NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. \u2013 When Dante wrote his literally classic, Inferno, as most know the title and main theme of the book referenced Hades.<\/p>\n
On Friday, a very different Dante, Boston University defenseman Dante Fabbro, created his own version of Hades for the Merrimack Warriors.<\/p>\n
Fabbro notched his first collegiate hat trick, including the game-winning goal with 4:27 remaining in regulation, as the Terriers fought and clawed to a 4-3 road victory in front of 2,549 at Lawler Rink.<\/p>\n
The hat trick by Fabbro, the first by a Terriers defenseman since Matt Grzelyck scored a natural hat trick on January 10, 2016 against Massachusetts, caps of what has been one great month for the sophomore blueliner.<\/p>\n
Fabbro started the month by battling through injuries to help lead Team Canada to a gold medal at the World Junior Championships in Buffalo. And after nursing himself back to health in what BU coach David Quinn called a weekend of practice \u201cthat put him at ease,\u201d he exploded to set career marks in goals and points (three each) in a game as a Terrier.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had an injury at World Juniors that definitely hindered me in some aspect,\u201d said Fabbro of his injuries. \u201cThe training staff with Team Canada did an outstanding job and coming back to BU, it\u2019s the same treatment here. They gone above and beyond to put me in the best position to get back on the ice and play well. Definitely hats off to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fabbro\u2019s heroics spoiled what otherwise was a yeoman\u2019s effort by host Merrimack, which stifled BU for much of the first and was controlling play in the third before Fabbro\u2019s game-winning marker.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought we played well for large stretches,\u201d said Merrimack coach Mark Dennehy. \u201cWe had a couple of breakdowns that ended up biting us in the derriere. I thought it was a good hockey game and I thought we played too well not to get a point.\u201d<\/p>\n
Merrimack jumped out to an early lead on a Brett Seney seeing-eye wrister that sneaked through the right arm of BU\u2019s Jake Oettinger (28 saves) just 4:39 into play. Hemming BU in its defensive zone for times after that, it was actually a BU breakdown and partial breakaway in which Merrimack\u2019s Alfred Larsson was called for charing that changed the game.<\/p>\n
BU scored on a Fabbro power play goal at 17:07 to even the score and then popped two more goals in 70 seconds to leave the first period leading 3-1.<\/p>\n
That gave the Terriers a boast in the middle frame, but it became another period of opposites as Merrimack notched the only goal, a Marc Biega power play tally at 17:34.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really thought we were sluggish in the first period yet we came out with a 3-1 lead,\u201d said Quinn. \u201cThen I thought we were much better in the second period and we lose it 1-0.\u201d<\/p>\n
Similarly, Quinn wasn\u2019t thrilled with his team\u2019s final frame, calling it \u201ccautious,\u201d and because of that Seney\u2019s second goal of the night with 15:12 remaining knotted the game at 3.<\/p>\n
But that just set up Fabbro\u2019s dramatics. He said he doesn\u2019t remember, being a blueliner, the last time he scored a hat trick.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was probably about four years ago in major midget,\u201d Fabbro laughed.<\/p>\n
But his first collegiate hat trick will not only be memorable, but give his Terriers much needed points in Hockey East play.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the start we had this season, the first half was nothing we wanted,\u201d said Fabbro. \u201cIf we get off on the right foot in the second half, we can definitely put ourselves in a better position moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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