28 February

1991: Boston University easily won their single elimination Hockey East quarterfinal game against Merrimack, 7-1, at Walter Brown Arena. Doug Friedman started the scoring at 3:36 of the first when his shot glanced off Merrimack goalie Yannick Gosselin’s glove into the net. David Tomlinson doubled the lead less than two minute later when he took Ed Ronan’s pass and beat Gosselin to the near side. Tony Amonte scored at 13:01 when went behind the net, passed back to Peter Ahola, then took the return pass and put it into the net. Keith Tkachuck made it 4-0 when he gathered up a loose puck out of traffic and banged it home with 1:40 left in the first.

There was no scoring in the second, but there was a scrum at 12:15 when 3 Warriors and 3 Terriers mixed it in front of the BU bench and then Gosselin decided to join the party and high-stick Tomlinson on the head. The 4 Merrimack players received 6 penalties for 12 minutes and the 3 BU players received 4 penalties for 8 minutes.

Tomlinson scored at 2:28 of the third and the period then remained scoreless until a final flurry of goals late in the game. Shawn McEachern scored at 15:49 and just 28 seconds later John Barron beat Scott Cashman to ruin the shutout. Just under two minutes later Chris McCann scored with 1:45 remaining in the game for the final 7-1 score. For the game Cashman made 18 saves of the win while Gosselin made 32 saves in the loss.

Women

2009: Boston University defeated Northeastern, 2-1, in the Hockey East quarterfinals at Walter Brown Arena. Three hundred and eight fans watched as the team won the first playoff game in the program’s four year history. With the win BU advances to the Hockey East Championship for the second consecutive season, where they will face Boston College in the semifinals.

The Terriers stormed the Huskies net in the opening period, out shooting NU 16-5 but were held at bay until late in the period by Florence Schelling. Gina Kearns finally beat Schelling at 17:49 when she knocked in a rebound to give BU a slim 1-0 lead after one. It was the first post-season goal in the program’s history and it was also Kearns’ 50th career goal as she became the first 50-goal scorer in the program’s history.

In the second the shots were even, 14-14, but it was the Huskies who scored the lone goal of the period when Missy Elumba put in a rebound at 14:33 of the period. In the third the defenses for both teams stepped up and as there were only 11 shots (BU 7, NU 4) combined in the period. Jenelle Kohanchuk scored the game winner unassisted at 12:47 as she put the puck under the crossbar on the right side. Allyse Wilcox was solid in net making 22 saves while Schelling was wonderful making 35 saves in the loss.