26 February

1964: Boston University shutout Boston College, 1-0, at McHugh Forum. The first period was closely played, but each team still had chances, with BU putting 14 shots on net and BC putting 10 shots on net. In the second the Terriers continued to hold a slight advantage and it finally paid off at 10:58 when Bruce Fennie beat Tom Apprille for the game’s only goal. Fennie passed to Dennis O’Connell who skated down the right boards and passed back to Fennie, who took a 35-foot shot. The puck hit the post and came back out to Fennie, who had cut to his left and put home a head-on 20-footrt. In the third the Eagles slightly outplayed the Terriers, thanks to two powerplays, but they were not able to beat Jack Ferreira. For the game Apprille made 36 saves in a losing effort and Ferreira made 27 for the shutout win.

25 February

1927: Boston University shutout Providence, 12-0, at Rhode Island Auditorium in the first meeting between the two teams. Benjamin Currier and Ovila Gregoire each scored two goals for the Terriers and Charles Viano scored once, but the star of the game was Terrier center John Lawless. Lawless scored seven goals, setting a record he holds to this day. It has only been equaled once, on 15 February 1950, when Jack Garrity scored 7 goals on M.I.T.

24 February

1923: Boston University shutout Bates, 6-0, at the Auburn Winter Carnival. It was the Terriers first shutout victory in the team’s history. George Sterling scored a few minutes after the opening face-off, he then scored again, followed by Morey Kontoff and Joseph Almer to give BU a 4-0 lead after one. Bates held BU scoreless in the second with good defense, but in the third period Kontoff scored on a great individual effort, flashing down the ice, dodging the Bates defensemen and drawing Batten from the net. Robert Blais, subbing for Almer, scored the final goal of the game.

1937: Boston University defeated Dartmouth, 4-2, at Davis Rink in Hanover. It was the Terriers first win over the Indians in 5 tries over 11 seasons. The teams annually scheduled a game at Hanover after the first meeting at Boston Arena in 1926, but it had to cancelled because of poor ice due to warm weather until 1934.

In the first period Gerry Desrosiers scored with 25 seconds remaining on a pass from Russell Lynch to give BU a 1-0 lead after one. In the second the Indians tied the game at 2:35 when Bus Foster beat Robert Colburn. The Terriers retook the lead when Al Woodward beat Wesley Goding at 7:50 of the period and Desrosiers made it 3-1 at 12:31 when he scored his second goal of the game. In the third Dartmouth kept the puck deep in the BU zone and peppered Colburn with shots and it paid off when Gordon Clark scored at 8:35 to make it a one goal game. The Indians continued to pressure the Terriers until Desrosiers broke out and scored unassisted after a spectacular dash with 1:20 remaining in the period to complete his hat trick.

23 February

1974: Boston University defeated Colgate, 7-2, at Walter Brown Arena in front of 2,322 fans on a Saturday afternoon. Tom Casey scored on the first period to give Colgate a 1-0 lead and goalie Chris Grigg had made it stand up late into the second period. The Terriers finally solved Grigg on the powerplay when Mike Eruzione deflected a Pete Brown blast past him with 2:20 left in the period. Pete Marzo beat him 51 seconds later to give BU a 2-1 lead after two.

Ken Kuzyk scored on a nice play just 26 seconds into the third, Eruzione scored his second of the game at 3:20 and the route was on. Colgate’s John Barnett temporarily stopped the hemorrhaging when he caught Terrier goalie Ed Walsh out of the crease and put the puck in the vacated net. That was followed by the BU’s 5th goal when Bill Burlington pulled all the Red Raiders towards him and Jim Lowell put the puck in the open net. Marzo then scored his second of the game on the powerplay and Eruzione completed his first hat trick as a Terrier with 2:12 remaining in the game.

22 February

1971: Boston University defeated Harvard, 4-1, to win its third straight Beanpot and sixth in seven years. It was a torrid, but penalty-marred game in which BU’s Dan Brady and Harvard’s Bruce Durno each had to make over a dozen sensational saves. Paul Giandomenico opened the scoring at 6:31 when he put home a 10-footer from the right of Durno.


The scored stayed that way for the rest of the first and through 2:25 of a 5-3 Harvard powerplay in the second. The Crimson tied the game at 14:15 of the second when Dave Hynes put a 10-footer into an empty net after teammate Bill Corkery crashed into Brady and pulled him out of position. Then, with time running down in the second period Steve Stirling skated behind the net, picked up a rebound and put the puck past Durno from the crease with 15 seconds left in the second.


Steve Dolloff scored at 6:42 of the third. After skating down the left side, he stick-handled through four Crimson players and put a 15-foot backhander into the net. Don Cahoon finished the scoring when he received a perfect pass from Stirling and put it past Durno from 5 feet out.

Women

2009: Boston University defeated Northeastern, 8-1, at Walter Brown Arena in front a new regular game record 750 fans, second all-time behind only the 2008 Beanpot championship game record 1,109 fans. With the win the Terriers finished third in Hockey East, their highest finish in the four year history of the team. Co-captain Gina Kearns, who has never missed a game in her Terrier career, scored a goal and added an assist to become the program’s first 100-point scorer with 49-52-101 in 136 career games.

21 February

1959: Boston University upset Clarkson, 4-3, to win their first game in six tries at Walker Arena. It was also the Golden Knights first loss to an Eastern team in four years at Walker. BU also did it with the help of Bob Marquis as Clarkson held him scoreless for only the second time for the season. The first time was also by the Golden Knights, on 18 December (1958) at Boston Arena, a 6-1 Terrier loss.

The Terriers struck quickly as Larry Creighton beat Clarkson goalie Bill Armstrong just 1:27 into the game. Bill McCormack doubled the lead at 15:23 to give BU the 2-0 lead after one. In the second McCormack scored his second goal of the game at 13:52 to make it 3-0 in favor of the Terriers. Clarkson refused to roll over and struck back just 28 seconds later when Mel Tomalty beat BU goalie Ron Tanner. At 15:40 of the second Jim Cross scored to make it 4-1 after two periods. In the third the Golden Knights got that back when Tomalty scored his second of the game at 12:57. Bill Little then made it a one-goal game with 1:23 remaining, but Clarkson was unable to get the equalizer past Tanner.

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.