Well, being No. 1 was fun while it lasted.
Tonight, the No. 1-ranked Boston University Terriers were soundly beaten by the No. 3 Michigan State Spartans. The Spartans scored first and then barely 90 seconds later, scored a second, short-handed goal while BU was on a power play. BU's Sascha Boumedienne scored on a power play to pull the Terriers to within one goal, 2-1, but MSU scored a third goal and the first period ended 3-1.
No one scored in the second, and while it seemed like the momentum might be shirting to BU, the Spartans scored a fourth goal to make it 4-1. We finally scored again in the closing minute (thank you Ryder Ritchie) on a power play and with an open net to get a 6-4 advantage but that was it. Goalkeeper Mikhail Yegorov made 30 saves for an .882 average.
Michigan State's good, I'll admit it, and their goalie, Trey Augustine, is fantastic, going .900 with 18 saves. It's hard to imagine how New Hampshire beat them last weekend (they split the series) The two teams play again tomorrow, and the Terriers will have to dig deep and play ferociously to salvage a split of our own in this series.
Tough 24 hours on ice: the Bruins lost last night, the Terriers' women's team lost earlier this evening, and the men's team lost this game on national tv (I watched it on ESPN). Time to tun this frozen mojo around.
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