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BOSTON – The Merrimack College men's ice hockey team saw its season come to a close against Boston University on Saturday night at Agganis Arena. The Terriers took the season series with a 5-1 decision over the Warriors.
Junior
Tyler Drevitch scored the lone goal for the Warriors, who outshot the hosts by a 37-31 margin but were thwarted on special teams; BU scored three power play markers and added a shorthanded tally to secure the victory for the hosts.
The Basics
Score: Boston U. 5,
Merrimack 1
Records: Merrimack (7-24-3, 4-18-2 HEA) | Boston University (14-15-4, 12-8-3 HEA)
Location: Agganis Arena | Boston, Mass.
Game Duration: 2:17
How It Happened
- BU got on the board early, capitalizing on a power play at 4:07 off the stick of Dante Fabbro, who got a fortunate bounce on a shot that deflected off a Merrimack skater and in.
- The Terriers made it 2-0 in the 11th minute of the opening stanza, netting their nation-high 10th shorthanded goal of the year while the Warriors were skating on their second power play.
- BU tacked on its third goal 3:20 into the second period, again on the power play, before Drevitch brought the Warriors within two goals on the strength of his career-high seventh marker of the year at the 7:34 mark.
- But the hosts countered two minutes later while skating 4-on-4, as Chad Krys netted his second of the game to push the Terriers ahead, 4-1, after 40 minutes.
- Each side had power plays early in the third, but it was BU that capitalized, as Joel Farabee got behind the defense and went forehand-to-backhand to push the lead to 5-1, which went unchanged the rest of the way.
Notes & Numbers
- Drevitch's goal was his career-high fifth of the season; he had two as a sophomore and none as a freshman.
- Sophomore Dominic Dockery finished the game with three blocked shots, concluding the year with a career-best 61 rejections; he ranked fourth in Hockey East in total blocked shots coming into the day.
- In his final game as a Warrior, senior Derek Petti won 12 faceoffs, the most by a Merrimack forward.
- BU won the season series after taking the final two games between the two squads, both of them at Agganis Arena.
- Goaltenders: Craig Pantano (9 saves, 6-14-3), Drew Vogler (17 saves) // Jake Oettinger (32 saves, 14-13-4)
- Power Plays: 0-8 | 3-5
- Shots on Goal: 17-7 // 13-13 // 7-11– 37-31
- Faceoffs: 28 // 31
- Blocks: 6 // 14
Merrimack Lineup
Forwards
Gresock | Petti | Tavernier
Coomes | Babcock | Irvine
von-Ungern Sternberg | Seyfert | T. Drevitch
L. Drevitch | Kramer | McBride
Simeone | Bales
Defense
Kovacevic | Cook
Dockery | Carle
McArdle
Goaltenders
Pantano | Vogler | Halladay
