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Matt O’Connor has allowed what could be considered a soft goal in the last two games (photo: Jim Rosvold).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BOSTON<\/b> — All season long, Boston University goaltender Matt O’Connor has been a model of consistency on a team loaded with freshmen, the youngest team in the country.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, in the last two games, at the most important time of the year, the junior has allowed arguably his two softest goals of the year.<\/p>\n

With a 2-1 lead over Minnesota-Duluth in the Northeast Regional championship game, he gave up a mystifyingly bad goal on a shot that appeared to be an easy glove save. The goal left the game tied until the closing minutes when the Terriers scored on the power play.<\/p>\n

O’Connor topped that one in all the wrong ways in the Frozen Four semifinals, mishandling the puck and unknowingly leaving it in the crease for an easy tap-in that breathed third-period life into North Dakota.<\/p>\n

What does a coach say when his previously steady goaltender surrenders bad goals in back-to-back games?<\/p>\n

“I find the less I talk to goalies, the better off they are,” Quinn said to considerable media laughter. Quickly, he added, “I mean that sincerely. I’m not being funny.<\/p>\n

“Every player is going to make a bad play. Obviously, a goalie’s mistakes are a lot more magnified than anybody else’s.<\/p>\n

“But the key to any athlete’s success is how does he respond to a bad play.”<\/p>\n

As it turned out, O’Connor’s response to the gaffe preserved BU’s advance to the national championship game. North Dakota followed with a power-play goal that was no fault at all of O’Connor’s, and then kept up the pressure.<\/p>\n

“After they make it 4-3, he makes a huge save to keep it at 4-3,” Quinn said.<\/p>\n

“To me, it’s timely saves and how do you respond and what’s your mental toughness. He’s shown it all year.<\/p>\n

“Every goalie is going to have a bad goal in their career. It’s how you respond to it. [Matt’s response] is one of the reasons we continue to play.<\/p>\n

“It’s why he’s a great goalie. It’s why he’s going to have a chance to play at the next level. And I’m just proud of him the way he battled back from it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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