(.PDF)BOSTON -- The No. 6 ranked UMass Lowell hockey team fell at No. 2 Boston University, 4-3, in overtime on Sunday afternoon in Hockey East play in front of 4,786 fans at Agganis Arena.
With the loss the River Hawks fall to 15-5-3 overall (8-2-2 HEA), while the Terriers up their record to 13-4-4 and 8-2-2 in league play. The teams are currently tied atop the Hockey East standings with 18 points apiece.
Freshman forward
C.J. Smith (Des Moines, Iowa) tied a career-high with his third two-goal game of the season, scoring UMass Lowell's first and third goals of the game. Smith tied the game a 1-1 with a rush down the left wing that beat BU goalie Matt O'Connor glove side on the backhand with 2:33 left in the opening period. Just 23 seconds later junior forward
A.J. White (Dearborn, Mich.) scored his seventh goal of the season off a feed in the left corner from sophomore forward
Evan Campbell (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) to give the River Hawks a 2-1 lead at the end of the first period. UMass Lowell owned an 18-11 shot advantage at the first intermission.
BU's Ahti Oksanen opened the scoring in the game at the 5:30 mark of the opening period. The Terriers scored two goals in the second period with Oksanen notching the game-tying goal, his second of the game with just 44 seconds left in the middle stanza. Danny O'Regan made it a one-goal game (3-2) in the second at 7:49 for the Terriers.
White finished the game with a game-high six shots on goal for the River Hawks, while senior forward
Terrence Wallin (Yardley, Pa.) amassed five shot on net.
BU freshman forward Jack Eichel scored the game-winner just 1:18 in the extra frame with a slapshot from the left faceoff circle on the power play to give the Terriers the victory.
Both teams notched 37 shots on goal in the contest. The Terriers went 3-for-4 on the power play and UMass Lowell finished the night 1-for-2. Junior goaltender
Kevin Boyle (Manalapan, N.J.) finished the night with 33 stops in the losing effort, while O'Connor stopped 34 shots in his 11th win of season for BU.
The River Hawks return to action on Friday, January 23rd against Providence College. Game time at the Tsongas Center in Lowell is 7 p.m. Tickets are available now through the Tsongas Center Box Office, online at TsongasCenter.com or by calling 866-722-8780.
