By Arielle Aronson/DFP Staff
CHESTNUT HILL — The lights are out and the curtain has fallen.
This past weekend was supposed to be a showdown. It was supposed to be a battle for first place in Hockey East between the No. 2/3 Boston University Terriers and the No. 8 Boston College Eagles.
Instead, it was sideshow entertainment. BC dominated BU on Friday night 9-5, and it followed that beating with a 5-2 conquest in Saturday’s finale. The BC fans’ chants of “overrated” never seemed more true.
The Terriers took the early lead on Saturday, scoring at 3:52 in the first period on a Matt Nieto goal. But the Eagles took over from there, tying the game at 11:52 in the first before scoring two goals in 1:16 in the second period to take the game over.
Senior captain Joe Pereira scored at 5:26 in the second to tighten the score to 3-2, but the Eagles negated his tally with a shorthanded score at 8:05 in the second. The Eagles shut the door to a comeback in the third period, when BC’s Steve Whitney scored on a breakaway.
More to follow in Monday’s edition of the Daily Free Press.
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