1977–78 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 1977–78 Boston University Terriers wordmark.svg Boston University Terriers men ECAC Hockey 1st 30–2–0 21–1–0 10–0 15–1 5–1 Jack Parker Andy FilaBob MurrayDon Cahoon Brian DurocherJack O'CallahanYear-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 Walter Brown Arena National championBeanpot, championECAC Hockey, champion NCAA tournament champion 1976–77 1978–79 Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1977–78 Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey team represented Boston University in college ice hockey. In its 5th year under head coach Jack Parker the team compiled a 30–2–0 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the fifth consecutive season and thirteenth all-time. The Terriers defeated Boston College 5–3 in the championship game at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island to win their third national championship. This was the first championship team to play more games on the road than at home. Season Winning After four consecutive ECAC tournament championships, and nothing to show for it at the national level, Boston University came out of the gate swinging. Backstopped by the tandem of Jim Craig and team co-captain Brian Durocher, BU walloped Merrimack in the season opener before starting their conference schedule. The first four ECAC matches were all close affairs, with only one having more than a one-goal margin, but the Terriers managed to win each game. Boston University did not participate in a holiday tournament during the season, opting instead to play three non-conference games against Air Force and Michigan State where they, again, won each match. After a 6–5 win over rival Cornell the Terriers began an arduous road schedule; in a ten-game span over 4 weeks the Terriers would play eight games on the road. BU struggled most nights to dominate what would normally be inferior competition but the Terriers continued to win night in and night out. By the time the Beanpot rolled around in early February BU remained unbeaten and possessed a sparkling 19–0 record. Their 15–0 conference record all but guaranteed the Terriers first place in the ECAC tournament and when they throttled arch-rival Boston College 12–5 in the Beanpot semis the Terriers looked on track to join 1969–70 Cornell win an undefeated season. First Loss Two days after a second victory over the Eagles, BU headed to New Haven, Connecticut where they were finally burned by playing all those close games. Yale managed to score 7 goals on BU, the third time that the Terriers had allowed that many goals, but Boston University only netted 5 and suffered their first loss of the season, ending a 21-game winning streak. After two more close wins BU punished Harvard 7–1 in the Beanpot championship and won their 10th title. The Terriers ended the regular season three days later with yet another one-goal victory to finish with the best record in program history at 25–1. ECAC tournament BU served as the host for their quarterfinal meeting with New Hampshire and despite the Wildcat's 8th-seed UNH possessed a better offence than Boston University. New Hampshire demonstrated their scoring prowess throughout the game but the Terriers were just a little bit better on the night and managed to pull out a 6–5 win in overtime. Their semifinal meeting against Providence, however, could not have gone worse. Needing just one more win to guarantee a spot in the NCAA tournament, BU's offense faltered and scored once, only the second time all season where they had failed to record at least 4 goals. Providence meanwhile pumped five pucks into the Terriers' net and skated to a relatively easy victory. The loss dealt a serious blow to BU's title hopes but it did not end them entirely. Boston University's first champion in 1971 came as a result of being chosen over conference runner-up Clarkson and in the meantime the NCAA selection committee had given itself the ability to add up to four additional teams to the tournament if they so desired. However, before any of that would occur, BU would have to take care of business in the third-place game against Brown. BU's 8–4 win pushed its record to 27–2 and with their 21-game streak to start the season the selection committee did award Boston University with an at-large bid, the only time in the 4-year history of the then-format where the committee invited an additional team. NCAA tournament Not wanting to waste the opportunity given to them, Boston University defense showed up to play in the tournament. In their First Round meeting, a rematch with Providence, BU found itself on the road in front of a very hostile crowd. While the Friars were hoping to even the season series the Terriers ended Providence's tournament with a 5–3 victory. The championship rounds of the tournament were being held down the road at the Providence Civic Center so BU had a very short distance to travel. Waiting for them was WCHA co-champion and defending national champion Wisconsin. Despite possessing the top two scorers in the nation, Wisconsin was unable to bring their offense to bear and BU finally made it to a championship game after four years of futility. In the title tilt BU faced off against BC who had lost the previous three meetings by a combined score of 28–13. The Eagles gave themselves no favors when Joe Augustine took a penalty just 9 seconds into the game, allowing BU's leading scorer Mark Fidler to open the scoring with a power play goal 38 seconds in. Boston College responded with two goals in the middle of the period but BU regained the lead with two of their own before the first 20 minutes had ended. In the most penalty-filled contest in NCAA history (22 minor penalties in total) Tony Meagher scored a short-handed goal to give BU a 3–2 lead and then got his second score ten minutes later to build the first two-goal cushion of the night. Fidler notched his own second goal one minute into the third and Jim Craig turned aside 22 of BC's 23 shots in the final 40 minutes to give Boston University its third national championship. Awards and honors Future olympian Jack O'Callahan was named as the Tournament MOP and joined on the All-Tournament Team by teammates Dave Silk, Dick Lamby and Mark Fidler. No Terrier was 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 despite their stellar record but head coach Jack Parker received his second Spencer Penrose Award as the national coach of the year. Mark Fidler received the ECAC Rookie of the Year Award.ECAC Awards https://www.augenblick.org/chha/ecac_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archives 2013-08-01 O'Callahan was named to the All-ECAC Hockey First Team,ECAC All-Teams https://www.augenblick.org/chha/ecac_all.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 while Lamby and Silk made the Second Team. Five players were selected in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft with only Dave Silk managing to reach the NHL. Three players, however, later achieved hockey immortality as members of the goal medal-winning team at the 1980 Winter Olympics (Jack O'Callahan, Dave Silk and Jim Craig). Standings BU Schedule |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | Regular season November 22 w yes no 1977 men Merrimack Warriors Merrimack Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 13–5 1–0 November 27 w no 1977 men Providence Friars Providence Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 4–2 2–0 1–0 November 30 w yes 1977 men Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Thompson Arena Hanover, New Hampshire 3–2 3–0 2–0 December 3 w no 1977 men New Hampshire Wildcats New Hampshire Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–5 4–0 3–0 December 7 w no 1977 men Harvard Crimson Harvard Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 4–3 5–0 4–0 December 27 w yes no 1977 men Air Force Falcons Air Force Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 8–7 6–0 4–0 December 29 w yes yes 1977 men Michigan State Spartans Michigan State Munn Ice Arena East Lansing, Michigan 7–5 7–0 4–0 December 30 w yes yes 1977 men Michigan State Spartans Michigan State Munn Ice Arena East Lansing, Michigan 6–3 8–0 4–0 January 4 w no 1977 men Cornell Big Red Cornell Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–5 9–0 5–0 January 7 w yes 1977 men Princeton Tigers Princeton Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Princeton, New Jersey 4–3 10–0 6–0 January 11 w yes 1977 men New Hampshire Wildcats New Hampshire Snively Arena Durham, New Hampshire 6–4 11–0 7–0 January 13 w yes 1977 men St. Lawrence Saints St. Lawrence Appleton Arena Canton, New York 8–3 12–0 8–0 January 14 w yes 1977 men Clarkson Golden Knights Clarkson Walker Arena Potsdam, New York 7–4 13–0 9–0 January 17 w no 1977 men Northeastern Huskies Northeastern Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–4 14–0 10–0 January 21 w no 1977 men Boston College Eagles Boston College Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–3 15–0 11–0 January 24 w yes 1977 men RPI Engineers Rensselaer Houston Field House Troy, New York 8–7 16–0 12–0 January 28 w yes 1977 men Vermont Catamounts Vermont Gutterson Fieldhouse Burlington, Vermont 6–4 17–0 13–0 February 1 w yes 1977 men Brown Bears Brown Meehan Auditorium Providence, Rhode Island 4–2 18–0 14–0 February 4 w yes 1977 men Providence Friars Providence Schneider Arena Providence, Rhode Island 4–2 19–0 15–0 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF Beanpot February 6 w yes 1977 men Boston College Eagles Boston College Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts Beanpot Semifinal 12–5 20–0 16–0 February 16 w yes 1977 men Boston College Eagles Boston College McHugh Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 10–5 21–0 17–0 February 18 l yes 1977 men Yale Bulldogs Yale Ingalls Rink New Haven, Connecticut 5–7 21–1 17–1 February 22 w yes 1977 men Northeastern Huskies Northeastern Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–4 22–1 18–1 February 25 w no 1977 men Colgate Red Raiders Colgate Starr Arena Hamilton, New York 6–5 OT 23–1 19–1 March 1 w yes 1977 men Harvard Crimson Harvard Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts Beanpot championship 7–1 24–1 20–1 March 4 w no 1977 men Vermont Catamounts Vermont Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–5 25–1 21–1 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF ECAC Hockey tournament March 7 w yes no 1977 men New Hampshire Wildcats New Hampshire Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts ECAC Quarterfinal 6–5 OT 26–1 21–1 March 10 l yes yes 1977 men Providence Friars Providence Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts ECAC Semifinal 1–5 26–2 21–1 March 11 w yes yes 1977 men Brown Bears Brown Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts ECAC Third Place Game 8–4 27–2 21–1 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF NCAA tournament March 19 w yes yes 1977 men Providence Friars Providence Schneider Arena Providence, Rhode Island National First Round 5–3 28–2 21–1 March 23 w yes yes 1977 men Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island National Semifinal 5–2 29–2 21–1 March 25 w yes yes 1977 men Boston College Eagles Boston College Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island National championship 5–3 30–2 21–1 Source: Year-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 Roster and scoring statistics 2 Boston University Terriers No. Name Year Position Hometown unsortable S/P/C Games Goals Assists Pts #FFFFFF PIM 12 Mark Fidler Freshman C Charlestown, MA Massachusetts 31 30 35 65 34 9 John Bethel Junior F Roxboro, PQ Quebec 30 25 38 63 53 23 Dick Lamby Senior D Auburn, MA Massachusetts 30 15 44 59 64 10 Dave Silk Sophomore W Marshfield, MA Massachusetts 28 27 31 58 57 17 Jack O'Callahan Junior D Charlestown, MA Massachusetts 31 8 47 55 61 18 Tony Meagher Sophomore F Belleville, ON Ontario 32 17 21 38 26 4 Mark Hetnik Junior C Brookline, MA Massachusetts 31 12 25 37 33 11 Bob Boileau Junior W Pointe-Claire, PQ Quebec 25 9 18 27 20 8 Paul Miller Paul Miller (ice hockey) Freshman C Billerica, MA Massachusetts 31 10 14 24 28 15 Bill LeBlond Sophomore D New Canaan, CT Connecticut 32 8 15 23 16 20 Matt Marden Senior W Malden, MA Massachusetts 28 10 11 21 22 27 Bill O'Neill Bill O'Neill (ice hockey) Junior D Danvers, MA Massachusetts 32 3 15 18 22 16 Mickey Mullen Junior W Courtright, ON Ontario 18 9 5 14 0 19 Daryl MacLeod Freshman W Melrose, MA Massachusetts 31 3 9 12 33 3 Bill Cotter Bill Cotter (ice hockey) Freshman W Charlestown, MA Massachusetts 32 2 8 10 16 21 John Melanson Junior F Wakefield, MA Massachusetts 30 7 0 7 10 24 Todd Johnson Todd Johnson (ice hockey) Freshman C Wayland, MA Massachusetts 29 2 2 4 2 7 John Fox John Fox (ice hockey, born 1957) Junior W Willowdale, ON Ontario 15 1 3 4 6 14 John Corriveau John Corriveau (ice hockey) Junior W Manchester, NH New Hampshire 6 1 2 3 4 5 Tim Kimball Freshman D Beverly, MA Massachusetts 11 0 3 3 0 6 Scott Nieland Sophomore D Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 22 0 3 3 10 2 Brian O'Connor Brian O'Connor (ice hockey) Freshman W Winchester, MA Massachusetts 0 - - - - 35 Bob Wels Junior G Buffalo, New York New York 1 - - - - 1 Brian Durocher Senior G Longmeadow, MA Massachusetts 16 - - - - 30 Jim Craig Jim Craig (ice hockey) Junior G Boston, MA Massachusetts 16 - - - - Total Boston University Terriers 1977–78 Skater Stats https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/633/boston-univ./1977-1978?tab=stats Elite Prospects July 15, 2019 Goaltending statistics 2 Boston University Terriers No. Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals against Saves Shut outs #FFFFFF SV % #FFFFFF GAA 30 Jim Craig Jim Craig (ice hockey) 16 967 16 0 0 60 0 3.57 35 Bob Wels 1 0 .667 12.00 1 Brian Durocher 16 14 2 0 0 Total 32 30 2 0 126 0 1978 championship game (E1) Boston College vs. (A2) Boston University Boston College Boston University Providence Civic Center March 25Boston University Championship Teams http://www.goterriers.com/documents/2015/4/27/ncaa-championship-teams.pdf Boston University Terriers 2017-02-26 3–5 2 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st BUMark Fidler – PPLamby and O'Callahan 0:38 1–0 BU BCJoe MullenAugustine 11:00 1–1 BCBobby Hehirunassisted 13:26 2–1 BC BUDave Silk – PPO'Callahan 14:44 2–2 BUTony Meagher – SHLamby 17:24 3–2 BU 2nd BUTony Meagher – GWBoileau and Hetnik 27:05 4–2 BU 3rd BUMark FidlerSilk and Lamby 41:01 5–2 BU BCSteve BargerSwitaj and Kennedy 43:30 5–3 BU Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st BCJoe AugustineHolding 0:09 2:00 BUDick LambyHooking 2:39 2:00 BUJack O'CallahanHigh Sticking 5:51 2:00 BUBill LeBlondHigh Sticking 9:23 2:00 BCMike EwanouskiTripping 14:26 2:00 BUBill O'NeillSlashing 15:47 2:00 BUBill O'NeillHigh Sticking 18:07 2:00 BCCharlie AntetomasoTripping 18:43 2:00 2nd BCGeorge AmidonTripping 24:28 2:00 BCCharlie AntetomasoTripping 28:06 2:00 BUDick LambyHigh Sticking 28:29 2:00 BUBill LeBlondHolding 32:56 2:00 BCJoe AugustineInterference 33:53 2:00 BUMark FidlerSlashing 36:47 2:00 BCPaul HammerCross–Checking 37:33 2:00 BCCharlie AntetomasoTripping 38:20 2:00 3rd BUJohn BethelHigh Sticking 48:53 2:00 BUJohn BethelRoughing 48:53 2:00 BCJoe CaseyHigh Sticking 48:53 2:00 BCJoe CaseyRoughing 48:53 2:00 BUDick LambyHolding 50:03 2:00 BCPaul BarrettHigh-Sticking 55:18 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Boston University 13 14 9 36 Boston College 8 9 14 31 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice BU Jim Craig 28 3 BC Paul Skidmore 31 5 Players drafted into the NHL 1978 NHL Amateur Draft = Did not play in the NHL 2 Boston University Terriers Round Pick Player NHL team 4 59 Dave Silk New York Rangers 5 85 Daryl MacLeod Boston Bruins 9 140 Tony Meagher St. Louis Blues 13 209 Brian O'Connor St. Louis Blues 14 217 Todd Johnson New York Rangers 1978 NHL Amateur Draft https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1978a.html Hockey DB July 16, 2019 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