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From the FreeP: Freshmen clutch in win in Grand Forks

By Kevin Dillon/DFP Staff

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Many teams look to their experienced players to make the important plays at the end of the game. The veterans tend to be the leaders of a squad and upperclassmen are usually elected as team captains.

But for the No. 12 Boston University men’s hockey team, it was a group of freshmen — including goaltender Matt O’Connor and forwards Danny O’Regan and Matt Lane — who stepped up in the third period to lead BU to a come-from-behind 4–2 win over the No. 5/6 University of North Dakota.

“The freshmen have been contributing really well lately,” said junior forward Matt Nieto. “There are so many of them so it has really been key to our success.”

The Terriers (4–2, 3–1 Hockey East) were down by a goal entering the third period, but they had just taken the momentum, thanks to a key save by O’Connor. Late in the second period, UND (3–2–1) forward Brendan O’Donnell skated the puck in on a breakaway after sophomore defenseman Alexx Privitera misplayed a pass in the offensive zone.

O’Donnell tried to deke to O’Connor’s left and slip the puck past him, but O’Connor stretched out a pad to make the save, preserving the one-goal differential.

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