Boston University
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No. 6 Terriers Host Yale Tuesday to Close First Half
December 13, 2016 | Men's Ice Hockey
| #6 Men's Ice Hockey (9-5-2, 4-2-2 HEA) vs. Yale (4-5-2, 2-5-1 ECAC) | |
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| Date & Time | Tuesday, Dec. 13 | 7 p.m. |
| Venue | Agganis Arena | Boston, Mass. |
| Tickets | AgganisArena.com |
| Watch | TerrierTV (free) |
| Listen | TSRN |
| Live Stats | GoTerriers.com |
| Game Notes | BU | Yale |
| @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey | |
BOSTON - The No. 6 Boston University men's ice hockey team closes out the first half of its schedule on Tuesday (Dec. 13) by welcoming Yale to Agganis Arena for the first time in over 10 years. The Terriers will attempt to enter the holiday break with at least 10 wins for the fourth time in the past six seasons.
The first 3,500 fans will receive a Nick Boni-Gnome, recognizing Nick Bonino '11, who won the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins this past June.
SERIES HISTORY
• Tonight marks the 66th contest between Boston University and Yale, and the teams are an even 31-31-3.
•Five of the past seven meetings have gone to overtime.
• The Bulldogs' last visit to Agganis took place on Nov. 25, 2006, in Keith Allain's first season as head coach. An overtime goal by Matt Gilroy lifted BU to a 2-1 win.
• BU had a nine-game unbeaten streak (7-0-2) against Yale come to an end last season in a 3-2 road loss. The first game in that stretch was the last-ever ECAC tilt between the two schools during the 1983-84 season.
• The teams first met on Feb. 13, 1924, with Yale posting its first of 20 straight victories against the Terriers in a 6-0 shutout on Bishop's Pond in New Haven.
• The two teams have played eight overtime games with BU holding a 4-1-3 edge. There have been 10 shutouts in the series history and each team has five to its credit.
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
• Yale is coming off a weekend split at home, having earned a 7-3 home win over Rensselaer on Friday before falling to then No. 14/15 Union, 5-3, on Saturday.
• The Bulldogs earned another win over Rensselaer earlier this season and their other two victories came against Sacred Heart and Holy Cross.
• Yale is one of the biggest shot generators in the country as its average of 35.5 shots per game ranks third in the nation. The Bulldogs average over nine shots per contest more than their opponents.
• The Bulldogs boast an impressive scoring line of senior John Hayden (9-6--15), sophomore Joe Snively (7-8--15) and junior Ryan Hitchcock (0-12--12). Hayden ranks fourth in the nation in goals per game (0.82) while Hitchcock's 1.09 assists per game ranks sixth.
• Junior Adam Larkin leads the blueliners on the offensive end with nine points on three goals and six assists.
• Senior Patrick Spano has started between the pipes in nine of Yale's 11 games and has a 2.85 goals-against average and a .892 save percentage.
• Keith Allain is in his 11th season as head coach of the Bulldogs and has accumulated 215 wins there.
LAST SEASON IN NEW HAVEN
• Boston University suffered a 3-2 loss at No. 15 Yale on Dec. 11 of last season at Ingalls Rink.
• John Hayden scored two goals, including the winner, for Yale.
• The Terriers opened the scoring 6:55 into the middle period on a goal from Ahti Oksanen
• The tables turned quickly, however, late in the second as Ryan Hitchcock tied it up for Yale at 18:13 and BU's Ryan Cloonan received a five-minute boarding major and game misconduct 50 seconds later.
• It was the first power play for either team and the Bulldogs took advantage of it right away with Hayden cashing in with 20 seconds left in the stanza.
• Hayden added his second of the night on a 3-on-2 rush at 6:31 of the third.
• Bobo Carpenter made it 3-2 but BU but was unable to come up with a late equalizer.
SPLIT IN BURLINGTON
• Boston University is coming off a weekend split at then-No. 12 Vermont, responding to a 4-2 loss on Friday with a 4-0 shutout win on Saturday.
• In the opener, UVM's Tom Forgione knocked home a loose puck in the crease in a delayed-penalty situation to give the home team a 3-2 lead with 12:29 left in the third and the Catamounts tacked on an empty-netter to secure a 4-2 win. • BU scored a pair of power-play goals, including a strike from freshman Patrick Harper at 2:51 of the middle period to make it a 2-2 contest.
• Sophomore Bobo Carpenter opened the scoring just 3:17 into the contest.
• UVM held a 28-22 shot advantage and limited the Terriers to five third-period shots.
• This marked the Terriers' first loss in Burlington since Feb. 28, 2010, as they had won six straight games in the building.
• On Saturday, freshman Jake Oettinger stopped all 28 shots he faced to earn his first road shutout of his collegiate career.
• After taking a 1-0 lead into the second intermission, BU scored on all three of its shots in the final frame to secure the split.
• Freshman Clayton Keller recorded a power-play goal and an assist while junior Chase Phelps opened the scoring midway through the first.
• Senior Nick Roberto pushed the lead to 3-0 at 16:06 of the third. A long empty-netter by junior Brandon Hickey created the 4-0 final.
• BU, which came into the weekend 1-of-24 on the power play in league play, scored on three of eight chances over the weekend.
PENALTY KILL EXCELS
• The Terriers' penalty kill ranks third in the nation with a 90.8-percent success rate (89-of-98) and has successfully killed off 38 of its opponents' past 41 power plays.
• Earlier this season, BU killed off 22 straight opponent power plays, its longest such streak since 25 straight in March 2011.
• BU has already scored six shorthanded goals after totaling just two all of last season. That total is tied for first in the nation with Harvard.
• The Terriers lead in the nation in combined special teams at 58 percent (102-of-176).
BLANKING THE COMPETITION
• The Terriers are 8-3-2 in their past 13 games and half of the eight wins were shutouts.
• For the first time in the Terriers' 95-season history, they blanked their first three home opponents.
ROOKIE NETMINDER IMPRESSES
• Freshman Jake Oettinger was named Hockey East Rookie of the Week after earning Defensive Player of the Week honors the previous week.
• He has saved 120 of the 126 shots he has faced over the past two weekends.
• He currently ranks fifth in the nation in goals-against average (1.86) and 10th in save percentage (.932).
• Oettinger did his part to excite the Agganis faithful as he put together a home shutout skein of 204:41 to start his career.
• He was named the Hockey East Stop It Goaltending Co-Goaltender of the Month for October after posting a .947 save percentage and a 1.42 goals-against average in the month.
• He closed out the month with back-to-back shutouts as part of a 134:14 shutout skein that was the sixth-best in program history.
• Oettinger was also named Hockey East Rookie of the Week on Oct. 24.
LEADING THE PACK
• Freshman Patrick Harper had at least one point in the first seven games of his BU career and has team highs in both points (19) and goals (7).
• His points-per-game average of 1.19 ranks fifth in the nation among rookies.
• Harper was named Hockey East Rookie of the Week on Nov. 14 after putting up a goal and two assists in the Terriers' 4-2 victory at Michigan.
TERRIER TIDBITS
• Sophomore Bobo Carpenter is the only current Terrier who has scored against Yale in his career.
• Sophomore Jordan Greenway has 14 points (5g, 9a) in his past 12 games and he is tied for fifth in the nation in game-winning goals with three.
• Sophomore Charlie McAvoy has at least one assist in 10 of BU's 16 games thus far this season.
• Freshman Clayton Keller is one of 15 Division I players with two shorthanded goals this season.
• Half (24) of BU's 48 goals thus far have come in the third period.
• Junior Brandon Hickey (four) and sophomore Bobo Carpenter (five) have already surpassed their assist totals from last season.
HOME, SWEET HOME
• The Terriers had a nine-game home winning streak, the longest in Agganis Arena history, come to an end on Nov. 19 against UConn.
• It was the longest since a 10-game win streak at Walter Brown Arena that started on Feb. 28, 1997, before ending on Dec. 9 later that year.
• BU is 20-3-3 in its past 26 home contests.
• Last season, the Terriers had the highest home winning percentage in Agganis' 11-year history, posting a 14-2-2 record (.833).
