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North Dakota’s Stephane Pattyn tangles with Boston University’s Ahti Oksanen on Thursday (photo: Jim Rosvold).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BOSTON<\/b> — In Thursday’s semifinal contest with North Dakota, Boston University held a commanding 4-1 lead with eight minutes left in regulation. The Terriers were also on the power play.<\/p>\n

Game over.<\/p>\n

That is, until three mind-boggling self-inflicted wounds put the Terriers on the precipice of one of the most gut-wrenching, cataclysmic collapses of all time.<\/p>\n

While on the power play, goaltender Matt O’Connor mishandled the puck and unknowingly left it in the crease for an easy tap-in by Troy Stecher.<\/p>\n

One self-inflicted wound down, two to go.<\/p>\n

Two minutes later, the Terriers incurred a too many men on the ice penalty. On the resulting power play, North Dakota’s Connor Gaarder scored on the power play to make it 4-3.<\/p>\n

Game most decidedly not over. The all-but-wrapped-up trip to the national championship game was now in serious jeopardy.<\/p>\n

Two self-inflicted wounds down, one to go, the last one potentially the unkindest cut of all.<\/p>\n

BU has prided itself all year long, and deservedly so, on its late-game composure and the leadership provided to a team with 10 freshmen by the upperclassmen, including Evan Rodrigues and Cason Hohmann, the only two regularly active seniors.<\/p>\n

Rodrigues, in particular, had emerged to become the No. 2 scorer in the country. His late-game composure allowed him to score the decisive power-play goal with 2:24 remaining in the Northeast Regional championship game, carrying the Terriers into the Frozen Four. His patience in executing his trademarked toe-drag move followed by a sniper shot into the top of the net typified the heroics he’s provided all year.<\/p>\n

But here in the Frozen Four with less than two minutes remaining and North Dakota storming back, the senior leader usually filled with ice water in his veins pulled a stunt befitting of a 13-year-old, putting himself in line to become a goat on par with Bill Buckner.<\/p>\n

During a stoppage in play, he skated near North Dakota player Stephane Pattyn, stick raised above chest level and “accidentally” clipped Pattyn near the helmet.<\/p>\n

It was a move, indisputably deliberate, straight out of either “Slap Shot” or Pee Wee hockey.<\/p>\n

Minutes away from advancing to the national championship game?<\/p>\n

Mind boggling.<\/p>\n

It stood the chance of becoming the senior’s college hockey epitaph, a sickening end to a terrific career.<\/p>\n

The third and clearly the worst of the three self-inflicted wounds.<\/p>\n

“It was a stupid play by a very intelligent player,” BU coach David Quinn said. “He got the penalty he deserved.”<\/p>\n

Fortunately for the Terriers, Pattyn retaliated and instead of a North Dakota pulse-pounding power play, the sides skated four-on-four, which became a five-on-four when UND pulled its goalie.<\/p>\n

Rodrigues had still provided North Dakota with the extra open ice coveted by a team down by a goal and with its goaltender pulled, but he’d dodged the bullet of a power play.<\/p>\n

And with 19 seconds remaining, Jack Eichel scored the game-clinching empty netter on a shot from within the Terriers defensive zone.<\/p>\n

An epic fail had been avoided.<\/p>\n

The third self-inflicted wound turned out to be only a glancing blow.<\/p>\n

“A lot of things happened in the last seven minutes that haven’t happened all year,” Quinn said. “Matt O’Connor has never given up a goal like that during the year.<\/p>\n

“And then we got a too many men on the ice penalty, but it actually wasn’t too many men on the ice. We played the puck without being on the ice, which is a penalty. A penalty should have been called, but it shouldn’t have been a too many men on the ice penalty.<\/p>\n

“And then Evan Rodrigues takes a stupid penalty, a penalty he’s never taken in my two years here.<\/p>\n

“So that added all up to a chaotic situation. Hopefully, we can learn from it and avoid those chaotic situations.”<\/p>\n

After the game, some media members suggested that Rodrigues be suspended, an idea that Quinn rejected after viewing the game tape.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think that warranted anything like that,” he said.<\/p>\n

While his players may have gotten away with three self-inflicted wounds, Quinn wasn’t about to add a fourth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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