Back on the ice; 70-71 flashback--BAC title and remembering Ric Jordan

 

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Our guys are back on campus and gearing up once again for the start of the season!

In the meantime, here's the debut of Meet The New Terriers with rinkside reporter @KatEllisMedia.

Up first, Nick Zabaneh. #GoBU | @ZabanehNick pic.twitter.com/uBwi6PtClO

— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) December 28, 2020

World Junior Championships

Team USA is back on the ice this afternoon against The Czech Republic. Check back later for an update. Game schedule.


1970-71 flashback: 12-29-70 BU 7 Notre Dame 3

In its final game of 1970, #1 ranked BU rode its special-team skills to defeat Notre Dame, 7-3, in the Boston Arena Christmas Tournament championship game. Terriers scored four times with a man-advantage and once shorthanded to improve to 8-0-1.

Toot Cahoon got BU off to a fast start, scoring at 1:27. Bob Brown scored the first power play goal on a 15-foot wrister and just over a minute later, his defensive partner, Ric Jordan, added another on a 35-foot blast. Steve Dolloff  (photo below) extended the lead to 4-0 late in the first.

In the second period, Wayne Gowing’s shorthanded made it 5-0 before the Irish finally got on the board. Notre Dame narrowed the lead to 5-2 early in the third, but John Danby connected on a pair of power-play goals 82 seconds apart, sealing the tournament title for BU.

Four Terriers were named to the all-tournament team: Jordan, Brown, Steve Stirling and Tim Regan. Jordan, with a goal and three assists in the championship game was named tournament. MVP. Jordan and Brown, who manned the points on BU’s power play were key factors in its 40% success that season. The two combined for 110 points (Brown 60, Jordan 50).

Recalling his blueline partner, who succumbed to cancer in 2001, Brown said:

“My memories of playing with Ric are favourable as we both enjoyed great years at BU, obviously fueled by winning back-to-back Nationals as one would expect. I always knew Ric had my back when we played and that afforded me opportunities to take chances and similarly in return. While no doubt we were competitive individually, the bottom line for the team and the results were always prevalent in our minds. Coach Kelley no doubt brought out the best in us and the rest of the team.”

The 6’3”, 200 lb., defenseman, who along with Bob Gryp were the team’s most physical players, produced 90 points (25G,65A) during two varsity seasons. His final two goals came in the 1972 NCAA championship game, a 4-0 shutout of Cornell.

Jordan, along with Brown and Ron Anderson, chose to forego his senior season and turn pro (after completing his degree), joining Coach Jack Kelley and Danby with the new WHA’s New England Whalers. The trio won a third consecutive championship when the Whalers claimed the first AVCO Cup title. Jordan played two seasons with New England and two with Quebec. After a brief stint with the Calgary Cowboys and a season in Austria, he retired and moved to South Florida. Jordan lost his battle with cancer in 2001. 

● Jordan career stats

Looking back

Patrick Harper has been recalled by Nashville from the team’s ECHL affiliate, the Florida Everblades. In five games, the 2016 fifth-round draft pick leads the league in points (9) and goals (5), leading the Everblades to a 5-0 record. Harper signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Predators last March.