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The header says it all. We’re exactly 60 seconds from overtime.

BC’s Dan Bertram got a quality shorthanded bid skating in on a 2-on-1. His five-hole bid, though, was stopped by Curry. 26 seconds left on the BU power play and 1:30 left in the game.

BU’s unofficial mascot, Sasquatch, has made his appearance shirtless with 3:34 remaining. For those who are unfamiliar, Sasquatch is a very hairy, middle-aged BU fan known for taking his shirt off to display his hair sweater. Back to the game, BU will head to the power play as Pat Gannon is whistled for tripping with … Read more

A BU scrum in front that resulted in the red light going on while referee Benedetto waved no goal resulted in the first instant replay sitution of the tournament. Upon further review, the puck never crossed the line, instead hit the post and then landed under Schneider. Regardless, BU is finally getting chances.

BU got only its third shot on goal of the period with 3:59 remaining. Schneider made a routine glove save.

BC kills the BU power play allowing only one quality shot to Matt Gilroy that forced Schneider to make a right pad save.

Thanks to colleague Scott Weighart for giving commentary on my men’s room needs. More importantly, though, Brian Boyle took a bad slashing penalty in the neutral zone that will send BU on the power play with 7:18 remaining.

Excuse me, I need to go to the men’s room.  Ooops, I tripped!

BC, still on the PP (5-on-4, not 4-on-3), had point blank chances from Boyle (missed net) and Gerbe (shoulder save by Curry). The teams are back to full strength. The Eagles are really cycling the puck well in the offensive zone and hold a lop-sided 32-18 advantage in shots. Still, the game remains tied, 1-1, … Read more

After Joe Rooney hooked a BU played in the neutral zone, Boomer Ewing was whistled for boarding as the whistle blew making it a 4-on-3 BC power play for 1:03.

The game just saw its most wild 20 second span. After Gerbe got leveled by Sean Sullivan at the blueline by a massive hit, Brock Bradford was stopped on a breakaway by a fantastic left pad save. After another flurry of BC shots, BU’s Luke Popko was forced to take a hooking penalty putting BC … Read more

Carl Sneep was completely alone mano-a-mano with Curry in the slot. The rookie defenseman, though, fired the shot into Curry’s pads allowing him to make the save. 12:00 remaining with the game tied at one.

Boomer Ewing was all alone in the slot but put the shot into Schneider’s stomach. With 14:25 remaining, the game is tied at one.

BC’s Mike Brennan just delivered what might be the hit of the Beanpot, upending John McCarty as he broke in on Schneider. At this point the pace of the game just increased three-fold. Also, BC’s goal ended a shutout streak of 116:16 for BU’s John Curry in the Beanpot.

It took just 2:40, but BC has evened the game as Nathan Gerbe buried a shot when all alone in front of Curry. Anthony Aiello, who fired the original shot from the left point that was deflected to a wide open Gerbe.

The puck is dropped on period three. The question on many minds is will this be the final period of this year’s Beanpot?

It’s clear looking at the stats that John Curry was the hero for BU in the second period. BC mustered 13 shots on goal, 10 of those coming from the grade ‘A’ area. Compare that to just two grade ‘A’ attempts for the Terriers among their six shots. BC attempted 25 shots total, missing the … Read more

The Terriers killed the two BC power plays and the second period closed with BU hanging onto the 1-0 lead. Thanks to BC’s late power plays, it held a 15-6 advantage in shots in the period and has a 22-17 edge through two. We’ll be back with game stats through forty minutes when they’re available.

BU killed the first penalty only to have Boyle stopped by an incredible left pad save by Curry

BC has held the puck in the zone but unable to beat Curry. :44 seconds remain on the two-man advantage.