Thursday, December 9, 2010

9 December

1970: In a battle of undefeated teams, BU and Harvard battled to a 4-4 overtime tie at a sold-out Watson Rink. Crimson took an early 1-0 lead when All-American Joe Cavanagh’s ten-footer got past Tim Regan, but the lead lasted just nine seconds with Toot Cahoon scoring, assisted by Steve Stirling and Mike LaGarde. Harvard went ahead again late in the first period on a Bob McManama goal. In the second period BU scored the equalizer when LaGarde sent Stirling in for a point blank shot and then took its first lead on Peter Thornton’s unassisted goal. Harvard knotted the score again on Dave Hynes’ power play goal. BU’s second lead of the game came 30 seconds into the third period on Bob Gryp’s shorthanded goal, assisted by John Danby and Wayne Gowing. But Harvard’s Dan DeMichele got that one back less than two minutes later. Another 23 minutes of action, including the overtime, produced no winner. Regan stopped 23 shots while his counterpart, Bruce Durno, had 26 saves.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

8 December

1990: Terriers improve their record to 9-3-1 with a 6-2 win against Providence at Walter Brown Arena. The Friars scored the only first-period goal, marking the first time that season that BU trailed after one. That changed quickly as BU scored four times in the second and twice more in the third. But the key to the game was the Terrier defense that limited PC to just 16 shots and Scott Cashman stopped 14 of them. David Sacco led the goal-scoring with a pair, while Mike Bavis (game-winner), Shawn McEachern, Ed Ronan and Petteri Koskimaki added one apiece. Koskimaki, with a goal and an assist, raised his point total to 20 in 13 games.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

2 December

1970: BU improved its record to 3-0 with a 5-1 win over Brown. The Terriers, playing on the road again, got an early lead on sophomore Bob Brown’s blueline slapper, just 1:45 into the game. Peter Thornton’s 40-footer doubled the lead before the Bears got on the board. John Danby’s power play goal extended BU’s advantage to 3-1 at the end of one. Bobby Brown’s second of the night and 15-foot wrister by his blueline partner, Ric Jordan, closed out the scoring. Tim Regan, a Providence native, stopped 29 shots for his second win.

1990: BU hosted second-ranked Maine and came away with a 7-4 win behind two-goal efforts by Shawn McEachern and Petteri Koskimaki. With a 2-1 lead after one period, Terriers broke the game open with four second-period markers. Keith Tkachuk, Mark Bavis and Scott Lachance were the other BU goal scorers. McEachern’s 2-1-3 line for the game capped off a standout week that earned him Hockey East Player of the Week honors. Scott Cashman stopped 27 Black Bear shots in BU’s first win over Maine in more than a year. The win improved the Terriers' record to 7-3-1.