{"id":171835722,"date":"2018-03-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/2018\/03\/16\/boston-university-vs-boston-college-20180316\/"},"modified":"2018-03-16T21:32:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T02:32:29","slug":"boston-university-vs-boston-college-20180316","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/recaps\/2018\/03\/16\/boston-university-vs-boston-college-20180316\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston University rallies to force OT, downs Boston College 4-3 on Curry’s goal"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOSTON<\/strong> — Boston University may have been the preseason favorite in Hockey East, but the reality is the Terriers have been surviving on borrowed time.<\/p>\n

And BU will survive for at least one more day thanks to a 4-3 overtime victory on Friday against Commonwealth Avenue rival Boston College.<\/p>\n

The Terriers can earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament if they can capture the Hockey East title on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have not mentioned that once,\u201d said BU coach David Quinn when asked about his team\u2019s prospects of making the NCAA tournament. \u201cThat has nothing to do with [Saturday] night. It has had nothing to do with our preparation going into the playoffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to block that stuff out. You have to focus on getting ready for your opponent. You can\u2019t let [the NCAAs] creep in because all of a sudden you start getting distracted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have not mentioned it once and I promise I won\u2019t mention it [to the team] between now and 7 o\u2019clock tomorrow night.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Quinn may mention is his team\u2019s play late in Friday\u2019s game, one in which the Terriers fell behind, rallied to tie the game but still found itself sucking air in the overtime period. The Eagles dominated the extra frame, at one point holding a 10-1 advantage in shots. But one perfect forecheck that forced a turnover was everything Boston University needed.<\/p>\n

The play came in the final five minutes of the extra session. One of BU\u2019s heroes through the season, Bobo Carpenter, made a perfect read on a breakout pass by the Eagles. Stealing the puck, he dumped it below the goal line where Shane Bowers made a quick stop and turn, attempting to wrap the puck around on BC netminder Joe Woll (41 saves).<\/p>\n

Bowers had the puck come off his stick but Patrick Curry, a third line forward with just five career goals in two seasons, watched the puck slip to his stick where he promptly buried the game-winning goal, sending the Terriers to the title game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was coming off the bench,\u201d said Curry. \u201cI decided to support Bowers on his cycle. I decided to jump to the back side of the net. He tried to stuff. Luckily it landed on my stick.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was the positive for the Terriers on a night where there were a lot of tumultuous moments. BU fell behind in the opening minute, trailed by two goals and allowed what seemed like it might have been the game-winning goal with 5:19 remaining in regulation.<\/p>\n

But this Terriers team has become one that never seems to say die.<\/p>\n

Knowing they need to win the Hockey East tournament to earn an NCAA bid, BU rallied a weekend ago against a plucky Connecticut team, posting one-goal wins on back-to-back nights to get to the Garden. Then Friday, BU\u2019s collective backs were against the wall almost the entire night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want it to end, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d said Quinn. \u201cWe understand the situation we put ourselves in.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you told me we\u2019d be 20-13 and looking on the outside looking in to the national tournament, I\u2019d have laughed. That\u2019s not what we expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut college hockey is hard. That\u2019s the situation we were in since January 6th. Since then, we\u2019ve righted the ship.\u201d<\/p>\n

The game certainly didn\u2019t start the Terriers’ way as goaltender Jake Oettinger (36 saves) allowed a long wrister to beat him just 46 seconds into play. BU then fell behind further when Julius Mattila finished tic-tac-toe passing at 3:16 of the second, spotting the Eagles a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n

BU rallied, though, scoring twice in 1:37 midway through the game, with Ty Amonte and David Farrance finding the net.<\/p>\n

It appeared Jordan Greenway gave BU the lead midway through the third but a goaltender interference call negated the goal.<\/p>\n

That set up a trade of goals between Chris Brown for BC at 14:41 and Drew Melanson for BU at 15:26 that sent the game to overtime.<\/p>\n

Boston College never trailed until the end on Friday, but losing likely dashed their NCAA hopes. After the game, knowing there was still a slight chance of eking into the national tournament field, BC coach Jerry York wasn\u2019t ready to say die.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s still a lot to shake out here,\u201d said York. \u201cThere\u2019s still an opportunity for us to continue to play here, which I\u2019d love to. I wasn\u2019t willing to shake anybody\u2019s hand tonight. There\u2019s still a lot of stuff going on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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