1994–95 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 1994–95 Boston University Terriers wordmark.svg Boston University Terriers men Hockey East T–1st 31–6–3 16–5–3 13–1–1 9–3–2 9–2 Jack Parker Blaise MacDonaldMike EruzioneBill Berglund Jacques JoubertYear-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 Rich BrennanDerek Herlofsky Walter Brown Arena National championMariucci Classic, championBeanpot, championHockey East, co-championHockey East tournament, champion NCAA tournament champion 1993–94 1995–96 Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1994–95 Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey team represented Boston University in college ice hockey. In its 22nd year under head coach Jack Parker the team compiled a 31–6–3 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the sixth consecutive season and twenty first all-time. The Terriers defeated Maine 6–2 in the championship game at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island, to win their fourth national championship. Season Coming off of the worst championship loss in over 30 years, Jack Parker was looking for a way to help his team recover from a nightmarish end. To make matters worse, goaltender J. P. McKersie an AHCA Second Team All-American, was hit by a car while biking that left him in a coma for 6 days.GOALTENDER RETURNS FROM MAJOR ACCIDENT https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-12-29-9512290095-story.html Chicago Tribune December 25, 1995 December 4, 2019 While McKersie would recover and eventually continue his playing career, he would sit out the entire 1994–95 season. This left a rather large void in net, but because Parker rotated his goaltenders, senior alternate captain Derek Herlofsky was well positioned to shoulder his share of the burden. The bulk of McKersie's minutes would eventually go to Chicago draft pick Tom Noble who beat out Shawn Ferullo for the second spot in goal. The forward and defensive corps were in a much more stable position as BU returned the majority of its principle players from a year before. The Terriers also added a couple of top prospects to this mix, including Chris Drury who was already nationally famous for having led Trumbull, Connecticut, to the 1989 Little League World Series championship. Slow start Early on, the Terriers had trouble finding consistency in their game, starting 3–1–2 through the first three weeks of the season but having allowed 7 goals against in two different games. After a weekend against the worst team in Hockey East Massachusetts, albeit only in their second season since returning to the ice, BU was able to settle down and get themselves ready for their first tournament of the season. Tournament play At the end of November BU headed to California for the Great Western Freeze–Out, held at the home arena of the Los Angeles Kings. The Terriers easily downed Princeton in the semifinal then pushed national powerhouse Maine into overtime but the Black Bears were the ones who prevailed. While the loss didn't harm BU too much since it was a non-conference game, they faced Maine in a pair of road games the following weekend. While the Terriers could only capture 3 points out of 10 in the series, both games were played very close and demonstrated that the two teams were evenly matched. The near miss against Maine appeared to light a fire under the Terriers who utterly dominated their next two games (winning by a combined score of 21–3) before taking several weeks off for their winter break. When the team returned to the ice at the end of December they did so in Minneapolis for the Mariucci Classic. Similar to their first tournament, BU won the semifinal comfortably and headed into overtime in the title game. This time they were able to win from a goal by Ken Rausch.BU Hockey - 1994 Mariucci Classic Championship game-winning goal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNcVC4VgGwE YouTube December 4, 2019 63 58 Catching Maine At the beginning of 1995 BU was 16 points behind Maine, however, because Hockey East had altered its point system beginning with 1994–95 (5 points for a win, 2 points for a tie and an additional point for a shootout win after overtime) they were only about 3 games behind the Black Bears with 3 games in hand.1994‑95 Maine https://www.collegehockeynews.com/schedules/team/Maine/25/19941995 College Hockey News December 4, 2019 This meant that despite going 0–1–2 against Maine in their head-to-head matchups the Terriers could still keep even with the conference leaders as long as they took care of business. The Terriers played well in January going 6–2, with all games coming against conference opponents. The consistent play allowed BU to close the gap with Maine with one game in hand. That would be put on the back-burner, however, as BU played in the Beanpot at the beginning of February. The Terriers were able to capture their 18th title after dropping a weak Boston College team in the championship, but the time off had allowed Maine to build a 15-point lead in the Hockey East standings. Ill-equipped to afford a mistake the Terriers laid an egg in against Providence, losing 1–8 in their worst performance of the season. BU recovered to win the rematch but that left Maine with a 10-point lead in the standings and both teams had three games to play. Fortunately for the Terriers their remaining games came against two of the worst teams in Hockey East while the Black Bears faced much stiffer competition. BU swept their final three games while Maine lost twice and the two teams ended in a tie for 1st in the conference standings. Hockey East tournament Because Maine had the tie-breaker due to the head-to-head meetings, BU received the 2nd seed and played Merrimack in the quarterfinals. While the game was close, BU won the 1-goal game and advanced to the semifinal at the nearby Boston Garden. The Terriers took care of Massachusetts–Lowell to reach the championship where they were surprised to find 6th-seeded Providence as their opponent. The Friars proved up to the task and played the Terriers hard but BU held firm and won the game 3–2 to win their second consecutive conference tournament. NCAA tournament The championship allowed BU to earn the top eastern seed and a bye into the regional semifinals. After a week off the Terriers faced defending national champion Lake Superior State and were able to exact their revenge with a 6–2 victory. BU advanced to the Frozen Four and faced Minnesota in a rematch of the 1994 national semifinal. The score may have been different but the result was the same as Boston University defeated the Golden Gophers 7–3 to return to the national championship game. The Terriers faced Maine on April Fools Day and though the Black Bears had yet to lose to BU that year they were coming off of a 3 overtime epic against Michigan (then the longest game in NCAA tournament history).HOCKEY; Maine Has Final Say In Third Overtime https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/31/sports/hockey-maine-has-final-say-in-third-overtime.html The New York Times March 31, 1995 December 4, 2019 Despite this Maine was able to control the balance of play early, outshooting the Terriers early but on a faceoff in the Black Bear end on the Power Play, Steve Thornton was able to tap the puck through Brad Purdie's skates and fire home the first goal of the game. After that Maine netminder Blair Allison had to face a barrage by the BU offense that saw him face 21 shots over the next 25 minutes (compared to Maine's 6). The Terriers would score twice more to build a 3-goal lead midway through the game but the Black Bears were able to get on the scoresheet before the end of the second. Maine closed the lead to one just 31 seconds into the final frame but BU continued to apply pressure to Allison and scored twice more before capping off the game with a third power play goal to win their fourth national championship.1995 National Championship - Boston University vs. Maine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5POvz7dUA7A YouTube December 4, 2019 Awards and honors The two-goal game from Chris O'Sullivan earned him the Tournament MOP and was joined on the All-Tournament team by Kaj Linna and Shawn Bates. Mike Grier was named to the AHCA All-American East First 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 while Linna and O'Sullivan made the second team. All three players were named to the All-Hockey East Second TeamHockey East All-Teams http://www.augenblick.org/chha/hea_all.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 while Chris Kelleher made the Hockey East All-Rookie Team.Hockey East All-Rookie Teams http://www.augenblick.org/chha/hea_roo.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 Steve Thornton received the Len Ceglarski Award for sportsmanship. Standings BU Schedule |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | Exhibition October 15 w yes no 1994 men UNB Reds New Brunswick Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts Exhibition 7–6 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | Regular season October 28 w yes yes 1994 men RPI Engineers Rensselaer Houston Field House Troy, New York 5–1 1–0 October 30 t no 1994 men Maine Black Bears Maine Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 3–3 OT 1–0–1 0–0–1 November 4 w no 1994 men UMass Lowell River Hawks Massachusetts–Lowell Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 9–7 2–0–1 1–0–1 November 5 t yes 1994 men UMass Lowell River Hawks Massachusetts–Lowell Tully Forum Billerica, Massachusetts 7–7 OT 2–0–2 1–0–2 November 11 l yes 1994 men Northeastern Huskies Northeastern Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts 1–3 2–1–2 1–1–2 November 12 w no 1994 men Northeastern Huskies Northeastern Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 4–2 3–1–2 2–1–2 November 18 w no 1994 men UMass Minutemen Massachusetts Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 7–0 4–1–2 3–1–2 November 19 w yes 1994 men UMass Minutemen Massachusetts Mullins Center Amherst, Massachusetts 7–4 5–1–2 4–1–2 November 22 w yes yes 1994 men Harvard Crimson Harvard Bright-Landry Hockey Center Boston, Massachusetts 6–1 6–1–2 4–1–2 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF Great Western Freeze–Out November 25 w yes yes 1994 men Princeton Tigers Princeton The Forum Inglewood, California Great Western Semifinal 6–2 7–1–2 4–1–2 November 27 l yes yes 1994 men Maine Black Bears Maine The Forum Inglewood, California Great Western championship 5–6 OT 7–2–2 4–1–2 December 2 l yes 1994 men Maine Black Bears Maine Alfond Arena Orono, Maine 5–6 7–3–2 4–2–2 December 3 t yes 1994 men Maine Black Bears Maine Alfond Arena Orono, Maine 5–5 OT 7–3–3 4–2–3 December 7 w yes no 1994 men Vermont Catamounts Vermont Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 11–1 8–3–3 4–2–3 December 10 w yes no 1994 men Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 10–2 9–3–3 4–2–3 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF Mariucci Classic December 30 w yes yes 1994 men Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan Mariucci Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota Mariucci Semifinal 5–2 10–3–3 4–2–3 December 31 w yes yes 1994 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Mariucci Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota Mariucci championship 4–3 OT 11–3–3 4–2–3 January 6 w no 1994 men New Hampshire Wildcats New Hampshire Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 5–1 12–3–3 5–2–3 January 10 w yes 1994 men Providence Friars Providence Schneider Arena Providence, Rhode Island 9–2 13–3–3 6–2–3 January 13 l no 1994 men Merrimack Warriors Merrimack Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 2–3 13–4–3 6–3–3 January 14 w no 1994 men Northeastern Huskies Northeastern Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–2 14–4–3 7–3–3 January 20 w yes 1994 men Boston College Eagles Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 7–4 15–4–3 8–3–3 January 21 w no 1994 men Boston College Eagles Boston College Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 5–1 16–4–3 9–3–3 January 26 l yes 1994 men New Hampshire Wildcats New Hampshire Cumberland Civic Center Portland, Maine 2–4 16–5–3 9–4–3 January 28 w no 1994 men New Hampshire Wildcats New Hampshire Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 7–3 17–5–3 10–4–3 February 3 w yes 1994 men UMass Minutemen Massachusetts Mullins Center Amherst, Massachusetts 5–1 18–5–3 11–4–3 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF Beanpot February 6 w yes 1994 men Northeastern Huskies Northeastern Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts Beanpot Semifinal 6–2 19–5–3 11–4–3 February 10 w yes 1994 men UMass Lowell River Hawks Massachusetts–Lowell Tully Forum Billerica, Massachusetts 9–6 20–5–3 12–4–3 February 13 w yes 1994 men Boston College Eagles Boston College Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts Beanpot championship 5–1 21–5–3 12–4–3 February 17 l yes 1994 men Providence Friars Providence Schneider Arena Providence, Rhode Island 1–8 21–6–3 12–5–3 February 18 w no 1994 men Providence Friars Providence Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–3 22–6–3 13–5–3 February 24 w yes 1994 men Merrimack Warriors Merrimack J. Thom Lawler Rink North Andover, Massachusetts 4–1 23–6–3 14–5–3 February 25 w no 1994 men Merrimack Warriors Merrimack Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 5–3 24–6–3 15–5–3 March 4 w no 1994 men Boston College Eagles Boston College Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 10–3 25–6–3 16–5–3 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF Hockey East tournament March 12 w yes no 1994 men Merrimack Warriors Merrimack Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts Hockey East Quarterfinal 4–3 26–6–3 16–5–3 March 17 w yes yes 1994 men UMass Lowell River Hawks Massachusetts–Lowell Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts Hockey East Semifinal 4–2 27–6–3 16–5–3 March 18 w yes yes 1994 men Providence Friars Providence Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts Hockey East championship 3–2 28–6–3 16–5–3 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF NCAA tournament March 25 w yes yes 1994 men Lake Superior State Lakers Lake Superior State DCU Center Worcester, Massachusetts Regional semifinal 6–2 29–6–3 16–5–3 March 30 w yes yes 1994 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island National semifinal 7–3 30–6–3 16–5–3 April 1 w yes yes 1994 men Maine Black Bears Maine Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island National championship 6–2 31–6–3 16–5–3 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 yes 1 Shawn Ferullo so G 5 8 158 1975 4 3 Massachusetts Lynnfield, Massachusetts 2 Kaj Linna sr D 6 2 210 1971 1 24 Finland Helsinki, Finland Karhu-Kissat I-Divisioona 3 Chris O'Sullivan so D/F 6 3 199 1974 5 15 Massachusetts Dorchester, Massachusetts Catholic Memorial School USHS-MA Calgary 30 1992 4 Chris Kelleher fr D 6 1 214 1975 5 23 Massachusetts Belmont, Massachusetts St. Sebastian's School USHS–Prep Pittsburgh 130 1993 5 Doug Wood jr D 6 1 200 1974 1 7 Massachusetts Sudbury, Massachusetts 7 Rich Brennan sr D 6 2 200 1972 11 26 New York Guilderland, New York Tabor Academy USHS–Prep Quebec 46 1991 A 8 Bill Pierce so W 6 1 195 1974 10 6 Massachusetts Burlington, Massachusetts Quebec 75 1993 9 Shawn Bates so C 6 0 183 1975 4 3 Massachusetts Medford, Massachusetts Medford High USHS–MA Boston 103 1993 10 Peter Donatelli fr F 5 10 180 1975 11 5 Rhode Island North Providence, Rhode Island North Iowa Huskies USHL 11 Bob Lachance jr W 5 11 183 1974 2 1 Connecticut Bristol, Connecticut US National Junior Team WJC St. Louis 134 1992 12 Mike Grier so W 6 0 242 1975 1 5 Massachusetts Holliston, Massachusetts St. Sebastian's School USHS–Prep St. Louis 219 1993 14 John Hynes fr w 5 9 168 1975 2 10 Rhode Island Warwick, Rhode Island 15 Mike Sylvia fr F 5 10 170 1976 2 5 Massachusetts Newton, Massachusetts 16 Ken Rausch sr W 6 0 189 1973 3 26 Connecticut Danbury, Connecticut New Jersey 32 1993 17 Jay Pandolfo jr W 6 0 197 1974 12 27 Massachusetts Burlington, Massachusetts Burlington High USHS–MA 18 Chris Drury fr F 5 10 184 1976 8 20 Connecticut Fairfield, Connecticut Fairfield Prep USHS–CT Quebec 72 1994 19 Steve Thornton sr C 5 11 179 1973 3 8 Ontario Gloucester, Ontario Gloucester Rangers CJHL 20 Jeff Kealty fr D 6 4 190 1976 4 9 Massachusetts Framingham, Massachusetts Catholic Memorial School USHS-MA Quebec 22 1994 21 Mike Prendergast sr W 5 9 182 1972 10 22 Massachusetts South Boston, Massachusetts US National Junior Team WJC 22 Matt Wright so W 6 1 180 1973 4 27 Massachusetts Belmont, Massachusetts Phillips Academy Andover USHS–Prep 24 Jacques Joubert sr C 6 2 201 1971 3 23 Indiana South Bend, Indiana North Iowa Huskies USHL C 26 Jon Coleman so D 6 0 192 1975 3 9 Massachusetts Canton, Massachusetts US National Junior Team WJC Detroit 48 1993 27 Shane Johnson so D 5 10 185 1974 1 1 Manitoba Brandon, Manitoba Kelowna Spartans BCJHL 29 J. P. McKersie sr G 6 1 206 1972 1 23 Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL Minnesota North Stars 239 1990 30 Tom Noble fr G 5 10 153 1975 3 21 Massachusetts Hanover, Massachusetts Chicago 284 1993 35 Derek Herlofsky sr G 5 10 173 1971 10 1 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota St. Paul Vulcans USHL Minnesota North Stars 184 1991 A 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 Scoring Statistics 2 Boston University Terriers Name Position Games Goals Assists Points #FFFFFF PIM Chris O'Sullivan Chris O'Sullivan (ice hockey) D/F 40 23 33 56 48 Mike Grier W 37 29 26 55 85 Jacques Joubert C 40 29 23 52 41 Steve Thornton C 39 17 24 41 14 Bob Lachance 1 W 37 12 29 41 14 Mike Prendergast 1 F 38 17 22 39 30 Shawn Bates C 38 18 12 30 48 Rich Brennan D 31 5 23 28 56 Jon Coleman D 40 5 23 28 42 Chris Drury W 39 12 15 27 38 Kaj Linna Kaj Linna (ice hockey) D 36 7 20 27 26 Ken Rausch 1 W 37 12 12 24 6 Jay Pandolfo W 20 7 13 20 6 Chris Kelleher D 35 3 17 20 62 Mike Sylvia 1 W 36 10 9 19 25 Bill Pierce 1 F 33 5 13 18 29 Doug Wood 1 D 39 6 11 17 87 Matt Wright 1 W 35 7 9 16 27 Shane Johnson Shane Johnson (ice hockey) D 33 0 6 6 50 Jeff Kealty D 25 0 5 5 29 Derek Herlofsky 1 G 24 0 3 3 2 Tom Noble 1 G 18 0 2 2 0 Peter Donatelli 1 F 2 0 0 0 0 Shawn Ferullo 1 G 5 0 0 0 0 John Hynes John Hynes (ice hockey) W 7 0 0 0 6 Total Boston University Terriers 1994-95 Skater Stats https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/633/boston-univ./1994-1995?tab=stats Elite Prospects December 4, 2019 Goaltending statistics 2 Boston University Terriers Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals against Saves Shut outs #FFFFFF SV % #FFFFFF GAA Derek Herlofsky 1 24 16 3 3 60 Tom Noble 1 18 1007 15 3 0 46 2.74 Shawn Ferullo 1 5 0 0 0 Total 40 31 6 3 117 1 1995 championship game (E1) Boston University vs. (E2) Maine Boston University Maine Providence Civic Center April 1Boston University Championship Teams http://www.goterriers.com/documents/2015/4/27/ncaa-championship-teams.pdf Boston University Terriers 2017-02-26 6 – 2 1 Scoring summary2017-18 UND Hockey Media Guide http://www.undsports.com/pdf9/5459709.pdf UNDSports.com 2018-05-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041601/http://www.undsports.com/pdf9/5459709.pdf 2018-02-28 dead Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st BUSteve Thornton – PPunassisted 14:57 1–0 BU 2nd BUChris O'SullivanThornton and Grier 27:27 2–0 BU BUJacques Joubert – PP GWLinna and Prendergast 29:15 3–0 BU MaineTim LovellFrenette and Thompson 34:51 3–1 BU 3rd MaineTrevor RoenickRodrigue and Tory 40:31 3–2 BU BUMike SylviaBates and Pandolfo 45:23 4–2 BU BUChris O'Sullivan – PPBrennan and Grier 48:30 5–2 BU BUBob Lachance – SHThornton 58:47 6–2 BU Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st BUMike SylviaHigh-Sticking 2:13 2:00 MaineTim LovellHigh-Sticking 2:13 2:00 BUShawn BatesInterference 8:32 2:00 BUShane JohnsonInterference 11:26 2:00 MaineBrad MahoneyRoughing 13:50 2:00 MaineJamie ThompsonCross–Checking 16:25 2:00 BUChris O'SullivanCross–Checking 17:53 2:00 2nd BUChris DruryInterference 23:19 2:00 MaineDan ShermerhornInterference 28:42 2:00 BUShane JohnsonInterference 38:20 2:00 BUKaj LinnaSlashing 39:44 2:00 3rd MaineReg CardinalHolding 47:41 2:00 BUKaj LinnaHolding 52:17 2:00 MaineJason MansoffHolding 55:26 2:00 BUJacques JoubertElbowing 55:26 2:00 BUBENCHToo Many Men 56:59 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Maine 9 5 9 23 Boston University 11 14 14 39 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice Maine Blair Allison 33 5 58:28 BU Tom Noble 21 2 60:00 Players drafted into the NHL 1995 NHL entry draft = Did not play in the NHL 2 Boston University Terriers Round Pick Player NHL team 8 183 Kaj Linna Ottawa Senators 1995 NHL Entry Draft http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1995e.html Hockey DB December 4, 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