Huskies fall to BU in Beanpot final
Feb. 9, 2009
TD Banknorth Garden (Boston, Mass.)
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| #1 Boston University (22-5-1, 13-5-1 Hockey East) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| #2/3 Northeastern (19-7-2, 14-4-1 Hockey East) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Northeastern, ranked No. 2 in this week's USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll and No. 3 in the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports poll, fell to 19-7-2 with the loss. The Terriers, ranked No. 1 in both polls, improved to 22-5-1. Northeastern still leads Hockey East with a 14-4-1 league record to BU's 13-5-1.
The first period was played at a fast pace, with big hitting going both ways, and only three shots taken between the two teams in the game's first 10 minutes. One of those shots was a close range effort from BU's Chris Higgins, who scooped up a loose puck after an NU giveaway, and got off a quick shot from right in front of the crease. Thiessen was in good position, and made the save.
BU's Brandon Yip was whistled for hitting from behind at 9:47, and Northeastern began knocking on the door on the ensuing power play. Tyler McNeely dug a loose puck out of the corner boards, and fed it into the slot, where a charging Steve Quailer redirected the puck on goal, but it went straight to BU goalie Kieran Millan. Seconds later, Steve Silva curled around from behind the net, and fired a wraparound pass through the crease, but no Husky was there to get a stick on the puck. Later in the same power play Chris Donovan stole a Terrier's breakout pass, carried it in on goal, and dished the puck to the slot. Greg Costa was trailing, but couldn't get a stick on Donovan's pass.
A holding call on Mike Hewkin gave the Terriers their first power play opportunity of the game. Louis Liotti was called for cross-checking 37 seconds into the penalty kill, giving Boston University a five-on-three for 1:23. The Terriers capitalized at 16:09, when BU's Colby Cohen sent a shot from the point screaming over Thiessen's right shoulder. The puck hit the cross-bar and bounced down into the net to give BU a 1-0 lead. Northeastern killed the remaining penalty.
Northeastern answered back on a power play late in the period thanks to some scrappy play from Ryan Ginand, Joe Vitale and McLaughlin. With Northeastern up a man after BU's Luke Popko went into the box for boarding, Ginand made a great play along the right side boards to keep the puck in the zone. Wade MacLeod controlled the puck and fired it towards goal, where Vitale fought through a BU defender to get his stick on it and redirect it on goal. Millan was in position to make the save, but couldn't control the rebound. McLaughlin swooped in to bang home the rebound with 26 seconds left in the period.
Northeastern started the second period on a power play due to a penalty assessed on BU during McLaughlin's goal, but Boston University tallied a shorthanded goal in the period's opening seconds. While Mike Hewkin skated to the bench to replace a broken stick, a stray NU pass gave Yip a breakaway opportunity. Yip's shot sailed high, but bouced hard off the rear glass, rebounded all the way back over Northeastern's goal, and dropped to the ice right in front of the crease. BU's Nick Bonino was in perfect position to pot the rebound before Thiessen could set himself.
Northeastern found the equalizer at 10:01 in the second, when Rob Rassey got a stick on David Strathman's slap shot from the point, knocking it down and away from Millan. McNeely pounced on the loose puck and knocked it into the open net to draw the Huskies even again.
BU answered right back right back just over a minute later when Colin Wilson dished a perfect pass down low to Jason Lawrence, who redirected it behind Thiessen to make it 3-2 at 11:06.
Northeastern came out firing in the third period, and McLaughlin and Ginand got great looks at the net in the period's opening minutes. Both players got clean shots of from close range, but neither could beat Millan.
BU started to turn the pressure up on the Huskies, keeping the puck in NU's zone, and peppered Thiessen with shots. The reigning Eberly Award winner was up to the task, and turned aside a handful of shots to keep Northeastern in the game.
A turnover at the point led to a Terriers shorthanded two-on-one rush. David Warsofsky lifted a wrist shot past Thiessen to give the Terriers the first two-goal lead of the game.
Just 30 seconds later, the Terriers struck again, notching another shorthanded goal off of an odd-man-rush, this time with Wilson doing the damage.
Thiessen was given the Eberly Award at the end of the game as the tournament's most outstanding goaltender. He posted a .925 save percentage over the two Beanpot games. Thiessen also won the Eberly Award in 2008 as well.
Northeastern is back in action this weekend with a home-and-home series against Massachusetts. The Huskies travel to Amherst for Friday's tilt at the Mullins Center before hosting the Minutemen on Saturday at Matthews Arena. Both games start at 7 p.m.
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
Northeastern University Hockey
#1 Boston University vs #3 Northeastern (Feb 09, 2009 at Boston, Mass.)
Boston University (22-5-1) vs. Northeastern (19-7-2)
Date: Feb 09, 2009 Location: Boston, Mass. Arena: TD Banknorth Garden
Attendance:17565 Start time:8:05 pm End time:10:40 pm Total time:2:35
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 1st 16:09 BU PP Cohen, Colby/4 Shattenkirk, Kev/13 25,3,33,21,10 22,24,4
Wilson, Colin/25
2 1st 19:34 NU PP McLaughlin, Mike/4 Vitale, Joe/16 25,33,10,3 18,26,19,28,3
MacLeod, Wade/17
3 2nd 00:27 BU SH Bonino, Nick/10 Yip, Brandon/11 13,18,7,97 3,18,28,26,24
Strait, Brian/3
4 2nd 10:01 NU EV McNeely, Tyler/8 Rassey, Rob/4 18,2,5,13,27 94,37,6,10,5
Strathman, David/10
5 2nd 11:06 BU EV Lawrence, Jason/14 Higgins, Chris/16 21,10,33,25,3 27,23,5,7,17
Wilson, Colin/26
6 3rd 13:54 BU SH Warsofsky, David/2 Yip, Brandon/12 5,18,2,15 19,26,5,6,28
7 3rd 14:24 BU SH Wilson, Colin/10 Shattenkirk, Kev/14 33,3,25,10 27,22,5,10,18
Higgins, Chris/17
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Boston University 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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2 Gryba, Eric......... 1 0 0 1 0
3 Shattenkirk, Kevin.. 0 0 0 0 +2
5 Warsofsky, David.... 0 2 2 4 0
6 Pereira, Joe........ 0 0 0 0 0
7 *Strait, Brian....... 0 0 1 1 +1
10*Higgins, Chris...... 1 0 0 1 +2
11 Cohen, Zach......... 0 1 0 1 0
12 Connolly, Chris..... 0 0 2 2 0
13 Bonino, Nick........ 1 2 0 3 0
14 Glass, Andrew....... 0 0 0 0 0
15 McCarthy, John...... 0 0 1 1 +1
18 Yip, Brandon........ 0 2 2 4 +1
21*Lawrence, Jason..... 0 3 1 4 +1
25 Cohen, Colby........ 1 0 1 2 +2
26 Popko, Luke......... 0 1 1 2 0
27 Saponari, Vinny..... 0 0 1 1 -1
33*Wilson, Colin....... 1 1 4 6 +2
97*Gilroy, Matt........ 1 0 0 1 +1
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0
32 Kraus, Adam DNP
35 Rollheiser, Grant DNP
Totals.............. 6 12 16 34 +12
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Northeastern 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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3 Ginand, Ryan........ 4 0 2 6 -1
4 Driscoll, Jim....... 0 0 0 0 0
5 *Liotti, Louis....... 0 0 0 0 -2
6 Strathman, David.... 0 0 0 0 0
7 *Nycholat, Dan....... 0 0 0 0 -1
10*Quailer, Steve...... 0 0 1 1 0
12 McCauley, Dennis.... 0 0 0 0 0
17 Silva, Steve........ 1 0 0 1 -1
18 McLaughlin, Mike.... 2 0 1 3 -2
19*MacLeod, Wade....... 0 0 2 2 -1
22 Costa, Greg......... 0 1 0 1 -1
23 Donovan, Chris...... 1 0 1 2 -1
24 Chisholm, Denis..... 0 0 0 0 -1
26*Vitale, Joe......... 1 0 4 5 -2
27 Tuckerman, Alex..... 1 1 1 3 -2
28 Hewkin, Mike........ 0 0 0 0 -2
37 Rassey, Rob......... 0 0 0 0 +1
94 McNeely, Tyler...... 0 1 0 1 +1
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0
30 Binnington, Mike DNP
Totals.............. 10 3 12 25 -15
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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BU 1 2 2 - 5
NU 1 1 0 - 2
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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BU 6 12 16 - 34
NU 10 3 12 - 25
Power Play Goals-Attempts (Shots)
Prd BU NU
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1st 1-3 (3) 1-3 (7)
2nd 0-2 (3) 0-2 (0)
3rd 0-2 (0) 0-5 (9)
Total 1-7 (6) 1-10 (16)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd BU NU
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1st 4/8 3/6
2nd 2/4 4/24
3rd 5/10 4/8
Total 11/22 11/38
Three stars:
1. None
2. None
3. None
Officials:
Referee:Benedetto/Hansen
Linesman:Bob Bernard
Linesman:Tim Low
Goal judge:Liam Lynch
Goal judge:Joe DeSisto
Scorer:Brad Kasnet
GOALTENDERS
Boston University Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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31 Millan, Kieran...... W 60:00 2 0 9 2 12 23
Northeastern Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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39 Thiessen, Brad...... L 59:49 5 0 5 10 14 29
TM EMPTY NET........... 00:11 0 0 0 0 0 0
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st McCarthy, John BU 2 HOOKING 07:01 PP
1st Strathman, David NU 2 O-INTERFERENCE 07:10 PP
1st Yip, Brandon BU 2 HITTING FROM BEHIND 09:47 PP
1st Hewkin, Mike NU 2 HOLDING 14:38 PP
1st Liotti, Louis NU 2 CROSS-CHECKING 15:16 PP
1st Popko, Luke BU 2 BOARDING 18:50 PP
1st Higgins, Chris BU 2 TRIPPING 19:34 PP
2nd Driscoll, Jim NU 2 INTERFERENCE 03:24 PP
2nd Saponari, Vinny BU 2 INTERFERENCE 07:55 PP
2nd Rassey, Rob NU 2 TRIPPING 13:27 PP
2nd McNeely, Tyler NU 10 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT 15:45
2nd McNeely, Tyler NU 10 GAME MISCONDUCT 15:45
2nd Cohen, Zach BU 2 TRIPPING 19:40 PP
3rd Shattenkirk, Kevin BU 2 CROSS-CHECKING 00:57 PP
3rd Higgins, Chris BU 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 07:48
3rd Silva, Steve NU 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 07:48
3rd Hewkin, Mike NU 2 INTERFERENCE 10:02 PP
3rd Pereira, Joe BU 2 SLASHING 12:54 PP
3rd McCauley, Dennis NU 2 INTERFERENCE 15:32 PP
3rd Wilson, Colin BU 2 TRIPPING 16:17 PP
3rd Strait, Brian BU 2 HOLDING 18:44 PP
3rd MacLeod, Wade NU 2 SLASHING 19:56
Win-Millan, Kieran (18-1-1). Loss-Thiessen, Brad (19-7-2).
Beanpot Championship Game
Beanpot MVP: Nick Bonino, BU
Eberly Trophy: Brad Thiessen, NU (.925)
Boston University - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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33 Wilson, Colin 12 10
26 Popko, Luke 8 8
13 Bonino, Nick 6 9
18 Yip, Brandon 2 0
12 Connolly, Chris 2 3
21 Lawrence, Jason 1 2
15 McCarthy, John 1 2
27 Saponari, Vinny 0 3
Totals......... 32 37
Northeastern - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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26 Vitale, Joe 16 9
37 Rassey, Rob 7 5
18 McLaughlin, Mike 4 1
17 Silva, Steve 4 3
27 Tuckerman, Alex 2 1
19 MacLeod, Wade 2 3
23 Donovan, Chris 1 0
94 McNeely, Tyler 1 2
22 Costa, Greg 0 4
3 Ginand, Ryan 0 4
Totals......... 37 32
Boston University - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 09:01 09:10 00:09 0 0
1st 14:38 16:09 01:31 2 0 PPG
1st 16:09 17:16 01:07 1 0
2nd 03:24 05:24 02:00 2 0
2nd 13:27 15:27 02:00 1 1
3rd 10:02 12:02 02:00 0 0
3rd 15:32 16:17 00:45 0 0
SUMMARY: 7 opps, 6 shots, 1 goal, time 09:32
Northeastern - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 07:01 07:10 00:09 0 0
1st 09:47 11:47 02:00 4 0
1st 18:50 19:34 00:44 3 0 PPG
1st 19:34 01:34 02:00 0 1 SHG
2nd 07:55 09:55 02:00 0 0
2nd 19:40 00:57 01:17 4 0
3rd 00:57 02:57 02:00 4 0
3rd 12:54 14:54 02:00 0 3 SHG
3rd 17:32 18:17 00:45 0 0
3rd 18:44 19:56 01:12 1 0
SUMMARY: 10 opps, 16 shots, 1 goal, time 14:07
