1987: Boston University, which was having a disappointing season, upset favored Boston College, 6-3, in the opening round of the Beanpot. The Eagles had swept the four game Hockey East series, but the Terriers once again prevailed in tournament action. The win prevented BC coach Len Ceglarski from becoming the winningest coach in college hockey with 556 victories.
BU came out fast and had several great chances, but was unable to score. BC had a great chance themselves, but likewise failed to score. The Terriers then took the lead at 10:21 of the first period when Mike Sullivan took a pass from John Cullen and put it past Eagle goalie Shaun Real. Despite more great chances for both teams the score remained the same until 10:19 of the second period when Eric Labrosse poked the puck to Jeff Sveen who went in alone on Real, deked him and put the puck into the net. The Terriers increased the lead to 3-0 when Scott Young scored at 12:30 of the second.
In the third both teams had early powerplays, but were unable to capitalize. Five seconds after killing the Eagle powerplay the Terriers scored at 8:20 when Young made a perfect fed to Mike Kelfer who put the puck in the net for a 4-0 lead. BC finally got the puck past Terry Taillefer on the powerplay at 10:21 when Ken Hodge deflected a Brian Leetch shot from the point. The Terriers quickly countered when Labrosse, who was in front of the crease, tipped a Jay Octeau shot into the net 71 seconds later. The Eagles refused to die and Kevin Stevens scored twice 51 seconds apart with less than 3 minutes remaining in the game to make it a 5-3 game. However, Cullen sealed the win when he scored with 60 seconds left in the game.
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