Junior forward Ethan Phillips had a goal and an assist for the Terriers
Special Teams Propel Boston University Past Sacred Heart, 4-1
Junior forward Ethan Phillips had a goal and an assist for the Terriers

Box Score

BOSTON - The No. 12/15 Boston University men's ice hockey team put its special-teams play on display Saturday night, getting two power-play goals and a shorthanded tally en route to a 4-1 win and weekend split with Sacred Heart at Agganis Arena.

Four different Terriers found the back of the net, including freshman Tyler Boucher, who scored his first collegiate goal. Junior Ethan Phillips tallied a goal and an assist while classmates Wilmer Skoog and Sam Stevens also lit the lamp, with Stevens' marker coming shorthanded.

Junior Domenick Fensore finished the weekend with four points thanks to a pair of assists on Saturday. Freshman Brian Carrabes collected his first collegiate point with an assist on Boucher's goal while juniors Matt Brown and Robert Mastrosimone each added an assist to complete multi-point weekends.

Sophomore Drew Commesso was terrific between the pipes, stopping 30 of the 31 shots he faced, including all 19 he saw in the third period.


HOW IT HAPPENED

- Stevens scored a highlight-reel goal at 16:28 of the opening frame. After BU (2-2-0) earned an offensive-zone draw during a penalty kill, Stevens won the faceoff directly into the net for his second goal of the season.

- Boucher wasted no time extending the Terriers' lead at 2:45 of the second stanza. With the Terriers on a power play, Carrabes got the puck at the left point and fed the puck to Brown in the right circle, who one-timed a pass to Boucher in front of the net for a tap-in goal.

- The Pioneers cut the lead in half at 7:42 of the period, but Phillips made sure the teams went to the third with a two-goal lead when he deftly redirected a Mastrosimone shot past Justin Robbins (22 saves) for his first goal of the season.

- Skoog closed the scoring at 4:58 of the third period. Fensore got the puck in his own end and rushed up the left side before dishing the disc to Skoog in the left circle. Skoog gathered the pass and wristed a shot into the back of the net.

- Sacred Heart had two power plays in the final 20 minutes, including a 4-on-3 chance late in the period, but Commesso and the defense stood tall to keep the Pioneers off the board.


GAME NOTES

- BU has started the season a perfect 17-of-17 on the penalty kill.

- The Terriers have killed the last 21 power plays they have faced dating back to last year's Hockey East quarterfinal contest.

- That's the longest such streak since Jan. 12-Feb. 8, 2019, when they killed 26 straight penalties.

- Fensore leads the Terriers in points (5) and assists (4) while Stevens joined Mastrosimone as Terriers with two goals through the first four games.

- Stevens' strike was the Terriers' first shorthanded goal since Logan Cockerill notched one in last season's 4-2 win at UMass.

- Seven different Terriers have scored a goal this season.

- Phillips' goal was his first since Jan. 24, 2020, against UMass Lowell; he had missed all but one game last season due to injury.


UP NEXT

- BU will begin a home-and-home series with Merrimack on Friday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m.

- The Terriers and Warriors will skate at Agganis on Saturday, Oct. 23, at 7.