This Day in BU Hockey - March 22

2013: Down 2-0 to #4 BC midway through the Hockey East semifinal, BU erupted for five unanswered goals to defeat the Eagles, 6-3, at TD Garden. Second period goals by Evan Rodrigues, Matt Lane and Garrett Noonan were followed by a pair of Danny O’Regan power-play goals to open the third period. After BC narrowed the lead to 5-3, Rodrigues’ empty-netter sealed the victory. Sean Maguire was immense in goal, stopping 44 shots, including 16 in the final period. BU killed six of seven BC power plays.

BU’s season ended the next night when Lowell defeated the Terriers, 1-0, in the conference title game. The win against the Eagles with the 897^th and final victory for Coach Jack Parker, who retired after 40 years behind the BU bench.

● THFB report

● GoTerriers.com recap

● HockeyEastOnline report

● Video highlights

1997: Chris Drury's goal at 12:20 of overtime gave Boston University a 4-3 win over Denver in the NCAA East Regional Final in Worcester. The second-seeded Terriers (Clarkson was the #1 seed) had taken a 3-2 lead with 3:19 left in regulation on Shawn Bates' shorthanded breakaway goal. However, the Pioneers forced overtime with an extra-attacker goal by Eric Anderson, beating Michel Laroque with 53 seconds left. In the overtime, skating 3-on-3 Chris Kelleher took a drop pass from Jon Coleman and fired a shot from the left point. Drury was locked up with Denver defender in front of the net, but gained control and slid the rebound past tournament MVP Jim Mullin and then leaped into the glass in celebration.

Drury's goal was his 37th of the season. BU hadn't won a game all season in which Drury didn't get a point and he'd been held scoreless in regulation. Current head coach Albie O'Connell scored the first two goals for BU, which would go on to upset defending champion Michigan in the Frozen Four semis before losing to North Dakota in the final.
● Video highlights

Looking ahead 

2021 recruit Liam Connors, who had 43 points for St. Sebastian’s this past season and 137 in his four-year career, will play with BCHL Trail SmokeEaters next season.

● SmokeEaters report