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.

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.

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.

27 November

1970: BU opens what would become a season like none other before in school history on the road with St. Louis University, a new Division I program. Coach Jack Kelley's Terriers, who were hardly generous guests, posting an 8-0 victory, made an early statement with goals by Juniors Bob Gryp and John Danby—his first of three—coming before the game was two and a half minute old. Sophomore Steve Dolloff added a pair of goals while seniors Wayne Gowing and captain Steve Stirling also found the net. Junior netminder Tim Regan stopped 18 shots to earn the shutout.

24 November

1990: BU scored early and often en route to a 7-2 win against Princeton in a penalty-filled game at ancient Hobey Baker Rink. Terriers found the net five times in the first period and coasted to the victory. Freshman Jon Pratt scored the game-winner, with the other goals coming from Keith Tkachuk, Tony Amonte (photo), Petteri Koskimaki, Dave Tomlinson, David Sacco and Alex Legault. Goalie Scott Cashman, the 1989-90 Hockey East Rookie of the Year returned to the BU lineup after missing three games dues to blurred vision and made 13 saves. The win raised BU’s record to 5-2-1, earning the team a #5 ranking in the national polls. 1990-91 roster/stats

8 November

1988: Both Mike Kelfer and David Tomlinson broke a Hockey East record by scoring seven points apiece in BU’s 12-3 home victory over Providence. Kelfer scored three goals in a span of 3:10, which remains the fastest hat trick in Hockey East history.

1 April

1995: BU nails down its fourth NCAA championship with a convincing 6-2 win over conference rival Maine at the Providence Civic Center, which also was the site of BU’s 1978 national title. The Terriers had played Maine three times previously during the season, losing once and tying twice. But on this day, the result was far different.

Steve Thornton, later voted team MVP, got things going late in the first period scoring from a faceoff to the left of Maine’s Blair Allison. BU stretched the lead to 3-0 on second period goals by Chris O’Sullivan and Captain Jacques Joubert, before Tim Lovell got Maine on the board. The Black Bears cut the lead to one in the first minute of the third period on Trevor Roenick’s power play goal. But BU put the game out of reach with O’Sullivan’s second goal and scores by Mike Sylvia and Bob Lachance. Tom Noble stopped 21 Black Bear shots, while Allison had 33 saves. O’Sullivan, a second team All-American, was chosen the game’s Most Outstanding Player. He was named to the all-tournament team along with Shawn Bates and Kaj Linna.

BU finished the season with ten consecutive wins and 15 victories in its final 16 games.
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