BOSTON - Sophomore Jack Harvey scored the shootout winner for the No. 3 Boston University men's ice hockey team after the Terriers skated to a 2-2 tie with Harvard in an exhibition contest on Saturday night at Agganis Arena.
BU rallied from a two-goal deficit thanks to goals from junior Quinn Hutson and senior Jack Hughes. Hutson then kept the shootout going in the third round to set the stage for Harvey's heroics in the fifth round.
Senior Matt Copponi, sophomore Shane Lachance and freshman Cole Hutson all had an assist on Saturday. Sophomore goaltender Max Lacroix started between the pipes and made 25 saves in 65:00 of work in front of a spirited crowd.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Lacroix stopped all 11 shots he faced in the opening 20 minutes to keep the game scoreless.
- Harvard struck 1:44 into the second stanza, however, before adding a power-play goal with 47.5 seconds remaining in the period.
- Quinn Hutson gave BU all the momentum going into the third, however, as he scored a power-play goal with less than a second to play in the period. Lachance won a battle at the end wall and got the puck to Copponi, who then found Hutson in the slot for the buzzer-beater.
- Hughes tied the game at 12:05 in the third. After a blocked shot, Cole Hutson collected the puck and immediately zipped the puck to Hughes in stride just past the red line. Hughes had a step on the Harvard defense, broke in alone on goal and calmly slid the puck under Aku Koskenvuo (31 saves).
- After an entertaining but scoreless 3-on-3 overtime period, the Crimson struck first in the shootout.
- Q. Hutson kept the Terriers alive with a goal in the third round before Harvey ended things in the fifth round.
GAME NOTES
- This was Lacroix's second start as a Terrier; his first start, an exhibition against Simon Fraser on Jan. 5, was also a shootout win.
- BU went 1-for-2 on the power play while Harvard was 1-for-4.
UP NEXT
The Terriers will hit the road for the first time this season when they travel to No. 5 North Dakota for a two-game series on Oct. 25 and 26.
