4 February

1980: Northeastern defeated Boston University, 6-5, in overtime, to advance to the championship game of the Beanpot for the first time since 1967 and only the third time overall. The Terriers were the defending champions and had been in the championship game for a record 16 straight years. It was a back-and-forth game, as both teams took leads but were unable to hold them.

In the first period Billy Cotter gave BU the lead at 5:03 when he went into the NU zone alone and his shot was deflected by a sliding Huskie defender into the net. The Huskies rebounded and at 14:09 Mark Derby finished a 3-in-2 by putting the puck into the net from the crease. NU took the lead just 54 seconds later when Sandy Beadle blasted a 25-foot shot from the left side. Wayne Turner gave the Huskies a 2-goal lead with 24 seconds remaining in the period when he put a 40-footer past Terrier goalie Bob Barich.

The Terriers made it a one-goal game at 17:46 of the second when Grant Goegan converted a pass from Daryl MacLeod from in front of the crease. Goegan tied the game up just 10 seconds into the third period on a 10-foot backhanded shot. The Huskies, however, refused to rollover and Gerry Cowie put them back ahead after taking a passout from Paul McDougall and sinking a 10-foot shot. Goegan tied it up again with his third goal of the night at 4:08 and BU retook the lead at 13:27 when Paul Fenton scored. With just under three minutes remaining in the third period, at 17:04, Turner tied it up, 5-all, when he deflected a hard shot by Dale Ferdinandi past Barich, possibly the best scoring play of the game.

In overtime Ferdinandi almost won it for Northeastern when he blasted a hard shot off the right post. So it was left to John Montgomery to rip home a 45-foot slapshot at 5:09 to win it for the Huskies.