NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — For Boston University women’s hockey teams of years past, a matchup like this would have had ‘trap game’ written all over it.
But not for these Terriers, who have been up to the test in almost every game they’ve played this season. Thursday’s challenge: win convincingly against an inferior Merrimack team on the road.
In a 5-1 victory over the Warriors (4-5-0, 2-4-0 Hockey East) at Lawler Rink, BU left no doubt. The No. 15 Terriers (9-3-0, 7-1-0 HE) dominated all facets of the game, extending their win streak to eight.
Junior forwards Clara Yuhn and Sydney Healey led the way with two goals each.
Yuhn’s pair of tallies came in a 2:11 span at the end of the first period. Neither was pretty — each trickled through Merrimack goalie Margaux Favre, who was pulled for the second period. Nonetheless, Yuhn is now up to seven goals on the season, with four coming in the last week.
Healey’s first gave BU a 1-0 lead at 9:22 of the first after a clinical BU power play — the puck never left the offensive zone, and Merrimack did not control it once. 41 seconds into the skater-advantage, Healey sniped one with a wrister from the slot.
She scored her second at 9:05 of the third on an impressive individual effort, forcing a turnover before cutting through the Merrimack defense and going top shelf on goalie Calli Hogarth. That gave BU a 4-0 advantage.
Sophomore forward Neely Nicholson also found the net for the Terriers with a tally at 18:21 of the third.
Freshman forward Sage Babey scored Merrimack’s lone goal at 14:57 of the third, with the game already well out of reach.
The Warriors only registered 16 shots on goal. The Terriers, by contrast, had 29.
