1 January

1969: In Boston University’s only game played on New Year’s Day the Terriers lost to host Minnesota-Duluth at the DECC, 5-2, in front of 3,500 fans. The Terriers were a defenseman short for the game, as James Dakin both received a game disqualification in the first game of the series the previous day.

In the first period the Terriers had an early powerplay, but were unable to put the puck in the net. Just 43 seconds after returning to full strength, at 5:14, Minnesota-Duluth took a 1-0 lead when Weil, assisted by Nosan, scored. With the Bulldog’s Nosan in the penalty box BU evened it up, 1-1, on a goal by Mickey Gray, with an assist to Wayne Decker. However, UMD retook the lead a minute later when Krodchuk scored, assisted by Weil and Nosan.

BU’s Bill Hinch was called for hooking at 1:58 of the second, and with just 4 seconds remaining in the penalty Krodchuk scored his second goal of the game, this time assisted by Weil and MacLeod. Then at 11:19 Krodchuk completed a natural hat trick, scoring unassisted to increase Minnesota-Duluth’s lead to 4-1. The Terrier’s closed the gap at 14:48 of the period when Serge Boily scored unassisted to make it 4-2. That was as close as BU was to get, as the Bulldog’s Forbes, assisted by Mahle and Hoene, scored at 18:14 of the second to close out the scoring for the game. BU’s Jim McCann made 27 saves in a losing effort, and UMD’s Resch made 35 saves for the win.