2016 Beanpot Program -- 64th annual Beanpot Tournament

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The Patriarchs of the Beanpot

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Terry Taillefer: 2016 Beanpot Hall of Famer

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The Boston College Eagles

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The Boston University Terriers

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The Harvard University Crimson

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The Northeastern University Huskies

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Team Rosters

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Frozen Reflections

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Beanpot Coaches, Coaching Records & Captains

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From the ‘Pot to the Pros: Alex Killorn

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Past Beanpot Results

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Beanpot MVP Award

Executive Editors: Jack Grinold // Steve Nazro Managing Editor (concept / design): Mark Majewski (Boston College) Publication Editor: Charles Guillette Printed By: Colonial Lithograph Inc. Cover Design: Mark Majewski (Boston College) Contributors: Tom Burke, Jamie Church, Bernie Corbett, Mark Daly, Kevin Edelson, Matt Houde, Brian Kelley, Brock Malone, Asha Michener, John Powers Photography: The Boston Bruins, Jim Pierce, Steve Babineau, Steve McLaughlin, John Quackenbos, NESN and the Media Relations Offices of Boston College, Boston University, Harvard University and Northeastern University

President: Amy Latimer Sr. VP // General Manager: Hugh Lombardi Sr. VP // Sales & Marketing: Glen Thornborough VP of Marketing: Jen Compton Directors of Corporate Sponsorship: Bernie Caniff and Michael Muzi

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The Eberly Award

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All-Time Tournament Records

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Yearly Scoring Leaders and Team Records

Special Thanks to: Jason Beckett, Brian Hayes, Tricia McCorkle, Courtney Mercier, John Mitchell, Rachel Ryan, Ricky Casady, Charlie Karoly, Juliana Taymor and Caryn Kelley

Amy Latimer, President, Delaware North Companies - Boston & TD Garden Charlie Jacobs, Principal, Delaware North Companies, Inc. and Executive Vice President of the Boston Bruins ON THE COVER: Jack Kelley • Boston University Photo credit to Boston University athletics

BOSTON COLLEGE >> Brad Bates >> Thomas G. Peters

Fernie Flaman • Northeastern University Photo credit to Northeastern athletics

BOSTON UNIVERSITY >> Drew Marrochello >> Jack Parker

Cooney Weiland • Harvard University Photo credit to Harvard University

HARVARD UNIVERSITY >> Bob Scalise >> Tim Troville

John ‘Snooks’ Kelley • Boston College Photo credit to Boston College athletics

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY >> Peter Roby >> Jack Grinold

TD GARDEN

Published by:

>> Steve Nazro

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The Patriarchs of The Beanpot by: TOm Burke Cooney Weiland of Harvard. Fernie Flaman of Northeastern. Jack Kelley of Boston University. Snooks Kelley of Boston College.

It is tempting to call them the Beanpot Founding Fathers and to liken them to Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton. But it’s closer to the mark to think of them as The Patriarchs of the ‘Pot - the Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses of the rites of February in Boston.

After all, it’s almost a religious fervor that grips college hockey devotees on February’s first two Mondays. The lads of those fans’ favorite teams walk on water – albeit frozen water – in their quest of Tony Nota’s silver grail. The Beanpot stands for the college championship of Boston, no matter what happens in the playoffs later on.

Only two of the quartet – Cooney and Snooks – were present at the creation of the Beanpot back in December of 1952. But each of the four, like those gentlemen of the Bible, left his unique stamp and imbued his team with his own values and traditions. Those values and traditions have made the Beanpot Tournament what it is today. They’re why we long-time fans will never miss the Beanpot. It is, in the words of Snooks Kelley, “Not only an athletic must. A social – pronounced ‘so-she-al’ must,” as Snooker’s last captain, Vin Shanley, points out.

The current generation of college hockey followers in Boston knows the Four Patriarchs only by reputation and through the fond recollections of those who knew them. The last time one of them coached in a Beanpot game was 27 years ago. Their careers in hockey spanned 81 years, from Weiland’s days with the 1920-21 Seaforth Highlanders until Jack Kelley’s retirement from the presidency of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2001.

Snooks, Cooney, and Fernie have all left us; they watch the Beanpot each year from the Second Balcony. Only Jack, still robust and competitive at 88 years of age, remains on earth and is in frequent touch with many of his former players.

Cooney, the old pro who’d seen and done it all at every level of the game, won the first Beanpot and had a total of five titles in 19 seasons.

Fernie, another National Hockey League immortal whose ferocity on defense set the standard for toughness in Boston Bruins lore, had 20 cracks at it and amassed four Beanpots.

Harvard and Northeastern hockey players who had Cooney or Fernie - and Fernie’s right-hand man Don McKenney - as their coaches, learned from undisputed masters of the game. These gentlemen’s entire

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previous careers gave them perspectives on ice hockey that no one nowadays could possibly attain. But their approaches to coaching were from another era and would not be nearly as effective today.

The same can be said for the coaching of Snooks, the Sunday-cometo-meeting preacher and motivational speaker, who won eight Beanpots in 20 tries. Snooks learned his hockey on the job, rather than from playing the game himself. He was the least methodical and systematic of the four, stressing skating and conditioning above all else.

Jack Kelley was decidedly different from the other three. He was the first to bring modern-era coaching techniques to college hockey. He was also a taskmaster who found players to buy into his approach, then pushed them to achieve at higher levels than they’d ever imagined. Jack coached Boston University for just ten seasons, but he won six Beanpots and launched a long era of Terrier dominance.

Cooney Weiland: He Might Not Know Your Name, But He Knows What You Can Do One day, back in the mid-1950s, some Harvard players were sitting around in a dormitory room overlooking Harvard Yard and talking about Coach Weiland. Terry O’Malley, a fine Canadian forward who was a linemate of Bobby Cleary, turned to Bob’s older brother Billy and said, “You know, the coach must think my first name is Jesus. Every time I screw something up, he yells ‘Jesus, O’Malley, sit on the bench!’’

The nickname stuck. A few years later, when the Cleary brothers were playing for the U.S. Olympic Team in Squaw Valley, California, they received a telegram that read, “Good luck against the Russians. Jesus O’Malley.”

So too did the name “Hugo” stick with the late Billy Corkery, a wing on the “Local Line,” one of Harvard’s best trios of all time. Bob McManama and Dave Hynes were his line mates. Weiland almost always barked out, “McManama. Hynes. And you. You go out there.”

The Local Line members were sophomores in 1970-71, Cooney’s final season at Harvard. Along with the trio of seniors Joe Cavanaugh, Steve Owen, and Dan DeMichele, they gave Weiland two memorable upset wins and the ECAC championship in his final game behind the bench in Boston Garden.

Cooney Weiland had trouble remembering his players’ names. But, according to Jack Kelley, he was better than any other coach in assembling his lines and defense pairings with players of complementary skills.

The lines were usually of the familiar pro-team design: a playmaker, a checker, and a scorer. It could only have been that way, with Cooney’s knowledge gained through his long and distinguished hockey career that landed him in the National Hockey League Hall of Fame.

Before coming to Harvard in 1950-51, Cooney had played for a Memorial Cup Champion, the 1924 Owen Sound Greys, where he scored 68 goals in 25 games. He played on two Boston Bruins Stanley Cup winners, in 1929 and 1939. He coached the B’s to another Cup in 1941.

In his second year as an NHL player, Weiland scored 43 goals in 44 games. His point total of 73 smashed the previous league record of 51, held by Montreal’s Howie Morenz. Forty-one years later, Howie’s grandson Brian took payback of sorts when he got the better of DeMichele in an old-time NHL-style fistfight. It was in the 1971 NCAA

Tournament consolation, a 1-0 loss to Denver that was Cooney’s last game before retiring from Harvard.

But if Cooney, a man of very few words, didn’t know your name, he knew your number. More importantly, he knew what you could do for the team. Few of his players ever got to know Weiland well; he’d come to the rink, hold the practice sessions, and leave the motivational tasks to his captains and players. Between periods of games, he often would step out of the locker room for a cigarette.

Cavanaugh, his last captain, was one who did get to know his coach on a personal level. He tells of one time when he met with Weiland and suggested that a particular player, who wasn’t getting much playing time, see a little more action.

Weiland looked at his captain for a long moment, then growled, “Number (such-and-such)? Do you really want him going into the corners up at Ithaca?”

“He always had the right guys out there in key situations,” admits Cavanaugh.

Bill Cleary was Weiland’s assistant before succeeding him as head coach. Once he recommended that one of the forwards, who was having difficulty playing the wing, would be more useful as a center. Again

came the Weiland stare, over the horn-rimmed glasses. “Okay, Cleary.

But remember this. A centerman is born. Not made.”

Bob Carr was a defenseman and 1968 Harvard grad who later was assistant coach under Cleary. He recalls that, while Weiland was an oldtimer and a traditionalist, he was also an innovative hockey theorist.

A former center himself, Cooney thought that the blue line should be an arc, curving outward in the middle, rather than a straight line. That would allow the wings to penetrate deeper without going offside, giving the center two faster-moving targets and putting additional pressure on the defensemen.

Cooney also did not care for checking along and into the boards. He believed in hard, tough hitting, but only out in open ice. He suggested several times that a line be painted around the perimeter of the ice a few feet from the boards, and that no checking be allowed outside the line.

One of Cooney’s best open-ice body checkers was Carr’s classmate, Fernie Flaman’s son Terry. He obviously learned that technique from his dad. Fernie was one of the hardest – and cleanest – hitters ever to play in the National Hockey League.

Weiland expected his players to know their hockey. He also was not much for team meetings and the X’s and O’s on chalkboards. The

Harvard’s Cooney Weiland pictured with Crimson captain Christopher Gurry (1967-70) -- Gurry began his coaching career at West Point as an assistant to the legendary Jack Riley

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forecheck he preferred was a passive one, with one man going deep and the two others hanging back on the wings, playing their positions and awaiting a mistake. Practices were largely basic drills such as forechecks, 2-on-ones, 3-on-2 breaks and 5-on-5 scrimmages.

One time that changed, Cavanaugh recalls, was in preparation for the ECAC semifinal against BU in 1971. The once-beaten Terriers and their scary power play had easily bested Harvard 4-1 in the Beanpot final.

“He had us work a lot on special teams, both the power play and shorthanded, going into those playoffs,” said Joe. “And it worked. I recall Hynes getting one power play goal on a pass from behind the net. I think we also got another power play goal.”

But Harvard’s defense against the BU power play in that game was perfection itself. The Terriers never got to unleash their man-advantage crew, because Harvard didn’t take a single penalty. That game, a 4-2 Crimson triumph, was the last time that Weiland and Jack Kelley coached against each other. Harvard won the next night, 7-4 over Clarkson, for the last of Cooney’s 315 victories as coach.

“Cooney was old-school. Clearly he couldn’t coach today, with the way they do things. But for our time he was perfect. He was very respectful of the fact that we were students and that we had other things going on in

our life. He wasn’t going to interfere with that. He treated us like were in charge of what we were doing, and part of what we were doing in college was that we were playing on a hockey team,” said Cavanaugh.

Fittingly, Cooney’s final coaching triumph came in the same Boston Garden that opened for business in November, 1928, the year that he made his playing debut as a Bruins’ rookie.

Fernie Flaman: Hockey Toughest Nice Guy – or Nicest Tough Guy Weiland’s final season as Harvard coach was Fernie Flaman’s initial year at Northeastern. The Huskies had bottomed out at 3-20 the prior year and had a lot of rebuilding to do. The only time that Fern and Cooney faced each other as coaches was in Fernie’s second game. The Huskies visited Watson Rink and absorbed a 12-0 pasting, the worst loss that Fern would endure in 19 seasons.

The Huskies had a winning slate by Fernie’s third year. But it took until 1979-80, Flaman’s tenth year as head coach, for Northeastern to win its first Beanpot championship.

Fernie brought in his old Boston Bruins teammate, Don McKenney, to help him revive the program. Players who came to Northeastern during

Fernie Flaman was Northeastern’s longest tenured and winningest coach and led the Huskies to all four of their Beanpot championships in 1980, 1984, 1985 and 1988

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that era learned from two gentlemen whose National Hockey League biographies were much like Cooney’s.

Just 16 years of age when he made his Boston Garden debut with the Boston Olympics of the Eastern League, Fernie quickly earned a reputation as a formidable and fearless defender. By the 1947-48 season, he made it up to the Bruins. After four years the B’s traded him to Toronto, where he played on one Stanley Cup winner. Don McKenney played for two Memorial Cup champions, one American Hockey League Calder Cup winner, and one Stanley Cup winner.

Flaman hailed from way out West, in Dysart, Saskatchewan. That prairie province also gave the NHL Gordie Howe, perhaps its greatest player ever until the arrival of Bobby Orr. Howe was also the meanest, dirtiest, and most fearsome fighter in the old six-team NHL. But he never was foolish enough to take on Fernie.

Flaman came back to the Bruins in 1954 and stayed until 1961. He succeeded Milt Schmidt as team captain and was succeeded, in turn,

by McKenney. Fernie led the league in penalty minutes, and at the time he retired, his 1370 penalty minutes were the league’s fourth-most ever.

But as McKenney notes, “I played six or seven years with Fernie. He and I, and Leo Boivin and Dougie Mohns were always together. In the NHL, with just six teams you’d played each other fourteen times, seven at home and seven away.

In all that time, I can’t remember that he and Gordie Howe ever had a fight. They stayed away from each other. Fernie was tough, but he wasn’t a dirty player. Howe was. He was a nice guy like Fernie, but he’d take advantage of you. Fernie wouldn’t.”

When he turned to the coaching field, Fernie’s reputation as a roughand-tumble guy thoroughly disguised his true nature. The give-noquarter muscle man was actually a soft touch.

“I think his biggest asset was that the kids were scared of him,” chuckled McKenney. “All Fernie would need to do was look at you, with that stare of his. All of a sudden, your head is down. He never touched a player – except one time he put one of the managers into the trash barrel.”

That manager, Dave Twombly, admitted that he had it coming. On a trip to Minnesota, the team’s flight was delayed and they had to go right to the arena without dropping their luggage at the hotel. In the small dressing room, gear was jammed into every nook and cranny.

Flaman entered and demanded “Manager! Where’s the coach supposed to sit?”

“He sits on his ass,” retorted the wisecracking sophomore Twombly.

With “The Look” once reserved for enemy forwards trespassing in front of the Bruins’ net, Flaman seized the lad, inverted him, and deposited him face-down in the stick barrel at the center of the room.

Rebuilding the fortunes of Northeastern was a long process. Flaman and McKenney patiently built up a recruiting network, with Don concentrating on the Ottawa-Toronto area and Fernie exploiting his connections in Western Canada. Fern would fly west during Christmas break and at the season’s end.

Wayne “Beanpot” Turner was one of those Western players. From Kitimat, British Columbia, about 1,500 miles north of Vancouver, Turner scored the overtime winner against BC to give Northeastern its first

Beanpot title.

“It was hard for us to compete in recruiting against BU and BC and get local kids to come to Northeastern. Some of our players, we never saw.

I don’t think Fernie ever saw Wayne Turner play,” said Don. Flaman coached the Huskies in much the same way that Weiland, and to some extent Snooks Kelley, coached their respective teams. The Huskies spent a lot of time on physical conditioning as well as drilling on basic systems and patterns.

“He didn’t give the players hell all the time. We were more like a friend to them, looking after them for their parents. And in the 21 years that I was there, we never had a problem with our kids. We might have had just a half dozen or so who left school early to go back to junior or turn pro,” said Don. Flaman wasn’t one for fiery pep talks. Even back in the 1980 Beanpot, in the pre-overtime locker room, he let someone else take center stage.

Gary Fay, who also assisted Fernie from 1979 through 1986, delivered the “rah-rah” speech, as he puts it.

That evening Fay reminded them that they’d simply come too far to lose the game now. Turner came through and brought Northeastern its storied first Beanpot after 29 years of trying.

But if that Beanpot win was the most emotionally charged for longsuffering Husky loyalists, the next one, in 1984, had to be the most wrenching for Fernie himself. Northeastern cruised to a 7-3 win over Harvard in the opener and took on heavily favored BU in the finale.

Randy Bucyk, a nephew of Fernie’s Bruin teammate Johnny Bucyk, was a tri-captain. He scored a shorthanded goal. Goalie Tim Marshall stymied the Terriers 34 times, and Northeastern skated off with a 5-2 victory.

The Huskies dedicated that game to Fernie’s son Terry, who’d played for Weiland at Harvard in the late 1960s. Terry had taken gravely ill a month before the Beanpot. He addressed the team in the Northeastern locker room before the game and watched from a wheelchair at one end of the ice. At game’s end, the Northeastern team skated to the end where Terry and his mother Jeanne were watching. They hoisted the silver trophy in salute. Three months later, Terry passed away.

Two more Beanpots would follow, in 1985 and 1988. The Huskies’ four championships in that decade tied BU and temporarily halted the Terriers’ near-total domination of the tournament. David Buda, Fernie’s last team captain, scored the game-winning goal in the 6-3 win over BU in 1988.

“On the bench, it appeared that Fernie was calm and in control. But he was the most intense man I ever knew. It wasn’t just that he didn’t want to lose. He wanted to win the right way. That just pushed me to work that much harder to succeed and perform for somebody who cared that much,” said Buda.

“He tried to teach people how to play the game. And Don was the same way. It was always about the skill aspect, not the intimidation that they experienced when they played in pro hockey.

“And outside of hockey, Fernie was just such a great, wonderful person. He’d do anything to help anybody if he could. He was also very much interested in everybody graduating. He took a very hard look at people’s grades and made sure you were a student athlete and not an

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athlete who went to school.”

Fernie retired after 1988-89, going out a winner with an 18-16-2 season record and a mark of 256-301-24 for his 19 years. He also had an ECAC Championship and a Spencer Penrose NCAA Coach of the Year Award in his trophy case. He earned both in 1981-82.

Jack Kelley: Methodical Master Strategist and Tactician The only one of the Beanpot patriarchs who’d actually wanted to be a coach when he grew up was Jack Kelley. That’s what he put into the Belmont High yearbook for his career ambition. And once he graduated from Boston University, Jack launched that career – as a high school football coach on Martha’s Vineyard.

“The people I most looked up to when I was growing up were my coaches. They influenced me more than any other person,” he said. I knew what I wanted to do right from the beginning.”

Football coach Jim Mastrogiovanni – a “great coach and a great human being” as Jack recalls - had rebuilt the program at Belmont. When Kelley had a chance to emulate him by organizing a single team with kids from Edgartown, Oak Bluff, and Vineyard Haven High Schools, he grabbed it.

The football programs at BU, Harvard, BC, and Dartmouth all pitched in with donated equipment. With a little over 20 players on the roster, the Vineyard team won a single game in its inaugural season of 1953.

Jack stayed there two years, then coached a year of football at Weston High.

“Starting football at Martha’s Vineyard was one of my proudest achievements, but nobody knows about it,” he says.

Jack had always played hockey too. He had once hoped to go to Dartmouth and learn from the Indians’ immortal coach Eddie Jeremiah.

He ended up at BU and played in two NCAA Tournaments under Harry Cleverly. A defenseman, he graduated in 1952 as the school’s all-time leading scorer at that position.

When he heard that Colby College was building an arena and starting a hockey program, he went up to interview and landed the job. For the dedication of the arena, named for Maine’s noted philanthropist Harold Alfond, Kelley asked Walter Brown to come up and be the guest speaker.

“Give this young man a chance, and he’ll give you a winner,” predicted Brown, the Boston sportsman who was the head of American amateur hockey in that era. Kelley had played for Brown’s 1949 U.S. National team at the World Tournament in Stockholm. Jack Riley, who later coached the 1960 Olympic Gold medal squad, was the coach.

Kelley had secured his spot on the roster by arranging a date for the coach with his friend Maureen Hines, who soon became Riley’s wife.

“You know Maureen Hines?” growled the irascible Riley one day at tryouts. “Get me a date with her, and you’re on the team.”

And so it happened. That’s Jack Kelley for you. Taking advantage of any opportunity he could find to gain an edge over the opposition.

That philosophy drove the hockey coaching style that he adopted at Colby and perfected at Boston University. Jack would be the first of the Beanpot coaches to bring modern coaching methods to the game.

His attention to every minute detail became the stuff of legend, from scouting out opponents’ weaknesses to incessant drilling in the game’s component parts.

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“We go over teams, their strengths, their weaknesses. We always had a full scouting report and we took advantage of whatever was available to us,” says Kelley. About the vaunted and near-unstoppable power play of his final two seasons, he adds, “We worked on it for 30 minutes every day. When you’ve got players like [Ric] Jordan, [Bob] Brown, and [John] Danby, you’ve got an advantage.”

“I wanted to prepare my players so they would be ready for any possible situation. On the power play, penalty killing, 5-on-3, forecheck, breakout. It was not so much knowing what they were going to do – they’d better know what they were going to do – but also knowing what their teammates were going to do. “ Building the Colby program from scratch took a little more time than it did to rejuvenate the fortunes of BU. The Terriers came calling after Jack had won the Spencer Penrose Coach of the Year Award in 1962. He initially declined the position when he learned that athletic director Vic Stout wanted him to coach baseball as well as hockey.

The school called him back in a few days, however, and told him it would be hockey only. The recruiting trips to Canada began in earnest the following year. In short order Kelley had a roster full of talented players who were willing to submit to his demanding regimen. The Beanpot Tournament quickly became the most important cog in Jack’s recruiting strategy.

“We didn’t have our own rink, so I would take our top recruits to the Beanpot and let them experience that atmosphere in the Garden, he explains.

Brian Gilmour was one of those recruits. His class of 1967 started off undefeated as freshmen and made it to the NCAA finals in Syracuse as seniors. Gilmour was an All-America defenseman. He went on to coach at McGill University, like so many of Kelley’s players who also became Division One college coaches.

“All of us remember the veins in Coach’s neck, which would begin to pulsate when things weren’t going according to plan. He had an intense glare that communicated his displeasure and a glint in his eye, accompanied by a small smile, when things went right,” said Brian.

“We started preparing well in advance for the Beanpot. Not so much strategy early on, but more about the significance of the tournament, its history in college hockey and the right to proclaim yourself city champions. Holding up that Beanpot was first and foremost in our minds. Our group got to raise it three times.”

Kelley didn’t only mine the talent pool in Canada. His 1969-70 cocaptain, Dick Toomey, was from Newton. Dick’s father had played at BC, and four of his brothers went there. Jack Kelley came calling and won Toomey over by telling him, “Dick, I’m going to beat BC with you or without you.”

Toomey also had a very successful run in Division One coaching at Brown. He said of Kelley, “What I admire most about Jack is his loyalty, fairness and honesty.

You also sensed he loved what he was doing. If you were dedicated, hardworking, disciplined and honest with yourself and teammates, Jack was your mentor.

“But coach was old school, and you’d better not take personally his coaching instruction. He always told us when you’re not hearing from

him, then it is the time to worry because he doesn’t care. We all learned important and valuable lessons. It made venturing out into the world easier; you believed you had a leg up over your competition.

“The guys who bought into the Kelley way were treated accordingly, whether you were the All-American or strap hanger, everyone received equal time.”

BU finished fourth in the Beanpot in Kelley’s first year there. After that, they made the finals every year and won it six times.

It only took Jack Kelley ten years at the BU helm to conquer all the important parts of the college hockey world. The Terriers won back-toback NCAA titles in 1971 and 1972. Jack got his own on-campus rink, Walter Brown Arena, which opened in 1972. Manager Chris Henes points out that the arena was still a work in progress when the team began to practice in October of 1971.

“Players and managers got a chance to help paint the red and blue lines when the ice went down. But it was Coach Kelley who was the first person to skate on the ice, amid construction sounds drills and hammers,” says Henes.

After the second national title, won in a convincing 4-0 shutout of Cornell in the old Boston Garden, it was time for Jack Kelley to move on

to other things. He ran the New England Whalers for three years, then went back to coach at Colby for a season. He returned to pro hockey with the Whalers, then the Adirondack Red Wings, and finally the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was president of the Pittsburgh club from 1993 to 2001.

Jack rang up total of 303 wins in his 18 years of college coaching. He and his wife Ginny now live in a house on East Pond in Oakland, Maine.

He’s still competing at sports too. He and daughter Nancy Saucier, the youngest of his four children, breed and race standardbred horses for the East Pond Stable.

“I get over to the barn every day,” he said. “Gives me something to look forward to.”

John “Snooks” Kelley – The Dean of Them All They called him “Snooks” because his chubby Irish face resembled that of Baby Snookums, the infant character in The Newlyweds, which was America’s first family comic strip. He never played organized

BU skipper Jack Kelly pictured with the Terriers’ first offensive defenseman, Brian Gilmour (1964-67) - - he became the first defenseman in team history to surpass the 100-points milestone

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hockey growing up – on the ponds in North Cambridge, at BC High, or at Boston College.

Well, almost never. He was the manager of BC’s fledgling hockey program during his student days, and sometimes during practices he’d be out on the ice, retrieving errant pucks or passing them to players during drills. In January 1928, when one of the Eagles’ star players got his head banged up and had to sit out, coach Sonny Foley got his senior manager a uniform and had him suit up for a few games.

The kid scored himself a goal in a 5-4 win against Holy Cross on January 27, 1928. That lone tally of Snooks Kelley’s abbreviated hockey career happened a few months before he graduated and headed off to a teaching job in the Cambridge school system.

Snooks wasn’t so much a head coach as an adult supervisor for the student-run hockey team when BC revived the program in 1932-33. The Depression had curtailed hockey in many schools. Cambridge native Bill Hogan, the senior class president, went to the administration and asked for support.

Athletic director John Curley was amenable, but he had no money to offer. He also said they’d need a grownup to supervise. Hogan called Kelley, his fellow Cantabridgian. When Snooks was team manager, he’d

let Hogan and some of his schoolboy buddies hang out at BC practices in the Boston Arena. They’d lock the door, wait for a while, then emerge and watch the Boston Bruins play.

Snooks was the perfect choice to be titular head of Hogan’s team. He stayed in the job for 36 years, with time out for Navy service in World War II. He was a physical education instructor for navy pilots; one of his colleagues was Bud Wilkinson, who later became a Hall of Fame football coach at the University of Oklahoma.

Unlike Weiland, Flaman, or Jack Kelley, Snooks didn’t play the game at a high level. He didn’t learn hockey at the feet of any master practitioners. But by the time he retired from Boston College in 1972, he was college hockey’s winningest coach with 501 victories. In addition to winning those eight Beanpots, he had only four sub.500 seasons.

Up until the last six or seven years of his career, Snooks could always count on more than his share of high-quality athletes – especially Catholic boys – from the Boston area whose first choice was Boston College. He seldom even had to recruit. It got tougher on him when a new generation of coaches came along with recruiting pitches, and more colleges began to build quality programs.

Boston College’s teams of the 50’s and 60’s dominated the Beanpot.

Eagles’ coach John ‘Snooks’ Kelley rallied around his 1971-72 club after defeating the Terriers, 7-5, on Feb. 23, 1972 -- Kelley was BC’s leader for 36 seasons and posted a 501-244-15 mark

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Their eight championships came within a stretch of 12 seasons, from 1954 through 1965. The 1965 Beanpot title was the Eagles’ College’s third in a row – the first three-peat. But that was a high-water mark, both for Snooks and for his college. The Eagles then won only three more Beanpots – one each decade - from then until 2001. They didn’t take three in a row again until 2010-12, when Jerry York was their coach.

Jerry played on that 1965 team and scored the overtime winner against Harvard in the first round. He calls that year and the previous one “The John Cunniff Show.” He recalls how much winning the Beanpot meant to Coach Kelley.

“There were a lot of good teams around in those days, like RPI, St. Lawrence, and Clarkson,” recalls York. “But Coach Kelley really didn’t talk about them all that much. To him, the most important thing was to be the best in Boston. And that meant winning the Beanpot.”

Cunniff’s heroics made Kelley’s team the best in Boston for two years running. He scored twice in both final games of 1964 and 1965, each of them a one-goal decision over Boston University.

Boston Globe columnist Bud Collins penned a piece dubbing Cunniff “The Madman of Beanpot.” He pointed out that Cunniff wore number 2 because he was from Second Street in South Boston. Collins also wrote

“Our enemies call Americans soft, but if we could send the appreciators of BC hockey to Viet Nam, they’d chase Ho Chi Minh back up his trail.”

That was heady stuff in the Eagles’ final Beanpot glory era of the Snooks Kelley regime. Cunniff was in many ways Snooks’ ideal of a hockey player. He was American, first of all. Snooks never recruited players from Canada. It wasn’t that he was anti-Canadian, he always said, but that he was pro-American.

Cunniff was a poor, self-made kid from a hardscrabble neighborhood; he wore ankle weights in practice sessions to build up his explosive speed. Snooks undoubtedly had athletes like John Cunniff in mind during his stem-winding pre-game pep talks.

Usually, the speeches were about lofty matters such as God, country, work ethic, and integrity. But it was different when the Eagles took on Harvard, as Cunniff’s linemate Jim Mullen recalled. Snooks would declare,

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South Boston native John Cunniff played at Boston College from 1963-66 and is tied for 17th all-time on The Heights with 71 career points -- Cunniff was awarded the 1963 Beanpot award here

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TERRY Taillefer: 2016 BEANPOT HALL OF FAMER by: bernie CorBEtt You don’t need Ringo Starr to tell you that when it came to the Beanpot it didn’t “come easy” for Terry Taillefer, our lone 2015 Beanpot Hall of Fame inductee.

Born a half century ago and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, a corner of the hockey world that was blossoming into “Gretzkyville” at the same time that the young Taillefer was coming of ice age. Terry’s position: goalie was that of another soon-to-be dynastic Edmonton Oiler, future Hall of Famer Grant Fuhr.

Fortunate enough to stay local to play junior hockey for the St. Albert Saints program of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, beginning as a 16 year old during the 1981-82 season, the lanky Taillefer, just 160lbs on his 6’0” frame, as a junior became the Saints number one netminder the following campaign. His stellar play between the pipes for the Saints resulted in a virtual AJHL goaltending awards sweep: Leading Goaltender, Leading Goals Against Average (3.64), and the league’s overall Most Valuable Player along with All-Star recognition. A note to our younger readers - the 3.64 GAA is a statistic of a bygone more exponentially offensive era.

Taillefer’s performance attracted the notice of both US Division I colleges and NHL clubs. Boston University assistant coach Ben Smith, a future Beanpot head coach at Northeastern (1992-96) made the cross continent trek to check on Taillefer and a couple teammates.

“The first game he came to I get pulled,” Terry recalled. He had taken a puck in the knee at practice and was not 100%. “I thought I had blown my chance.” When I got to my house that night after the game Smitty was already there.” On the contrary the Terrier talent scout was undaunted and unwavering in his interest and pursuit of not only Taillefer but two other Saints, John McMillan (who starred at Denver) and Neil Davies.

Smith stayed and watched St. Albert again over the weekend. The real Taillefer stood up and played much better. Following the home visit, Smith reported back to Boston University head coach and inaugural Beanpot Hall of Famer Jack Parker. An official visit was announced for Taillefer, McMillan, and Davies to Boston – for the opening round of the Beanpot. It has long been a tradition for the four Beanpot schools to time their top recruiting prospects visits for the Beanpot. The troika of Alberta Saints would have that opportunity. And then Mother Nature had her say. A severe storm caused the first postponement of tournament play since “The Blizzard of ‘78” pushed the championship game to March.

The inclement weather headed east also impeded the progress of Boston bound Taillefer and his teammates. A delay at the Toronto airport resulted in the intercession of the hockey gods. While idle at Pearson Airport, the boys spotted a familiar face – that of one Robert Gordon Orr. “We ended up hanging out and talking to Bobby Orr for a couple of hours!” Terry recalled fondly some three plus decades later. “He couldn’t have been friendlier. We had a great conversation and got his autograph.” Finally wheels up to Boston, Orr deplaned just ahead of his new rink pals. There to greet the prospective Terriers was Coach Parker. “ I remember Jack and Bobby passing each other. Bobby smiled and waved hello ‘Hi Jack’ and Coach said ‘Hi Robert’ – and at that very moment I knew I was going to BU.” For the young and impressionable netminder if this is how things are in the “Hub of Hockey” (Kevin Dupont Boston Globe copyrighted) Jack Parker, Bobby Orr first name basis, well then put me in coach!

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Terry Taillefer is currently in eighth place all-time in the BU annals in total saves with 2,030 in 76 games played The visit hosted by Brad MacGregor (his father, former NHL player and Oiler front office member, Bruce) who he had played against and another western Canadian Chris Matchett (Calgary, Alberta) was superfluous although the steak and first lobster at the Chart House made quite a positive impact. The June NHL draft selection 6th round by the Boston Bruins was yet another omen that Beantown would become his adopted home.

Arriving in Boston in September 1983, Terry was the blue chip goalie recruit in a class that included center John Cullen a Puslinch, Ontario native who would become the Terriers all-time leading scorer, rock solid defender Scott Shaunessey, puck moving d-man Jay Octeau, and stay-at-home blue liner Dave Thiesing. Dogsed winger Ed Lowney from nearby Revere and ever closer to campus Buckingham, Browne and Nichols rounded out the class, Terry’s freshman roommate. The laid back kid from Alberta confessed to a slight culture shock. “At first I thought Eddie walked out of West Side Story or maybe was Bruce Springsteen with his leather jacket, “ Terry recalled.

The chasm from Edmonton to Revere was smoothly navigated and the two became good friends.

As a freshman, Taillefer’s role was clearly defined. The presence of 1984 first team All-American goalie Cleon Daskalakis (BU Hall of Fame, ’94) placed him in a back up role.

It would be a learning year (3-1-1/2.91/.886) on a team that finished 28-11-1 advanced to the final ECAC championship game before the formation of Hockey East and had their season end a goal short of the then final four as a result of a heartbreaking quarterfinal overtime loss at home to the eventual National Champion, Bowling Green Falcons. He did finally get to see his first Beanpot from the end of the BU bench as the Terriers

lost the title game to Northeastern and their standout freshman netminder, Beanpot Hall of Famer Bruce Racine. It has been acknowledged as the most emotional night in Beanpot annals due to the influence of Northeastern coach Fern Flaman’s son and former Harvard Beanpot player Terry who, close to death, inspired the hockey team to an upset victory with an impassioned speech.

The heir apparent to the Terriers coveted crease after Daskalakis’ graduation, energized by the opportunity to seize the moment and the starting job, an injury derailed both Terry and the Terriers season. A problem with persistent hip discomfort went unacknowledged for a time. “I chalk it up to being young and dumb,” Taillefer reflected. “By the time it was diagnosed as (a form of) bursitis the bursa was swollen and damaged. I kept playing hurt. I thought ‘it’s my turn’ and I have to play through this somehow.” Not surprisingly, it couldn’t have been a more misguided decision.

The Terrier goaltending position was split almost evenly among three netminders: Taillefer (15 games) Bob Deraney (13 games) and Peter Fish (17 games) Terry’s numbers significantly topped the others (9-4-2/3.01/.902) but it mattered not as he was not healthy for the season’s most significant games – including the Beanpot. For the second straight year Taillefer watched helplessly, this time from a more distant location the Garden loge seats. “I remember overhearing some BU fans sitting near me ‘What happened to Taillefer? Why isn’t he playing?”

“Oh he’s hurt” the other guy said. At that point I didn’t know what was going to happen,” said Taillefer, the Terriers fell to the Huskies and Racine for the second straight year.

With the reality of something he loved being taken away, Terry resolved to do whatever it took to get back to the BU net. “I worked all summer with our trainers,

Ed LaCerte and Al Visnick to rehab from the hip problem,” said Taillefer. His arduous off-season efforts were rewarded. A healthy Terry and the Terriers were back. After an up and down first semester (8-7-1) BU gained momentum and arrived at the Beanpot winning seven of their last ten and with a healthy now junior netminder from Edmonton.

“I remember thinking, ‘I’ve finally arrived.’” Taillefer observed. “After watching (the previous) two years I knew that this was the big show for college hockey and how important it was to get the Beanpot back. I understood what was on the line. I played in the Air Canada Cup in Victoria, BC as a midget in a game in front of a big crowd that was televised across Canada (versus future NHL star Cliff Ronning) but nothing like (the Beanpot) the crowd, the noise. It was an incredible feeling.”

In his first Beanpot game on opening night of the 1986 tournament with all four teams boasting winning records for only the second time in thirteen years, BU overcame an early (3-1) deficit with a four goal second period eruption en route to an 8-5 victory over Northeastern and Racine. “There was a lot of nerves the first night,” said Taillefer. “A great response from our team to comeback.”

A BC victory over Harvard in the late opening round game set the stage for a Beanpot classic the following Monday.

The 1986 title game was one of the most hyped of all-time. The Terriers and the “Beanpot Shuffling” Eagles were both abundantly talented with a significant number of future NHLers on both sides. BC had defeated the Terriers 2-1 (OT) at Walter Brown Arena in November and would later best BU at McHugh Forum in a post ‘Pot regular season meeting. With a trophy on the line as was the case a month hence at the Providence Civic Center in the Hockey East Championship game, the dog would have its day.

In 1986, Taillefer was named the Hockey East AllTournament Team goaltender...alongside him was defenseman (and current BU coach) David Quinn

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Taillefer made his long journey from Calgary to Boston and finished with ninth-most minutes (4260:24) in Terriers’ history From the drop of the puck the Terriers established a physical dominance with a thunderous hit by defenseman Scott Shaunessey on Eagle forward Bob Sweeney. After surviving a couple of early BC salvos, BU forward and future Olympic captain Clark Donatelli fielded a goal mouth pass from Cullen to give the Terriers the lead. A power play goal by BC’s Scott Harlow after Taillefer gloved the initial shot by Ken Hodge evened the proceedings. And from that point to the final buzzer it was all BU. A consummate team effort by the Terriers resulted in a stirring 4-1 victory over their ancient Commonwealth Avenue rivals. Taillefer’s 43 save performance included 15 stops in the second and third periods as the Terriers made sure he saw every first shot. “He’s the best goalie in the country on the first shot,” said Shaunessey. “When the rubber hit the ice there was a white jersey on a maroon jersey, no second shots”.

Down the stretch one first shot created a scary moment for the BU goalkeeper. A rocket launched by future Bruin Bob Sweeney caught Taillefer in the adam’s apple – reminiscent of Yankee Tony Kubek in the 1960 World Series – with no neck guard a vulnerable, unprotected area. Stunned, unable to talk or breathe for a moment from the rising shot Terry crumbled to the ice but was not knocked out. Minutes later he was up and ok as Terrier nation drew its collective breath. Outside of the near KO Taillefer’s most vivid single memory of the game is thwarting a 2 on 0 Eagle breakaway leading 3-1.

The recollection of the aftermath remains bittersweet. A photo of his Edmonton homey Brad MacGregor embracing him in the crease at the moment of victory wound up prominently on the front of the Boston Globe sports pages. “It was surreal and a relief (at the end) the trophy (Beanpot) was back where it belonged,” Taillefer recalled.

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Being named MVP and Eberly Award winner placed Terry in the middle of a postgame media whirlwind. As a result of the requisite demands – he never touched the Beanpot.

The victory did have its privileges a little later on in the evening. “My dad and older brother were in town for the game, “ said Taillefer. “We hopped on the T and headed back to BU. When we got to the Dugout (the Terriers traditional post game celebration destination) it was packed. The line extended up the stairs and down the block. When we arrived it parted like the Red Sea. When we walked in a booth to the left cleared out for us. I didn’t buy a drink all night.” Ah, the spoils to the Beanpot victors!

As a senior, BU, the defending Beanpot and Hockey East Champions were struggling around .500 (11-12-3) entering the Beanpot. Winless in their last twelve (0-10-2) regular season games versus BC, again in tournament play the Terriers prevailed 6-3 in the opening round. A Northeastern (6-16-3) upset over Harvard (5-1) 5-4 in overtime set up a dogfight: Terriers vs Huskies for the third time in four years. The matchup of two former Eberly Award winners was not lost on Taillefer. He relished the opportunity to match up versus Racine with the Beanpot on the line. “He had a great career. I wanted to face the challenge.”

A frenetic night of Beanpot hockey followed. Taillefer’s roommate Lowney got BU the lead as Racine came up with several big saves to keep it close. Still, BU extended the advantage to 2-0 on a Dave Thiesing goal.

Taillefer (13 saves) and BU held their advantage through the ebb and flow of the wild open second period as Racine made 11 stops.

The third period was one of the wildest in Beanpot annals with Taillefer squarely in the eye of the hurricane.

Covering a loose puck after a shot by David Buda, the Terriers took exception to the Huskies’ forwards efforts to wrest the puck free. The odd penalty to BU led the first of two consecutive Huskies goals by Brian Dowd that leveled the game at 2-2. When Cullen reclaimed the lead for BU on a nifty set up by Lowney with 6:20 left, nobody in the Garden sell out throng of 14,451 who had been paying attention would have deemed the lead safe. It wasn’t. With precisely 1:00 left NU’s David O’Brien (Beanpot Hall of Famer) wound up and blasted the puck by Taillefer to tie the game as coach Fern Flaman prepared to pull Racine.

At 5:28 of overtime BU sophomore forward Mike Kelfer decided the game with a turnaround slapper beating Racine high.

“That was a wild third period. Nobody took control,” said Taillefer.“ The slapshot from the point (Dowd’s second tally) was weird. I have no idea how I missed it, how that happened. Like a pitcher when you make a mistake it’s pretty evident. You’ve got to forget about it quickly.” And when it gets to overtime make one more save. With Kelfer the MVP, the Red Sea of the Dugout line would part for him. Terry captured his second straight Eberly Award and for the second consecutive year amazingly didn’t touch the Beanpot in the postgame celebration!

Taillefer went on to a brief pro career with the Bruins Maine Mariners AHL club.

Marrying his college sweetheart, Maura who lost a three year battle with cancer in 2010, Terry is remarried to his wife, Jane and resides in Dalton, Massachusetts and has a son at the Savannah College of Art and Design. After spending years in education including coaching at both the high school and college levels, Taillefer has begun a second career in photography inspired by his son, a former goalie, or course. He also works in the investment field partnered with his younger brother back in Edmonton.

So you think it’s ever come easy for Terry Taillefer and the Beanpot? “The week before the Beanpot my senior year. I was working at the Dugout. On my way to work I picked up my mail. When I arrived Joe Concannon (legendary Boston Globe sports writer) was there. I opened a box I had been sent by my girlfriend’s father (his future father-in-law) John Hickey. He was a Northeastern grad and her two older brothers were at Northeastern at the time, “ remembered Taillefer. The contents of the box? A red light. “After we won I went out and bought a little Beanpot and mailed it to them. I said, ‘we have the real one here’s yours’, Joe wrote the story in the paper.”

Snowed out on his recruiting trip, a backup as a freshman, injured as a sophomore, the MVP as a junior and the Eberly Award winner for the second consecutive year as a senior. …On behalf of Terry Taillefer Beanpot Hall of Fame 2015, could somebody please let him touch the Beanpot?

Now a Hall of Famer, maybe 2016 is finally the year!

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Eagles’ Balanced Attack and Tight Defense Spell Success by: Tom Burke Boston College’s main objective, heading into the current season, was to balance out its scoring punch. With the addition of freshmen Colin White and Miles Wood, along with improvement from several of the returning forwards, that mission was accomplished.

But the Eagles, despite a torrid start and a fine 14-4-2 record in mid-January, remain a work in progress. The defense corps and overall team defense projected as strong points, and they have been good in just about every game. But with injuries to both goaltenders and some unplanned-for attrition on the forward lines, coach Jerry York and his staff brought in two newcomers for second semester.

Goalie Ian Milosz stepped into junior Thatcher Demko’s massive pads and passed his first test. He backstopped a win and a tie with highly regarded Providence in the first weekend series of January. Defenseman Michael Kim joined the Eagles for the Florida College Classic Tournament.

Both had been playing for the Boston Junior Bruins and were slated to come to the Heights next year.

Demko and his backup, freshman Chris Birdsall, both sustained upper-body injuries. With no definite timetable for their returns, the Eagles turned to the 6-7 Milosz, a resident of North Grafton, Massachusetts.

Thatcher had been enjoying a career year. During the off-season he’d undergone successful surgery of the labrum on both hips. He’d reeled off six shutouts in a seven-game stretch earlier in the year, and his 1.72 goalsagainst average put him up among the nation’s leaders.

“The strength of our team is our defensemen,” said York, citing the defensive-zone work of juniors Ian McCoshen, Steve Santini, and Scott Savage along with the leadership of captain Teddy Doherty. The smallest of the backline crew at 5-10, Doherty potted eight goals in the first 20 games. If needed, he can also move up to forward.

The Eagles lost a superb defenseman when Noah Hanifin elected to go pro after his freshman season, but they made up for much of Noah’s offensive prowess with the addition of frosh Casey Fitzgerald, younger brother of Eagle junior forward Ryan Fitzgerald.

Doherty calls the younger Fitzgerald an “unbelievable” addition and cites Casey’s personal plus-minus score of 20, best in the country among freshman defenseman. Teddy is from Hopkinton, Massachusetts but elected to play his high school hockey out at Shattuck St. Mary’s in Faribault, Minnesota. He came to BC after a season in Dubuque of the USHL. Doherty’s uncle Marty Hughes played both forward and defense for BC’s 2001 NCAA champion squad. Like most rookie defensemen, when Teddy arrived at BC four years ago, he thought of little more than scoring

points. He soon learned that he’d get more playing time by developing his defensive skills. In assessing the Eagles’ midseason skein of three straight losses, he says simply, “We made some bad decisions. Gave up some poor goals that we shouldn’t have. We always preach that hard work beats talent. We had a lot of talent in the room but weren’t working as smart or as hard as we probably could have. We’re going to fix it.”

The addition of Kim brings the total of available defensemen to seven, as freshman Josh Couturier has seen a lot of ice time too. That will allow senior Travis Jeke to remain at forward and add to the front lines’ depth. The team needed more bodies at forward. Senior Brendan Silk hurt his shoulder in the first game and is done for the season. Highly touted recruit Jeremy Bracco decided that college wasn’t for him and left after five games.

Yet even with a fair amount of roster movement and shuffling, the Eagles have been able to field three solid lines. Freshmen Colin White and Miles Wood have blossomed even more impressively than predicted. Five juniors – Ryan Fitzgerald, Austin Cangelosi, Adam Gilmour, Chris Calnan, and Matthew Gaudreau, have all been solid contributors. Sophomores Alex Tuch and Zach Sandford round out the top nine attackers.

Gaudreau is the younger brother of Johnny Gaudreau, the Hobey Baker Award winner of two years ago. Matthew figured to be just a role player and fourth liner once again, but as York puts it, “We’ve gotten a really key contribution from him. Before this year Matthew was on the periphery and was in and out of the lineup. But he’s playing with so much more confidence this year and is a pleasant surprise.”

In early January Gaudreau was left wing on a line with White at center and Ryan Fitzgerald on the other wing. White returned from the World Junior Tournament with a bang, scoring three goals in a 7-3 win over Providence. He was the team’s leading scorer with 27 points while Ryan Fitzgealwal was next with 26.

Wood, Cangelosi, and Calnan made up a second unit. Wood, at 6-1, likes the physical game. In addition to his 20 points in 18 contests he was also Hockey East’s leader in penalty minutes with 60.

Gilmour, Sanford and Tuch were a third wave. When the fourth line skates, it usually comprises Jeke and freshmen Chris Brown and J.D. Dudek. Senior Peter McMullen has also seen action as a reserve forward and defenseman.

“The lines are still a bit in flux, and we’ll probably continue to mix them up,” predicted York. “Of the returning players, I’d say Fitzie and Cangelosi have stepped up their games the most, to this point.”

York also has high hopes for Chris Brown, whose brother Patrick was a tri-captain three years ago. “He’s been a good three-zone player, and as he gets older we’ll expect more offensively from him.”

The Eagles’ three-game slide didn’t faze Jerry, now in his 22nd year at BC and his 44th year of coaching college hockey.

“We lost three one-goal games in a row, and we could have won them all. We’ll solve it by being smarter with the puck and avoiding those late penalties and costly turnovers,” he concluded.

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Back Row (from left): John Hegarty (Director of Hockey Operations], Russ DeRosa (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Bert Lenz (Athletic Trainer), Jeremy Bracco, JD Dudek, Colin White, Christopher Brown, Josh Couturier, Miles Wood, Chris Shero, Casey Fitzgerald, Alex Joyce, Fr. Tony Penna (Chaplain), Madison Nikkel (Manager), Matt Malloy (Manager).

Middle Row (from left): Jerry York (The Schiller Family Head Hockey Coach), Marty McInnis (Assistant Coach), Mike Ayers (Assistant Coach), Austin Cangelosi, Matthew Gaudreau, Scott Savage, Alex Tuch, Zach Sanford, Adam Gilmour, Ryan Fitzgerald, Greg Brown (Associate Head Coach), Norm Reid (Rink Manager), Tom Peters (Senior Associate Athletics Director), Mark Majewski (Athletics Communications).

Front Row (from left): Chris Birdsall, Peter McMullen, Chris Calnan (A), Ian McCoshen (A), Teddy Doherty (C), Steve Santini (A), Brendan Silk, Travis Jeke, Thatcher Demko.

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No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 35

Name Chris Birdsall Scott Savage Ian McCoshen Teddy Doherty Casey Fitzgerald Steve Santini Travis Jeke Brendan Silk Christopher Brown Chris Calnan Alex Tuch Adam Gilmour JD Dudek Colin White Ryan Fitzgerald Peter McMullen Matthew Gaudreau Josh Couturier Chris Shero Zach Sanford Austin Cangelosi Michael Kim Miles Wood Ian Milosz Thatcher Demko Alex Joyce

Class FR JR JR SR FR JR SR SR FR JR SO JR FR FR JR SR JR FR FR SO JR FR FR FR JR FR

Pos. G D D D D D D F F F F F F F F F F D F F F D F G G G

Ht. 6-0 6-1 6-3 5-10 5-11 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-3 5-11 6-0 5-11 6-1 5-9 6-2 5-10 6-4 5-7 6-0 6-1 6-7 6-4 5-10

Wt. 180 186 218 173 185 208 193 194 185 209 220 200 185 195 185 205 145 185 185 200 173 185 185 194 210 165

S/C L L L L R R L R R R R R R R L L L L L L R L L L L L

Hometown Glen Rock, NJ San Clemente, CA Faribault, MN Hopkinton, MA North Reading, MA Mahopac, NY Pittsburgh, PA Wakefield, MA Bloomfield Hills, MI Norwell, MA Baldwinsville, NY Hanover, MA Auburn, NH Hanover, MA North Reading, MA Essex Fells, NJ Carneys Point, NJ Byfield, MA Pittsburgh, PA Manchester, NH Estero, FL Toronto, Ontario Manchester, MA North Grafton, MA San Diego, CA Darien, CT

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Terriers Show Balanced Offense, improving Defense by: Tom Burke When defending Beanpot champion and NCAA runner-up Boston University opened training camp back in the fall, three major tasks loomed.

They had to build a balanced scoring attack to replace the phenomenal Jack Eichel. Jack turned professional after winning the Hobey Baker Award as a freshman. They had to get consistent play from their still-young corps of defensemen. And they had to settle upon a goalie to replace Matt O’Connor, who went pro after his junior campaign.

The Terriers’ impressive come-from-behind 6-5 victory at Harvard in early January showed convincingly that they’d met all three objectives.

Three goals in the final four minutes erased a 5-3 Crimson lead. All six Terrier goals were scored by seniors. The victory raised BU’s record to 10-6-3.

“The four seniors we have up front are all really good players, and they’ve played a lot of hockey,” said coach David Quinn the day before the Harvard game. “When you’ve got that, you always have a chance. We may not have the ‘wow’ factor with our forwards, but we’ve got good depth.”

Danny O’Regan and Matt Lane each scored two goals against Harvard.

Matt Grzelcyk, the only senior of the defense corps, ignited the late rally with a power play goal. Ahti Oksanen, the former defenseman, scored the game winner with 1:49 to play. The Crimson had dominated play for two periods but senior goalie Sean Maguire kept BU in the game with 26 of his 32 saves.

O’Regan, lately playing right wing on a line with freshmen Ryan Cloonan and Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, led the Terriers in scoring over the first 19 games with 7 goals and 14 assists. O’Regan racked up 50 points last season. Oksanen and Lane were tied for the goal-scoring lead with 10 apiece.

“I’ve been playing with Jakob for most of the year. He’s a freshman, but he plays like a senior, the NHL style of game. He moves the puck at the right time down low, and he creates a lot of space for me. Ryan Cloonan brings a lot of speed and creativity to our line,” said O’Regan, a Needham product whose father Tom is a former captain of the Terriers and whose older brother Tommy played at Harvard.

“My roommate Matt Lane is carrying the second line,” O’Regan continued.

“He scores a lot of clutch goals and is a great leader.”

Lane’s two goals against Harvard allowed him to surpass his full-year total of eight last season. He also scored twice in BU’s 4-1 win over Quinnipiac before the Christmas break. It was the Bobcats’ only loss of the season to that point.

Oksanen plays wing on Lane’s line, with freshman Jordan Greenway on the other side. Senior Mike Moran centers another line. Freshman Bobo Carpenter started out as a wing but moved to center on another unit and promptly scored four goals. Carpener is the son of 18-year NHL veteran Bobby Carpenter. His sister Alex, who plays for the Boston College women’s team, won the Patty Kazmaier Award last season.

Junior Robbie Baillargeon is another veteran who sees regular action, along with sophomores Nikolas Olsson and Chase Phelps.

The Terriers added a pair of freshman wingers to the roster after sophomore A.J. Greer left the team before Christmas to play junior hockey in Canada. The newcomers are Oskar Andrén, who comes from Sweden via the North America Hockey League, and Erik Udahl of East Walpole, who’d been playing at Coquitlam in British Columbia.

“After Greer left, we brought in the two of them because we think we have a chance this year. One or two forwards can make all the difference,” explains Quinn.

Grzelyck returned to the defense corps after missing a dozen games with a lower-body injury. His presence will steady the backline crew, which combined for a total of 16 goals in the first 19 games. The defense is loaded with talent but didn’t always perform up to par in the first semester, according to Quinn.

Freshman Charlie McAvoy and soph Brandon Fortunato played for Team USA in the World Junior Tournament in Finland over the holidays. Sophomore Brandon Hickey was on the Canadian squad.

“It was tough not being able to contribute as much as my teammates during the first half,” said Grzelcyk, the Charlestown native who is in his second year as Terrier captain. He was also a first team AllAmerica pick as a junior.

“It’s a little different this year, being the defense leader. Last season we had four freshmen who had to mature quickly and learn the college game. It’s difficult, especially for defensemen, to adjust to the speed and the physicality of college hockey. They had to learn not to turn the puck over, and to make a good first pass coming out of the zone. This year, they’re playing with a lot more confidence.”

McAvoy is usually with Grzelcyk on defense. Hickey and Fortunato, whose passing and puck-moving talent is similar to Grzelcyk’s, make up another defense pair. Junior Doyle Somerby and sophomores John MacLeod and Brien Diffley also play regularly.

In goal, Maguire had good games against both Harvard and Quinnipiac. For the moment, he has the starting role. Sophomore Connor LaCouvee is still very much in the mix, however. He played in 13 of the first 19 games.

“We’ve got two good goalies, but one of them played in six games last year and one of them didn’t play in any. So we’ve got to have some patience there,” said Quinn.

The Terriers had their share of blips and poor efforts during the first semester.

“The D corps has started playing the way it’s capable in the last month or so,” said Quinn. “There were a lot of games in the first half when were sloppy and not making other teams earn their goals. It was pond hockey. The second half should be better for us.”

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Back Row (from left): Brittany Miller (Student Manager), Bobo Carpenter, Tommy Kelley, Charlie McAvoy, Nikolas Olsson, Nick Roberto, Brandon Fortunato, Ryan Cloonan, Ali McEachern (Student Manager).

Middle Row (from left): Albie O’Connell (Associate Head Coach), Scott Young (Assistant Coach), Chris Dyment (Director of Hockey Operations], David Quinn (Head Coach), Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, John MacLeod, Brandon Hickey, A.J. Greer, Doyle Somerby, Jordan Greenway, Dillon Lawrence, Shane Switzer, Brien Diffley, Chase Phelps, Larry Venis (Athletic Trainer), Mike Geragosian (Volunteer Assistant Coach), Sean Skahan (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Sam Kelley (Video Coordinator), Joe Meyers (Student Manager).

Front Row (from left): Connor LaCouvee, Sean Maguire, Ahti Oksanen, Danny O’Regan, Matt Grzelcyk, Matt Lane, Mike Moran, Robbie Baillargeon, Max Prawdzik.

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No. 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 30 31

Name Class Max Prawdzik FR Shane Switzer FR Erik Udahl FR Brandon Hickey SO Matt Grzelcyk SR Charlie McAvoy FR Ryan Cloonan FR Danny O’Regan SR Mike Moran SR Chase Phelps SO Nikolas Olsson SO Bobo Carpenter FR Nick Roberto JR John MacLeod SO Ahti Oksanen SR Jordan Greenway FR Robbie Baillargeon JR Brien Diffley SO Matt Lane SR Tommy Kelley JR Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson FR Brandon Fortunato SO Oskar Andren FR Doyle Somerby JR Dillon Lawrence JR Connor LaCouvee SO Sean Maguire SR

Pos. G D F D D D F F F F F F F D F F F D F F F D F D F G G

Ht. 6-3 6-2 5-7 6-2 5-10 6-1 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-0 6-2 5-10 5-10 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-5 6-3 6-1 6-2

Wt. 170 190 155 190 176 211 174 185 205 194 205 185 187 200 215 230 190 185 184 187 192 160 185 225 195 200 202

S/C L R L L L R L R L L L L R R L L R L L L R L L L L L L

Hometown Andover, MA Bloomfield Hills, MI East Walpole, MA Leduc, Alberta Charlestown, MA Long Beach, NY East Longmeadow, MA Needham, MA Marshfield, MA Edina, MN Escondido, CA North Reading, MA Wakefield, MA Dracut, MA Kirkkonummi, Finland Canton, NY Enfield, CT Burlington, MA Rochester, NY Natick, MA Stockholm, Sweden North Hills, NY Stockholm, Sweden Marblehead, MA Toronto, Ontario Qualicum Beach, BC Powell River, BC

Previous Club Brooks School Lloydminster Bobcats (AJHL) Coquitlam Express (BCHL) Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL) USA U-18 Team (USHL) USA U-18 Team (USHL) Boston Jr. Bruins (USPHL) St. Sebastian’s Bay State Breakers (EJHL) Shattuck St. Mary’s Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) Kimball Union Academy USA U-18 Team Espoo Blues (Jr. A SM-Liiga) USA U-18 Team (USHL) Omaha Lancers (USHL) Buckingham Browne & Nichols USA U-18 Team (USHL) St. Sebastian’s Omaha Lancers (USHL) USA U-18 Team Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL) Kimball Union Academy Toronto Young Nationals (GTHL)

Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL) Powell River Kings (BCHL)

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Balanced Offense Key to Harvard’s Second Half & Beanpot Hopes by: Tom Burke Expectations were high for Harvard’s hockey team this year, and why not? The Crimson surged to a 21-13-3 record a year ago, took the ECAC championship and made the NCAA tournament for the first time in nine years. Jimmy Vesey turned down offers of a pro hockey contract and came back for his senior year – much to the relief of head coach Ted Donato.

With Vesey back on the job with linemates Kyle Criscuolo and Alex Kerfoot, the fast and swarming Crimson offense would again be a potent force. Initially, questions remained on the defensive side, with goalie Steve Michalek graduated along with defensemen Patrick McNally and Max Everson.

Donato, now in his 12th year at Harvard, likes the answers he got to those questions. Sophomore goalie Merrick Madsen posted four shutouts in the first 13 games. Seniors Desmond Bergin and Braden Jaw assumed leadership of the defensive corps. Now the key to a better second half and a shot at the Crimson’s first Beanpot since 1993 is more scoring from the second, third, and fourth lines.

“It’s an exciting time for Harvard hockey,” admits Donato. “Our first line was one of the best in college hockey last year. Kerfoot was hurt for a while, but when he’s heathy he’s one of the most dynamic players in the country. Thus far our goaltending and our defense has been excellent. But I still think we have a lot of room to grow.

“If we can develop get some secondary scoring, that will create matchup problems for opponents and take some of the pressure off the first line.”

The Crimson’s record in early January was 8-2-3, following a 6-5 loss to BU at Bright-Landry Hockey Center. Harvard dominated the Terriers most of the way and led by two with less than five minutes to play. Junior Sean Malone scored two goals while Vesey, Criscuolo, and sophomore Jake Horton each had one. After 13 games, Vesey and Criscuolo had 21 of the team’s 51 goals, more than 40% of the total. Kerfoot had a team-high 15 assists.

Malone, Tyler Moy, and Luke Esposito, all juniors, are the ones with the most potential to have an impact in the second half. So too do senior Colin Blackwell, back in the lineup after an injury layoff, and Ted’s son Ryan, a freshman, who played for the US team at the World Junior Tournament.

Other forwards who have contributed include freshmen Michael Floodstrand and Lewis Zerter-Gossage, and sophomores Seb Lloyd and Horton.

“This year we’re more mature as a team and the expectation levels have grown. We have a good non-conference schedule and made one of our goals to win every event we play in. Our guys really want to change our

fortunes in the Beanpot. If you ask Jimmy Vesey about it, I think he’ll tell you that one of the reasons he came back was to win the Beanpot at Harvard, said the coach.”

Vesey doesn’t dispute that, saying, “I watched the Beanpot every year with my father and my brother. Last year we had a tough loss against BU, so it’s something we all really want to go after.”

The Terriers edged Harvard in the 2015 Beanpot opener, winning 4-3 in double overtime. Crimson goalie Michalek made 63 saves that night, breaking the all-time record of 52 that had stood since 1970.

Vesey led the nation with 32 goals last year, won the Walter Brown Award as New England’s best player, was a Hobey Baker finalist and a first-team All-American. Once again, Donato calls upon him in all critical situations. Jimmy admits that he only cared about offense when he arrived in Cambridge four years ago.

“I wasn’t a complete player when I was a freshman,” he says. “Now I know more about how to play within a team.”

Criscuolo, team co-captain along with Vesey, also spoke of what it’s like to be a veteran who’s been through the good and the bad at Harvard.

“It’s a matter of understanding how important every day of practice is,” he said.

“For me personally, this season’s goal was to be able to finish more scoring plays. As for Alex Kerfoot on our line – he has the best vision and is one of the best players in the country at distributing the puck.

He’s really shifty and creates great opportunities for both of us.”

Criscuolo has already come up with several huge goals. He scored twice, including the championship overtime winner, when Harvard topped Minnesota in the Mariucci Classic over New Year’s weekend.

Earlier in the season, he had a pair of scores against Notre Dame in the opener of the Shillelagh Tournament. He added another in the 4-0 final win over Rensselaer.

In goal, the 6-5 sophomore Madsen, from Acton, California, has been among the nation’s leaders all season. His goals-against was a sparkling 1.78 in early January, and he was fifth nationally in save percentage with .940. Donato remarks that both he and freshman Michael Lackey, who stands 6-4, are “big guys who cover a lot of the net.”

Criscuolo adds that Madsen doesn’t seem like a newcomer. “He’s very athletic, and it’s hard to get a puck past him. But the biggest surprise to me is how calm he is in the net,” said Kyle.

Seniors Bergin and Jaw bring the most experience to the backline crew. Donato is pleased with the improved play of juniors Clay Anderson and Victor Newell. Freshman Jacob Olson also nailed down a regular spot. Newell worked his way onto the power play as one of the point men. Sophomores Wiley Sherman and Thomas Aiken are also vying for playing time along with freshman Viktor Dombrovskiy.

The Crimson will likely enter the 2016 Beanpot as at least a co-favorite. Donato concludes, “Last year’s successes put a good taste in our guys’ mouths. It made us hungry, and we’re looking to make a run for more this year.”

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Back Row (from left): Alexander Kerfoot, Phil Zielonka, Viktor Dombrovskiy, Michael Floodstrand, Jake Horton, Sean Malone, Ryan Begoon, Victor Newell, Thomas Aiken.

Middle Row (from left): Rob Rassey (Assistant Coach), Paul Pearl (Associate Head Coach), Ted Donato (The Robert D. Ziff ’88 Head Coach for Harvard Men’s Ice Hockey), Ryan Donato, Tyler Moy, Lewis ZerterGossage, Adam Baughman, Wiley Sherman, Jake Olson, Eddie Ellis, Seb Lloyd, Luke Esposito, Joseph Caffrey, Brendan Flemming (Director of Hockey Operations, John ‘Odie’ O’Donnell (Equipment Manager), Chad Krawiec (trainer).

Front Row (from left): Michael Lackey, Clay Anderson, Greg Gozzo, Brayden Jaw, Jimmy Vesey (C), Peter Traber, Kyle Criscuolo (C), Colin Blackwell, Desmond Bergin, Devin Tringale, Merrick Madsen.

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No. 2 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 22 25 26 27 31 32 35 37 38 44 63 72 77 91

Name Tyler Moy Ryan Begoon Clay Anderson Eddie Ellis Victor Newell Luke Esposito Brayden Jaw Kyle Criscuolo Greg Gozzo Alexander Kerfoot Seb Lloyd Ryan Donato Sean Malone Jimmy Vesey Adam Baughman Devin Tringale Wiley Sherman Jacob Olson Viktor Dombrovskiy Merrick Madsen Peter Traber Michael Lackey Desmond Bergin Thomas Aiken Michael Floodstrand Colin Blackwell Phil Zielonka Lewis Zerter-Gossage Jake Horton

Class JR SO JR SO JR JR SR SR SR JR SO FR JR SR FR JR SO FR FR SO SR FR SR SO FR SR JR FR SO

Pos. F D D F D F D F F F F F F F D F D D D G G G D D F F F F F

Ht. 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-2 5-10 5-10 6-3 5-9 5-11 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-7 6-3 6-0 6-5 6-1 6-4 5-11 5-10 5-11 5-10 5-11 6-2 5-11

Wt. 195 195 195 205 185 183 210 175 195 175 190 181 190 205 215 203 220 220 205 190 190 215 192 160 180 175 183 190 187

S/C R L R L L L R R L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L R R R L R R

Hometown San Diego, CA New Canaan, CT Omaha, NE Burlington, MA Burnaby, B.C. Greenwich, CT Vancouver, B.C. Southampton, NJ Jupiter, Fla. West Vancouver, B.C. Prince George, B.C. Scituate, MA West Seneca, NY North Reading, MA Chicago, IL Medford, MA Greenwich, CT Saint Paul, MN Coquitlam, B.C. Acton, CA Birmingham, MI Washington D.C. Natick, MA Whitefish Bay, WI Hinsdale, IL North Andover, MA Montreal, Quebec Montreal, Quebec Oakdale, MN

Previous Club Omaha Lancers (USHL) The Hotchkiss School Cedar Rapids (USHL) Phillips Academy Waterloo (USHL) Chilliwack (BCHL) South Surrey Eagles (BCHL) Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) Omaha Lancers (USHL) Coquitlam (BCHL) West Kelowna Warriors (BCHL) Dexter School USA U-18 Team (USHL) South Shore Kings (EJHL) Brooks Bandits (AJHL) Valley (EJHL) The Hotchkiss School Hill-Murray Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL)

Minot Minotauros (NAHL) Topeka Roadrunners (NAHL) USA U-18 Team Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)

Whitefish Bay USA U-18 Team St. John’s Preparatory School Omaha Lancers (USHL) Penticton Vees (BCHL) Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL)

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Huskies Rebound with Gusto After a Slow Start by: Tom Burke The Northeastern Huskies have seen this movie before. Last year, they starred in it.

It’s too bad that the title “The Force Awakens” is taken. That would be a fitting name for the current season. It’s also an omen that black is one of Northeastern’s primary uniform colors. NU is a dark horse candidate to win the Beanpot, if ever there was one - even though they will not have a winning record as of this year’s first round.

Last season, after going 1-10-1 at the outset, Northeastern rallied to finish 16-16-4. They knocked off Boston College in the Beanpot opener and lost a heartbreaker in overtime to BU on a power play goal.

The start to the current year was horrendous, as far as the won-lost record goes. The record stood at 2-11-2 at the end of November. But the Huskies looked good in many of the games that they didn’t win. Six of their defeats have been by a single goal.

Then things began to turn, even though the Huskies were without three of their best players – forwards Kevin Roy and Dalen Hedges and defenseman Dustin Darou. In December and January’s first week NU posted a 3-1-2 mark against some of the country’s best teams.

Moreover, the early going was a baptism of fire for several young players. Thrust into action because of the spate of injuries, freshman skaters like defenseman Eric Williams and forwards Lincoln Griffin and Adam Gaudette have gained valuable experience for the second half.

“We’re going to have to win out, to win a lot of games. We’re capable of doing it – we did it last year and it’s the same core of players,” said coach Jim Madigan. That was before the Christmas break, after the Huskies had beaten Michigan State 2-1 in freshman goalie Ryan Ruck’s first career victory.

“We have a good team. It’s definitely not what we dialed up at the beginning of the season. I like the way our team has come together. We’ve gotten better in the defensive zone, the neutral zone, and the offensive zone. We’re managing the game better and – unlike a lot of years – we’re avoiding bad penalties.

“We just haven’t been able to close games out yet,” he continued.

Following the holidays, the Huskies tied once-beaten and second-ranked Quinnipiac 3-3 while limiting the Bobcats to 23 shots on goal.

They then swept 18th-ranked St. Lawrence on the road, 3-0 and 4-2. Ruck had 24 saves in his first shutout. He had won the starting nod in competition with Kevin Roy’s brother Derick, a junior who played in 14 games last year behind Clay Witt.

Ruck is another of college hockey’s West Coast contingent. He is from Coto de la Casa, California, by way of Des Moines of the USHL. In only one game to date has he needed to make at least 30 saves, prompting Madigan to note that the team has done a good job of limiting opponents’ time in the Northeastern end.

Northeastern started out as the most experienced team in Hockey East, with 17 upperclassmen and 21 returning letter winners. That picture changed when Hedges sustained a leg injury after nine games, and Kevin Roy went down with an upper-body injury after 11 games. They were NU’s top two scorers last season.

Last year’s third-leading scorer, Mike Szmatula, had turned pro after his sophomore season, so Madigan found himself with a lot of unexpected holes to fill on his forward waves. Defense took some early hits too. Sophomore Trevor Owens, a regular last season, missed seven contests. Darou sat out the entire first semester after breaking an ankle in the Travis Roy Foundation’s annual wiffle ball charity tournament.

So Coach Madigan is not entirely accurate when he says that he’s been working on the comeback with the same group of players as last year. The three top returnees were missing, and NU had to break in a new goalie. All of which makes the Huskies’ gritty team play the more impressive. Madigan expects that he’ll have everybody back for the Beanpot.

The defensemen have been productive offensively, with 11 goals in the first 21 games. Williams, the freshman, and junior Matt Benning had four goals each. Sophomore Garrett Cockerill had three and senior Colton Saucerman one. Both Williams and Benning see a lot of power play duty.

On the front lines, Madigan and his staff have done more mixing and matching than ever, trying 35 different line combos in the first half. The most potent and reliable trio has been junior John Stevens centering for his brother Nolan, a sophomore, and junior Zach Aston-Reese. Zach potted 13 goals last season and was team leading scorer with 6-13-19 after 21 games this year.

Other forwards who’ve seen plenty of ice time include senior Mike McMurtry, junior transfers Sam Kurker and Brendan Collier, and sophomore Dylan Sikura.

The Stevens brothers have had more exposure to the game of hockey than most collegians. Their father John was head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers for three years and is now associate head coach of the Los Angeles Kings. John and Nolan love their roles this year; they seldom had the chance to play as teammates when they were growing up.

John considers himself the playmaker and Nolan the scorer. “We’re both big bodies who like to play down low. I don’t mind giving up a couple of shots to give him a chance,” said John.

“Our father gave us great advice on what the good pro players do.

Take every day seriously, get there early and prepare, have a great practice, and take pride in what you do every day.”

As for the rest of the season, Nolan added, “If we can get the puck down low, below the dots, we can play with anyone. That’s our game. Coming into the season we expected a lot more, so we’ve got to hold some accountability to ourselves.”

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Back Row (from left): Rob Moura (Equipment Manager), Lincoln Griffin, Brendan Collier, Jake Schechter, Logan Day, Dylan Sikura, Garret Cockerill, Will Messa, Patrick Schule, Mike Jamieson.

Middle Row (from left): Ed Walsh (Goaltending Coach), Mike McKenney (Athletic Trainer), Jason Smith (Assistant Coach), Dalen Hedges, Tanner Pond, Adam Gaudette, Trevor Owens, Jason Cotton, Nolan Stevens, Sam Kurker, Ryan Rosenthal, John Barry, Eric Williams, Dustin Darou, Colton Saucerman, Jim Madigan (Head Coach), Jerry Keefe (Associate Head Coach), Mike McLaughlin (Director of Hockey Operations).

Front Row (from left): Ryan Ruck, Jarrett Fennell, Matt Benning (A), Kevin Roy (C), Derick Roy, Mike McMurtry (A), John Stevens (A), Zach Aston-Reese (A), Jake Theut.

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No. 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 39 41 47 61

Name Derick Roy Trevor Owens Logan Day Matt Benning Jon Barry Mike McMurtry Adam Gaudette Dylan Sikura Sam Kurker Jake Schechter Zach Aston-Reese Garret Cockerill Kevin Roy Brendan Collier John Stevens Lincoln Griffin Eric Williams Nolan Stevens Tanner Pond Colton Saucerman Mike Jamieson Patrick Schule Will Messa Dalen Hedges Ryan Rosenthal Jake Theut Ryan Ruck Dustin Darou Jarrett Fennell

Class R-JR SO R-FR JR FR SR FR SO JR JR JR SO SR JR JR FR FR SO JR SR JR FR JR JR JR SO FR SR SR

Pos. G D D D D F F F F D F D F F F F D F F D F F F F F G G D D

Ht. 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-3 5-10 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-8 6-2 5-10 6-1 6-3 6-0 5-9 5-8 5-10 5-11 5-8 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-2

Wt. 198 201 213 201 185 200 183 158 219 185 190 200 170 160 193 174 185 188 194 191 185 173 183 172 178 190 173 205 202

S/C L L R R L L R L R R L R L L L L R L L R L R R L R L L L L

Hometown Lac-Beauport, Quebec Raleigh, NC Seminole, FL St. Albert, Alberta Hanover, MA Greely, Ontario Braintree, MA Aurora, Ontario Reading, MA Naples, FL Staten Island, NY Brighton, MI Lac-Beauport, Quebec Charlestown, MA Sea Isle City, NJ Walpole, MA Newmarket, Ontario Sea Isle City, NJ Walled Lake, MI Colorado Springs, CO Billerica, MA Queens, NY Parkland, FL Ottawa, Ontario Montvale, NJ Washington, MI Coto de Caza, CA Perth, Ontario Innisfil, Ontario

Previous Club South Shore (EJHL) New Jersey Hitmen (USPHL) South Shore (USPHL) Dubuque (USHL) South Shore (USPHL) Gloucester (CCHL) Cedar Rapids (USHL) Aurora (OJHL) Sioux City (USHL) Valley JR Warriors (EJHL) Lincoln (USHL) Sioux City (USHL) Lincoln (USHL) Valley JR Warriors (EJHL) Dubuque (USHL) Thayer (ISL) Aurora (OJHL) USA U-18 Team (USHL) Green Bay (USHL) Lincoln (USHL) Islanders HC (EJHL) New Jersey (USPHL) Boston (EJHL) Nepean (CCHL) Coquitlam (BCHL) / UVM (HEA) NH Junior Monarchs (ECHL) Des Moines (USHL) Carleton Place (CCHL) Aurora (OJHL)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 35

Chris Birdsall Scott Savage Ian McCoshen Teddy Doherty Casey Fitzgerald Steve Santini Travis Jeke Brendan Silk Christopher Brown Chris Calnan Alex Tuch Adam Gilmour JD Dudek Colin White Ryan Fitzgerald Peter McMullen Matthew Gaudreau Josh Couturier Chris Shero Zach Sanford Austin Cangelosi Michael Kim Miles Wood Ian Milosz Thatcher Demko Alex Joyce

FR SO SO JR FR SO JR JR FR SO FR SO FR FR SO JR SO FR FR SO SO FR FR FR SO SO

G D D D D D D F F F F F F F F F F D F F F D F G G G

6-0 6-1 6-3 5-9 5-11 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-3 5-11 6-0 5-10 6-1 5-9 6-2 5-10 6-4 5-7 5-11 6-1 6-7 6-4 5-10

180 186 218 173 185 208 193 194 185 209 220 193 185 190 177 205 145 185 185 191 173 185 185 194 195 165

1 2 3 4 5 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 30 31

Max Prawdzik Shane Switzer Erik Udahl Brandon Hickey Matt Grzelcyk Charlie McAvoy Ryan Cloonan Danny O’Regan Mike Moran Chase Phelps Nikolas Olsson Bobo Carpenter Nick Roberto John MacLeod Ahti Oksanen Jordan Greenway Robbie Baillargeon Brien Diffley Matt Lane Tommy Kelley

FR G 6-3 FR D 6-2 FR F 5-7 SO D 6-2 SR D 5-10 FR D 6-1 FR F 5-10 SR F 5-10 SR F 6-1 SO F 6-1 SO F 6-0 FR F 5-11 JR F 5-10 SO D 6-2 SR F 6-3 FR F 6-5 JR F 6-0 SO D 6-2 SR F 5-10 JR F 5-10 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson FR F 6-1 Brandon Fortunato SO D 5-10 Oskar Andren FR F 6-1 Doyle Somerby JR D 6-5 Dillon Lawrence JR F 6-3 Connor LaCouvee SO G 6-1 Sean Maguire SR G 6-2

170 190 155 190 176 211 174 185 205 194 205 185 187 200 215 230 190 185 184 187 192 160 185 225 195 200 202

Head coach: Jerry York (Boston College ’67 /// 22nd season)

Head coach: David Quinn (Boston University ’89 /// third season)

2 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 22 24 25 26 27 31 32 35 37 38 44 63 72 77 91

1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 39 41 47 61

Tyler Moy JR Ryan Begoon SO Clay Anderson JR Eddie Ellis SO Victor Newell JR Luke Esposito JR Brayden Jaw SR Kyle Criscuolo SR Greg Gozzo SR Alexander Kerfoot JR Seb Lloyd SO Ryan Donato FR Sean Malone JR Jimmy Vesey SR Adam Baughman FR Devin Tringale JR Joseph Caffrey SO Wiley Sherman SO Jacob Olson FR Viktor Dombrovskiy FR Merrick Madsen SO Peter Traber SR Michael Lackey FR Desmond Bergin SR Thomas Aiken SO Michael Floodstrand FR Colin Blackwell SR Phil Zielonka JR Lewis Zerter-Gossage FR Jake Horton SO

F D D F D F D F F F F F F F D F F D D D G G G D D F F F F F

6-1 6-0 6-0 6-2 5-10 5-10 6-3 5-9 5-11 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-7 6-3 6-0 6-5 6-1 6-4 5-11 5-10 5-11 5-10 5-11 6-2 5-11

Head coach: Ted Donato (Harvard ’91 /// 12th season)

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195 195 195 205 185 183 210 175 195 175 190 181 190 205 215 203 183 220 220 205 190 190 215 192 160 180 175 183 190 187

Derick Roy Trevor Owens Logan Day Matt Benning Jon Barry Mike McMurtry Adam Gaudette Dylan Sikura Sam Kurker Jake Schechter Zach Aston-Reese Garret Cockerill Kevin Roy Brendan Collier John Stevens Lincoln Griffin Eric Williams Nolan Stevens Tanner Pond Colton Saucerman Mike Jamieson Patrick Schule Will Messa Dalen Hedges Ryan Rosenthal Jake Theut Ryan Ruck Dustin Darou Jarrett Fennell

JR SO FR JR FR SR FR SO JR JR JR SO SR JR JR FR FR SO JR SR JR FR JR JR JR SO FR SR SR

G D D D D F F F F D F D F F F F D F F D F F F F F G G D D

5-11 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-3 5-10 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-8 6-2 5-10 6-1 6-3 6-0 5-9 5-8 5-10 5-11 5-8 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-2

198 201 213 201 185 200 183 158 219 185 190 200 170 160 193 174 185 188 194 191 185 173 183 172 178 190 173 205 202

Head coach: Jim Madigan (Northeastern ’86 /// fifth season)

FROZEN REFLECTIONS by: John Powers

The first one was called the New England Invitational Tournament but only the four Boston schools who happened to play in the building were invited. Not to say our city was parochial, but...

The essence of the Beanpot is its parochialism. The city is small enough that it is all but impossible to swing one’s elbows -- and we do -- without catching a neighbor on the nose and it’s still tribal enough that we take umbrage. Particularly when our stick-carrying varsities have at each other for something of value on successive Mondays in February.

“The attendance, the passion, the enthusiasm, the energy, the history,” mused former Northeastern coach Greg Cronin, whose Huskies twice made the Beanpot final and whose father Don and uncle Gerry both captained NU squads in the tournament.

Philadelphia may have a comparable collegiate clan war in

Harvard’s Dick Clasby scored the Beanpot Tournament’s first-ever goal in 1952 -- he was a three-sport athlete for the Crimson (football, hockey, baseball

Dick Rodenhiser, a two-time Olympian from Malden, Mass., was the 1953-54 Terrier captain, finished with a 29-10-2 record in two seasons at BU.

its Big 5 basketball rivalry among Villanova, Penn, Temple, Saint Joseph’s and La Salle but it’s not the same. The Big 5 is a seasonlong round-robin series that can and sometimes does end in a five-way tie and that doesn’t even award a trophy. “They say there is no real prize for winning the Big 5,” the saying there goes. “They must not be from Philly.”

The whole point of the Beanpot is that the champion gets to skate around the Garden ice and brandish the silver trophy in front of thousands of rival fans. “I think it probably helped build the mystique of the Beanpot that it was all local,” says Bill Cleary, who won it five times as a Harvard player and coach.

For the first couple of decades almost all of the participants were local as well. Boston College coach Snooks Kelley, who like Cleary grew up in Cambridge, was fond of guys from Arlington and Melrose. “He’ll still go to church with you every Sunday,” Kelley assured parents when he was recruiting their sons.

Boston University’s and Northeastern’s players also knew their way around the MTA, as it was called then. “We used to ride to the Arena on the subway,” said Dick Rodenheiser, who grew up in Malden and starred on BU’s first Beanpot team. “Bag, sticks, everything.”

And while Harvard had a outlier or two from Minnesota and Buffalo, most of the Crimson varsity also was from Greater

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Boston. “My father drove me to the first Beanpot,” said former Crimson captain Walter Greeley, who grew up in Framingham.

“We drove to Natick to pick up Dick Clasby. We drove to South Natick to pick up Amory Hubbard. That was the first line.”

Everyone in the first few tournaments seemed to have played with or against each other or both. That’s how it was in the Fifties when there were so few rinks in the area that players from local schools couldn’t help but bump into one another, either on the ice or in the lobby.

During the spring and fall everybody played in Mayflower League club games inside the Skating Club of Boston’s oversized Quonset hut by the Charles. “You could always get a game there,” recalls Bud Purcell, who grew up in Newton and captained Northeastern’s first Beanpot team.

Not that players from the four schools hadn’t had at each other regularly before then. BC, BU and Harvard began their rivalries not long after World War I and Northeastern joined in during the Thirties. But not until 1952, when operator Walter Brown reckoned that a Christmas tournament might convince the N.C.A.A. finally to hold a national championship in the Hub, did they play for a title.

By the early Sixties the Beanpot was selling out the old

Garden’s 13,909 seats. By the mid-Seventies the tournament had grown to such proportions that it ‘defies the imagination’, Kelley proclaimed. “It really is a Who’s Who night,” he observed, calling the Beanpot ‘a social and athletic must’. “You just have to be there, even if you know nothing about the sport.”

Losing seasons automatically become memorable ones simply by hoisting a certain piece of silver ovenware. “I don’t have to do another thing as long as I live,” Harvard captain Tom Murray, a Natick product, crowed in 1981 after the Crimson had stunned BC for the title. “It’s all downhill. The Beanpot -- it’s sitting in my lap.”

The Beanpot is a major prize, like one of the golf tournaments, BC coach Jerry York once observed. In the local collegiate calendar it’s the first major. Even though the tournament comes with less than a month left in the regular season, little that comes before matters. In 1980, when Northeastern won its first title, the Huskies were 3-11 coming in.

When NU knocked off defending champion BU and BC, which then was third in the country, the shock wave was felt all the way to the Adirondacks, where a quartet of former tournament champs from BU and their star-spangled teammates were about to pull off their own miracle against the Big Red Machine.

Boston University co-captains Rick Meagher (left) and Mike Eruzione (right) skate off with the 1977 ECAC trophy. Meagher was tournament MVP while Eruzione went down in American history with the game-winning shot in the “Miracle on Ice”.

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Bud Purcell, Northeastern’s captain in 1952-53, skated in the first Beanpot for the Huskies “Who won the Beanpot?”, was Olympic captain Mike Eruzione’s first question the following morning when he came down the runway for practice. “Northeastern,” he was told.

“WHAT???,” Eruzione erupted, turning to Terrier teammate Jack O’Callahan. “O’Cee, Northeastern won the Beanpot.” For two guys who’d grown up in Winthrop and Charlestown, that was an unthinkable outcome. “Well, it wouldn’t have happened when we were there,” Eruzione declared.

BU had won 11 ‘Pots by then and has collected another 19 since. Northeastern’s grand total is four and counting. The Huskies, BU radio announcer and Beanpot historian Bernie Corbett once observed, were the kids that always were looking through the window of the bakery.

Jack Grinold, NU’s legendary sports information director, was nicknamed ‘6:15’ because the Huskies perennially played in the consolation game scheduled for that hour. He likened himself to Charlie Brown, the Peanuts character tormented by the sadistic

Jack ‘6:15’ Grinold

Lucy, who continually sabotaged his placekicking by snatching the pigskin away. “I finally got to kick the football!,” Grinold exulted in 1980.

The Huntington Hounds have only split the uprights three times since and not in the last 28 years, as BU fans delight in reminding them (‘1988...1988’). So when Northeastern beat BC in an opener for the first time in 21 years to make the 2009 final it was a revelation to the players, who’d always been done by dinnertime on the second Monday. “I didn’t know what it was like and now I know,” said NU forward Ryan Ginand, after his mates had conked the defending national champs by a 6-1 count. “It was unbelievable.”

BU ended up taking the championship game and went on to run the table that year, claiming its first NCAA title in 14 years.

Not that winning the ‘Pot guarantees national laurels but no Boston team ever has won them without first claiming the Beanpot. “It’s a hard tournament to win,” observed BC coach

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Milford, Mass. native Ryan Ginand scored 82 points for Northeastern from 2005-09.

Jerry York, who has won one as a player and eight more as a coach at The Heights. “You have rivalries you don’t have at the national level.”

In 1989, when Harvard’s varsity won its historic NCAA crown, it had to sweat out a faceoff in its own end with six seconds left in the opener against the Eagles after frittering away a threegoal lead, then had to scramble to beat BU 9-6 in the final after having watched a 3-0 advantage turn into a 4-3 deficit.

In 2009 BU’s eventual national titlists had to come from two goals down to beat Harvard 4-3 in the opener and hope that the Crimson’s final-second blast didn’t beat the clock and force overtime. And BC’s 2011 champs had to squelch BU in overtime and then rally several times to beat Northeastern 7-6 in overtime for the title.

While winning the ‘Pot obviously is the goal, avoiding coming in fourth is a clear imperative. When BU did it three times in four years during this decade it was a scarlet warning flag that the Terriers needed to bring back the past. “We weren’t going out without a Beanpot in our career,” declared Evan Rodrigues, whose senior classmates finally got their paws on one with two overtime decisions last year.

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You can’t claim bragging rights on your corner if you can’t beat any of your neighbors. And while some of the tournament participants now may come from San Diego and Parker, Texas and Estero, Florida and Kirkkonummi, Finland, they quickly learn the hockey version of what BC grad and Cambridge native Tip O’Neill famously said about politics -- that it’s all local. It’s no coincidence that the four Beanpot coaches -- York, BU’s David Quinn, Harvard’s Ted Donato and Northeastern’s Jim Madigan -all won the trophy as players for their schools.

“I grew up around here and I’d see kids I know from BU and BC and they’d say, ‘We’ll see you in the Beanpot,” former Harvard captain C.J. Young, who came from Newton and whose uncles played for BC, once said.

What is remarkable is that most of the players keep seeing each other for the rest of their lives. Greeley, Rodenheiser, Purcell and their fellow original octogenarians meet monthly in Framingham for chowder and conversation. Their memories of Februarys past are impeccable. “Everyone in here wanted to beat each others’ brains out,” Cleary was saying after their December gathering. “But after it’s over we’re all friends -- and that’s the way it should be.”

Boston College graduate Tip O’Neill was the 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Coach Leon Abbott James L. Bell Steve Cedorchuk Len Ceglarski Bill Cleary Harry Cleverly Greg Cronin Bruce Crowder Ted Donato Fern Flaman Herb Gallagher Jack Kelley John “Snooks” Kelley Jim Madigan Mark Mazzoleni Don McKenney Jack Parker David Quinn Ben Smith Ronn Tomassoni Ralph “Cooney” Weiland Jerry York

Team BU NU BC BC HU BU NU NU HU NU NU BU BC NU HU NU BU BU NU HU HU BC

Tournaments 1 15 2 20 19 10 6 9 11 19 3 10 20 4 5 2 40 2 5 9 19 21

Years 1973 1956-70 1993-94 1973-92 1972-90 1952-62 2006-11 1997-2005 2005-present 1971-89 1952-55 1963-72 1952-72 2012-present 2000-04 1990-91 1974-2013 2014-present 1992-96 1991-99 1952-71 1995-present

W-L 2-0 6-24 2-2 19-21 17-21 10-10 4-8 6-12 6-16 14-24 0-6 15-5 26-14 3-5 2-8 1-3 58-22 2-2 3-7 5-13 22-16 29-13

Pct. 1.000 .200 .500 .475 .447 .500 .333 .333 .273 .368 .000 .750 .650 .375 .200 .250 .725 .500 .300 .277 .579 .691

Finishes 1-0-0-0 0-2-4-9 1-0-0-1 2-7-8-3 4-4-5-6 1-5-3-1 0-2-2-2 0-3-3-3 0-1-5-5 4-2-4-9 0-0-0-3 6-3-0-1 8-2-8-2 0-3-0-1 0-0-2-3 0-0-1-1 21-12-4-3 1-0-0-1 0-1-2-2 1-3-0-5 5-7-5-2 8-6-7-0

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FROM THE ‘POT TO THE PROS: ALEX KILLORN by: Brock

MalonE (harvaRd UNIVersitY)

There is no standard template for developing into a professional athlete, a competitor that reaches the upper echelon of his or her sport.

For some, the path is through stardom from prodigy to international superstar. For others, that path sees a number of speed bumps and obstacles that present hurdle after hurdle, but creates a drive in the athlete to achieve their highest goal as they clear each.

Former Harvard forward Alex Killorn was the latter. His path to the National Hockey League would hardly be characterized as extremely difficult, attending a New England prep school and one of the most prestigious universities in the world, but it was filled with challenges on the ice that developed him into the top-tier NHL player he is today.

The most glaring of the obstacles included three tough seasons for the Crimson and limited success in the Beanpot.

“I’d love to tell you I have great memories, but we never even played in the finals of the Beanpot. We beat Northeastern in the consolation game my senior year, I’d say that’s the best memory I have,” said Killorn from his Tampa, Florida apartment earlier this winter.

That’s not to say Killorn didn’t use the experience on one of the largest stages in college hockey to prepare him for the next chapter of his life, as a forward for the 2015 Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning.

“The Beanpot was obviously pretty special for anyone that plays in Boston,” stated Killorn. “It’s your first time playing in front of a large crowd and in an NHL building. Everything is just really professional about it.”

Killorn, a Montreal native, arrived at Harvard after spending two years attending Deerfield Academy. Prior to that, he was unaware of the Beanpot and its magnitude in the realm of Boston sports.

“I went to boarding school in Deerfield, Massachusetts before going to Harvard and that’s when I first started to hear about it. To be honest, before I got to Deerfield I had no idea what it was. I would watch it because I was going to Harvard, but I didn’t realize how big a deal it was until I got there and everyone kept asking me if I was excited to play in the Beanpot.”

Deerfield’s captain and MVP as a senior, Killorn arrived at Harvard as a touted prospect and a third round selection of the Lightning in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. His first two years in a Crimson sweater proved to be trying times as the Crimson posted just nine wins each year, none of

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which came in the Beanpot, but Killorn used those years to adapt to the Division I game. He began to show his ability to excel at the highest level of college hockey as a sophomore, finishing third on the team with 20 points.

Killorn continued to raise his game in 2010-11, increasing his point total to 29 as a junior while also notching his first Beanpot win with Harvard topping Boston University, 5-4, in the consolation game. Killorn lit the lamp twice in the victory over the Terriers as he became fully aware of the stage he was given the chance to excel on.

“Being in a NHL building, you actually get a feel for how big the dimensions are with the crowd and intense environemnt. The stage was just huge and in a lot of senses it prepared guys for a pro career,” said Killorn.

“For a lot of guys it’s their first opportunity to play on a stage of that size with that level of attention and pressure,” said Ted Donato, a Beanpot veteran as a player for the Crimson and current Robert D. Ziff ’88 Head Coach for Harvard Men’s Ice Hockey. “It’s an opportunity to utilize that venue to bring out the best in their game, and I think it certainly worked for Alex who was able to continue through his time at Harvard to become a very high-end producer for us at both ends of the ice.”

In his senior season at Harvard (2011-12), Killorn finished fifth in the nation after averaging 1.35 points per game -- he scored 23 goals and doled out just as many assists that year

Contemplating leaving for the professional ranks following his junior season, Killorn weighed his options and chose the route of development for one more year in Cambridge, a similar story that current Crimson cocaptain Jimmy Vesey can relate to.

“When I was in high school I would come to the games a lot with my dad and he was obviously the big player and someone I kept my eye on,” said Vesey before a practice earlier this season. “I think he set a good example for future Harvard skaters, being a four-year player and not leaving early.”

The choice to stay did not yield any different results on the ice at TD Garden for the Crimson, as they once again were relegated to the consolation game, but Harvard’s assistant captain scored in both games, including the previously mentioned triumph over Northeastern.

Despite not finding team success on the biggest stage in Boston, Killorn’s decision to stay proved to be critical in his complete development as a player, foreshadowing his jump to the next level. His matching 23 goals and assists as a senior led to his selection as a CCM Hockey first team All-American, as well as a first team all-conference player in the ECAC and Ivy League. His personal success also helped the Crimson record its first winning record since the 2007-08 campaign and produced the nation’s top power play, which Killorn led with 21 manadvantage points.

“There is a definite positive to staying around and being a guy that gets closely watched, a guy that gets a lot of attention and knowing that the team is counting on you to produce to help the team win,” said Donato. “It’s a key benefit going into the game every night and knowing that you’re the guy. I think the overall development from a maturity and leadership standpoint, never mind the great things that Harvard teaches off the ice, the life lessons that help you handle adversity and success that have great value to any facet of life, which includes professional hockey.”

“Especially this year, I think teams have keyed in on me and my line, so I think there is a bit of adversity game-in and game-out,” commented Vesey. “I think being defended more closely and having to battle each night definitely translates to professional hockey where it’s such a tight checking game.”

With his experience as a leader and success on the ice as a senior complete, Killorn joined the professional ranks following the conclusion of the season, joining the American Hockey League’s Norfolk Admirals where he had six points in 10 games to close out the year. He needed just half of the next season with the Syracuse Crunch, where he had 38 points in 44 games, before the Lightning made the call to bring him to Tampa Bay in February of 2013.

The Lightning’s decision was fortified over the next two seasons, as Killorn compiled 41 and 38 points, and helped his squad to the playoffs each season. His ascension to the pinnacle of hockey came during the 2015 playoffs when he tallied 18 points on nine goals and nine helpers.

The most prominent of those nine goals came in the opening game of the Stanley Cup finals where Killorn potted the series’ first goal against the Chicago Blackhawks 4:31 into the action. The goal marked the first ever by a former Harvard skater in the Stanley Cup finals.

“That was a pretty cool achievement for me,” said Killorn. “To score at

Killorn is well on his way to becoming a force in the National Hockey League; he has already reached the 100-point plateau in just two and a half years in the league

the highest level of play is something that I’ll never forget.”

Killorn remains a prominent member of the Lightning in his third full season, skating as a winger with the second line. Coach Donato sees Killorn’s career at Harvard and his decision to play four seasons with the Crimson as great factors in his success on the professional level.

He believes there is a tremendous amount to learn from the experience, advice he is reiterating to Vesey.

“I think what they (Killorn and Vesey) can learn is that there needs to be a lot of development. The evolution from just a one-trick pony of just being an offensive guy to an all-around player is crucial and I think Alex worked really hard at his game to become a 200-foot player. He was able to not only be a guy we put out on the power play, but a guy we put out on the penalty kill, a guy we put out to protect leads. He played both center and wing in his time at Harvard and that gave him the versatility to be used all over the ice and I think that helped him get his foot in the door.”

With that foot in the door, Killorn has ascended to the upper echelons of professional hockey. It required patience and an ability to overcome each hurdle put in front of him, and although Beanpot glory never surfaced, he continued to develop, joining the elite group of top-six forwards in the most elite hockey league in the world, the NHL.

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Championship Finals in Red * Played at Boston Arena (now Matthews Arena) 1st

December 26, 1952 (5,105)* Boston University 4, Northeastern 1 Harvard 3, Boston College 2 (OT) December 27, 1952 (3,382)* Boston College 2, Northeastern 0 Harvard 7, Boston University 4

14th

February 7, 1966 (13,909) Harvard 5, Northeastern 1 Boston University 6, Boston College 4 February 14, 1966 (13,909) Boston College 5, Northeastern 3 Boston University 9, Harvard 2

27th

February 5, 1979 (14,679) Boston College 7, Northeastern 2 Boston University 4, Harvard 2 February 12, 1979 (14,456) Northeastern 5, Harvard 4 Boston University 4, Boston College 3

2nd

January 11, 1954 (711) Harvard 3, Boston University 2 Boston College 8, Northeastern 5 January 12, 1954 (2,399) Boston University 5, Northeastern 3 Boston College 4, Harvard 1

15th

February 9, 1967 (12,261) Northeastern 6, Boston College 5 (OT) Boston University 8, Harvard 3 February 13, 1967 (12,910) Boston College 6, Harvard 5 Boston University 4, Northeastern 0

28th

February 4, 1980 (14,456) Northeastern 6, Boston University 5 (OT) Boston College 4, Harvard 3 February 11, 1980 (14,456) Harvard 7, Boston University 4 Northeastern 5, Boston College 4 (OT)

3rd

February 7, 1955 (2,560) Harvard 12, Northeastern 3 Boston College 9, Boston University 5 February 8, 1955 (5,654) Boston University 4, Northeastern 3 Harvard 5, Boston College 4 (OT)

16th

February 5, 1968 (11,818) Boston University 7, Northeastern 4 Harvard 6, Boston College 4 February 12, 1968 (12,674) Boston College 6, Northeastern 4 Boston University 4, Harvard 1

29th

February 2, 1981 (14,456) Harvard 10, Northeastern 2 Boston College 5, Boston University 2 February 9, 1981 (14,456) Boston University 9, Northeastern 2 Harvard 2, Boston College 0

4th

February 6, 1956 (2,500) Boston College 7, Northeastern 1 Harvard 6, Boston University 1 February 8, 1956 (4,000) Boston University 9, Northeastern 3 Boston College 4, Harvard 2

17th

February 3, 1969 (14,659) Harvard 8, Northeastern 4 Boston University 4, Boston College 2 February 10, 1969 (9,236) Boston College 6, Northeastern 3 Harvard 5, Boston University 3

30th

February 1, 1982 (14,673) Boston University 5, Harvard 1 Boston College 3, Northeastern 2 (OT) February 8, 1982 (14,673) Northeastern 6, Harvard 5 (OT) Boston University 3, Boston College 1

5th

February 1, 1957 (4,038) Boston College 6, Northeastern 0 Boston University 5, Harvard 3 February 5, 1957 (4,038) Harvard 5, Northeastern 3 Boston College 5, Boston Univ. 4 (OT)

18th

February 2, 1970 (14,835) Boston College 5, Northeastern 0 Boston University 5, Harvard 3 February 9, 1970 (14,102) Harvard 5, Northeastern 4 (OT) Boston University 5, Boston College 4

31st

February 8, 1983 (14,523) Boston College 5, Harvard 4 (OT) Northeastern 4, Boston University 3 February 14, 1983 (14,523) Boston University 5, Harvard 4 Boston College 8, Northeastern 2

6th

February 3, 1958 (6,117) Northeastern 5, Harvard 4 Boston University 5, Boston College 4 February 10, 1958 (4,784) Harvard 7, Boston College 1 Boston University 9, Northeastern 3

19th

February 8, 1971 (11,449) Boston University 12, Northeastern 2 Harvard 10, Boston College 4 February 22, 1971 (14,994) Boston College 8, Northeastern 2 Boston University 4, Harvard 1

32nd

February 6, 1984 (14,451) Northeastern 7, Harvard 3 Boston University 6, Boston College 5 February 13, 1984 (14,451) Boston College 5, Harvard 2 Northeastern 5, Boston University 2

7th

February 2, 1959 (5,920) Boston College 6, Harvard 4 Boston University 7, Northeastern 4 February 9, 1959 (8,180) Harvard 4, Northeastern 0 Boston College 7, Boston University 4

20th

February 7, 1972 (8,159) Harvard 8, Northeastern 3 Boston University 4, Boston College 2 February 14, 1972 (14,995) Boston College 5, Northeastern 4 Boston University 4, Harvard 1

33rd

February 4, 1985 (14,451) Boston University 5, Harvard 3 Northeastern 4, Boston College 2 February 11, 1985 (14,451) Harvard 6, Boston College 5 Northeastern 4, Boston University 2

8th

February 8, 1960 (10,909) Harvard 5, Northeastern 3 Boston University 5, Boston College 2 February 15, 1960 (5,713) Northeastern 6, Boston College 5 Harvard 3, Boston University 2

21st

February 5, 1973 (13,643) Boston College 9, Northeastern 8 (OT) Boston University 8, Harvard 3 February 12, 1973 (15,003) Harvard 8, Northeastern 5 Boston University 4, Boston College 1

34th

February 3, 1986 (14,451) Boston University 8, Northeastern 5 Boston College 4, Harvard 2 February 10, 1986 (14,451) Harvard 7, Northeastern 1 Boston University 4, Boston College 1

9th

February 6, 1961 (5,800) Boston College 15, Northeastern 1 Harvard 3, Boston University 2 (OT) February 13, 1961 (13,909) Northeastern 6, Boston University 2 Boston College 4, Harvard 2

22nd

February 4, 1974 (8,033) Boston University 6, Northeastern 1 Harvard 11, Boston College 6 February 11, 1974 (12,202) Northeastern 4, Boston College 3 Harvard 5, Boston University 4

35th

February 2, 1987 (14,451) Boston University 6 , Boston College 3 Northeastern 5, Harvard 4 (OT) February 9, 1987 (14,451) Boston College 7, Harvard 6 (OT) Boston University 4, Northeastern 3 (OT)

10th

February 5, 1962 (13,909) Boston University 5, Northeastern 4 Harvard 6, Boston College 1 February 12, 1962 (4,500) Boston College 4, Northeastern 0 Harvard 5, Boston University 0

23rd

February 3, 1975 (8,694) Harvard 9, Northeastern 0 Boston University 5, Boston College 3 February 10, 1975 (15,003) Northeastern 5, Boston College 3 Boston University 7, Harvard 2

36th

February 1, 1988 (14,451) Northeastern 4, Boston College 0 Boston University 6, Harvard 4 February 8, 1988 (14,451) Boston College 4, Harvard 2 Northeastern 6, Boston University 3

11th

February 4, 1963 (6,961) Boston College 2, Boston University 1 (OT) Harvard 4, Northeastern 3 (OT) February 11, 1963 (13,909) Northeastern 4, Boston University 2 Boston College 3, Harvard 1

24th

February 2, 1976 (11,118) Boston College 5, Northeastern 3 Boston University 6, Harvard 5 February 9, 1976 (12,250) Harvard 4, Northeastern 2 Boston College 6, Boston University 3

37th

February 6, 1989 (14,448) Harvard 5, Boston College 4 Boston University 5, Northeastern 4 (OT) February 13, 1989 (14,448) Boston College 4, Northeastern 1 Harvard 9, Boston University 6

12th

February 3, 1964 (8,396) Boston College 7, Northeastern 4 Boston University 3, Harvard 2 February 10, 1964 (13,909) Harvard 7, Northeastern 5 Boston College 6, Boston University 5

25th

February 7, 1977 (13,674) Boston University 10, Northeastern 5 Harvard 4, Boston College 2 February 14, 1977 (14,597) Boston College 6, Northeastern 4 Harvard 4, Boston University 3

38th

February 5, 1990 (14,448) Boston University 4, Boston College 3 Harvard 5, Northeastern 4 February 12, 1990 (14,448) Boston College 8, Northeastern 4 Boston University 8, Harvard 2

13th

February 8, 1965 (13,058) Boston Univ. 5, Northeastern 4 (30T) Boston College 5, Harvard 4 (OT) February 15, 1965 (13,909) Northeastern 3, Harvard 1 Boston College 5, Boston University 4

26th

February 6,1978 (11,666) Harvard 4, Northeastern 3 (OT) Boston University 12, Boston College 5 March 1, 1978 (14,335) Boston College 3, Northeastern 2 (OT) Boston University 7, Harvard 1

39th

February 4, 1991 (14,448) Boston College 5, Northeastern 3 Boston University 8, Harvard 2 February 11, 1991 (14,448) Northeastern 5, Harvard 0 Boston University 8, Boston College 4

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40th

February 3, 1992 (14,448) Harvard 6, Boston College 4 Boston University 5, Northeastern 4 February 10, 1992 (14,448) Boston College 5, Northeastern 3 Boston University 5, Harvard 2

48th

February 7, 2000 (17,565) Boston College 6, Northeastern 0 Boston University 4, Harvard 0 February 14, 2000 (17,278) Harvard 3, Northeastern 1 Boston University 4, Boston College 1

56th

February 4, 2008 (17,565) Harvard 3, Northeastern 1 Boston College 4, Boston University 3 (OT) February 11, 2008 (17,565) Boston University 5, Northeastern 4 Boston College 6, Harvard 5 (OT)

41st

February 1, 1993 (14,448) Harvard 7, Northeastern 5 Boston University 8, Boston College 2 February 8, 1993 (14,448) Northeastern 4, Boston College 3 Harvard 4, Boston University 2

49th

February 5, 2001 (17,565) Boston University 6, Northeastern 4 Boston College 4, Harvard 1 February 12, 2001 (17,278) Northeastern 8, Harvard 7 Boston College 5, Boston University 3

57th

February 2, 2009 (17,565) Boston University 4, Harvard 3 Northeastern 6, Boston College 1 February 9, 2009 (17,565) Boston College 4, Harvard 3 Boston University 5, Northeastern 2

42nd

February 7, 1994 (14,448) Boston College 5, Northeastern 4 (20T) Harvard 4, Boston University 2 February 14, 1994 (14,448) Boston University 8, Northeastern 0 Boston College 2, Harvard 1 (OT)

50th

February 4, 2002 (17,565) Northeastern 5, Harvard 2 Boston University 5, Boston College 3 February 11, 2002 (17,565) Boston College 4, Harvard 0 Boston University 5, Northeastern 3

58th

February 1, 2010 (17,565) Boston College 6, Harvard 0 Boston University 2, Northeastern 1 February 8, 2010 (17,565) Northeastern 4, Harvard 1 Boston College 4, Boston University 3

43rd

February 6, 1995 (14,448) Boston University 6, Northeastern 2 Boston College 7, Harvard 6 February 13, 1995 (14,448) Northeastern 4, Harvard 2 Boston University 5, Boston College 1

51st

February 3, 2003 (17,565) Boston University 2, Harvard 1 Boston College 5, Northeastern 2 February 10, 2003 (17,565) Harvard 4, Northeastern 1 Boston University 3, Boston College 2

59th

February 7, 2011 (17,565) Northeastern 4, Harvard 0 Boston College 3, Boston University 2 (OT) February 14, 2011 (17,565) Harvard 5, Boston University 4 Boston College 7, Northeastern 6 (OT)

44th

February 5, 1996 (17,565) Northeastern 4, Harvard 1 Boston University 4, Boston College 1 February 12, 1996 (17,565) Boston College 6, Harvard 2 Boston University 11, Northeastern 4

52nd

February 2, 2004 (17,565) Boston University 5, Northeastern 2 Boston College 4, Harvard 1 February 9, 2004 (17,565) Northeastern 3, Harvard 1 Boston College 2, Boston Univ. 1 (OT)

60th

February 6, 2012 (16,005) Boston University 3, Harvard 1 Boston College 7, Northeastern 1 February 13, 2012 (17,565) Harvard 3, Northeastern 2 Boston College 3, Boston University 2 (OT)

45th

February 3, 1997 (17,565) Boston University 7, Harvard 1 Boston College 4, Northeastern 1 February 10, 1997 (17,565) Northeastern 2, Harvard 0 Boston University 4, Boston College 2

53rd

February 7, 2005 (17,565) Northeastern 2, Harvard 1 (20T) Boston University 2, Boston College 1 February 14, 2005 (17,565) Boston College 4, Harvard 1 Boston Univ. 3, Northeastern 2 (OT)

61st

February 4, 2013 (17,565) Northeastern 3, Boston University 2 Boston College 4, Harvard 1 February 11, 2013 (17,565) Harvard 7, Boston University 4 Boston College 6, Northeastern 3

46th

February 2, 1998 (17,565) Boston University 4, Northeastern 1 Harvard 5, Boston College 4 (OT) February 9, 1998 (17,565) Boston College 4, Northeastern 1 Boston University 2, Harvard 1 (OT)

54th

February 6, 2006 (17,565) Boston College 5, Northeastern 2 Boston University 5, Harvard 3 February 13, 2006 (17,565) Harvard 5, Northeastern 0 Boston University 3, Boston College 2

62nd

February 3, 2014 (14,776) Northeastern 6, Harvard 0 Boston College 3, Boston University 1 February 10, 2014 (17,565) Harvard 6, Boston University 2 Boston College 4, Northeastern 1

47th

February 1, 1999 (17,565) Northeastern 4, Harvard 3 (OT) Boston University 3, Boston College 2 (OT) February 8, 1999 (17,565) Boston College 6, Harvard 4 Boston University 4, Northeastern 2

55th

February 5, 2007 (17,565) Boston University 4, Northeastern 0 Boston College 3, Harvard 1 February 12, 2007 (17,565) Northeastern 3, Harvard 1 Boston Univ. 2, Boston College 1 (OT)

63rd

February 3, 2015 (14,520) Northeastern 3, Boston College 2 Boston University 4, Harvard 3 (2OT) February 23, 2015 (14,253) Boston College 3, Harvard 2 (OT) Boston University 4, Northeastern 3 (OT)

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“Boys, when you skate around the rink tonight, I want you to look up in the stands. You’ll see all those Harvard Protestants up there; you’ll see them with their camel’s hair jackets and flashy ties, and with their flashy women beside them. They have no idea what life is about. Now I want you to think about your own mothers and fathers – the poor Irish who can’t even rub two nickels together.”

Kelley’s speechifying, corny as it may sound today, usually worked.

In January 1968, the Eagles were playing at Clarkson on a Saturday after losing in overtime at Saint Lawrence the night before. The Knights overwhelmed the Eagles in the first period but scored only once on goalie Jeff “Bagel” Cohen. Jeff had kept BC in the game with 22 saves.

Snooks strode into the dressing room and snarled, “Twenny-two! Twenny-two! That’s what Jeff did for you! What are YOU gonna do for Jeff?”

Snooks then left the dressing room, probably to pull on one of the cigarettes he smoked incessantly. His team got the message, charged out of the locker room to turn the tables on a good Clarkson team, and walked off with a 5-2 win.

The Kelley-era practice sessions were seldom more than skating and conditioning sessions that brought in a few 3-on-2 and 2-on-1 drills. Power plays and penalty kills simply meant sending out the best available players. Strategy consisted of having the defensemen shoot the puck up ice and sending the forwards in to chase it and try to set something up. As Giles Threadgold, who played on the Eagles’ 1949 NCAA champion team, summed it up, “We would shoot the puck into the zone and skate like hell to keep it there. We got five men into the offensive zone. That’s all Snooks wanted to do.”

As a disciplinarian, Snooks was a soft touch - perhaps too soft at times. He preferred to be a friend and buddy to his players and their families. Many times, after his players graduated, Snooks would attend their weddings and family events. He and his wife Marge would also host former players at summer cottages they rented in Gloucester and Marshfield.

Snooks Kelley’s final team, the 1971-72 squad led by seniors Vin Shanley, Scott Godfrey, and Jack Cronin, was especially devoted to him.

They opened the season with the Thanksgiving weekend tournament in Duluth, and for the pre-game meal they presented him with a cake that said “Giving Thanks for Our Great Coach.” They made it their mission to win enough games to get him to a career total of 500 before he retired.

It wasn’t going to be easy. They weren’t playoff caliber, and deep down they all knew it. They needed to win 13 games, and they struggled all season long. They had only nine victories as of mid-February, with five of the seven remaining games on the road. One of the home games was againstt national champion BU, and it would be their fourth game in six nights.

Wonder of wonders, they pulled it off. The “Snooks 500” game was a colossal 7-5 upset of the Terriers. Ed Kenty, playing with a special mask to shield a broken nose, scored four goals. Jim King, playing despite his mononucleosis, had two.

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It was the final meeting of the coaches Kelley. Snooks retired after the season. Jack repeated as coach of the national champions and then moved on. The long series between the two teams, which started back in February of 1920, then stood at 50-50-4.

And so, within a twelve-month stretch almost a half-century ago, three of the four Beanpot Patriarchs concluded their college hockey careers in Boston. Jack Kelley won the national championship at BU in both 1971 and 1972. But before he did so each year, both Cooney Weiland and Snooks Kelley sent their teams out against the mighty Terriers and pulled off an awesome upset victory.

Fernie Flaman’s tenure was just beginning at that time, but in less than ten years he led Northeastern out of the wilderness and to the Promised Land of Beanpot.

Before his time on Huntington Ave., Fernie Flaman played professionally from 1943–1964 -- Flaman started in Boston for five season and then was traded back from Toronto in 1954 -- Upon his return to Boston, Flaman was named captain in 1955

Year MVP 1952 Walt Greeley 1954 Bob Babine 1955 Billy Cleary 1956 James Tiernan 1957 Joe Celeta 1958 Bill Sullivan 1959 Jim Logue 1960 Bob Bland 1961 Tom Martin 1962 Gene Kinasewich 1963 Billy Hogan 1964 John Cunniff 1965 John Cunniff 1966 Tom Ross 1967 Herb Wakabayashi 1968 Jim McCann 1969 Joe Cavanagh 1970 Mike Hyndman 1971 Steve Stirling 1972 Dan Brady

John Danby 1973 Vic Stanfield 1974 Randy Roth 1975 Vic Stanfield 1976 Paul Skidmore 1977 Brian Petrovek 1978 Jack O’Callahan 1979 Daryl MacLeod 1980 Dave Archambault 1981 Wade Lau 1982 Tom O’Regan 1983 Bob Sweeney

School Harvard Boston College Harvard Boston College Boston College Boston University Boston College Harvard Boston College Harvard Boston College Boston College Boston College Boston University Boston University Boston University Harvard Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Harvard Boston University Boston College Harvard Boston University Boston University Northeastern Harvard Boston University Boston College

Pos F F F F F F G G D F F F F D F G F D F G F D F D G G D F D G F F

Year MVP 1984 Tim Marshall 1985 Bruce Racine 1986 Terry Taillefer 1987 Mike Kelfer 1988 Bruce Racine 1989 Lane MacDonald 1990 David Tomlinson 1991 Tony Amonte 1992 Mike Prendergast 1993 Ted Drury 1994 Greg Taylor 1995 Ken Rausch 1996 Chris Drury 1997 Bill Pierce 1998 Tom Poti 1999 Michel Larocque 2000 Rick DiPietro 2001 Krys Kolanos 2002 Justin Maiser 2003 Sean Fields 2004 Sean Fields 2005 Chris Bourque 2006 Peter MacArthur 2007 John Curry 2008 Brian Gibbons 2009 Nick Bonino 2010 John Muse 2011 Chris Kreider 2012 Johnny Gaudreau 2013 Kevin Roy 2014 Kevin Hayes 2015 Matt Grzelcyk

School Northeastern Northeastern Boston University Boston University Northeastern Harvard Boston University Boston University Boston University Harvard Boston College Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston College Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston College Boston University Boston College Boston College Boston College Northeastern Boston College Boston University

Pos G G G F G F F F F F G F F F D G G F F G G F F G F F G F F F F D

Junior defenseman Matt Grzelcyk skated off as the Beanpot hero in 2015 after not only scoring a pair of goals in the finals against Northeastern, but the Charlestown native also scored the overtime winner on the first shot in overtime on Feb. 23, 2015 -- He is the first BU Bostonian to win the award since Mike Prendergast in 1992

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The Eberly Award, first presented in 1974, is given annually to the goalie with the best save percentage at The Beanpot. The winning goalie must participate in two games to qualify. The award is named after Glen and Dan Eberly, former Beanpot goaltenders at Boston University and Northeastern, respectively.

Year Player (School)

Saves Goals Save% GAA

Year Player (School)

Saves Goals Save% GAA

1974 Ed Walsh (BU)

50

6

.893 3.00

1996 Tom Noble (BU)

52

5

.912

1975 Brian Durocher (BU)

54

5

.915

2.50

1997 Marc Robitaille (NU)

68

4

.944 2.00

1976 Paul Skidmore (BC)

70

6

.921 3.00

1998 Marc Robitaille (NU)

75

7

.915

3.51

1977 Brian Petrovek (HU)

46

5

.902 2.50

1999 Michel Larocque (BU)

65

4

.942

1.92

1978 Ed Arrington (NU)

51

7

.879 3.50

2000 Rick DiPietro (BU)

52

1

.981 0.50

1979 Paul Skidmore (BC)

57

6

.905 3.00

2001 Scott Clemmensen (BC)

36

4

.900 2.00

1980 George Demetroulakas (NU) 40

9

.816 4.50

2002 Matti Kaltiainen (BC)

42

4

.913

2.02

1981 Wade Lau (HU)

36

2

.947

1.00

2003 Sean Fields (BU)

59

3

.952

1.50

1982 Bob O’Connor (BC)

67

5

.930 2.50

2004 Sean Fields (BU)

85

4

.955

1.90

1983 Bill Switaj (BC)

58

6

.906 3.00

2005 Keni Gibson (NU)

65

4

.942

1.54

1984 Tim Marshall (NU)

54

5

.915

2006 Cory Schneider (BC)

61

5

.924

2.53

1985 Bruce Racine (NU)

63

4

.940 2.00

2007 John Curry (BU)

64

1

.985 0.48

1986 Scott Gordon (BC)

51

6

.895 3.00

2008 Brad Thiessen (NU)

70

8

.897 4.06

1987 Terry Taillefer (BU)

70

6

.921

3.00

2009 Brad Thiessen (NU)

74

6

.925 3.00

1988 Bruce Racine (NU)

50

3

.943

1.50

2010 John Muse (BC)

64

3

.955

1989 Rich Burchill (NU)

67

9

.882 4.50

2011 Chris Rawlings (NU)

80

7

.920 3.33

1990 Scott Cashman (BU)

52

5

.912

2.50

2012 Kieran Millan (BU)

73

4

.948

1991 Tom Cole (NU)

86

5

.945 2.50

2013 Parker Milner (BC)

39

4

.907 2.00

1992 Scott Cashman (BU)

59

6

.908 3.00

2014 Thatcher Demko (BC)

55

3

.966

1993 Scott Cashman (BU)

41

6

.872 3.00

2015 Steve Michalek (HU)

87

7

.926 3.25

1994 Greg Taylor (BC)

66

5

.930

2.11

1995 Derek Herlofsky (BU)

51

3

.944

1.50

2.50

2.64

1.54 1.72 1.51

Senior goaltender Steve Michalek set a Beanpot record on Feb. 3, 2015, after stopping 63 shots in a double overtime loss to Boston University (4-3) in the first round. Michalek broke Jim Barton’s (BC) mark of 52 saves in 1970 -- the Harvard backstopper came within four stops of breaking the all-time Beanpot record, totaling 87 saves for the tournament.

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CAREER SCORING LEADERS Player (School) Joe Cavanagh (HU) Tim Sheehy (BC) Bob Marquis (BU) Richie Smith (BC) Lane MacDonald (HU) Art Chisholm (NU) Vic Stanfield (BU) Bill Daley (BC) Bob Cleary (HU) Mike Sullivan (BU) Shawn McEachern (BU) Billy Hogan (BC) Steve Owen (HU) Todd Johnson (BU) Dave Poile (NU) Rick Meagher (BU) David Tomlinson (BU) Bob Sweeney (BC) Steven Whitney (BC) Scott Harlow (BC) Scott Fusco (HU) Dan DeMichelle (HU) David O’Brien (NU) Dave Silk (BU) Herb Wakabayashi (BU)

Years 1969-71 1968-70 1958-60 1973-76 1985-89 1959-61 1972-74 1959-61 1956-58 1987-90 1989-91 1961-63 1969-71 1978-81 1968-70 1974-77 1988-91 1983-86 2010-13 1983-86 1982-86 1969-71 1985-88 1977-80 1967-69

GP 6 6 6 8 8 6 6 6 6 8 6 6 6 8 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 6 6

G 7 9 8 4 6 6 4 4 6 4 4 9 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 3 2

CAREER LEADERS A 12 7 8 12 9 9 11 11 8 10 10 4 6 7 7 8 9 9 6 6 6 6 7 9 10

Pts 19 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

GOALS Period Game

Tournament Career

4 5 5 5 7 10

Billy Cleary (HU) vs. Northeastern, 1955 (HU, 12-3) Billy Cleary (HU) vs. Northeastern, 1955 (HU, 12-3) Ed Sullivan (BC) vs. Northeastern, 1961 (BC, 15-1) Mike Powers (BC) vs. Northeastern, 1973 (BC, 9-8) Billy Cleary (HU), 1955 Joe Mullen (BC), 1976-79

Game Tournament

Career

6

Billy Daley (BC) vs. Northeastern, 1961 (BC, 15-1)

6 6 6 12 12

Billy Daley (BC), 1961 David Silk (BU), 1977 Herb Wakabayashi (BU), 1967 Joe Cavanagh (HU), 1969-71 Richie Smith (BC), 1973-76

ASSISTS

POINTS Period 5

Game 7

Tournament 11 Career 19

Billy Cleary (HU) vs. Northeastern, 1955 (HU, 12-3), 4-1-5 Billy Cleary (HU) vs. Northeastern, 1955 (HU, 12-3), 5-2-7 Billy Cleary (HU), 1955, 7-4-11 Joe Cavanagh (HU), 1969-71 6 gp; 7-12-19

PENALTY SHOTS Shooter Team Opponent Date T. Sheehy BC NU 2/12/68 B. Goodenow HU BC 2/4/74 R. Smith BC BU 2/3/75 W. Turner NU HU 2/12/79 D. Burke HU NU 2/12/79

Time Period Result 6:26 2nd scored 10:59 2nd scored 11:39 2nd scored 7:05 2nd stopped 18:15 2nd scored

(two tournament minimum)

Player (School) GP Periods Saves Michel Larocque (BU) 4 13 115 John Curry (BU) 5 17 153 John Daigneau (HU) 3 7 68 Dan Brady (BU) 4 6 98 Jim McCann (BU) 3 9 79 Thatcher Demko 4 12 109 Sean Fields (BU) 6 19 192 Cory Schneider (BC) 5 15 114 Parker Milner (BC) 4 13 93 Marc Robitaille (NU) 4 12 143 Tom Noble (BU) 4 12 96 Clay Witt (NU) 6 16 166 Keni Gibson (NU) 6 19 170 Ed Walsh (BU) 4 12 109 Bob O’Connor (BC) 5 15 150 Sandy Galuppo (BC) 4 12 108 Tom Cole (NU) 3 12 107 Steve Michalek (HU) 6 16 161 Kieran Millan (BU) 8 26 233 Terry Taillefer (BU) 4 12 128 Brad Thiessen (NU) 6 18 202 Matt O’Connor (BU) 4 13 113 Chris Rawlings (NU) 7 21 220 Bob Bland (HU) 5 15 117 Cleon Daskalakis (BU) 4 12 127 Godfrey Wood (HU) 3 9 58 Matti Kaltiainen (BC) 8 24 144 Scott Cashman (BU) 6 18 156 Dov Grumet-Morris (HU) 6 19 156 Bob Barich (BU) 4 12 120 Greg Taylor (BC) 8 27 226 Paul Skidmore (BC) 8 24 235 Jim Craig (BU) 5 15 121 Scott Clemmensen (BC) 7 23 136 Bruce Racine (NU) 8 26 237 Raphael Girard (HU) 3 7 71 Kyle Richter (HU) 5 14 114 Charlie Flynn (HU) 6 18 130

GA Sv% Years 6 .950 1997-99 8 .950 2005-07 6 .944 2005-06 6 .942 1971-72 5 .940 1967-68 7 .939 2014-15 13 .937 2002-04 8 .934 2005-07 7 .930 2011-13 11 .929 1997-98 8 .923 1995-98 14 .922 2012-15 15 .919 2002-05 10 .916 1973-74 14 .915 1980-82 10 .915 1989-91 10 .915 1990-91 15 .914 2012-15 22 .914 2009-12 12 .914 1983-87 19 .914 2007-09 11 .911 2013 -15 22 .909 2009-13 12 .907 1960-62 13 .907 1981-84 6 .906 1962-63 15 .906 2002-05 17 .902 1990-93 17 .902 2002-05 13 .902 1980-83 25 .900 1994-97 28 .894 1976-79 15 .890 1976-79 17 .889 1998-01 30 .888 1985-88 9 .887 2012 15 .884 2007-11 18 .878 1954-56

SHUTOUTS Year 1952 1957 1959 1962 1962 1967 1970 1975 1981 1988 1991 1997 2000 2000 2002 2006 2007 2011 2014

Player (School) Game Joe Carroll (BC) vs. Northeastern, 2-0 Consolation Al Pitta (BC) vs. Northeastern, 6-0 Semifinal Harry Pratt (HU) vs. Northeastern, 4-0 Consolation Godfrey Wood (HU) vs. Boston University, 5-0 Championship Charlie Driscoll (BC) vs. Northeastern, 4-0 Consolation Jim McCann (BU) vs. Northeastern, 4-0 Championship Jim Barton (BC) vs. Northeastern, 5-0 Semifinal Brian Petrovek (HU) vs. Northeastern, 9-0 Semifinal Wade Lau (HU) vs. Boston College, 2-0 Championship Bruce Racine (NU) vs. Boston College, 4-0 Semifinal Tom Cole (NU) vs. Harvard, 5-0 Consolation Marc Robitaille (NU) vs. Harvard, 2-0 Consolation Scott Clemmensen (BC) vs. Northeastern, 6-0 Semifinal Rick DiPietro (BU) vs. Harvard, 4-0 Semifinal Matti Kaltiainen (BC) vs. Harvard, 4-0 Consolation Justin Tobe (HU) vs. Northeastern, 5-0 Consolation John Curry (BU) vs. Northeastern, 4-0 Semifinal Chris Rawlings (NU) vs. Harvard, 4-0 Semifinal Clay Witt (NU) vs. Harvard, 6-0 Semifinal

SAVES Game Tournament Career

63 91 237

Steve Michalek (HU) vs. Boston University, 2015 Bill Fitzsimmons (HU) (8 goals allowed), 1965 Bruce Racine (NU) (30 goals allowed), 1985-88

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50

51

Year 1952 1954 1955 1956 1957

1958 1959 1960 1961

1962

1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

1969 1970

1971 1972

1973

1974 1975 1976

1977 1978 1979

1980

1981 1982 1983

1984 1985 1986

1987 1987

1988 1989 1990 1991

Player (School) Walt Greely (HU) Jim Duffy (BC) Billy Cleary (HU) Ed Carroll (BC) Joe Celeta (BC) Dick Cane (BC) Bob Cleary (HU) Bob Marquis (BU) Art Chisholm (NU) Billy Hogan (BC) Billy Daley (BC) Tim Taylor (HU) Gene Kinasewich (HU) Leo Dupere (NU) Bill Seabury (NU) John Cunniff (BC) Bruce Fennie (BU) Jerry York (BC) Herb Wakabayashi (BU) Tim Sheehy (BC) Joe Cavanagh (HU) Tim Sheehy (BC) Larry Davenport (BU) Steve Stirling (BU) John Danby (BU) Bob McNamara (HU) Mike Powers (BC) Vic Stanfield (BU) Chuck Lambert (BC) Vic Stanfield (BU) Paul Haley (HU) Richie Smith (BC) Dave Silk (BU) Dick Lamby (BU) Joe Mullen (BC) Daryl McLeod (BU) Doug Harvey (NU) Wayne Turner (NU) Mark Fusco (HU) Tony Meagher (BU) Todd Johnson (BU) Scot McKenney (NU) Ed Rauseo (BC) Bob Sweeny (BC) Jay Heinbuck (NU) Scott Fusco (HU) Scott Fusco (HU) John Cullen (BU) Ken Hodge (BC) Allen Bourbeau (HU) Kevin Stevens (BC) Ville Kentala (BU) Ted Donato (HU) David Tomlinson (BU) Shawn McEachern (BU)

G 4 4 7 2 5 1 4 3 2 5 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 0 4 3 4 3 2 4 1 6 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 3 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 2 2 1 2 2 1

A 2 1 4 2 0 4 3 4 5 2 6 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 6 2 5 2 3 5 1 4 0 5 3 4 4 4 6 4 0 2 3 1 3 3 2 2 4 4 5 4 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 5

Points 6 5 11 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 6 8 6 6 7 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 8 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6

Year 1992 1993 1994

1995

1996

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

2003

2004 2005

2006

2007 2008

2009

2010 2011 2012

2013 2014 2015

Player (School) Mike Pendergast (BU) Ted Drury (HU) Jay Pandolfo (BU) Dan Donato (BU) Cory Gustafson (HU) Jacques Joubert (BU) Ken Rausch (BU) Mike Grier (BU) Scott Campbell (NU) Bob LaChance (BU) Jon Coleman (BU) Mike Mottau (BC) Mike Mottau (BC) Krys Kolanos (BC) Graig Mischler (NU) Mike Ryan (NU) Mike Pandolfo (BU) Ryan Shannon (BC) Peter Cavanagh (HU) J.D. Forrest (BC) Ben Eaves (BC) Ryan Murphy (BC) Dan Bertram (BC) Tim Judy (NU) John Laliberte (BU) Greg Lanze (BC) Bryan Miller (BU) Mike Morris (NU) Peter Harrold (BC) Jason Lawrence (BU) Brian Boyle (BC) Brian Gibbons (BC) Ryan Ginand (NU) Doug Rogers (HU) Mike Taylor Chris Donovan (NU) Brandon Yip (BU) Pier-Olivier Michaud (HU) Carl Sneep (BC) Wade MacLeod (NU) Johnny Gaudreau (BC) Steven Whitney (BC) Kevin Roy (NU) Johnny Gaudreau (BC) Garret Cockerill (NU) Kyle Criscuolo (HU) Ryan Fitzgerald (BC) Cason Hohmann (BU) Alexander Kerfoot (HU) Ahti Oksanen (BU) Nikolas Olsson (BU) Evan Rodrigues (BU) Kevin Roy (NU)

GOALS Most, one team, one period Most, one team, one game Most, two teams, one game

Most, one team, tournament

Least, all teams, tournament Most, all teams, tournament

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A 3 4 3 4 2 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 4 1 5 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 3 4 1 2 4 2 2 0 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2

Points 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 7 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

POINTS 7, BC vs. NU, 1961 15, BC vs. NU (15-1), 1961 17, BC (9) vs. NU (8) OT, 1973 HU (11) vs. BC (6), 1974 BU (12) vs. BC (5), 1978 19, BC (15-1, 4-2), 1961 BU (12-5, 7-1), 1978 15, 2007 46, 1973

Most, one team, one game Most, two teams, one game Most, one team, tournament Least, all teams, tournament Most, all teams, tournament

24, BU vs. NU (12-2), 1971 29, BC (16) vs. NU (13), 1973 32, BU, 1971, 1978 18, 2005 72, 1971

Longest team scoring streak Lowest score

38, BC (15-23-38) vs. NU, 1961 46, BC (9-16-25) vs. NU (8-13-21), 1973 51, BU (19-32-51), 1978 32, 2005 117, (46-71-117), 1973

SAVES One team, one game Two teams, one game One team, tournament

ASSISTS Most, one team, one game Most, two teams, one game Most, one team, tournament Least, all teams, tournament Most, all teams, tournament

G 2 2 1 0 2 0 3 4 3 2 0 1 0 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 3 2 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1

63, HU vs. BU (BU, 4-3, 2OT), 2015 94, HU (63) vs. BU (31), 2015 91, HU, 1965

OTHER 98 games, BU, 1963-present 2-0, BC vs NU, 1952 2-0, HU vs. BC, 1981 2-0, NU vs. HU, 1997