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.