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BOSTON — Zach Solow scored at 15:44 of overtime to send the No. 3 seeded Northeastern men's hockey team (26-10-1) to a 2-1 victory over No. 5 seeded Boston University (16-18-4) in a wild semifinal at the 35th annual Hockey East Championship on Friday night at TD Garden.
With the win, the Huskies advance to the conference title game for the third time in program history, where they will face Boston College on Saturday night at 7 p.m. (TV-NESNplus, Web-FloHockey.tv).
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Solow's team-leading 15th goal and his school-record tying sixth game-winner this season, on an assist from
Brandon Hawkins, ended a hard-fought battle between the two Boston rivals. Terriers goaltender Jake Oettinger made 42 saves, including 34 after the first 20 minutes. Northeastern's
Cayden Primeau, the Hockey East Goaltender of the Year, stopped 29 as the Huskies won their sixth overtime game of the season, the most in the NCAA.
After a scoreless opening period with Boston University having a 12-8 edge in shots, Northeastern turned up the pressure in the second, outshooting BU, 18-11. The Terriers first shot was the game's first goal on Ty Amonte's eight of the year on the power play at 7:39, finishing from the side of the slot on assists from David Farrance and Patrick Harper.
The Huskies tied it just 16 seconds into the third on
Tyler Madden's 12th of the year. The freshman rapped home a feed from
Matt Filipe with
Jordan Harris also picking up an assist. Northeastern out-shot 10-3 the Terriers in the third period. BU's defense led by Oettinger, would kill a late power play to force overtime.
Northeastern has now won four straight and nine of its last 10. They had won another 2-1 overtime decision with BU in the Beanpot semis on TD Garden ice on February.
