2/13/91 Hockey East Overall Non-league
GP W-L-T Pts GF-GA || GP W-L-T GF-GA W-L-T
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1 #Boston College 17 13-4-0 26 81-58 || 32 24-8-0 152-102 | 11-4-0
2 #Maine 18 12-5-1 25 92-65 || 34 25-7-2 185-108 | 13-2-1
3 Boston University 18 11-5-2 24 82-54 || 31 20-9-2 168-105 | 9-4-0
4 Providence 17 9-6-2 20 80-65 || 27 19-6-2 146-93 | 10-0-0
5 New Hampshire 17 7-8-2 16 62-65 || 30 19-9-2 133-107 | 12-1-0
6 Merrimack 17 7-10-0 14 60-78 || 28 13-14-1 122-130 | 6-4-1
7 Lowell 18 4-13-1 9 57-93 || 30 9-20-1 110-149 | 5-7-0
8 Northeastern 18 2-14-2 6 70-106 || 30 6-22-2 121-166 | 4-8-0
#-clinched home ice
2/8/91 New Hampshire 2 at Boston College 5 HE
Boston University 6 at Merrimack 2 HE
Lowell 7 at Northeastern 10 HE
Maine 4 at Providence 7 HE
2/9/91 Maine 4 at Providence 3 HE
2/11/91 Northeastern 5 vs Harvard 0 NC Beanpot
Consolation
Boston University 8 vs Boston College 4 NC Beanpot
Championship
2/15/91 Boston College at Lowell HE
Merrimack at Maine HE
Providence at New Hampshire HE
2/16/91 Providence at Boston University HE
New Hampshire at Lowell HE
Merrimack at Maine HE
2/17/91 Northeastern at Boston College HE
2/20/91 New Hampshire at Merrimack HE
Boston University at Northeastern HE
Boston College at Providence HE
2/23/91 Boston College at Boston University HE
Lowell at Merrimack HE
Maine at New Hampshire HE
Northeastern at Providence HE
(End of regular season)
Weekend recaps:
BOSTON UNIVERSITY 6, at MERRIMACK 2
The Terriers continued their domination of Merrimack, sweeping the season
series and outscoring them 17-3 in the three games. BU is 23-1 all-time,
with its only loss coming when a 9-0 win in 1972-73 was reversed and
awarded to Merrimack as a forfeit. BU had been struggling on Friday
nights with a 1-6-1 record on Friday nights, 1-11-1 dating back to last
season.
Mike's Stat of the Week: BU mentor Jack Parker is 8-0 this season against
teams coached by former Terriers. He is 3-0 against Ron Anderson's
Merrimack Warriors, 3-0 against Bill Riley's Lowell Chiefs, and 1-0 each
against Jim Higgins' Princeton Tigers and Buddy Powers' RPI Engineers.
Stat of the Week 2: with last night's Beanpot triumph, BU is 15-2-0 with
the Red Line of Keith Tkachuk, Shawn McEachern, and Tony Amonte intact.
The game was actually a close one until McEachern's shorthanded goal with
ten seconds left in the second period gave BU a 4-1 lead. BU had opened
up a 3-1 lead in the first on goals by Chris McCann (#5), McEachern (#26),
and Amonte (#15), with Merrimack's Agostino Casale (#20) cutting the lead
to 2-1 before Amonte fired a rocket past The Goose 18 seconds later. The
Terriers dominated play in the first, but just as quickly, the momentum
swung to Merrimack in the second. The Warriors had pressure, especially
late in the period, but they couldn't beat Cashman, and McEachern's SHG
just broke their backs.
John Barron cut the lead to 4-2 at 10:40, but Tomlinson got that one back
just 1:12 later, and Peter Ahola made it 6-2 with 2:32 left. McEachern
(2-1--3) and Amonte (1-2--3) were named first and second stars, and The
Goose was named third star with 41 saves in the Warrior net. Cashman
stopped 29 of 31 shots for BU.
BU All-World defenseman (1990 World Juniors) Scott Lachance suffered
cartilage damage to his knee in the Beanpot win over Harvard last week and
underwent arthroscopic surgery on February 8. He was expected back for the
playoffs, which begin at the end of February.
at PROVIDENCE 7, MAINE 4
The Friars lost a two-goal lead late in the third period, then got a clutch
goal from Rob Gaudreau with 1:03 left to go ahead for good. Two
empty-netters clinched it. The win allowed BU to climb ahead of the Black
Bears temporarily into second place.
This was a very close game, really a 5-4 game. The Friars played extremely
good defense on Maine's top players and the Black Bears had few lapses
themselves. Brian Straub got Maine on the board at 5:38 of the opening
period, but Ian Paskowski knocked in Bob Cowan's rebound to tie it just
three minutes later. Dave LaCouture put Maine up 2-1 after one, but Mike
Boback got it back for PC as the second period ended tied at 2.
After Brian Ridolfi and Boback scored within 1:15 of each other early in
the third to give PC the 4-2 lead, it looked like the Friars were going to
hold off Maine. But it wasn't over yet as the Black Bears got goals from
Scott Pellerin at 8:53 and Brian Downey at 16:45 to tie it again and force
PC coach Mike McShane to call a timeout.
As the clock neared one minute, Boback worked the puck around the boards
behind Mike Dunham, spotted Gaudreau in front and fed his linemate who
beat Heinke for the game-winner. With Dunham on the bench, Gary Socha and
Gaudreau added empty-netters at 19:24 and 19:59. Dunham had 16 saves while
Mike Heinke stopped 26 for PC. No details on the 4-3 Maine win.
at BOSTON COLLEGE 5, NEW HAMPSHIRE 2
BC's new GEM line accounted for three goals and five assists as Bill Guerin,
David Emma, and Marty McInnis each scored a goal. It was the Eagles' 16th
straight home win. Sean Farley put BC up at 2:17, but goals from McInnis
at 19:43 of the first and Emma just 58 seconds into the second put the
Wildcats down just a little too much. Joe Flanagan got UNH on the board,
but David Franzosa and Guerin scored before the end of the period to give
BC a commanding 5-1 lead. Greg Klym scored the final goal of the game for
UNH in the third period.
at NORTHEASTERN 10, LOWELL 7
Dino Grossi's field goal was good as the Huskies recorded only their second
Hockey East win of the season and their fifth overall. NU went up 2-0
after the first on goals by Mike Taylor and Matt Saunders. Dave Stevens'
goal brought the Chiefs within one, but Peter Schure and Will Averill
lit the lamp to put NU ahead 4-1. Each team scored twice more in the
second as NU led 6-3. Brian Sullivan and Dave Pensa swapped goals for NU
and Lowell early in the third, then Stevens brought the Chiefs closer at
7-5. But Grossi scored three of the next four goals to put away the win.
- mike
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