1970–71 Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey season

March 2026 August 2023 color:white; background:#CC0000; a #000000 2px white white Boston University Terriers white 1970–71 Boston University Terriers wordmark.svg Boston University Terriers men ECAC Hockey 1st 28–2–1 18–1–1 13–0–0 8–1–1 7–1 Jack Kelley Bob Crocker Steve StirlingYear-By-Year Results https://goterriers.com/documents/2017/4/19//1718_mih_recordbook_all_time_results.pdf?id=2883 Boston University Terriers March 26, 2019 Boston Arena National championBoston Arena Christmas Tournament, championBeanpot, championECAC Hockey, champion NCAA tournament champion 1969–70 1971–72 Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1970–71 Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey team represented Boston University in college ice hockey. In its 9th year under head coach Jack Kelley the team compiled a 28–2–1 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the seventh time. The Terriers defeated Minnesota 4–2 in the championship game at the Onondaga War Memorial in Syracuse, New York to win the national championship. Season Early Season After a very good season in 1970, BU set their sights firmly on improving over their third place ECAC finish. Jack Kelley's Terriers opened the season in St. Louis, playing the new varsity team for Saint Louis University. Not surprisingly, the experienced easterners dominated the Billikens, winning both games by a combined score of 17–1. The squad returned home for their next contest three days later, defeating Brown soundly before hitting the road again (through not traveling nearly as far away as their first two games). After dropping New Hampshire BU faced Harvard in their first big test on the season and the two teams fought to a 4–4 draw. The Terriers returned to their home rink to take on two non-conference opponents and thoroughly dispatched both. First was College Division Merrimack followed by a down Minnesota team ten days later. BU Shut out both opponents and glided into their winter break with a 6–0–1 record. Christmas Tournament At the end of December BU played host in the Boston Arena Christmas Tournament for the 17th and final time. In the first game the Terriers dropped a good Providence team then beat the independent Notre Dame team 7–3 to claim the championship. After the calendar changed to 1971, BU welcomed Princeton to the Boston Arena with the second-largest shutout victory in program history (14–0). After travelling across town to defeat arch-rival Boston College the Terriers returned home to face Northeastern on their shared rink. The Huskies were no match for Boston University and Kelley's boys posted their fifth shutout of the season. After brushing off another College Division program, this time in the form of Bowling Green, BU hosted Dartmouth and trounced the Big Green 13–4, their sixth win by at least 8 goals in only 14 games. First Blemish In late January BU left New England for the first time in almost two months to face defending national champion Cornell. Cornell had not lost at home in over four years and, despite their best efforts, the first-place Terriers were unable to end the Big Red's streak, suffering their first loss of the season 1–5. BU took their frustrations out on Providence to begin another winning streak, defeating four conference opponents in quick succession (including second-place Clarkson)Clarkson Hockey 2018-19 Media Guide https://issuu.com/mikelg/docs/clarksonmenhockeyguide18-19 Clarkson Golden Knights May 22, 2019 to head into the Beanpot narrowly holding onto the top spot in the ECAC. BU's first opponent in the Beanpot was a very weak Northeastern team and the match was more or less a repeat of the first meeting between the two with the Terriers winning 12–2. Kelley's team played three games during the two-week break and won all three contests by a 5-goal margin. When the time came for the championship BU was able to hold Harvard to a single goal and won their second consecutive Beanpot.Beanpot official site http://www.beanpothockey.com https://web.archive.org/web/20130810172826/http://www.beanpothockey.com/ August 10, 2013 ECAC Tournament The Terriers finished their regular season with two more wins, finishing with an 18–1–1 ECAC record while possessing the top offense and #2 defense in the 17-team conference. BU played host to Rensselaer in the conference quarterfinals and won the match easily, 11–0. When the tournament shifted to the Boston Garden BU faced Harvard in the semifinal and disaster struck, for the fourth year in a row the Terriers lost in the conference semis, losing 2–4 to their cross-town rivals. Ordinarily that would have meant that BU would not have an opportunity to make the NCAA tournament but because that was only the Terriers' second loss of the season there was a small chance that the selection committee would choose BU as the second eastern seed. To give them a better shot at the tournament the Terriers would have to defeat Cornell in the third place game. Cornell got off to a fast start, scoring less than four minutes into the game but BU was able to tie the match in less than two minutes. The two teams exchanged goals three more times before the first period was over and Cornell led 3–2 after one. The Terriers tied the game early in the second and then Cornell got into penalty trouble. BU score two power play goals in a 5-minute span and took a 5–3 lead before Cornell got their own man-advantage marker with three minutes left in the second. BU reestablished the 2-goal margin 33 seconds later but the Big Red were able to cut close the gap with 14 seconds left in the middle frame. After allowing the fifth goal on 31 shots, Kelley pulled starter Dan Brady in favor of Tim Regan and the later responded by putting up a wall in front of the BU net. Cornell fired a further 13 shots in the third period but Regan turned away everything and BU skated to a 6–5 win and a third-place finish in the ECAC tournament, the team's first win over the Big Red in 45 years.March 13, 1971 http://www.tbrw.info/seasons/1971/box19710313.pdf The Big Red What May 22, 2019 Unfortunately for BU, Harvard won the ECAC tournament, meaning that the selection committee would be choosing between runner-up Clarkson (28–4–1) and third-place BU (26–2–1). However, with BU having defeated the Golden Knights back on February 5 (the two team's only meeting), and Clarkson having lost to Bowling Green the committee chose to give the Terriers the nod. NCAA tournament Boston University returned to the national tournament after 4 years on the outside and faced Denver in the semifinal. BU had lost each of their previous four meetings but this year was different and the Terriers managed to triumph over the western powerhouse 4–2. BU reached the championship for the first time and met Minnesota for the second time that season. The Golden Gophers were the first team to reach the title tilt with a losing record (and remain the only squad to do so as of 2019) and had been relying on strong goaltending from Dennis Erickson from the start of postseason play. BU opened the scoring just past the five-minute mark with a power play goal from team captain Steve Stirling and shortly thereafter a slapshot from Bob Brown caught Erickson in an unprotected part of his knee and injured the goaltender.1971 NCAA Hockey Championship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExOvBpqcbmo YouTube May 22, 2019 After an extended pause in the game Erickson remained in the game and continued to play well but allowed another goal before the first had ended and a second goal to Stirling on a breakaway in the middle frame. Brady, the BU starter, faced almost as many shots in the game but looked calm in the net, turning aside the 23 shots he faced through two periods. In the third BU played a much more defensive game and limited Minnesota's chances. The game was beginning to look like another shutout for the terriers until Mike LaGarde was called for holding. While the Terriers managed to kill off the disadvantage the Golden Gophers continued to keep the pressure on and scored 5 seconds after the penalty had expired. With momentum having swung in their direction Minnesota went on the attack but Brady stood tall and kept the put out of the BU net. With just over two minutes remaining BU found themselves on a two-on-one and Ron Anderson was able to give the Terriers a three-goal lead. Dean Blais would score Minnesota's second goal with 16 seconds left in the contest but the game was effectively over and BU won their first national championship. Dan Brady was named as the Tournament MOP (the first American so honored since Barry Urbanski in 1960) and was named to the All-Tournament Team with Bob Brown, Don Cahoon and Steve Stirling. Both Brown and Stirling were named to the AHCA All-American East TeamMen's Ice Hockey Award Winners http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf NCAA.org June 11, 2013 and were joined by John Danby on the All-ECAC Hockey First TeamECAC All-Teams http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ecac_all.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 while Ric Jordan made the Second Team. Brown was also awarded the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year,Gostisbehere, Bodie, Carr earn spots on ECAC Hockey All-League Teams http://www.unionathletics.com/news/2013/3/21/MICE_0321131443.aspx Union Athletics 2013-03-21 2013-08-01 an obvious choice perhaps with Brown having led all defensemen in scoring. Standings BU Schedule |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season November 27 w yes yes 1970 men Saint Louis Billikens Saint Louis St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri 8–0 1–0 November 29 w yes yes 1970 men Saint Louis Billikens Saint Louis St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri 9–1 2–0 December 2 w no 1970 men Brown Bears Brown Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 5–1 3–0 1–0 December 5 w yes 1970 men New Hampshire Wildcats New Hampshire Snively Arena Durham, New Hampshire 6–1 4–0 2–0 December 9 t yes 1970 men Harvard Crimson Harvard Donald C. Watson Rink Boston, Massachusetts 4–4 OT 4–0–1 2–0–1 December 12 w yes no 1970 men Merrimack Warriors Merrimack Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 8–0 5–0–1 2–0–1 December 22 w yes 1970 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–0 6–0–1 2–0–1 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 28 w yes 1970 men Providence Friars Providence Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts Boston Arena Christmas Tournament 4–1 7–0–1 3–0–1 December 29 w yes yes 1970 men Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts Boston Arena Christmas Tournament 7–3 8–0–1 3–0–1 January 4 w no 1970 men Princeton Tigers Princeton Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 14–0 9–0–1 4–0–1 January 9 w yes 1970 men Boston College Eagles Boston College McHugh Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 8–3 10–0–1 5–0–1 January 13 w no 1970 men Northeastern Huskies Northeastern Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 9–0 11–0–1 6–0–1 January 16 w yes no 1970 men Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–1 12–0–1 6–0–1 January 20 w no 1970 men Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 13–4 13–0–1 7–0–1 January 23 l yes 1970 men Cornell Big Red Cornell Lynah Rink Ithaca, New York 1–5 13–1–1 7–1–1 January 27 w yes 1970 men Providence Friars Providence Rhode Island Auditorium Providence, Rhode Island 7–1 14–1–1 8–1–1 January 30 w no 1970 men St. Lawrence Saints St. Lawrence Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–3 15–1–1 9–1–1 February 3 w yes 1970 men Yale Bulldogs Yale Ingalls Rink New Haven, Connecticut 5–1 16–1–1 10–1–1 February 5 w no 1970 men Clarkson Golden Knights Clarkson Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 4–1 17–1–1 11–1–1 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF Beanpot February 8 w no 1970 men Northeastern Huskies Northeastern Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts Beanpot Semifinal 12–2 18–1–1 12–1–1 February 13 w no 1970 men New Hampshire Wildcats New Hampshire Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 8–3 19–1–1 13–1–1 February 16 w no 1970 men Boston College Eagles Boston College Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 9–4 20–1–1 14–1–1 February 19 w yes 1970 men RPI Engineers Rensselaer Houston Field House Troy, New York 7–2 21–1–1 15–1–1 February 22 w yes 1970 men Harvard Crimson Harvard Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts Beanpot championship 4–1 22–1–1 16–1–1 February 27 w no 1970 men Providence Friars Providence Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–3 23–1–1 17–1–1 March 5 w yes 1970 men Colgate Red Raiders Colgate Starr Rink Hamilton, New York 7–2 24–1–1 18–1–1 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF ECAC Hockey Tournament March 9 w yes no 1970 men RPI Engineers Rensselaer Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts ECAC Quarterfinal 11–0 25–1–1 18–1–1 March 13 l yes yes 1970 men Harvard Crimson Harvard Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts ECAC Semifinal 2–4 25–2–1 18–1–1 March 14 w yes yes 1970 men Cornell Big Red Cornell Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts ECAC Third Place Game 6–5 26–2–1 18–1–1 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF NCAA tournament March 19 w yes yes 1970 men Denver Pioneers Denver Onondaga War Memorial Syracuse, New York National Semifinal 4–2 27–2–1 18–1–1 March 21 w yes yes 1970 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Onondaga War Memorial Syracuse, New York National championship 4–2 28–2–1 18–1–1 Source: Roster and scoring statistics No. Name Year Position Hometown S/P/C Games Goals Assists Pts #FFFFFF PIM 9 Steve Stirling Senior C Clarkson, ON Ontario 31 27 43 70 20 12 John Danby John Danby (ice hockey) Junior C Port Credit, ON Ontario 31 28 36 64 10 2 Bob Brown Bob Brown (ice hockey) Sophomore D Scarborough, ON Ontario 31 17 43 60 38 7 Ric Jordan Sophomore D Mississauga, ON Ontario 30 12 38 50 55 21 Don Cahoon Junior W Marblehead, MA Massachusetts 31 24 20 44 20 19 Ron Anderson Ron Anderson (ice hockey, born 1950) Sophomore W Moncton, NB New Brunswick 31 20 21 41 17 11 Wayne Gowing Senior W Kitchener, ON Ontario 31 16 24 40 6 17 Bob Gryp Junior W Merlin, ON Ontario 30 20 19 39 51 18 Steve Dolloff Sophomore C Melrose, MA Massachusetts 31 15 22 37 8 16 Guy Burrowes Junior W Niagara Falls, ON Ontario 31 9 23 32 18 8 Paul Giandomenico Junior W Walpole, MA Massachusetts 30 9 15 24 8 20 Bob Murray Bob Murray (ice hockey, born 1950) Junior D Quincy, MA Massachusetts 31 3 13 16 54 27 Mike LaGarde Junior D Roxboro, PQ Quebec 26 2 13 15 38 25 Peter Thornton Peter Thornton (ice hockey) Sophomore W Scarborough, ON Ontario 15 5 7 12 10 4 Peter Yetten Senior D Waltham, MA Massachusetts 27 0 9 9 16 23 Larry Abbott Larry Abbott (ice hockey) Sophomore D Melrose, MA Massachusetts 20 1 3 4 4 5 Bill Flynn Bill Flynn (ice hockey) Sophomore W Stoneham, MA Massachusetts 18 0 3 3 4 10 Ray Cornoyea Sophomore W Chippawa, ON Ontario 14 2 0 2 0 14 Olivier Prechac Sophomore W Versailles, Fr France 5 0 2 2 2 24 Dave Warner Dave Warner (ice hockey) Sophomore D Niagara Falls, ON Ontario 1 0 0 0 0 3 Bill Fenwick Junior D Komoka, ON Ontario 0 - - - - 15 Bruce Hatton Senior W Sudbury, MA Massachusetts 0 - - - - 1 Stefan Brueckner Junior G Buena Park, CA California 1 0 0 0 0 1 Tim Regan Tim Regan (ice hockey) Junior G Providence, RI Rhode Island 14 0 0 0 0 30 Dan Brady Dan Brady (ice hockey) Junior G Canton, NY New York 18 0 0 0 0 Total Boston University Terriers 1970-71 Skater Stats https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/633/boston-univ./1970-1971?tab=stats Elite Prospects May 21, 2019 Goaltending statistics No.Name GamesMinutesWinsLosses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs #FFFFFF SV % #FFFFFF GAA 1 Stefan Brueckner 1 60 1 12 0 .923 1.00 1 Tim Regan Tim Regan (ice hockey) 14 780 23 299 .929 1.77 30 Dan Brady Dan Brady (ice hockey) 18 1060 36 396 .917 2.04 Total 31 28 2 1 60 707 6 .922 1.92 1971 championship game (E2) Boston University vs. (W2) Minnesota Boston University Minnesota Onondaga War Memorial March 20Boston University Championship Teams http://www.goterriers.com/documents/2015/4/27/ncaa-championship-teams.pdf Boston University Terriers 2017-02-26 4 – 2 1 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st BUSteve Stirling - PPDanby and Brown 5:32 1–0 BU BUBob GrypGowing 10:10 2–0 BU 2nd BUSteve Stirling - GWunassisted 29:13 3–0 BU 3rd MINDoug PeltierSarner and McIntosh 53:07 3–1 BU BURon AndersonDolloff and Brown 57:45 4–1 BU MINDean BlaisMcIntosh 59:44 4–2 BU Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MINFrank SandersCharging 5:01 2:00 BUBob MurrayHolding 14:18 2:00 2nd BUMike LaGardeHigh–Sticking 29:32 2:00 BURon AndersonElbowing 37:18 2:00 MINWally OldsInterference 39:44 2:00 3rd BUMike LaGardeHolding 51:04 2:00 BUBob MurrayHooking 58:09 2:00 MINDoug PeltierOffensive Check 58:09 2:00 MINDean BlaisCross–Checking 59:49 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Minnesota 13 11 8 32 Boston University 12 11 9 32 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice MIN Dennis Erickson 28 4 BU Dan Brady 30 2 References 50em Category:Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey seasons Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University