The Terriers salvaged a tie at home against the Eagles of Boston College. Down 3-2 since late in the second period, B.U. waited until the 18:59 mark of the third before they could tie the game up. The Terriers outshot the Eagles 16-4 in that period but junior Eagle goalie Andy McLaughlin was solid in the nets. The tying goal came while B.U. was enjoying a 6-on-4 advantage. Jeff Farkas of B.C. got called for interference I think, at what I thought was a little over two minutes to go. I forget the nature of the call although it did seem valid ... but giving B.U. a power-play at this juncture in the game was certainly a goldmine for the Terriers. It also seemed heavily ironic that Farkas would get the call due to his constant objections throughout the game when he was being interfered with by B.U. players (with no avail). I believe the loud mouth players get the least benefit of the doubt in most situations, guys like Chris Drury of B.U. who never say anything get much more leeway. But anyhow, B.U. pulled their goalie Tom Noble for an offensive zone faceoff with about 1:10 to go. Drury won the draw to Tom Poti along the right boards ... who slid a nice pass to Mike Sylvia high left in the slot. Sylvia one-timed the pass and beat McLaughlin through his pads as he slid right-to-left. Despite the heavy shot advantage in the period, I thought B.C. had equal chances to put the game out of reach before B.U. scored. There were some opportunities for Reasoner and Gionta that are hard to believe. It should have been 4-2 or even 5-2 B.C. by the time Sylvia tied the game. But, then again, Sylvia and Drury had a few good chances of their own as well as a breakaway midway through the period by a Terrier freshman whose name escapes me. (something with a few e's and double letters .. I want to say Dellazy but I know he's on UNH). The freshman in question had a good game but could never seem to finish. The overtime continued to see chippy play which was present throughout the game ... lots of penalties. B.U. got a 5-minute major with close to three minutes to play and Parker look fit to be tied (he actually just flipped out for a second then looked very astounded. The call in question was something that should have been called both ways if anything ... if looked like both players should have got fighting calls ... but the B.U. player ended up with a facemask call. The referee might have been immediately looking for a call against B.C. to even things up, but Mike Mottau gift-wrapped one for him a few seconds later and the teams would wind up skating 4-on-4 until late in the overtime period. Mottau was trying to keep the puck in at the point but couldn't quite do it ... and meanwhile was losing his balnace fast ... about to fall over backward when a B.U. player skated up into his face to help him a bit. Well, Mottau grabbed on around the neck of the B.U. player and both players fell to the ice. B.U. was lucky to get out with the tie. Although both teams never really looked together ... there was a lot of talent evident in brief flashes on both ends of the ice. This freshman of B.C.'s named Brian Gionta had an incredible game. The kid is small but loves to hit ... maybe to a fault since he often goes out of the way of the play to finish a check on the last opposing player to have the puck. However, one of his biggest strengths is his strong ability to get down one the ice with stick flat and extended to block shots and passes. He does it such a way that keeps him moving and ready to turn and resume full speed in a second. He was used heavily on special teams. He also gave Drury a serious headache when he popped him as Drury was bent over in front of the B.U. net. Gionta was skating by and the resulting hit sent Drury's down on his head. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.