BU-Cornell tilt on ESPN+; Recalling the first Red Hot Hockey game

Saturday's eighth edition of Red Hot Hockey, matching BU and Cornell at New York's Madison Square Garden, will air live on ESPN+ with Bernie Corbett and Mark Linehan calling the action. Audio of the broadcast will be available on The Terrier Sports Radio Network. The series began in 2007 with a 6-3 Terrier win (see below).

● GoTerriers.com report

● Link to Watch

● BU Today Terriers, Big Red clash at MSG

This Date in BU Hockey

Nov. 24, 2007—In the inaugural Red Hot Hockey game at Madison Square Garden, BU scored three first period goals and went on to double up Cornell, 6-3, before a sellout crowd of 18,200. With the win, the Terriers secured the privilege of having legendary coach Jack Kelley’s name go first on the bi-annual event’s permanent trophy, the Kelley-Harkness Cup. Kelley and famed Cornell coach Ned Harkness participated in a ceremonial puck drop.

In a less than three-minute span, BU built a lead on tallies by Joe Pereira, Luke Popko and Brandon Yip. The teams traded goals in the middle period with co-captain Pete MacArthur scoring the eventual game-winner for BU. Colin Wilson and Boomer Ewing added third period goals sandwiched around two Big Red goals. Brett Bennett stopped 25 shots for BU.

The game was the first-ever college hockey game to sell out Madison Square Garden. The four Terrier standouts from the 1980 U.S. Olympic champions, Jim Craig, Mike Eruzione, Jack O'Callahan and David Silk, were pre-game participants and received standing ovations.

Looking back

Jake Oettinger stopped 21 of 22 shots as Dallas bested Edmonton, 4-1, and halted Connor McDavid's 17-game point streak. Oettinger has won all three starts since his recall from AHL Texas and lowered his GAA to 1.29 and his save percentage to .955.

● BlackoutDallas.com Oettinger and Dallas Stars beat the Oilers

Former BU All-American Kevin Shattenkirk, in his second season in Anaheim, is the Ducks' top scoring defenseman with a 4-10-14 line and has helped revitalize the team's power play. Shattenkirk won the Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay in in 2019-20, eleven seasons after winning an NCAA title with the Terriers in 2009. The New Rochelle, N.Y., native had 78 points in three seasons on the Terrier blue line.  

● NHL.com Shattenkirk Settles in for Second Season

● Career stats

Vinny Purpura stopped all 17 shots in LIU's 4-0 win against St. Anselm's. It was the former Terrier's first shutout of the season.