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Hockey Defeated by Boston University, 2-1, In Beanpot Opener
February 08, 2005 | Men's Hockey
Feb. 8, 2005
Hockey was defeated by Boston University tonight by a score of 2-1 in the first round of the Beanpot in front of 17,565 in the FleetCenter. BC (17-3-6, 11-1-5) will square off against Harvard in the consolation game of the tournament as BU (16-10-2, 11-4-2) moves on to take on Northeastern in the championship game.
The loss ends the Eagles' 14-game unbeaten streak. The run that began following the loss to BU on December 3 at Walter Brown Arena came to a halt at the hands of BU over two months later at the Beanpot. During the streak, BC downed the Terriers twice on consecutive nights.
To open the game, Patrick Eaves challenged BU goaltender Stephan Siwiec less than a minute into the first period. Eaves made a hard move down the left side, skating around the BC defenseman. He ran out of room on the short side and was stopped by Siwiec's right blocker on the low shot.
Ryan Shannon, in his first game returning from an ankle injury, put BC up 1-0 at 14:18 in the first. Just after the BC power play had expired, Shannon took a shot at the net from inside the blue line. Siwiec was screened and the shot hit the net at shoulder level on the junior's glove side.
The tally was Shannon's ninth goal of the season and his 29th point. With the goal, Shannon improves his Beanpot career mark to five points (three goals and two assists) in seven games.
BU evened the game at 1-1 with 15 seconds remaining in the period. John Laliberte scored on a breakaway that squeaked by BC goalie Matti Kaltiainen.
By the end of the first period, BC totaled 17 shots on net to BU's eight.
Laliberte struck again at 5:40 in the second period. On BU's second power play of the middle frame, he slipped the puck by Kaltiainen on a short side rebound.
BC had trouble staying out of the box in the second. In the first 10 minutes, the Eagles were forced into four short-handed situations. The last pair resulted in a minute-long 3 on 5, which the Eagles killed successfully.
The Eagles had chances on the power play, but could not come up with a score to even the game. Entering the second intermission, BC remained in the hole 2-1.
BC outshot BU 10-6 in the second period.
The third opened with both teams trading offensive tries. Neither squad could capitalize on the attempts and the score remained 2-1.
BC pulled Kaltiainen with :42 remaining in the game. The 6 on 5 team could not find the net and BC took their first opening round Beanpot loss in three years.
BC will play in the Beanpot consolation game next Monday, February 14 at 5 p.m. against Harvard.
The Eagles return to action this Friday night against Merrimack College. BC looks to sweep the series against the Warriors at 7 p.m.
