8 February

1965: Boston University defeated Northeastern, 5-4, in triple overtime in the first round of the Beanpot. The Terriers took a 2-0 lead after one on goals by Vic Conte and Fred Bassi. In a wild second period the Huskies tied it up on goals by Charles MacGillivray and Don Turcotte. BU then retook the lead on a goal by Mike Sobeski only to see NU tie the game again on a goal by Paul Bloh. Once again the Terriers forged a lead when Lyman Carter scored and once again the Huskies tied the game on Turcotte’s second goal of the game. Then the goalie took over as NU’s Gary Thornton and BU’s Jack Ferreira did not allow a goal for the next forty minutes. Then, in the third overtime Bassi took a pass from Tom Rossi, split the NU defense, skated in and beat Thornton for the winning goal.

7 February

2000: Boston University shutout Harvard, 4-0, in the first round of the Beanpot. Rick DiPietro made 21 saves to earn the win while Jack Baker scored a hat-trick and Chris Heron scored the 4th BU goal. Baker scored at 12:21 of the first and the game remained 1-0 until 9:46 of the third when Baker scored his second of the night. Heron then scored at 16:35 to seal the win and Baker completed his hat-trick when he scored an empty-net goal with 16 seconds remaining in the game.

6 February

1918: Boston University was defeated by Boston College, 3-1, at Boston Arena. It was the Terriers first game in the history of the team. It was a very poorly played match that was made up of hit-or-miss shinny for the greater part of the game. BC's Walter Falvey scored twice in quick succession early in the game. The first came on a slow push shot as Falvey crossed in front of BU goaltender Harold Leatherbee. The second came on the ensuing faceoff when Falvey won the draw, carried the puck for a few feet and shot it straight on goal. In the second half Eddie Enright scored the Eagles’ third goal on a straightaway shot that also beat Leatherbee. The Terriers’ lone goal came when Warren Pond scored on a pretty lift from the sideboards.



1978: Outside a blizzard raged, one that buried the city and region, while inside Boston Garden the Terriers buried the Eagles. Sixty years after being defeated by Boston College in the first game between the two teams Boston University pounded the Eagles, 12-5, in the late game of the first round of the Beanpot. Bill O’Neal opened the scoring to give BU a 1-0 lead, but Joe Augustine beat Brian Durocher to tie it up for BC. The Terriers then took what looked like a commanding 4-1 lead on goals by Mickey Mullen, Todd Johnson and Tony Meagher, only to see BC make it a 4-3 game after one period on goals by Bobby Hehir and Billy Switaj.


In the second the lights went out, both figuratively for the Eagles, who lost goalie Paul Skidmore to a groin injury, and literally as the game was halted for 12 minutes at 13:52 so repairs could be made to the lights. After several minutes of play under poor lighting full power was restored. However the Terriers took control during the period as John Bethel and Meagher scored to extend the lead to 6-3, before Paul Barrett scored for BC in an effort to keep pace. It was futile as Bob Boileau and Dick Lamby scored for BU to extend the lead to 8-4 after two.


Between periods the remaining fans were warned over the PA that the storm was getting worse and that they may be locked in overnight if they remained. In the third period the Terriers kept the pressure on as Boileau, Mark Fidler and John Melanson scored on Skidmore’s backup, Mike Cronin, to make it 11-4. Rob Riley scored the Eagle’s last goal before BU’s Paul Miller closed out the scoring for the night. After the game most of the fans had left, but several hundred remained and spent the night or more before being able to get home.

5 February

1957: Boston College defeated Boston University, 5-4, in overtime, in the first Beanpot Championship game played between the two teams. The Terriers, looking for their first title, were making their second appearance in the championship game and first since the inaugural tournament in 1952. The defending champion Eagles were making their fourth straight appearance in the championship game and were looking their third title in four years.

BU took a 1-0 lead in the first on a goal by Sarge Kinlin, who doubled the lead when he scored again in the second period. However, BC got on the scoreboard when Terrier goalie Hank Levin put the puck into his own net on a bad clearing attempt of a shot by BC’s Ned Bunyan. The Teriers regain thir two goal lead when Larry Creighton scored to give BU a 3-1 lead after two periods. BC pressured in the third period and it paid off as Dick Kane and Don Fox scored to tie the game at 3-all. The Terriers retook the lead when Kinlin completed his hat trick with just 1:40 remaining in the game. The Eagles came back just 47 seconds later as Bunyan scored his second of the game to force overtime. BC then won the game 2:24 into overtime when Joe Eclat’s shot trickled through Levin’s legs for the winning tally.

4 February

1980: Northeastern defeated Boston University, 6-5, in overtime, to advance to the championship game of the Beanpot for the first time since 1967 and only the third time overall. The Terriers were the defending champions and had been in the championship game for a record 16 straight years. It was a back-and-forth game, as both teams took leads but were unable to hold them.

In the first period Billy Cotter gave BU the lead at 5:03 when he went into the NU zone alone and his shot was deflected by a sliding Huskie defender into the net. The Huskies rebounded and at 14:09 Mark Derby finished a 3-in-2 by putting the puck into the net from the crease. NU took the lead just 54 seconds later when Sandy Beadle blasted a 25-foot shot from the left side. Wayne Turner gave the Huskies a 2-goal lead with 24 seconds remaining in the period when he put a 40-footer past Terrier goalie Bob Barich.

The Terriers made it a one-goal game at 17:46 of the second when Grant Goegan converted a pass from Daryl MacLeod from in front of the crease. Goegan tied the game up just 10 seconds into the third period on a 10-foot backhanded shot. The Huskies, however, refused to rollover and Gerry Cowie put them back ahead after taking a passout from Paul McDougall and sinking a 10-foot shot. Goegan tied it up again with his third goal of the night at 4:08 and BU retook the lead at 13:27 when Paul Fenton scored. With just under three minutes remaining in the third period, at 17:04, Turner tied it up, 5-all, when he deflected a hard shot by Dale Ferdinandi past Barich, possibly the best scoring play of the game.

In overtime Ferdinandi almost won it for Northeastern when he blasted a hard shot off the right post. So it was left to John Montgomery to rip home a 45-foot slapshot at 5:09 to win it for the Huskies.

3 February

1964: Boston University upset favored Harvard, 3-2, in double overtime in the first round of the Beanpot. It was the first win by the Terriers over the Crimson in 10 games going back almost 5 years and it marked a turning point in the series. BU was 17-41-3 vs. Harvard before the game, but is 55-21-3 since (game included).

The Terriers forged a 2-0 lead after one period on goals by Bruce Fennie and Bob McCabe. The Crimson battled back, cutting the deficit to one on a goal by Smith in the second and tying the game on a goal by Billy Lamarche in the third. In the first 10-minute overtime neither team scored and at 4:34 of the second overtime period Lyman Carter backhanded a rebound past Harvard goalie Brandon Sweitzer from a goal-mouth scramble for the game winner. Jack Ferreira made 34 saves for the win in what is still the second-longest game played by the Terriers in the tournament. It was also the first Beanpot win for second-year head coach Jack Kelley, who would go on to win 6 Beanpot from 1966 to 1972.

2 February

1987: Boston University, which was having a disappointing season, upset favored Boston College, 6-3, in the opening round of the Beanpot. The Eagles had swept the four game Hockey East series, but the Terriers once again prevailed in tournament action. The win prevented BC coach Len Ceglarski from becoming the winningest coach in college hockey with 556 victories.


BU came out fast and had several great chances, but was unable to score. BC had a great chance themselves, but likewise failed to score. The Terriers then took the lead at 10:21 of the first period when Mike Sullivan took a pass from John Cullen and put it past Eagle goalie Shaun Real. Despite more great chances for both teams the score remained the same until 10:19 of the second period when Eric Labrosse poked the puck to Jeff Sveen who went in alone on Real, deked him and put the puck into the net. The Terriers increased the lead to 3-0 when Scott Young scored at 12:30 of the second.


In the third both teams had early powerplays, but were unable to capitalize. Five seconds after killing the Eagle powerplay the Terriers scored at 8:20 when Young made a perfect fed to Mike Kelfer who put the puck in the net for a 4-0 lead. BC finally got the puck past Terry Taillefer on the powerplay at 10:21 when Ken Hodge deflected a Brian Leetch shot from the point. The Terriers quickly countered when Labrosse, who was in front of the crease, tipped a Jay Octeau shot into the net 71 seconds later. The Eagles refused to die and Kevin Stevens scored twice 51 seconds apart with less than 3 minutes remaining in the game to make it a 5-3 game. However, Cullen sealed the win when he scored with 60 seconds left in the game.