Sunday, January 23, 2011

23 January

1971: BU’s 14 game unbeaten streak to begin the 70-71 season came to an end at Cornell’s Lynah Rink with the Big Red taking a 5-1 win. Toot Cahoon gave the Terriers a 1-0 lead midway through the first, but Cornell matched it and added a go-ahead goal before the period ended. The defeat left BU still seeking its first-ever win against Cornell—which would come less than two months later in the ECAC tournament.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

22 January

1991: Terriers used a four-goal first period to level Lowell, 7-4, and raise their record to 16-6-2. Defenseman Peter Ahola, recorded his second two-goal game of the season, while BU also got goals from Keith Tkachuk, Tony Amonte, David Sacco, Ed Ronan and Chris McCann. John Bradley stopped 20 Lowell shots. Forward Mike Bavis—now BU’s associate head coach—suffered a broken jaw in the game, but would return to the lineup after missing only eight games.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

20 December

1971: BU extended its unbeaten streak to 14 games (13-0-1) with a 13-4 thumping of Dartmouth at Boston Arena. Senior wing Wayne Gowing led the attack with four goals and junior wing Bob Gryp recorded a hat trick, while junior Don "Toot" Cahoon added a pair. Singleton by junior Bob Murray, and three sophomores—Steve Dolloff, Ric Jordan and Ron Anderson—rounded out the scoring. Murray also had four assists. Terriers emerged from the first period with a 3-2 lead thanks to Gowing’s first goal; then, following an emphatic between-periods address by Coach Jack Kelley, they exploded to outscore Dartmouth by a 5-1 margin in each of the next two periods.

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.

Monday, November 29, 2010

29 November

1970: Terriers completed a two-game sweep of St. Louis, thumping the Billikens, 9-1, behind two goals apiece from senior Wayne Gowing and sophomore Ron Anderson. Captain Steve Stirling began the onslaught followed by goals from Don “Toot” Cahon and Gowing to stake BU to a first-period 3-0 lead. Sophomore defenseman Bob Brown scored the first of his 17 goals for his rookie season, followed by Gowing’s second and Anderson’s pair. John Danby and Peter Thornton also scored for BU. sophomore Stefan Brueckner had 12 saves to gain his first varsity win.