Friday, March 20, 2020

This Date in BU Hockey: March 20


March 20

2015: After dispatching Maine in the quarterfinals, BU defeated New Hampshire, 4-1, in the Hockey East semifinal to earn its third berth in the conference championship game in seven seasons. After a d-zone turnover led to an early Wildcat lead, Terriers quickly tied the game on Cason Hohmann’s goal on a delayed penalty. The eventual game-winner came in the second period when Chase Phelps converted a rebound. Goals by Jack Eichel and Evan Rodrigues in the final period closed the scoring. Matt O’Connor had 32 saves for BU.

● THFB report

● HockeyEastOnline report




2009: In the Hockey East semifinal against BC, the top-ranked Terriers were held scoreless for 51 minutes before erupting for three goals in 44 seconds, en route to a 3-2 win. Down 1-0, BU received goals from Zach Cohen, Brian Strait and Colin Wilson for a 3-1 lead. BU had survived a five-minute major and game misconduct to Brandon Yip just 91 seconds into the contest. Kieran Millan stopped 21 Eagle shots.

● THFB report

● HockeyEastOnline report

● Video: game highlights; 3 goals in 44 seconds

1971: Boston University defeated Minnesota, 4-2, at the Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium in Syracuse, NY, to win its first NCAA championship. Terrier goalie Dan Brady made 32 saves and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while captain and All-American Steve Stirling scored two goals--the second one unassisted--to lead BU to the title. Bob Gryp and Ron Anderson had the other goals. BU finished with a 28-2-1 record and scored a then-record 210 goals while yielding just 60. For the season, the Terriers averaged a 7-2 win and generated a 40% power play percentage.

The tournament had originally been scheduled to be held at BU’s new Walter Brown Arena, but construction delays forced the change in venue. WBA would open the following season.

1970-71 NCAA Season ( Wikipedia)



 And one more from March 19

1978: Terriers defeated Providence, 5-3, in a special NCAA play-in game to earn a spot in the Frozen Four (which BU would go on to win). The Friars had upset #1 ranked BU (26-1-0 at the time) in the ECAC semifinal before losing to BC in the championship game. BU beat Brown in the consolation game. The NCAA decided a play-in game, hosted by Providence, would decide the second Eastern entry in the four-team national tournament. BU goal scorers were Dick Lamby (2), David Silk, Mark Fidler and John Bethel. Jim Craig shut down the Friar’s attempt to comeback in the final period.

The game action and circumstances leading up to it comprise a particularly riveting chapter in Tim Rappleye’s recent book, Jack Parker’s Wise Guys: The National Champion Terriers, The Blizzard of ’78 and the Road to the Miracle on Ice.


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