Thanks to a hat trick from senior Chris Collins and a pair of tallies from rookie defensemen, Boston College holds a 5-2 lead over North Dakota through two periods of play in the opening semifinal of the 2006 Frozen Four.<\/p>\n
Boston College pulled in front, 3-0, in the opening period despite being outshot, 12-5, in the frame. <\/p>\n
Brett Motherwell got the Eagles on the board at 7:43 with a wrist shot through a screen from the left faceoff circle. Then Collins, a Hobey Baker “Hat Trick” finalist, tacked on two more goals — the first of which came shorthanded — at 12:34 and 18:18, respectively. <\/p>\n
BC netminder Cory Schneider stopped all 12 shots he faced in the period, while North Dakota counterpart Jordan Parise saved just two of five shots. <\/p>\n
Eagles captain Peter Harrold left the game early with an ankle injury, but returned to action at the start of the second. <\/p>\n
North Dakota finally struck early in the second, scoring its own shorthanded marker at 4:23. Sophomore Rastislav Spirko buried a loose puck just inside the left post after with Schneider down and out. <\/p>\n
The Sioux had a chance to pull closer at 6:44 when they were handed a 51-second 5-on-3 advantage. The Eagles’ penalty kill, though, stood tough, allowing just two shots on the two power plays combined. <\/p>\n
At 13:26, North Dakota finally did draw within one. As a penalty to BC’s Andrew Orpik expired, Rylan Kaip buried a pass at the left post between the legs of Schneider to pull the Sioux within one at 3-2. <\/p>\n
This time, BC would answer. As a penalty expired to North Dakota’s Chris Porter, rookie defenseman Anthony Aiello fired a bad-angle shot through the five-hole of Parise at 15:38 to give BC a 4-2 lead. It was Aiello’s first collegiate goal.<\/p>\n
Collins completed the hat trick and when he scored on a breakaway with 22.7 seconds remaining. On the power play, Schneider caught the Sioux in a change with a home-run pass to Benn Ferriero, who found Collins all alone charging through the slot. <\/p>\n
BC pulled closer on the shot chart, outshooting the Sioux, 16-11, in the period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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