13 January

1988: Boston University broke out of a nine game winless streak (0-6-3) by stunning Wisconsin, 10-6, before 1,971 fans at Walter Brown Arena. Wisconsin came into the game with a 16-8 record and winners of 8 of their last 10 games. It was just the Terrier’s fifth win of the season (5-11-3) and sent them on a 7-1-0 run. The Boston Globe dubbed 'Mike Line' of left wing Mike Sullivan (2-1-3), center Mike Lappin (1-2-3) and right wing Mike Kelfer (2-4-6) combined for 5 goals and 7 assists to lead the Terrier attack.

The Badgers pressured Terrier goalie Peter Fish in the first, but he turned aside all 17 shots. BU took the lead when Dave Tomlinson scored at 15:34. Chris Lappin fed Joe Sacco, who blasted a 40-footer, which Tomlinson tipped past Badger goalie Dean Anderson. The Terriers played the body and threw Wisconsin’s game off, allowing long shots that Fish handled with ease.

The second was BU’s best period, as they increased the lead to 5-1. With the Terriers on a four-on-three Sacco scored at 8:39 from the right faceoff circle after taking a nice feed from Tom Dion. Wisconsin struck back at 10:28 when Dennis Sneddon tipped a 45-foot shot by Pat Ford past Fish. BU quickly regained the 2-goal lead at 11:51 when Kelfer stole the puck, went in alone on Anderson and beat him from the crease. Sullivan upped the lead to 3-1 when he put the puck in the net from the left faceoff circle after he was setup by Kelfer. With the second period winding down Ville Kentala scored at 18:46 when he circled around the net and put the puck in from the crease.

The Terriers continued to attack in the third, but Wisconsin scored the next two goals to close within two, 5-3. Glen Revak scored from in tight on a pass from Paul Ranheim, and then Chris Tancill scored on a 40-footer from the right side. BU, however, bounced back to retake a four goal lead as Sacco scored from in close at 11:58 and Tom Ryan got a powerplay goal from 15 feet out at 12:53. Just 8 second later Sullivan scored again to put the Terriers up 8-3, but the Badgers scored the next three on goals by Sneddon, Steve Rohlik and Steve Tuttle. Up 8-6 BU ended the shootout when Kelfer scored his second goal and then Lappin scored for the final tally.