Wednesday, March 17
Chestnut Hill, MA
4:30 p.m.
Boston College
17-5-1
5
vs
6
UMass Lowell
10-8-1
1
2
3
OT 1
OT 2
F
UMass Lowell
0
1
4
0
1
6
BC
1
3
1
0
0
5
Photo by: Rich Gagnon
No. 1 Eagles Suffer Double Overtime Heartbreaker in Semifinal to UMass Lowell
March 17, 2021 | Men's Hockey
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Matt Brown batted a puck out of the air inside the left post with eight minutes left in double overtime, lifting No. 7 seed UMass Lowell past top seed Boston College by a 6-5 final in the Hockey East Semifinal on Wednesday night at Kelley Rink.
The Eagles thought they had won the game in the first overtime when Patrick Giles deflected a right point shot from Jack St. Ivany, but the potential game-winner was overturned after video review revealed that BC was offside prior to the goal.
Boston College will enter the NCAA Tournament with a 17-5-1 record heading into the Selection Show on Sunday night. UMass Lowell improved to 10-8-1 and will visit No. 3 seed UMass on Saturday for the Hockey East Championship Game.
The Eagles were led by their sophomore class, which combined for 12 points on the night. The top line of Alex Newhook (2-3-5), Matt Boldy (0-4-4) and Mike Hardman (1-1-2) all had multi-point performances, while Marshall Warren netted his third goal of the year.
The River Hawks stormed back from 4-1 down in the third period, but captain Marc McLaughlin restored the lead at 5-4 on the power play with 2:07 remaining in regulation. Lowell answered 40 seconds later on a deflected point shot just as goaltender Henry Welsch reached the bench for an extra skater.
Spencer Knight made a season-high 43 saves but suffered just his third defeat of the season. BC was 5-for-6 on the penalty kill and blocked 19 shots.
SCORING SUMMARY
1st 7:34, BC (1-0) | Newhook dropped the puck along the right wing for Boldy, who cut to the top of the faceoff circle before fluttering a backhand pass to the back door for Warren to finish top shelf.
2nd 6:44, BC (2-0) | During a 3-on-0 with its top line on the ice, Newhook fed Boldy on the left wing and the sophomore settled the puck before dropping to Hardman for a glove side one-timer from the low slot.
2nd 12:40, BC (3-0) | St. Ivany's right point shot trickled wide but Hardman spun the puck back into the slot for an open Newhook, who fired a shot into the top corner glove side.
2nd 13:01, UML (3-1) | Anthony Baxter gloved the puck down at neutral ice and gained the BC blue line before ripping a shot blocker side from the high slot.
2nd 18:47, BC (4-1) | From the left wing half boards, Boldy centered a pass to Newhook in the slot and the forward delayed before picking out the bottom left corner off the post.
3rd 10:25, UML (4-2) | Reid Stefanson reeled in a pass from Brown in the high slot and sent a snap shot over the blocker of Knight into the top left corner.
3rd 15:33, UML (4-3) | Chase Blackmun nudged the puck to Andre Lee in the high slot and his wrister found the left corner blocker side.
3rd 16:39, UML (4-4) | Lucas Condotta drifted below the left faceoff dot on the power play and snuck a shot past Knight's blocker short side.
3rd 17:53, BC (5-4) | Boldy reeled in a cross-ice pass from Newhook on the right wing and centered to McLaughlin, who controlled the puck away from a Lowell defenseman and beat Welsch low glove side.
3rd 18:34, UML (5-5) | Baxter received a pass at the left point and fired a shot on target that took a deflection in the slot and found the bottom right corner.
2OT 12:00, UML (5-6) | From the end boards, Seth Barton flipped a backhand to the front of the net and Brown whacked the puck out of mid-air to the far post for the winner.
UP NEXT
Boston College will find out its opponent and destination for the NCAA Tournament on Sunday (March 21) during the NCAA Selection Show, which airs at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.
The Eagles thought they had won the game in the first overtime when Patrick Giles deflected a right point shot from Jack St. Ivany, but the potential game-winner was overturned after video review revealed that BC was offside prior to the goal.
Boston College will enter the NCAA Tournament with a 17-5-1 record heading into the Selection Show on Sunday night. UMass Lowell improved to 10-8-1 and will visit No. 3 seed UMass on Saturday for the Hockey East Championship Game.
The Eagles were led by their sophomore class, which combined for 12 points on the night. The top line of Alex Newhook (2-3-5), Matt Boldy (0-4-4) and Mike Hardman (1-1-2) all had multi-point performances, while Marshall Warren netted his third goal of the year.
The River Hawks stormed back from 4-1 down in the third period, but captain Marc McLaughlin restored the lead at 5-4 on the power play with 2:07 remaining in regulation. Lowell answered 40 seconds later on a deflected point shot just as goaltender Henry Welsch reached the bench for an extra skater.
Spencer Knight made a season-high 43 saves but suffered just his third defeat of the season. BC was 5-for-6 on the penalty kill and blocked 19 shots.
SCORING SUMMARY
1st 7:34, BC (1-0) | Newhook dropped the puck along the right wing for Boldy, who cut to the top of the faceoff circle before fluttering a backhand pass to the back door for Warren to finish top shelf.
2nd 6:44, BC (2-0) | During a 3-on-0 with its top line on the ice, Newhook fed Boldy on the left wing and the sophomore settled the puck before dropping to Hardman for a glove side one-timer from the low slot.
2nd 12:40, BC (3-0) | St. Ivany's right point shot trickled wide but Hardman spun the puck back into the slot for an open Newhook, who fired a shot into the top corner glove side.
2nd 13:01, UML (3-1) | Anthony Baxter gloved the puck down at neutral ice and gained the BC blue line before ripping a shot blocker side from the high slot.
2nd 18:47, BC (4-1) | From the left wing half boards, Boldy centered a pass to Newhook in the slot and the forward delayed before picking out the bottom left corner off the post.
3rd 10:25, UML (4-2) | Reid Stefanson reeled in a pass from Brown in the high slot and sent a snap shot over the blocker of Knight into the top left corner.
3rd 15:33, UML (4-3) | Chase Blackmun nudged the puck to Andre Lee in the high slot and his wrister found the left corner blocker side.
3rd 16:39, UML (4-4) | Lucas Condotta drifted below the left faceoff dot on the power play and snuck a shot past Knight's blocker short side.
3rd 17:53, BC (5-4) | Boldy reeled in a cross-ice pass from Newhook on the right wing and centered to McLaughlin, who controlled the puck away from a Lowell defenseman and beat Welsch low glove side.
3rd 18:34, UML (5-5) | Baxter received a pass at the left point and fired a shot on target that took a deflection in the slot and found the bottom right corner.
2OT 12:00, UML (5-6) | From the end boards, Seth Barton flipped a backhand to the front of the net and Brown whacked the puck out of mid-air to the far post for the winner.
UP NEXT
Boston College will find out its opponent and destination for the NCAA Tournament on Sunday (March 21) during the NCAA Selection Show, which airs at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.
Team Stats
UML
BC
Shots
49
39
PPG
1
1
SHG
1
0
Penalties
2
6
Penalty Mins
4
12
Faceoffs Won
47
49
Game Leaders
+/-
+1
Goals
2
Sh
9
A
3
+/-
+2
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
4
+/-
+2
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
1
+/-
-2
Goals
1
Sh
5
A
0
Players Mentioned
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