BURLINGTON, Vt. – No. 8 Boston University scored two goals in the opening 3:04 of the third period and held on late to defeat Vermont 5-3 in Hockey East action from Gutterson Fieldhouse Friday night. The win propelled the Terriers into first place in Hockey East with a little over a week to go in the season.

RELATED LINKS
Box Score
CatamounTV Highlights
 
COACH'S QUOTE
"For about 50 minutes tonight we were able to play with BU," Head Coach Todd Woodcroft said. "Going into the third period, having twice come back to tie it up, we felt positive about our game. Several young mistakes resulted in goals against. There will be some lineup changes tomorrow as we try to bring a 60-minute game."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Boston University's Dylan Peterson opened the scoring for the Terriers 33 seconds into the contest. From the slot Peterson redirected a point shot from Ty Gallagher past UVM's Gabe Carriere for his third goal of the season.
• Andrei Buyalsky equalized for the Catamounts with 6:48 to play in the opening period. Carter Long kept the puck in at the point and his wraparound pass took a funny hop in the corner and bounced out front. A BU defender whiffed on the bouncing puck but Buyalsky one-touched a backhand over Drew Commesso's shoulder. Simon Jellus also earned an assist on Buyalsky's fourth goal of the season.
• Luke Tuch reestablished the BU lead with 3:44 to go in the middle frame. From the top of the faceoff circle he one-timed a shot past Carriere on a feed from Jay O'Brien.
• With just 1:05 to play in the second period Finn Evans responded for the Catamounts. Thomas Sinclair and Evans forced a BU turnover on the forecheck and turned it into instant offense. Evans poked the puck away and then Sinclair left a nifty back-pass to Evans and he wired past Commesso's glove for his second goal of the season.
• Devin Kaplan scored another go-ahead goal for the Terriers just 85 seconds into the third period. On a two-on-one rush Kaplan looked to shoot the whole time and fired a hard-low shot home for his ninth goal of the season.
• Just 1:39 later Quinn Hutson made it a two-goal game for the first time with his 10th goal of the season. Hutson had a step on a UVM defender cutting to the net and he one-touched a cross-ice feed from Domenick Fensore into the back of the net.
• There was no letup from the Catamounts and senior William Lemay pulled the Catamounts back within one with 8:57 to play in regulation. In transition Robbie Stucker quickly got the puck up to Evans in the neutral zone. Evans then lofted a perfect pass to Lemay as he cut to the middle of the slot. Lemay made a great move to his backhand and tucked it home for his first goal of the season.
• After the Vermont goal the Terriers killed the game with consistent possession. Commesso only had to make one more save before Peterson sealed the contest with an empty-netter.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Friday night was Senior Night presented by the UVM Alumni Association. The Catamounts honored Joe Leahy, Jacques Bouquot and William Lemay and their families prior to the start of the contest.
• Joel Maatta led all skaters Friday night with nine faceoff wins.
• With today's 5-3 decision, Community Bank N.A. will donate $225 to Special Olympics Vermont. Community Bank, N.A. donates $75 per goal to Special Olympics Vermont for every goal the men's and women's team scores this season.

UP NEXT
Vermont will close out the weekend series with No. 8 Boston University tomorrow night at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. on Burlington Telecom Night. Burlington Telecom will be raffling off a Westinghouse - 32" HD Smart Roku TV at their table in the Gutterson Fieldhouse lobby.
 
Saturday's action will air live on ESPN+ with Rob Ryan on the call. It will also be available on a pay-per-view basis internationally at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/hockeyeast. Subscriptions to the service are available for $9.99 USD per month or $4.99 USD for individual games. The voice of the Catamounts, Adam LaFleur, will broadcast the action from the Handy Toyota Broadcast Booth on WVMT (FM 96.3 / AM 620). As always, the game will also be available on the Varsity Network App.
 
RALLY AGAINST CANCER JERSEY AUCTION PRESENTED BY MASCOMA BANK
The Catamounts special edition lavender jerseys from last Saturday against Northeastern are being auctioned off with proceeds benefitting the UVM Cancer Center. Visit https://uvmathletics.com/auctions/index.aspx to place your bid, bidding starts at $125 and the auction will close tomorrow night at 7 p.m.
 
Handy Toyota is the presenting sponsor of the 2022-23 men's hockey season