28 January

1983: Boston University defeated Clarkson, the top team in the East, 6-3, at Walter Brown Arena before a SRO crowd of 3,545. BU improved to 9-9 overall and 7-7 in ECAC play, while Clarkson fell to 12-3-1 overall and 8-2-1 in the ECAC. Terrier goalie Cleon Daskalakis made 44 saves, many of the sensational variety.

The Terriers opened the scoring at 11:08 of the first when Dale Dunbar got his first goal of the season on a shot from the left point. Kevin Mutch and Cesare Carlacci assisted on the goal. The Golden Knights tied it up at 14:12 when Bob Armstrong scored a powerplay goal from the right faceoff circle. Clarkson had 17 shots in the period to 9 for BU.

In the second BU took control, as they scored four goals for a 5-1 lead after two. Paul Gerlitz put BU ahead for good at 2:42 when Brad MacGregor stole the puck and made a nice pass to Gerlitz, who put it past the Knight’s freshman goalie Jim Falle from eight feet out. Tom O’Regan scored from the middle of the right faceoff circle on the powerplay at 5:23. At 11:09 Peter Marshall put a 40-footer into the far corner of the net from the left lane on a pass he received from Mutch and Daskalakis. That was it for Falle, as Clarkson coach Bill O”Flaherty replaced him with Don Sylvestri. It didn’t matter, as Gerlitz scored his second of the game at 18:01 when he banged in a rebound of a Marshall shot.

The Golden Knights finally put everything together and dominated the Terriers in the third. At 4:52 Clarkson made it pay off when Andy Otto scored at 4:52 from the right point to make it 5-2. Then Pat Haramis scored on the powerplay at 10:04 to make it 5-3, as the Knights continued to attack. The Terriers got their wind back with 8:10 to play, after having be outshot 10-1 to that point in the period. Clarkson was unable to score again and MacGregor scored an empty net goal after the Knights Sylvestri was pulled for an extra skater.