19 December

1966: Boston University out-slugged Minnesota in the semi-finals of the ECAC Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden in New York, winning 8-5. The Golden Gophers came out strong in the first period, outplaying the Terriers and out shooting them 16-5. However Minnesota was only able to get one goal in the period when Peter Fichuk beat Wayne Ryan with 5:23 left in the period.

In the second BU played Minnesota evenly as the two teams both put 10 shots on goal. The difference was that the Terriers put 4 goals in the net to 2 for the Golden Gophers, giving BU a 4-3 lead after two. Pete McLachlan scored for BU just 3:01 into the period on the powerplay to tie the game at 1-all. Juts over six minutes later Minnesota took their last lead of the game when Charles Norby scored on the powerplay to make it 2-1. Just 60 seconds after that Bill Hinch scored unassisted to tie the game at 2-all. Then just over 3 minutes later, with time running down on another BU powerplay Brian Gilmour scored to give the Terriers their first lead of the game, 3-2. Minnesota responded just 1:43 later when Gary Gambucci scored to tie the game at 3. Then with 60 seconds left in the period Mickey Gray gave BU the lead for good when he scored on another powerplay.

The Terriers took control in the third and cracked the game wide open with 4 straight goals, before Minnesota scored 2 late. Minnesota had a great chance to tie the game early in the third when Jack Parker went off for hooking 2:42 into the period. The Golden Gophers were unable to get the puck past Ryan and, just 9 seconds after the penalty had expired, Gray scored his second straight goal. Less than four minutes later, he completed his hat trick and, at 11:33, he scored his fourth consecutive goal (all three in the third assisted by Herb Wakabayashi and Serge Boily). Less than 2 minutes later Charlie Morgan scored BU’s last goal of the game before Richard Paradise and Dennis Zacho scored goals for Minnesota late in the period. Ryan played well in net, making 36 saves, while Gopher goalie Peterson did not, making just 21 saves.