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 .