28 December

1991: Boston University played its second triple overtime game in nine months, this time in the first round of the Auld Lang Syne Tournament. The result of this game was more to the liking of the Terriers, as they defeated Vermont, 3-2, at Thompson Arena on the campus of Dartmouth in Hanover, NH.

The Terriers opened the scoring at 14:14 of the first on a powerplay goal. Doug Friedman picked up the rebound of a David Sacco shot in close and put it past Christian Soucy. Excellent defense and goaltending kept the game 1-0 until midway through the game. Vermont tied it when Rob Pattison redirected a Brendan Creagh shot past Derek Herlofsky at 11:55 of the second. Then with just 32 second left in the period the Catamounts took the lead when Bill Lincoln redirected a blue line slapshot by Aaron Miller.

Jon Pratt tied it at 2-all just 3:51 into the third period when he was setup by Ken Rausch and Adrian Aucoin and rammed home a rebound from point-blank range. Both teams had good scoring chances the rest of the period, but Herlofsky and Soucy turned aside every shot on net. A five-minute overtime was played and when the score remained tied new ice was made and the teams came back for a ten-minute overtime, which also failed to produce a winner. Finally, in the third overtime Rausch, playing his first game for the Scarlet and White, stole the puck from a Catamount defenseman and made a perfect pass to Pratt, who put it into the net on an eight foot backhander over a sprawling Soucy 7:22 into the period.

I usually do not to make personal comments, but this time I will make an exception. I was at this game and Ken Rausch immediately became my favorite Terrier as I watched him play and he remained so for the next three-and-a-half seasons.