Boston College defenseman Ian McCoshen powered home a slap shot from the point at 17:50 of the third, then added an empty-netter in the closing seconds to give the Eagles a 5-3 win over arch-rival Boston University.<\/p>\n
The moment in the offensive limelight was a fitting one considering that McCoshen had made two gigantic defensive plays earlier in the period, not to mention assisting on two second-period goals.<\/p>\n
“His influence was [apparent] on the game tonight,” BC coach Jerry York said. “He was a man out there. Everyone knew exactly where number three was on the ice.<\/p>\n
“He’s not only a physical presence on the ice, but he’s also got a nice offensive touch to him. You notice when he has the puck and when he doesn’t have the puck.”<\/p>\n
The win gives York 999 for his career and puts him in position to get number 1000 on Saturday night at BU. Predictably, he dismissed all talk of it.<\/p>\n
“I’m not involved in that,” he said. “We’ve always talked about it being a team sport. We, not me. So it’s just a number to me.<\/p>\n
“The early part of my career, I didn’t think I’d make it to 37.”<\/p>\n
Power-play goals abounded in the game, with BU capitalizing on three of six chances and BC two of seven, including McCoshen’s game-winner. Austin Cangelosi also scored on a penalty shot, technically a short-handed goal since BC was on the penalty kill when the junior got taken down on a breakaway.<\/p>\n
Other than the power play and goaltender Sean Maguire, however, it was a long night for BU, despite the close score. The Terriers had come into the contest on a three-game winning streak, including wins over No. 2 Quinnipiac and No. 7 Harvard, but they were outplayed by BC after a close first period.<\/p>\n
“We took a step back tonight,” BU coach David Quinn said. “It’s certainly not the way we want to play or need to play if we’re going to have success moving forward. I thought we were slow. I thought we were soft.<\/p>\n
“[We gave up] way too many odd-man rushes. Not an awful lot to like about our game tonight.”<\/p>\n
When asked what led to all the conceded odd-man rushes, Quinn pulled no punches.<\/p>\n
“Poor puck management, puck-watching, and being lazy,” he said.<\/p>\n
The Terriers got the scoring started at 18:01 of the first when Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (aka JFK) took Ahti Oksanen’s pass in the slot and ripped home his sixth goal of the year.<\/p>\n
BC scored three times in the second, starting with Cangelosi’s penalty shot. On the shot, the junior slowed to a crawl once he entered the slot, stick-handling furiously but barely maintaining any forward momentum at all. Then from 10 feet out, he wristed a shot past Maguire on the glove side.<\/p>\n
The tie lasted all of 17 seconds, with Oksanen answering on a power play. It was the Finn’s 100th career point, making him the third European at BU to reach that milestone. Tommi Degerman (1996-2000) and Petteri Koskimaki (1989-1993) preceded him.<\/p>\n
Three minutes later, BC drew back to even in the see-saw event, tying it on Zach Sanford’s rebound goal in front, a backhander into the top of net.<\/p>\n
At 15:35, the Eagles seized the lead on a power play. Although they couldn’t capitalize immediately on a 22-second five-on-three, they did so before the second penalty elapsed, working the puck around nicely until Casey Fitzgerald fed top scorer Colin White for a go-ahead goal.<\/p>\n
The 3-2 lead held for over 20 minutes, but BU evened the score on another power-play goal at 15:48 of the third. Matt Lane one-timed a shot that Thatcher Demko juggled but couldn’t control.<\/p>\n
With the score once again deadlocked, this time at 3-3, the stage was set for McCoshen’s offensive heroics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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