Terrier freshmen have recorded at least one point, with Lachance and Aiden Celebrini becoming the third and fourth Terrier rookies to light the lamp.
- Macklin Celebrini leads BU in both goals (5) and points (6) thanks to his second two-goal effort of the year.
UP NEXT
BU will host UMass on Friday night at Agganis Arena in the Terriers' first Hockey East home game of the season. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.
