By Kevin Dillon/DFP Staff
When Boston University junior assistant captain Garrett Noonan speared his stick into University of Massachusetts-Lowell goaltender Doug Carr last Saturday at Agganis Arena, he did more than just hurt his team’s chances of coming back from a 4–3 deficit in the final five minutes of the game.
Noonan will also miss the next two games due to a league-issued suspension that he earned on the play, weakening the No. 10/11 Terriers in a crucial home-and-home series against Providence College.
While it was the league that officially added a second game to the initial one-game suspension he earned with the penalty, BU (12–9, 9–6 Hockey East) coach Jack Parker said he had already told Noonan he would be benched for an extra game.
“[Noonan] knows it hurt his team,” Parker said. “Then, and this weekend too. He doesn’t want to do that.”
Noonan’s absence comes amidst the first BU losing streak of the season, as the Terriers dropped contests with No. 12/15 UMass-Lowell and Northeastern University last weekend. After finishing the first half with a strong 10–5 record, BU has gone 2–4 since coming back from winter break.
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