Boston College
UMass-Lowell*
Hockey Defeated By UMass-Lowell, 4-1
February 19, 2005 | Men's Hockey
Feb. 19, 2005
A 39-save effort from freshman goaltender Peter Vetri lifted UMass-Lowell to a 4-1 victory over men's hockey in front of 5,980 fans at Tsongas Arena. The loss is the second straight to UML.
The Eagles (19-6-5, 12-3-5) came out skating hard to open the game. A tough rush at the net from Patrick Eaves, who returned from a groin strain injury that sidelined him last night, in the first minute set an offensive tone for BC early on.
On their first power play, the Eagles had a great scoring chance when Brian Boyle set up Stephen Gionta on the doorstep. Gionta hit a one-time wrister, but the shot hit UML goaltender Peter Vetri in the shoulder.
BC out-shot UML (19-7-4, 10-7-3) 16-14 in the first period. Eight of BC's 16 shots on target came from within five feet of the net. Neither team could get the rubber past the goal line in the first 20 minutes of play.
The Eagles scored the game's first goal at 1:08 in the second. Chris Collins let off a shot from the point, but his attempted was stopped by Vetri. Gionta picked up the rebound at far post slid it by the left skate of the freshman.
The goal was Gionta's seventh of the season and Collins notched his eighth helper on the goal.
At 5:26, UML evened the game at one with a goal from Mark Pandolfo. He took at a pass in the left slot and put a low wrister by BC goalie Matti Kaltiainen.
The River Hawks took their first lead of the game at 9:38 in the second. He took a pass between the faceoff circles and went over the glove of Kaltiainen.
UML extended its lead to two at 15:08 when freshman defenseman found the net from the right point. For the second-straight game, BC has scored first and then went on to allow three consecutive UML tallies.
BC continued to put pressure on Vetri, putting 15 shots on goal to UML's nine.
Gionta almost closed the gap to one on a BC power play in the third. Ned Havern lined up a shot from the point and Gionta's rebound was just wide of the right post. The offensive pressure continued when Collins lined up a slapshot off of the next faceoff. His bid hit the crossbar and the score remained 3-1.
UML scored an empty-netter with a minute and a half remaining to ice the victory.
BC put 40 shots on net and head coach Jerry York credited Vetri with a great performance in the barrel for UML.
The Eagles take the ice next Friday at Kelley Rink to take on conference front-runner New Hampshire at 7 p.m.
