Gabe Perreault scores BC’s first and only goal against BU in the Beanpot Championship. Photo by Eddie Shabomardenly

The #1 BC men’s hockey team started Monday’s Beanpot championship game against BU much like the Philly version of the Eagles in the Super Bowl . . . like gangbusters. They peppered the BU goalie, at one point holding a 15-2 edge in shots on goal. One game viewer said it looked as if the Eagles were always on a power play.

But BC only scored one goal in that first period.

And that was their only goal of the game.

BU flipped the script, scoring the equalizer early in the second period and taking the lead 70 seconds later. 

The Eagles had several third period comebacks earlier in the season and started to press the Terriers in the third Monday. An errant pass in BC’s end of the ice gave a Terrier a solo breakaway and BU’s third goal. The final score came on a rink-long shot into BC’s empty net.

Good crowd for San Diego gamewatch. Lots of kids, too!

Each team ended the game with 44 shots on goal. BU’s Russian goalie, 6-5 Mikhail Yegorov, who joined the team only a month ago, turned away 43 shots. 

The defeat ended a nine-game win streak for the Eagles, who fell to 21-5-1. They remained #1 in the NCAA PairWise, the system used to select and seed the field for the NCAA tournament.