Only two BU games have been played on April 11, both for
the national championship. For Terrier Nation, they will always represent—to
borrow a familiar phrase—the “thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.”
2009: The
D.C. Miracle. The definitive BU comeback on the biggest stage in college
hockey. Down 3-1 to Miami in the final minute of the national championship
game, the Terriers scored twice to force overtime and then rode a deflected slap
shot in the extra period to the fifth NCAA title in program history.
The Terriers and Red Hawks were tied, 1-1, after two
periods with BU’s goal coming off Chris Connolly’s stick. But midway through
the third, Miami scored on a rebound and minutes later, doubled its lead on a
long slap shot following a BU turnover.
With 3:30 remaining, Coach Jack Parker pulled Kieran Millan for an extra
attacker and it finally paid off with just under a minute remaining on Zach Cohen’s
rebound tally.
BU pressed for the equalizer as the seconds ticked down.
Chris Higgins found Matt Gilroy in the slot. He slid the puck to Nick Bonino in
the right circle for a one-timer that beat Cody Reichard with 17.4 seconds left on the clock.
Then, nearly 12 minutes into overtime, Kevin Shattenkirk
dropped a pass to Colby Cohen along the blueline. He closed to the left circle
and fired. His shot was deflected by a Miami defender and floated over the
shoulder of Reichard, who had been screened by Vinny Saponari.
● THFB report
● ESPN recap
● College Hockey News recap
● New York Times recap
● Full game on Sean Pickett’s google
drive
2015: Six years later, #2-ranked BU returned to the NCAA
championship game after defeating #1 North Dakota in the semifinal. The game
was at TD Garden where BU had won both the Beanpot and Hockey East Championship
earlier. But this time, the Terriers gave up a late third-period lead against Providence and the Friars went on to win, 4-3, and a dream season ended one victory short.
Providence drew first blood on Anthony Florentino’s blast
midway through the opening period. Minutes later, Ahti Oksanen’s sharp-angle
shot from the boards sneaked past Jon Gillies to tie the score. On the ensuing
faceoff, Jack Eichel controlled the draw, skated into the zone and dished to Danny
O’Regan, who fired home a backhander.
The Friars converted on an early second-period power play,
but BU regained the lead when Cason Hohnmann scored from just outside the
crease after Oksanen’s shot was blocked. In a third period that saw 32 shots (PC
20, BU 12), disaster struck with 8:36 remaining. A Friars’ shot from center ice
was gloved by Matt O’Connor but fell out of his glove and into the net to make
it 3-3. Two minutes later PC controlled an O-zone draw and an unmarked Brandon
Tanev whipped a shot past O’Connor from between the circles.
With the goalie pulled, BU desperately pressed for an
equalizer and had numerous good chances. The best was Hohmann’s backhander from
in close with a minute remaining, which was stoned by a lunging Gillies.
● THFB report
● Daily Free press recap
● USCHO recap;
BU
gets too close the fire
● College Hockey News recap
Looking way back.
NCAA Ice Hockey yesterday tweeted these scenes from BU's first-ever NCAA tournament appearance in 1950. After beating Michigan, 4-3, in the NCAA semifinal, BU
was thumped by Colorado College, 13-4. This
BU squad included Jack Garrity (51G,34A) and goalie Ralph Bevins, both
All-Americans, and defenseman (and future head coach) Jack Kelley.
70 years ago, @CC_Hockey1 set records en route to winning the 1950 national title against Boston U.
As a team, the Tigers scored a tournament-record 10 goals in the third period and Chris Ray scored a championship game best 4 goals.
📰 https://t.co/KHbQuggiF1#FrozenFour pic.twitter.com/uKb79hQIA5— NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) April 10, 2020
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