The first Terrier goal came at Welch’s expense. Taking a pass from teammate Mark Mullen, BU defenseman Bryan Miller skated in from the blue line one-on-one against Welch. Miller faked to the outside, slid the puck between Welch’s legs and cut inside quickly. Once past Welch, Miller wristed a shot past Grumet-Morris to tie the game at 1.

Though he broke up numerous other BU breaks on net, the stop that wasn’t stuck out in Welch’s mind.

His inability to convert on a point-blank shot midway through the third period also weighed heavily on Welch in the post game press conference.

“I had one [shot] that could have made the difference,” he said.

That shot came on a 2-on-1 break, with Welch and freshman forward Charlie Johnson skating quickly into the Terrier zone.

“One of of their defensemen got caught up,” Welch said. “Charlie Johnson made a great move and had the goalie on his side. I had a whole net and I couldn’t finish.”

Welch wasn’t the only one.

“We had our chances and so did they, but we just didn’t finish,” Mazzoleni said.

But fair or not, the many plays Noah Welch made against BU are temporarily forgotten in the wake of the two he failed to make.

—Staff Writer Timothy M. McDonald can be reached at tmcdonal@fas.harvard.edu.