26 February

1964: Boston University shutout Boston College, 1-0, at McHugh Forum. The first period was closely played, but each team still had chances, with BU putting 14 shots on net and BC putting 10 shots on net. In the second the Terriers continued to hold a slight advantage and it finally paid off at 10:58 when Bruce Fennie beat Tom Apprille for the game’s only goal. Fennie passed to Dennis O’Connell who skated down the right boards and passed back to Fennie, who took a 35-foot shot. The puck hit the post and came back out to Fennie, who had cut to his left and put home a head-on 20-footrt. In the third the Eagles slightly outplayed the Terriers, thanks to two powerplays, but they were not able to beat Jack Ferreira. For the game Apprille made 36 saves in a losing effort and Ferreira made 27 for the shutout win.

25 February

1927: Boston University shutout Providence, 12-0, at Rhode Island Auditorium in the first meeting between the two teams. Benjamin Currier and Ovila Gregoire each scored two goals for the Terriers and Charles Viano scored once, but the star of the game was Terrier center John Lawless. Lawless scored seven goals, setting a record he holds to this day. It has only been equaled once, on 15 February 1950, when Jack Garrity scored 7 goals on M.I.T.

24 February

1923: Boston University shutout Bates, 6-0, at the Auburn Winter Carnival. It was the Terriers first shutout victory in the team’s history. George Sterling scored a few minutes after the opening face-off, he then scored again, followed by Morey Kontoff and Joseph Almer to give BU a 4-0 lead after one. Bates held BU scoreless in the second with good defense, but in the third period Kontoff scored on a great individual effort, flashing down the ice, dodging the Bates defensemen and drawing Batten from the net. Robert Blais, subbing for Almer, scored the final goal of the game.

1937: Boston University defeated Dartmouth, 4-2, at Davis Rink in Hanover. It was the Terriers first win over the Indians in 5 tries over 11 seasons. The teams annually scheduled a game at Hanover after the first meeting at Boston Arena in 1926, but it had to cancelled because of poor ice due to warm weather until 1934.

In the first period Gerry Desrosiers scored with 25 seconds remaining on a pass from Russell Lynch to give BU a 1-0 lead after one. In the second the Indians tied the game at 2:35 when Bus Foster beat Robert Colburn. The Terriers retook the lead when Al Woodward beat Wesley Goding at 7:50 of the period and Desrosiers made it 3-1 at 12:31 when he scored his second goal of the game. In the third Dartmouth kept the puck deep in the BU zone and peppered Colburn with shots and it paid off when Gordon Clark scored at 8:35 to make it a one goal game. The Indians continued to pressure the Terriers until Desrosiers broke out and scored unassisted after a spectacular dash with 1:20 remaining in the period to complete his hat trick.

23 February

1974: Boston University defeated Colgate, 7-2, at Walter Brown Arena in front of 2,322 fans on a Saturday afternoon. Tom Casey scored on the first period to give Colgate a 1-0 lead and goalie Chris Grigg had made it stand up late into the second period. The Terriers finally solved Grigg on the powerplay when Mike Eruzione deflected a Pete Brown blast past him with 2:20 left in the period. Pete Marzo beat him 51 seconds later to give BU a 2-1 lead after two.

Ken Kuzyk scored on a nice play just 26 seconds into the third, Eruzione scored his second of the game at 3:20 and the route was on. Colgate’s John Barnett temporarily stopped the hemorrhaging when he caught Terrier goalie Ed Walsh out of the crease and put the puck in the vacated net. That was followed by the BU’s 5th goal when Bill Burlington pulled all the Red Raiders towards him and Jim Lowell put the puck in the open net. Marzo then scored his second of the game on the powerplay and Eruzione completed his first hat trick as a Terrier with 2:12 remaining in the game.

22 February

1971: Boston University defeated Harvard, 4-1, to win its third straight Beanpot and sixth in seven years. It was a torrid, but penalty-marred game in which BU’s Dan Brady and Harvard’s Bruce Durno each had to make over a dozen sensational saves. Paul Giandomenico opened the scoring at 6:31 when he put home a 10-footer from the right of Durno.


The scored stayed that way for the rest of the first and through 2:25 of a 5-3 Harvard powerplay in the second. The Crimson tied the game at 14:15 of the second when Dave Hynes put a 10-footer into an empty net after teammate Bill Corkery crashed into Brady and pulled him out of position. Then, with time running down in the second period Steve Stirling skated behind the net, picked up a rebound and put the puck past Durno from the crease with 15 seconds left in the second.


Steve Dolloff scored at 6:42 of the third. After skating down the left side, he stick-handled through four Crimson players and put a 15-foot backhander into the net. Don Cahoon finished the scoring when he received a perfect pass from Stirling and put it past Durno from 5 feet out.

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2009: Boston University defeated Northeastern, 8-1, at Walter Brown Arena in front a new regular game record 750 fans, second all-time behind only the 2008 Beanpot championship game record 1,109 fans. With the win the Terriers finished third in Hockey East, their highest finish in the four year history of the team. Co-captain Gina Kearns, who has never missed a game in her Terrier career, scored a goal and added an assist to become the program’s first 100-point scorer with 49-52-101 in 136 career games.

21 February

1959: Boston University upset Clarkson, 4-3, to win their first game in six tries at Walker Arena. It was also the Golden Knights first loss to an Eastern team in four years at Walker. BU also did it with the help of Bob Marquis as Clarkson held him scoreless for only the second time for the season. The first time was also by the Golden Knights, on 18 December (1958) at Boston Arena, a 6-1 Terrier loss.

The Terriers struck quickly as Larry Creighton beat Clarkson goalie Bill Armstrong just 1:27 into the game. Bill McCormack doubled the lead at 15:23 to give BU the 2-0 lead after one. In the second McCormack scored his second goal of the game at 13:52 to make it 3-0 in favor of the Terriers. Clarkson refused to roll over and struck back just 28 seconds later when Mel Tomalty beat BU goalie Ron Tanner. At 15:40 of the second Jim Cross scored to make it 4-1 after two periods. In the third the Golden Knights got that back when Tomalty scored his second of the game at 12:57. Bill Little then made it a one-goal game with 1:23 remaining, but Clarkson was unable to get the equalizer past Tanner.

20 February

1987: Boston University defeated U.S. International at the House of Ice in San Diego, California. The Gulls, coached by former Minnesota and future Colorado College head coach Brad Buetow, gave the Terriers all they could handle before succumbing, 5-4.

The Terriers opened the scoring at 9:01 of the first when Mike Sullivan scored just as a penalty on Gulls defenseman Jim Plankers expired. USIU evened the score 63 seconds later when Jim Hau beat Terry Taillefer and the Gulls took their only lead of the 2-game series when Peter Stensgard scored on the powerplay at 16:20 of the period. This time it was BU that responded quickly, as Sullivan scored his second goal of the game 2:16 later to tie the game at 2 after one.

In the second period the Terriers forged a 2 goal lead when Ed Lowney scored unassisted at 3:24 and John Cullen scored on the powerplay at 7:29. The Gulls once again tied the game 3-3 at 10:45 on a goal by Mike McGrath. With 2:51 left in the period BU regained the lead when Scott Shaunessy scored with the teams skating 4x4. In the third period USIU drew within one goal when Stensgard scored his second goal of the game on the powerplay. However, they were not able to get the tying goal past Taillefer, who finished with 28 saves for the win. Gary Shepherd made 28 saves in the loss for USIU.

19 February

1947: Boston University defeated Norwich,9-3, on Norwich’s outdoor rink in a night game in below zero weather. To keep his players warm Terrier Coach Harry Cleverly backed the team bus up to the rink and had them sit on it when they were not playing.



1993: Fifteen years and one day after their own quest for a perfect season (77-78) came to an end, Boston University ended Maine’s quest for an undefeated, 7-6, in overtime, at Alfond Arena in front of 5,487 mostly stunned, and a few ecstatic, fans. The Terriers came out hard in the first period, out shooting the Black Bears 11-6. However it was Maine that tallied the only goal of the period when Chris Ferraro beat J.P. McKersie at 6:23, just 17 seconds after killing off a penalty.


Jim Montgomery scored at 2:49 of the second period to give Maine a 2-0 lead, but the celebration was short-lived. Just 51 seconds later Rich Brennan beat Mike Dunham and 36 seconds after that Jacques Joubert scored with the teams skating 4x4 to tie the game at 2-all. Despite the sudden setback the Black Bears retook the lead 55 seconds later when Montgomery scored on the powerplay. Maine retook a 2 goal lead at 7:25 when Paul Ferraro scored on another powerplay and then extended it to 3 goals when Patrice Tardif beat McKersie 39 seconds later.


After giving up 4 goals on 7 shots in the period Coach Parker had seen enough and replaced McKersie with Scott Cashman. Before Cashman was able to settle in Cal Ingraham beat him at 9:32, just 1:28 after coming on in relief. However after that goal he was able to steady the boat and made 9 saves for the period. The Terriers' comeback then began as Mark Bavis scored at 15:01 and Mike Prendergast scored 42 seconds later to make it only a 2-goal deficit for BU after two periods.


In the third the score remained the same with both teams having a powerplay. Less than a minute after killing the Maine powerplay Dan Donato beat Dunham on a third rebound at 11:16 to make it a one goal game. Just 33 seconds later Brennan scored his second of the game when his shot was deflected into the net by a Black Bear to tie it at 6-all. Neither team was able to score again, but Kaj Linna was called for high sticking with 1:06 left in regulation and the Black Bears pressed, including a shot off the post, but were unable to convert before the period ended.


In overtime Maine continued to press and had several more chances but the Terriers were able to survive. Then, less than a minutes after returning to the ice Linna redeemed himself as he made a perfect pass to Mike Pomichter from behind the goal line. Pomichter took the puck at the BU blueline and with Prendergast skated into the Black Bear zone on a 2-on-1. He then made a perfect pass to Prendergast who blasted the puck past Dunham for the Terrier victory at 1:50 of overtime.

18 February

1978: Yale defeated Boston University, 7-5, at Ingalls Rink to end the Terriers' 22-game winning streak going back to the NCAA consolation game the previous season and bringing the Terriers quest for a perfect season to an end. Tied at 3 entering the third period Mark Fidler gave BU the lead at 2:06 when he put the puck into the net over the shoulder of Mark Rodrigues. Less than a minute later the Terriers went on the powerplay but it was the Eli who scored when Don Blue scored shorthanded at 3:36 when he put his own rebound past Brian Durocher. The game remained tied until 4:57 was left in the period when Yale defenseman Kirk Bransfield put a 35-foot wrist shot past Durocher. Dave Harrington tipped in a Bill Conway pass seven seconds later to increase the Yale lead to 6-4. Anders Carlsson scored soon after to give the Eli a 3-goal cushion before John Bethel scored a last minute goal for the 7-5 final.

17 February

1973: Boston University defeated RPI, 3-2,in overtime, at Houston Field House in front of over 5,000 fans. It was the 10th straight win for the Terriers as they were trying to get make the ECAC playoffs for an 8th straight season after having to forfeit 11 games, including 4 ECAC games.

The Engineers opened the scoring  when Tonelli beat Ed Walsh at 12:11 of the first period. The Terriers tied the game a little over 3 minutes later when Steve Dolloff beat RPI’s Cutts at 15:36 to tie the game 1-1 after one. After a scoreless second period BU took the lead midway through the third period on a goal by Paul O’Neil at 10:24. RPI tied it back up when Greco scored at 15:09 of the third. Neither team was able to score the rest of regulation sending the game to overtime where Ken Kuzyk scored the game winner at 4:32 for the Terriers. 

16 February

2008: Boston University defeated Maine, 1-0, in overtime, at Agganis Arena in front of 5,216 fans. (Video highlights) Terrier goalie Brett Bennett stopped all 17 shots in faced, including 1 in overtime, for his first shutout win. Black Bear goalie Ben Bishop stopped the first 37 shots he faced, including 5 in overtime, before Colin Wilson beat him with 1:30 left in the overtime period when he put the puck in the net off a rebound. Combined with the Terriers 2-1 overtime win over the Black Bears the night before it was the first time that BU had won overtime games on consecutive days in over 22 years. The last time it had happened was on 17-18 January 1986 when the Terriers sweep Northern Michigan in overtime, 5-4 and 8-7, at Walter Brown Arena.

15 February

1987: Boston University outlasted Providence, 7-6, in overtime, at Schneider Arena in a back-and-forth game. The Friars opened the scoring just 1:27 into the game when Andy Mattice beat BU goalie Terry Taillefer. Providence doubled the lead when defenseman Jeff Serowik scored at 5:30. The Terriers, however, quickly counter attacked, scoring at 7:04 on a goal by John Cullen and again at 8:51 on a goal by Mike Kelfer to tie the game at 2-all. However, the Friars regained the lead on a powerplay goal by Gord Cruickshank at 11:17 of the first.

After a wild first 11+ minutes there was no more scoring over the next 20 minutes. Despite settling down and making 10 saves in the first, Coach Parker replaced Taillefer with Peter Fish at the start of the second period. The switch seemed to work as Fish saved all nine shots he faced, while the Terriers scored twice on PC goalie Matt Merton. Cullen scored his second goal of the game at 13:38 and Ed Lowney scored at 18:41 to give BU their first lead of the game.

In the third Ville Kentala increased the lead to 5-3 at 5:53, but Fish was unable to hold the lead. First Cruickshank scored his second of the game at 12:41, then Friar Captain Terry Sullivan tied the game at 15:13 and 25 second later Rick Bennet gave Providence the lead, 6-5. The Terriers tied game with Fish pulled for an extra attacker when Clark Donatelli scored with 11 seconds remaining in the period. In overtime Merten made 7 saves (to Fish’s 4) before Mike Sullivan beat him for the game winner at 6:23.

It was the Terriers last win at Schneider Arena for over six years as they would go 0-7-3 in the next ten games.

2008: BU and Maine were deadlocked at 1-1 after regulation, but it took the Terriers just 10 seconds of overtime to end the game. Wes Clark and Chris Higgins traded first period goals but no one could find the net in the second or third. Brian Strait grabbed the overtime faceoff and drove it behind the Black Bears' net. Colin Wilson got there first and backhanded a centering pass to hard-charging Luke Popko who rammed it home. (Video Highlights)

14 February

1966: Boston University defeated Harvard, 9-2, to win their second Beanpot title, and their first championship over Harvard in four tries. Harvard opened the scoring when Dennis McCullough beat BU goalie Jack Ferreira. BU would tie the game later in the first when Mike Sobeski beat Harvard goalie Bill Fitzsimmons. It was all BU in the second as Jim Wood, John Cooke and Dennis O’Connell all scored before Pete McLachlan scored twice to give the Terriers a 6-1 lead after two. BU’s Fred Bassi and Harvard’s Tag Demment were also ejected for fighting in the period. In the third period the Terriers increased the lead to 8-1 on goals by Cooke and Don Lumley, before Harvard scored again and Terrier Bruce Fennie closed out the scoring. There were also more fights in the third. Harvard’s Ben Smith and BU’s Sobeski went at each other several times, including at the penalty boxes before being tossed. At the same time BU’s Jim Quinn and Harvard’s Bob Carr went at it and were also ejected.



1994: Boston University won the 1000th game in the program’s history as they shutout Northeastern, 8-0, in the consolation game of the Beanpot Tournament. The win was also the first of a Beanpot record 14 straight victories, as the Terriers won 6 straight Beanpot titles before falling to the Eagles, 3-5, in the 2001 championship game.

13 February

2006: Boston University defeated Boston College, 3-2, to win their 27th Beanpot title, an amazing half of the 54 tournament championships. The win was also the Terriers’ 11th straight the longest streak since winning 14 straight at the end of the 1994-95 season and the start of the 1995-96 season. It was also the longest in-season streak since winning 12 straight during the 1993-94 season.

The Terriers had the first three powerplays of the game, but were unable to solve the Eagles’ defense and goalie Cory Schneider. Then just 7 seconds into their first powerplay BC took a 1-0 lead when Peter Harrold’ backhander was stopped by BU goalie John Curry but the rebound was then deflected into the net off a BU skate at 17:28 of the first period.

In the second period the Eagles were the ones unable to score on an early powerplay and the Terriers responded by scoring 23 seconds after the successful penalty kill when Bryan Ewing scored at 4:07 to even the game when in put in the rebound of Peter MacArthur’s second consecutive  shot on net. BU took a 2-1 lead midway through the game when Jason Lawrence scored at 9:52 of the second period, just 17 seconds after BU had successfully killed another BC powerplay.

The Eagles tied the game 2-all at 6:24 of the third period when Stephen Gionta’s shot deflected off a Terrier stick and went in past Curry. BU regained the lead for good just 54 seconds later when MacArthur beat Schneider on the powerplay, batting a rebound of a Ewing shot out of the air and into the net. BC had a great chance to tie the game midway through the third, but in Matt Gilroy was able to clear the puck from the scramble in front of Curry. 

11 February

1991: Boston University, 19-9-2, but only 9-6-1 since the start of the second semester, faced off against Boston College, 24-7 and 13-2 since the start of the second semester, in the Beanpot Championship game. When it was over the Terriers had won their 16th Beanpot, 8-4, over the Eagles.

Boston College strike first, just 54 seconds into the game when David Emma swept a backhand past senior goalie John Bradley. BU responded 63 seconds later when Mark Krys shot the puck over Scott LaGrand’s shoulder for his only collegiate goal. The Eagles regained the lead when Steve Heinze skated up the right side, cut around Kevin O’Sullivan and put the puck past Bradley at 6:08. The Terriers once again responded when Petteri Koskimaki beat LaGrand 1:36 later. That was all the scoring for the first period as the two teams went to the locker rooms tied 2-2, despite BC doubling up BU on shots, 14-7.

In the second period BC once again forged a lead when Joe Cleary beat Bradley on a 5-on-3 powerplay at 9:25 of the second. That was the last lead of the game for BC, as Tony Amonte took center stage. Amonte tied the game at 3-all when he flipped a rebound of a Phil von Stefenelli shot past LaGrand at 12:18. Just 45 seconds later Amonte put home another rebound, this one from a Shawn McEachern shot, on the powerplay to give BU their first lead of the game. The Eagles tied it up 18 second later when David Franzosa skated through traffic and beat Bradley. However, it turned out to be BC’s last gasp.

Amonte put the Terriers ahead for good at 17:43 when he picked up a loose puck and shot it between Cleary’s legs and past LaGrand to complete the fastest hat trick in Beanpot history. Doug Friedman gave BU a 2-goal lead just 46 seconds later when he blasted a shot from the right wing that beat LaGrand. Then with just one second left in the period Mark Bavis spun and put a weak shot on net that eluded LaGrand. In the third Chris McCann scored on another blistering shot, this one from the left wing at 14:43, to close out the scoring. All that remained was for several skirmishes to break out as tempers flared and roughing penalties were handed out. In goal senior John Bradley finally won the Beanpot in net, making 34 saves in the championship game and 62 for the tournament, after sitting on the bench for the previous three seasons .

10 February

1958: Boston University defeated Northeastern, 9-3, to win their first Beanpot. Bill Sullivan scored twice in the first to give the Terriers a 2-0 lead, but the Huskies made it 2-1 when Jim Walsh scored at the 15 minute mark. Don MacLeod scored to give BU a 3-1 lead after one. Early in the second period Bill Sweeney scored, then Sullivan completed his hat trick and Don MacLeod scored his second of the game all in 85 seconds to blow the game open. The Terriers increased the lead to 8-1 in the third on a pair of goals by Dave MacLeod, Don’s brother. Art Paresky countered with a pair of his own 20 seconds apart, but NU was unable to get any closer. Bob Marquis put an exclamation point on the win scoring BU’s 9th goal of the night. Bill Sullivan, who also had a goal in the semifinal win over Boston College, was named MVP.

9 February

1998: Boston University defeated Harvard, 2-1, in overtime as the senior class became the first to win four Beanpots in the history of the tournament. The Terriers took the lead on Chris Drury’s goal in the second, but Harry Schwefel’s goal in third sent the game to overtime. At 5:51 of the first overtime Nick Gillis scored the game winner.

8 February

1965: Boston University defeated Northeastern, 5-4, in triple overtime in the first round of the Beanpot. The Terriers took a 2-0 lead after one on goals by Vic Conte and Fred Bassi. In a wild second period the Huskies tied it up on goals by Charles MacGillivray and Don Turcotte. BU then retook the lead on a goal by Mike Sobeski only to see NU tie the game again on a goal by Paul Bloh. Once again the Terriers forged a lead when Lyman Carter scored and once again the Huskies tied the game on Turcotte’s second goal of the game. Then the goalie took over as NU’s Gary Thornton and BU’s Jack Ferreira did not allow a goal for the next forty minutes. Then, in the third overtime Bassi took a pass from Tom Rossi, split the NU defense, skated in and beat Thornton for the winning goal.

7 February

2000: Boston University shutout Harvard, 4-0, in the first round of the Beanpot. Rick DiPietro made 21 saves to earn the win while Jack Baker scored a hat-trick and Chris Heron scored the 4th BU goal. Baker scored at 12:21 of the first and the game remained 1-0 until 9:46 of the third when Baker scored his second of the night. Heron then scored at 16:35 to seal the win and Baker completed his hat-trick when he scored an empty-net goal with 16 seconds remaining in the game.

6 February

1918: Boston University was defeated by Boston College, 3-1, at Boston Arena. It was the Terriers first game in the history of the team. It was a very poorly played match that was made up of hit-or-miss shinny for the greater part of the game. BC's Walter Falvey scored twice in quick succession early in the game. The first came on a slow push shot as Falvey crossed in front of BU goaltender Harold Leatherbee. The second came on the ensuing faceoff when Falvey won the draw, carried the puck for a few feet and shot it straight on goal. In the second half Eddie Enright scored the Eagles’ third goal on a straightaway shot that also beat Leatherbee. The Terriers’ lone goal came when Warren Pond scored on a pretty lift from the sideboards.



1978: Outside a blizzard raged, one that buried the city and region, while inside Boston Garden the Terriers buried the Eagles. Sixty years after being defeated by Boston College in the first game between the two teams Boston University pounded the Eagles, 12-5, in the late game of the first round of the Beanpot. Bill O’Neal opened the scoring to give BU a 1-0 lead, but Joe Augustine beat Brian Durocher to tie it up for BC. The Terriers then took what looked like a commanding 4-1 lead on goals by Mickey Mullen, Todd Johnson and Tony Meagher, only to see BC make it a 4-3 game after one period on goals by Bobby Hehir and Billy Switaj.


In the second the lights went out, both figuratively for the Eagles, who lost goalie Paul Skidmore to a groin injury, and literally as the game was halted for 12 minutes at 13:52 so repairs could be made to the lights. After several minutes of play under poor lighting full power was restored. However the Terriers took control during the period as John Bethel and Meagher scored to extend the lead to 6-3, before Paul Barrett scored for BC in an effort to keep pace. It was futile as Bob Boileau and Dick Lamby scored for BU to extend the lead to 8-4 after two.


Between periods the remaining fans were warned over the PA that the storm was getting worse and that they may be locked in overnight if they remained. In the third period the Terriers kept the pressure on as Boileau, Mark Fidler and John Melanson scored on Skidmore’s backup, Mike Cronin, to make it 11-4. Rob Riley scored the Eagle’s last goal before BU’s Paul Miller closed out the scoring for the night. After the game most of the fans had left, but several hundred remained and spent the night or more before being able to get home.