30 November

1977: Terriers nip Dartmouth, 3-2, on goals by Billy Cotter, Darryl MacLeod and future Olympic gold medal winner David Silk and Brian Durocher’s 28 saves. The win was the first of nine one-goal wins for BU en route to a 30-2-0 record and the program’s third national championship.

29 November

1998: On the strength of five power play goals, BU avenged a 2-0 defeat the previous season at Appleton Arena by doubling up St. Lawrence, 6-3, at Walter Brown Arena. A pair of goals by Jeff Kealty and the game-winner by Greg Quebec led the way.

1969: The Terriers, led by seniors Larry Davenport, Dick Toomey and Mike Hyndman, kicked off their season blanking Yale, 5-o. It was the first career shutout for Tim Regan.

28 November

1989: Joe Sacco scored twice and Scott Cashman won his fourth straight game in goal as the Terriers upended Boston College, 6-2, at Conte Forum. Terrier captain Mike Sullivan--later the Bruins head coach--. Mike Bavis, Rob Regan and Darin Mac Donald also had BU goals

1962: Jack Kelley (photo), a former All-East defenseman and team MVP, returned to BU as head coach succeeding Harry Cleverly, and launched his decade-long tenure as the Terrier's "Mentor" with a 5-4 win over Rensselaer, 5-4, at Boston Arena. Kelley's first squad won just seven games, but in his third season, the Terriers were back among the nation's elite programs. His .717 career winning percentage (204-78-8) is the best of an BU coach.

27 November -- Happy Thanksgiving

1970: BU began its season against the new St. Louis University program and provided a glimpse of the dominance to come. Junior center John Danby registered a hattrick and fellow junior Tim Regan (photo) fashioned a shutout in the Terriers' 8-0 win. Sophomore center Steve Dolloff added a pair in his first varsity game. The win was the first of thirteen in the team’s initial 14 games with only a tie with Harvard marring the record. BU would go on to win its first National Championship, beating Minnesota in the title game.

1971: Defending national champion BU dedicated its new home ice, the Walter Brown Memorial Rink, beating Yale 6-3. The Elis jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but BU erased that on power play goals by Ron Anderson and John Danby and took the lead on Ric Jordan’s rebound goal.

SPECIAL BONUS ENTRY
1993: Football, not hockey, but one of the most thrilling days ever in Boston University sports. The undefeated (11-0) Terriers met Northern Iowa in the first round of the Div. IAA playoffs at Nickerson Field. The Panthers, led by future NFLers Kurt Warner and Dedric Ward surged ahead, 21-6 early in the third quarter. BU was on the ropes, but a 48-yard fumble return by John Schaeffer gave the Terriers life. In the fourth quarter, QB Robert Dougherty engineered a 92-yard scoring drive, then hit Jason Andrade in the corner of the end zone for a two-point extra conversion to tie the score and force overtime. Neither team scored in the first overtime and BU’s field goal attempt in the second OT was blocked. But a face mask call gave BU a second chance and Zack Burwell burst the final four yards into the end zone for a dramatic win. Members of the BU hockey team, dressed for practice, had come upstairs from Brown Arena and were standing in the back of the end zone when Burwell scored. Video of the comeback win is provided in two clips narrated byDoug Brown: 1 (game begins at the 6:00 mark) and 2.

Dozens of BU athletics video clips are accessible in the Sports Illustrated Vault. Enjoy.

26 November

1996: Chris Drury's hattrick powered BU to a pre-Thanksgiving thumping of Harvard, 5-1 at Walter Brown Arena. Mike Sylvia and Chris Heron also scored while Billy Pierce added two assists. Tom Noble stopped 17 shots.

1966: BU opened one of its finest seasons convincingly sweeping a pair from the University of New Brunswick. At Boston Arena, the Terriers followed the previous night's 10-1 win with a 9-2 victory. Led by veteran defensemen Brian Gilmour and Pete McLachlan, senior forwards Jim Quinn, Mike Sobeski and Fred Bassi and the dynamic sophomore "Pinball Line" of Herb Wakabayashi, Serge Boily and Mickey Gray, BU raced through the regular season with losses only to Denver and the Eastern Olympics in an exhibition. However, the Terriers' post-season was stymied twice by Ken Dryden and Cornell: in the ECAC championship game and the NCAA final.

25 November

1994: Two Jacques Joubert goals and Mike Prendergast's GWG led BU past Princeton, 6-2, in the Great Western Bank Freezeout at The Forum in Los Angeles.

1973: BU opens the season by bowling over Bowling Green, 10-3, en route to a second ECAC title and reaching the NCAA semis.

24 November

2007: Just a year ago, BU and Cornell sold out New York's Madison Square Garden for their Red Hot Hockey matchup. The Terriers raced out to a 3-0 first period lead--on goals by Joe Pereira, Luke Popko and Brandon Yip--and never looked back, earning a 6-3 win. Pete MacArthur, Colin Wilson and Bryan Ewing rounded out the scoring, while Brett Bennett stoped 25 shots.

1990: Seven different scorers found the back of the net in BU's 7-2 win over Princeton at ancient Hobey Baker Arena. Tony Amonte, who had one of the goals, also blasted one off the Tiger goalie's mask driving him from the game. Jon Pratt scored the game-winner.

1984: Goals by current associate head coach David Quinn, Joe Delorey and Brad MacGregor led BU past Northeastern, 3-1. Terry Taillefer stop 27 of 28 shots.

23 November

1999: Chris Heron's power play goal early in the second period proved the difference in the Terriers' 2-1 win over Harvard at Bright Skating Center. Carl Corazzini scored BU's first goal and Chris Dyment assisted on both goals.

1993: A pair of Mike Pomichter goals and singles by Jay Pandolfo and Jacques Joubert led BU to a 4-2 win over Cornell at Lynah Rink. J.P. McKersie stopped 18 shots in what was the first regular-season, non-tournament meeting between the teams since BU joined Hockey East in 1984.

1972: Two-time defending NCAA champion BU begans its season with a new coach, Leon Abbott, and easily dispatched Air Force, 10-4, in the Christmas City of the North Tournament. BU would later forefeit the game due to an ineligible player.

22 November

1977: BU opened the season with a 13-4 blitz of Merrimack, led by future Olympian Dave Silk’s four power-play goals. Terriers won their first 22 games of the season, remaining undefeated until mid-February, en route to their third NCAA title.

21 November

1997: BU raised its record to 6-1-0 with an 8-1 thumping of Brown at Walter Brown Arena. Juha Vuori’s second two-goal game of the season was supported by single goals by Mike Sylvia, Chris Drury, Albie O’Connell, Scott Perry, Tom Poti and Jeff Kealty. Tom Noble stopped 15 Bruin shots.

1995: Defending national champion BU dumped the Big Red of Cornell, 7-1, at Walter Brown Arena. Captain Jay Pandolfo scored twice and Chris Kelleher notched the game-winner. Shawn Bates, Mike Grier, Mike Sylvia and John Hynes also scored.

1978: Defending national champion BU beat RPI, 3-1, at Houston Field House for the Terriers’ 28th consecutive regular season win.

20 November

2001: Behind 30 Sean Fields saves, BU doubled up Harvard, 8-4. The Terriers were kept off the board in the first period but put up a five-spot in the second. Gregg Johnson led the way with a hattrick, and Mike Pandolfo, Brian McConnell, Ryan Whitney, Ferro Skladany and John Sabo all scored for BU.

1990: John Bradley’s second shutout of the season—four days after the first—was 4-0 whitewashing of Harvard at Bright Hockey Center. Shawn McEachern (2), Keith Tkachuk and David Sacco supplied the offense. The game marked the first non-Beanpot game between the Terriers and Crimson since 1983.

19 November

2000: BU and UNH battled to a 5-5 overtime time at the Whittemore Center. The Terriers had built a 4-2 lead on a pair of Tommi Degerman goals and singles by Jack Baker and Mike Pandolfo. The Wildcats roared back with three third-period goals to regain the lead, but with less than five minutes left, Chris Heron scored with assists to Dan Cavanaugh and Keith Emery to knot the game at five. Rick DiPietro stopped 26 UNH shots.


1994: BU completes a two-game sweep of UMass with a 7-4 win at a soldout Brown Arena behind Mike Grier’s hattrick. Grier, en route to earning All-American honors, totaled seven points (5-2-7) for the weekend and was named Hockey East Player of the Week. With Tom Noble making his first start in goal for BU and stopping 22 shots, the Terriers also received goals from Chris O’Sullivan, Chris Drury, Ken Rausch and Rich Brennan in game that featured a combined 40 penalties.

18 November: Terrier Thunder in the Third

1989: BU 6-Michigan State 4. This interleague contest was the favorite Walter Brown Arena game for Terrier Hockey Fan Blog contributor defkit, who provided the following recap:

As the Michigan State Spartans emerged from the locker room at Walter Brown Arena to start the third period against BU, they had to like their chances of coming away with a victory. Afterall, the #2-ranked team in the country had won seven straight games (9-2) and held a 4-1 lead over the Terriers who hadn't been a national contender in the recent past.

What transpired over the next six-plus minutes will be etched forever in the mind of every Terrier fan in attendance. Sophomore Shawn McEachern, fresh off a 44-point freshman campaign, scored just 20 seconds into the period. One minute later, talented freshman winger Tony Amonte (photo) dazzled the crowd with an individual rush, before dishing to junior Joe Sacco who buried the puck--one of his team-leading 28 goals that year--to cut the lead to one.

Roughly four minutes later, Amonte gave the fans an instant replay, deking the Spartan defenseman and sweeping the puck past Jason Muzatti, to tie the game up. The home crowd was ecstatic, however, the Terriers were not done. Seventeen seconds after Amonte's strike, Ed Ronan went "top shelf" to give BU the lead, sending the noise level in Brown Arena to deafening levels. Less than a minute later, captain--and later Bruins head coach--Mike Sullivan gave BU a 2-goal cushion they would never relinquish, as the Terriers stunned the Spartans 6-4. All tolled, BU scored five goals in 6:36.

This game stands out as a favorite all-time WBA moment for several reasons.
1. For the team, the game was a statement to the college hockey world that the Terriers were again on the rise and they weren't afraid of any team's ranking.

2. The game marked Amonte's coming out party. While he arrived on Babcock Street with a strong resume, BU fans had no idea of the level of skill that this freshman possessed. After this game, the Terrier fans had little doubt that they were watching a very special player. Ironically, this game did not include one of his nine game-winning goals that year.

3. The foreshadowing: The truth is that if BU had lost to MSU four months later in the NCAA's, this game wouldn't be quite as endearing to Terrier fans. When BU shocked the then-#1-ranked Spartans in East Lansing, taking the last two of the best-of-three series after losing game one and its second line center to a game disqualification, Terrier fans held a strong sense of pride.

Powerhouse MSU lost just seven games all year, three of them to BU. They were led by Hobey Baker Award winner Kip Miller, a 101-point scorer, along with another forward with 89 points, and a defenseman with 21 goals. And yet, it was the upstart Terriers, with--at the time--little-known names who stole the show. All five third-period scorers eventually went on to NHL careers and two of them, McEachern and Ronan, have their names on The Stanley Cup.

17 November

2006: Senior netminder John Curry's first of seven shutouts was a 1-0 win against Providence College at Agganis Arena. Chris Higgins' game-winner came early in the third period, assisted by Sean Sullivan and Ken Roche. Two of Curry's shutouts were 0-0 overtime ties and his total of seven was second most ever for a Terrier netminder. His 13 career shutouts tied him for most at BU with Jack Ferreira.

Curry's senior season brought him a truckload of honors including First Team All-American, Hockey East Player of the Year, S.I. Com Goaltender of the Year, Walter Brown Award, Hobey Baker Award finalist and a third consecutive BU team MVP award.

16 November

1990: BU's offensive muscle was on display in a 12-0 rout of Denver at Walter Brown Arena. Four players--Shawn McEachern, Mike Bavis, Mark Bavis and David Sacco--each tallied twice. Singles were added by Tony Amonte, Dave Tomlinson, Doug Friedman and Alex Legault. Sacco also registered five assists for a seven-point night. John Bradley stopped 18 Pioneer shots.

15 November

1991: Mike Prendergast scored the winning goal in a 5-4 victory over Maine at Walter Brown Arena as BU earned its fifth consecutive win to open the 1991-92 season. Captain Tom Dion scored twice and Nick Vachon and Jon Pratt added singles, while Scott Cashman turned away 40 Black Bear shots.

14 November

1995: Shawn Bates (photo) scored a twice, including the game-winner to power BU past Maine at Alfond Arena in Orono. Chris Drury also notched a pair and Doug Wood added a goal in the 5-2 win, BU’s sixth in seven starts. Tom Noble turned aside 15 shots in the first Terriers-Black Bears meeting since BU’s 6-2 win the 1995 NCAA championship game.

13 November

2001: BU nipped Yale in overtime, 4-3, on a Jack Baker goal to extended its season-opening unbeaten streak to seven games (6-0-1) Pat Aufiero assisted on the game-winner. Mark Mullen, Mike Pandolfo and Frantisek Skladany also scored for the Terriers who received a 23-save effort from Jason Tapp.
1992: Tied at 3-3 with Northeastern early in the second period, the Terrier received consecutive goals by David Sacco (50th career goal), Jacques Joubert and Jon Pratt and cruised to a 9-4 win. BU scored three times in each period to back J.P. McKersie's first win in goal of the season.

12 November

1994: All of BU’s scoring in a 4-2 win over Northeastern came from future NHLers. A pair from Mike Grier, who would earn All-American honors as a sophomore, led the way. Chris Drury and Shawn Bates also scored, while Derek Herlofsky made26 saves before a sellout crowd at Walter Brown Arena.

11 November

1996: Jay Pandolfo's third hattrick in BU's first six games led the Terriers to a 7-2 win over New Hamphsire at Walter Brown Arena. The Terriers scored early and often, building a 4-1 first period lead. Chris Drury, Bob Lachance, Shawn Bates and current U.S. NTDP U17 head coach John Hynes also found the net for BU, while Michel Larocque stopped 25 shots.

1989: Tony Amonte's goal at 1:45 of overtime gave BU a 3-2 victory of Maine, reversing the previous night's OT result between the Terriers and Black Bears. Maine led, 2-0, after one, but BU got on the board on a powerplay goal by team captain--and former Bruins head coach--Mike Sullivan. Then, Rob Regan tied the score early in the third. Amonte's GWG came on a perfect goalmouth feed from current BU assistant coach Mike Bavis. The win was BU's first over Maine in 12 games. Goalie Scott Cashman earned Hockey East Rookie of the Week for his play vs. Maine.

10 November

2006: Kenny Roche (photo) completed a third period “natural” hattrick with 1:02 left in regulation enabling BU to tie New Hampshire, 4-4, at the Whittmore Center in Durham. The teams were knotted a 1-1 heading into the final period when pucks started jumping into both nets. The Wildcats took the lead three times in the period, only to have Roche respond each time. His third goal came on a powerplay. BU pulled goalie John Curry for an extra skater with 1:18 remaining. Sean Sullivan passed the puck across the blue line to Roche at the left point. Roche settled the puck, then fired a screened shot that sailed inside the near post at 18:58.

1984: Brian Foreman’s fist college goal midway through the third period lifted BU past New Hampshire at Walter Brown Arena. Tony Majkozak netted a pair for the Terries while Clark Donatelli and Eric Labrosse also scored. Current Associate Head Coach David Quinn had an assist.

9 November

Mark Bavis' first career hattrick powered the Terriers past Minnesota-Duluth, 6-3, at Walter Brown Arena, to complete a two-game sweep of the Bulldogs. UMD led 3-2 after two, before BU exploded for four goals in the final stanza. Petteri Koskimaki added a pair of goals and Kaj Linna also found the net for the Terriers who ran their record to 4-0. A pair of freshmen goalies, J.P. McKersie and Derek Herlofsky saw their first game action, splitting the netminding duties.

8 November

1988: Both Terrier captain Mike Kelfer and junior junior center David Tomlinson broke a Hockey East record by scoring seven points apiece in a 12-3 home victory over Providence. Kelfer, a Minnesota North Stars draft choice who is 7th on BU's all-time goal-scoring list with 83, scored three goals in a 3-minute-10-second span, which remains the fastest hattrick in Hockey East history.

"Sniper" Tomlinson, who is 7th on BU”s all-time scoring list with 179 points and who tallied 77 career goals, later played with Toronto, Winnipeg and Florida in the NHL. Joe Sacco, the third forward skating with Kelfer and Tomlinson that evening, went on to a long NHL career and now is in his second season as head coach of the AHL Lock Erie Monsters.

7 November

1989: Following a pair of wins, BU entered its third game of season ranked 9th in the nation-- the first time in the top ten since 1986-87. But the Northeastern Huskies weren’t impressed and dealt the Terriers a tough 3-2 defeat. Huntington Hounds goalie Tom Cole stopped 30 of 32 shots, with Shawn McEachern and Rob Regan getting the BU goals. Rob Cowie scored the game-winner for NU. The Terriers would go on to reach the NCAA Frozen Four in Detroit that season, falling in the semifinal to Colgate by the same 3-2 score as the season's first loss.

6 November

1998: The night of Threes at WBA. Three Terrier goals in each period and a Mike Pandolfo hattrick powered BU to a 9-1 rout of Princeton. Chris Heron contributed a pair of scores while Michel Larocque stopped 22 of 23 shots.

2005: At Alfond Arena, BU scored twice in the second period to eek out a 2-1 win over Maine. After the Black Bears’ Greg Moore scored a first period powerplay goal, Jason Lawrence tied the game with his first goal as a Terrier, assisted by Kevin Kielt. Brad Zancanaro (photo) bagged the game-winner, from John Laliberte and Brandon Yip. John Curry turned away 37 shots. The win began BU's current nine-game unbeaten streak (8-0-1) against the Black Bears.

4-5 November

1994: BU and UMass-Lowell kept the red goal-light on seemingly all night in a 9-7 shootout win for the Terriers at Walter Brown Arena. The teams combined for eight second-period goals. Forward Chris O'Sullivan led the way with a hattrick, the first of six the Terriers would ring up in a season that ended with BU's fourth NCAA championship. Sullivan''s season was highlighted by a team-leading 56 points, second team All-American honors and the Most Outstanding Player Award in the NCAA Tournament.

Shawn Bates added two goals, Captain Jacques Joubert netted the game-winner while Mike Grier, Mike Prendergast and Jon Coleman added single scores.

The two teams nearly repeated the score the next night at Tully Forum, battling to a 7-7 tie. Bates and Billy Pierce each netted a pair. UML won the shootout which featured a spin-o-rama goal by the Hawks Greg Bullock.

3 November

2007: The Terriers scored the final six goals in a 7-4 win over UMass Lowell at Agganis Arena. BU fell behind the River Hawks, 4-1, midway through the middle stanza. Luke Popko began the comeback at 11:41 of the second.

Colin Wilson narrowed the margin with an early third-period goal before Popko’s second knotted the score at four. Nick Bonino’s powerplay goal at 13:37 gave BU its first lead. Zach Cohen’s goal at 14:40 and and Ryan Weston’s empty-netter closed out the scoring. Popko earned first-star honors and Bonino was the game's second star.

2 November

2002: The Terriers defeated the top ranked New Hampshire Wildcats at Whittemore Center, 3-2, behind a strong effort by Sean Fields in goal. Fields made 42 saves and was named the game’s number one star. David Klema opened the scoring at 14:47 of the first period and Brian McConnell doubled BU’s lead 33 seconds later. Colin Hemingway cut the lead to one with just 27 seconds left in the period.

The Wildcats had several opportunities to tie the game early in the second period when they had three straight power plays, including a 43 second 5-3 man advantage. BU settled down after that and Justin Maiser scored the eventual game-winner at 17:37 of the period when he stuffed the puck past Mike Ayers on the stick side.

Just 42 seconds into the final period, Colin Hemingway made it a one-goal game again. But despite UNH having the only two power plays of the period, Fields denied them the rest of the way.

1 November

1996: At Walter Brown Arena, the Terriers dispatched the UMass Minutemen behind the first of junior center Chris Drury's three hattrick for the season. Shawn Bates added a pair of goals while Chris Heron and Dan Lacouture netted singles. Michel Larocque turned aside 19 shots. Drury would lead BU in scoring that season with 38-24-62 and won college hockey's Hobey Baker Award as a senior.