1 February

1999: Boston University upset Boston College, 3-2, in overtime in the opening round of the Beanpot. The game actually ended at 12:15 AM on 2 February as for only the third time in the history of the Beanpot both opening games went to overtime.

The Terriers opened the scoring at 5:09 of the first period when Juha Vuori finished off a setup from Jack Baker. The Eagles tied the game at 11:35 when Jeff Farkas handled a great pass from Mike Mottau and redirected it past Terrier goalie Michel Larocque. BU quickly regained the lead at 1:19 of the second when Carl Corazzini took a pass from a falling Dan Cavanaugh, went around Bobby Allen, and shot it into the net for the score. BC retied the game four minutes and ten seconds later when Farkas scored again when he skated in on net, picked up a Chris Masters rebound and deposited it in the goal.

The Eagle’s appeared to have scored later in the second to take a 3-2 lead when the puck went into the net off Masters’ skate. However, referee Tim Benedetto went upstairs to video official Jim Villandry, and after reviewing the play the goal was waved off. The Eagles were not able to get the puck past Larocque again, nor were the Terriers able to get another one past Scott Clemmensen, so after 60 minutes the game remained tied. In overtime BU won it at 5:10 when Tommi Degerman made a great pass up ice to Chris Heron, who then made a pretty pass to Russ Bartlett, who shot the puck into the net as he was diving forward.