The No. 2 Boston University men’s hockey team was swept by the Minnesota State University this weekend at Agganis Arena. The Terriers’ former goaltender Connor LaCouvee, who played with BU for three seasons, returned to Boston, but in the opposing team’s net.
While LaCouvee only allowed three goals in the Mavericks’ 6-3 victory, BU’s defense gave up 45 shots, and sophomore goaltender Jake Oettinger’s 39 saves and freshman forward Shane Bowers’ two-goal night could not mitigate the damages of the team’s poor play.
On Saturday, the team responded better, but was unable to match Minnesota State’s physicality particularly around the puck battles and also could not convert on its four power play opportunities. The Mavericks sealed the two-game series with a 3-0 shutout.
BU’s next matchup will be its Hockey East opener against University of Connecticut in a home-and-home series beginning with a game at Agganis on Friday night at 7:30.
Also we’re sorry about all of the technical difficulties that occurred over the weekend in terms of posting the articles. The Daily Free Press’ WordPress went down right when we were going to post the articles. We’re unsure of what caused the website to crash, but apologize for any inconveniences and want to limit any issues like this in the future.
Read our articles from the weekend below:
Friday’s Articles
Recap – “Men’s hockey falls to Minnesota State, 6-3, in series opener”
Sider on the Terriers’ defense – “BU’s defense gives up 45 shots, former goaltender Connor LaCouvee limits Terrier offense to three goals”
Sunday’s Articles
Recap – “Men’s hockey shutout 3-0 by Minnesota State, swept in series”
Sider on the Terriers’ being unable to overcome the challenges posed by the Mavericks – “Men’s hockey falls to strong goaltending, aggressive play in 3-0 loss to Minnesota State“
Here are some of the highlights from Friday night:
Bigger and stronger. Trade off of between high draft pick young men and older stronger players. Was it not Tome Hanks in that movie “Groundhog Day ?” If so I feel like him as we go through this every year now. A better blend I guess would be the answer but having so many leave each year is not the answer for sure.
How can any team be bigger and stronger than us – with Greenway, McLeod, Olsson and Tkachuk? That should more than make up for our chronologically young team.
I am only going by what I saw on Terrier TV and what the coach has said. Just about everyone agrees with me. How else do you explain such poor play ? I don’t think I have seen such a poor performance from a BU team over two back to back games.
the men against boy lament is getting OLD. sick of hearing it; really sick of hearing even if it is true.