BU Beanpot Memories

 

 

2-9-70: With BU trailing BC 3-1 after two periods at Boston Garden, Wayne Gowing scores a third-period hattrick for a 5-4 win to give the Terriers their fifth Beanpot championship. His game-winner at 17:06 of the third came one minute after BC tied the game at 4-4.

2-6-78: Beanpot Opener—BU thumps BC 12-5 as the Blizzard of '78 brings Boston to a standstill.

2-9-87: Beanpot Championship—Mike Kelfer scores game-winner on a turnaround shot to beat Northeastern, 4-3 in overtime.

2-6-89: Beanpot semifinal—Mike Sullivan scores shorthanded to tie Northeastern with 3:00 minutes remaining. Chris Lappin scores his second career goal in overtime for a 5-4 win.

2-11-91 Tony Amonte's hat trick--all 3 goals in a 5:24 span of the second period--powers BU past BC, 8-4, for the Beanpot Championship, and making him the MVP award. (Full game video)

2-5-96: Mike Grier levels BC's Joe Callahan in the first round of the Beanpot. Grier scored twice, including the game-winner, as the Terriers skated past the Eagles, 4-1.

2-9-98: Beanpot Championship—Nick Gillis tips in Tom Poti’s shot from the face-off circle to win in overtime, beating Harvard, 2-1, for the Beanpot title. 2-1-99: Beanpot semifinal—Russ Bartlett dives to redirect Chris Heron’s pass into the net for the overtime winner as BU beat BC 3-2.

3-14-03: Hockey East semifinal—Against BC, Justin Maiser knocks down the puck with his stick, turns and fires it into the net for the game-tying goal with 3:22 to go in the third. Then, completing a hattrick, Maiser scores the game-winner in double overtime (6-5) to put the Terriers in the Hockey East championship for the first time since 1997.

2-7-05: Beanpot semifinal— John Laliberte scores twice to lead BU past BC, 2-1.

2-14-05: Beanpot Championship Bryan Miller scores BU's first goal; then his end-to-end rush in overtime sets up Chris Bourque's game-winner as the Terrier edge Northeastern, 3-2.

2-6-06: Beanpot semifinal—Chris Higgins scores highlight reel goal (#2 on ESPN) en route to 5-3 win against Harvard.

2-12-07: Beanpot Championship —Brian McGuirk scores from a faceoff to give BU a 2-1 overtime win over BC for its 28th title.

2-3-15: In the Beanpot semifinal, Danny O'Regan redirects an Evan Rodrigues goalmouth pass in double overtime to complete a come-from-behind 4-3 win against Harvard.

2-10-15: Junior captain Matt Grzelcyk's 40-foot wrist shot at 51 seconds of overtime gave the Terriers the 2015 Beanpot Championship with a 4-3 win over Northeastern

2-14-22 Dylan Peterson scored late in the third period as BU edged Northeastern, 1-0, to claim its 31st Beanpot Championship.