Saturday night, Denver hockey (3-2-1) faced the Boston College Eagles with a chance to deliver a perfect homecoming weekend sweep. Goalie Tyler Krivtsov was solid in cage for the Pioneers for a second consecutive night but an untimely rebound by Krivtsov in the final minute surrendered a one-goal lead. The two teams failed to light the lamp in five-minute OT and the game finished knotted at deuces.
It was a lethargic and sometimes chippy first period. Five minutes into the period, DU’s Kyle Chyzowski was whistled for a five minute major (hit to the head) and a game misconduct. The Eagles caught pipe with the advantage but DU stoned the man advantage. Denver struggled connecting passes and left Krivtsov to fend for himself on a number of occasions. Sam Harris ended the period charging into the Eagles crease with a scoring opportunity and was spiked head-first into the ice by BC goalie Louka Cloutier as a melee broke out. BC doubled up DU on shots-on-goal 10-5.
In the second period, the Eagles held the early advantage. However, at 5:34, on what appeared to be a harmless Pioneer offensive possession, Kristian Epperson lofted a seeing eye shot parallel to the goal from the left flank a...