No. 3 Terriers fall to No. 7 North Dakota

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The No. 3 Boston University men’s hockey team fell to No. 7 North Dakota 7-2 on Friday night at Ralph Englestad Arena.

North Dakota (3-1-0) took a 5-0 lead in the first frame before increasing it to 6-0 early in the third period. BU (3-1-0) tied the score twice in the final 20 minutes with Senior Tristan Amonte and Junior Quinn Hutson Each scored their first goal of the season.

senior Matt Copponi As a freshman, he scored his first point as a Terrier with the first assist on Amonte’s shot Cole Hutson had the main helper on his brother’s marker. Second semester Tom Willander And Shane Lachance An assist was also added for each.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• North Dakota scored a power play goal just 2:37 into the game and added another goal with its second man advantage at 6:22.
• The Fighting Hawks then scored three more goals and led 5-0 after 20 minutes.
• Junior Quinn Hutson hit the post during a BU power play in the first minute of the second stanza.
• The Fighting Hawks thought they had extended their lead to 6-0 late in the second period, but BU successfully contested the play because it was ruled offside.
• North Dakota increased the score to 6-0 just 40 seconds into the third period.
• Amonte responded just 57 seconds later. Copponi collected the puck in his own zone, dangled through a defenseman in the neutral zone and circled another defenseman in the North Dakota zone before passing the puck to Amonte at the top. Amonte defeated TJ Semptimphelter.
• The Hutsons tied it on the power play with 14:06 left when Cole Quinn scored in the left circle for a one-timer.
• Second semester Max Lacroix He made a great save on a breakaway with 12:30 to play to keep the deficit at four, but the Fighting Hawks added a seventh goal with 6:53 left to tie the score.
• Lacroix made two more great saves with 2:30 to play, stopping a breakaway with his left ball and then blocking the ensuing rebound attempt with his glove.

GAME NOTES

• Lacroix played 49:29 minutes in the final and recorded a career-best performance of 25 saves in just his second official collegiate appearance.
• Lacroix, who faced Harvard on Saturday, made his collegiate debut on Feb. 9 against Merrimack and stopped all six shots he faced as part of a 7-1 win.
• Amonte scored his first goal since lighting the lamp against Arizona State on January 7, 2022.
• Lachance has scored a point in all four games this season and leads the Terriers in both points (6) and assists (5).

NEXT

• BU and North Dakota will complete this weekend’s series on Saturday night at 7:07 p.m. ET.