18 February

1978: Yale defeated Boston University, 7-5, at Ingalls Rink to end the Terriers' 22-game winning streak going back to the NCAA consolation game the previous season and bringing the Terriers quest for a perfect season to an end. Tied at 3 entering the third period Mark Fidler gave BU the lead at 2:06 when he put the puck into the net over the shoulder of Mark Rodrigues. Less than a minute later the Terriers went on the powerplay but it was the Eli who scored when Don Blue scored shorthanded at 3:36 when he put his own rebound past Brian Durocher. The game remained tied until 4:57 was left in the period when Yale defenseman Kirk Bransfield put a 35-foot wrist shot past Durocher. Dave Harrington tipped in a Bill Conway pass seven seconds later to increase the Yale lead to 6-4. Anders Carlsson scored soon after to give the Eli a 3-goal cushion before John Bethel scored a last minute goal for the 7-5 final.

17 February

1973: Boston University defeated RPI, 3-2,in overtime, at Houston Field House in front of over 5,000 fans. It was the 10th straight win for the Terriers as they were trying to get make the ECAC playoffs for an 8th straight season after having to forfeit 11 games, including 4 ECAC games.

The Engineers opened the scoring  when Tonelli beat Ed Walsh at 12:11 of the first period. The Terriers tied the game a little over 3 minutes later when Steve Dolloff beat RPI’s Cutts at 15:36 to tie the game 1-1 after one. After a scoreless second period BU took the lead midway through the third period on a goal by Paul O’Neil at 10:24. RPI tied it back up when Greco scored at 15:09 of the third. Neither team was able to score the rest of regulation sending the game to overtime where Ken Kuzyk scored the game winner at 4:32 for the Terriers. 

16 February

2008: Boston University defeated Maine, 1-0, in overtime, at Agganis Arena in front of 5,216 fans. (Video highlights) Terrier goalie Brett Bennett stopped all 17 shots in faced, including 1 in overtime, for his first shutout win. Black Bear goalie Ben Bishop stopped the first 37 shots he faced, including 5 in overtime, before Colin Wilson beat him with 1:30 left in the overtime period when he put the puck in the net off a rebound. Combined with the Terriers 2-1 overtime win over the Black Bears the night before it was the first time that BU had won overtime games on consecutive days in over 22 years. The last time it had happened was on 17-18 January 1986 when the Terriers sweep Northern Michigan in overtime, 5-4 and 8-7, at Walter Brown Arena.

15 February

1987: Boston University outlasted Providence, 7-6, in overtime, at Schneider Arena in a back-and-forth game. The Friars opened the scoring just 1:27 into the game when Andy Mattice beat BU goalie Terry Taillefer. Providence doubled the lead when defenseman Jeff Serowik scored at 5:30. The Terriers, however, quickly counter attacked, scoring at 7:04 on a goal by John Cullen and again at 8:51 on a goal by Mike Kelfer to tie the game at 2-all. However, the Friars regained the lead on a powerplay goal by Gord Cruickshank at 11:17 of the first.

After a wild first 11+ minutes there was no more scoring over the next 20 minutes. Despite settling down and making 10 saves in the first, Coach Parker replaced Taillefer with Peter Fish at the start of the second period. The switch seemed to work as Fish saved all nine shots he faced, while the Terriers scored twice on PC goalie Matt Merton. Cullen scored his second goal of the game at 13:38 and Ed Lowney scored at 18:41 to give BU their first lead of the game.

In the third Ville Kentala increased the lead to 5-3 at 5:53, but Fish was unable to hold the lead. First Cruickshank scored his second of the game at 12:41, then Friar Captain Terry Sullivan tied the game at 15:13 and 25 second later Rick Bennet gave Providence the lead, 6-5. The Terriers tied game with Fish pulled for an extra attacker when Clark Donatelli scored with 11 seconds remaining in the period. In overtime Merten made 7 saves (to Fish’s 4) before Mike Sullivan beat him for the game winner at 6:23.

It was the Terriers last win at Schneider Arena for over six years as they would go 0-7-3 in the next ten games.

2008: BU and Maine were deadlocked at 1-1 after regulation, but it took the Terriers just 10 seconds of overtime to end the game. Wes Clark and Chris Higgins traded first period goals but no one could find the net in the second or third. Brian Strait grabbed the overtime faceoff and drove it behind the Black Bears' net. Colin Wilson got there first and backhanded a centering pass to hard-charging Luke Popko who rammed it home. (Video Highlights)

14 February

1966: Boston University defeated Harvard, 9-2, to win their second Beanpot title, and their first championship over Harvard in four tries. Harvard opened the scoring when Dennis McCullough beat BU goalie Jack Ferreira. BU would tie the game later in the first when Mike Sobeski beat Harvard goalie Bill Fitzsimmons. It was all BU in the second as Jim Wood, John Cooke and Dennis O’Connell all scored before Pete McLachlan scored twice to give the Terriers a 6-1 lead after two. BU’s Fred Bassi and Harvard’s Tag Demment were also ejected for fighting in the period. In the third period the Terriers increased the lead to 8-1 on goals by Cooke and Don Lumley, before Harvard scored again and Terrier Bruce Fennie closed out the scoring. There were also more fights in the third. Harvard’s Ben Smith and BU’s Sobeski went at each other several times, including at the penalty boxes before being tossed. At the same time BU’s Jim Quinn and Harvard’s Bob Carr went at it and were also ejected.



1994: Boston University won the 1000th game in the program’s history as they shutout Northeastern, 8-0, in the consolation game of the Beanpot Tournament. The win was also the first of a Beanpot record 14 straight victories, as the Terriers won 6 straight Beanpot titles before falling to the Eagles, 3-5, in the 2001 championship game.

13 February

2006: Boston University defeated Boston College, 3-2, to win their 27th Beanpot title, an amazing half of the 54 tournament championships. The win was also the Terriers’ 11th straight the longest streak since winning 14 straight at the end of the 1994-95 season and the start of the 1995-96 season. It was also the longest in-season streak since winning 12 straight during the 1993-94 season.

The Terriers had the first three powerplays of the game, but were unable to solve the Eagles’ defense and goalie Cory Schneider. Then just 7 seconds into their first powerplay BC took a 1-0 lead when Peter Harrold’ backhander was stopped by BU goalie John Curry but the rebound was then deflected into the net off a BU skate at 17:28 of the first period.

In the second period the Eagles were the ones unable to score on an early powerplay and the Terriers responded by scoring 23 seconds after the successful penalty kill when Bryan Ewing scored at 4:07 to even the game when in put in the rebound of Peter MacArthur’s second consecutive  shot on net. BU took a 2-1 lead midway through the game when Jason Lawrence scored at 9:52 of the second period, just 17 seconds after BU had successfully killed another BC powerplay.

The Eagles tied the game 2-all at 6:24 of the third period when Stephen Gionta’s shot deflected off a Terrier stick and went in past Curry. BU regained the lead for good just 54 seconds later when MacArthur beat Schneider on the powerplay, batting a rebound of a Ewing shot out of the air and into the net. BC had a great chance to tie the game midway through the third, but in Matt Gilroy was able to clear the puck from the scramble in front of Curry. 

11 February

1991: Boston University, 19-9-2, but only 9-6-1 since the start of the second semester, faced off against Boston College, 24-7 and 13-2 since the start of the second semester, in the Beanpot Championship game. When it was over the Terriers had won their 16th Beanpot, 8-4, over the Eagles.

Boston College strike first, just 54 seconds into the game when David Emma swept a backhand past senior goalie John Bradley. BU responded 63 seconds later when Mark Krys shot the puck over Scott LaGrand’s shoulder for his only collegiate goal. The Eagles regained the lead when Steve Heinze skated up the right side, cut around Kevin O’Sullivan and put the puck past Bradley at 6:08. The Terriers once again responded when Petteri Koskimaki beat LaGrand 1:36 later. That was all the scoring for the first period as the two teams went to the locker rooms tied 2-2, despite BC doubling up BU on shots, 14-7.

In the second period BC once again forged a lead when Joe Cleary beat Bradley on a 5-on-3 powerplay at 9:25 of the second. That was the last lead of the game for BC, as Tony Amonte took center stage. Amonte tied the game at 3-all when he flipped a rebound of a Phil von Stefenelli shot past LaGrand at 12:18. Just 45 seconds later Amonte put home another rebound, this one from a Shawn McEachern shot, on the powerplay to give BU their first lead of the game. The Eagles tied it up 18 second later when David Franzosa skated through traffic and beat Bradley. However, it turned out to be BC’s last gasp.

Amonte put the Terriers ahead for good at 17:43 when he picked up a loose puck and shot it between Cleary’s legs and past LaGrand to complete the fastest hat trick in Beanpot history. Doug Friedman gave BU a 2-goal lead just 46 seconds later when he blasted a shot from the right wing that beat LaGrand. Then with just one second left in the period Mark Bavis spun and put a weak shot on net that eluded LaGrand. In the third Chris McCann scored on another blistering shot, this one from the left wing at 14:43, to close out the scoring. All that remained was for several skirmishes to break out as tempers flared and roughing penalties were handed out. In goal senior John Bradley finally won the Beanpot in net, making 34 saves in the championship game and 62 for the tournament, after sitting on the bench for the previous three seasons .