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.