1923: Boston University lost to Boston College, 3-2, in triple overtime at Boston Arena. It was a clean game from the start and shortly it was evident that the team from the Heights was overconfident. Overconfidence became surprise when Morey Kontoff, one of the Terriers brightest stars, went the length of ice and scored. Late in the third it looked like the Eagles would lose when Leo Hughes started a mad scramble in front of the BU net. With sticks flying all around the crease the puck ended up in the net. The Terriers protested that Hughs kicked the puck in to avail, so the goal stood.
With the game tied 1-1 at the end of regulation the teams agreed to play two 5-minutes overtime periods and if the game was still tied a sudden death period. The Terriers took a 2-1 lead in the first overtime period when Joe Almer, showing some of the clever ragging he had shown all night, went down and scored one of the prettiest goals seen in the Arena. In the second overtime period BC tied the game up again when Edmund Garrity flipped in a shot that caught Terriers netminder Joe Beauchemin off guard. The sudden death period was a wonder, considering the fatigued condition of the players. The Eagles showed as much gameness as the Terriers and found the first opening when Len Morrissey scored the winning goal 14 minutes into the period.
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