Re: Boston University 17-18 - thread El Segundo
The game was on NESN, but I didn't find it in my collection, so I ether didn't label it (and I do have several unlabeled tapes), didn't record it, or, most likely, didn't save it. Here is an excerpt from the Globe article on the game:
With 29 seconds to play in overtime, Boston University's Joe Sacco tipped in a drive from the point by defenseman Kevin O'Sullivan, apparently giving the Terriers a 2-1 victory over Providence.
But wait.
Referee Rich Fowkes, who at first allowed the goal, waved it off as the teams were skating off after he was advised by linesman Bob Fowkes (his nephew) that BU's Tony Amonte, who started the play, had been playing without a helmet.
Tony had 14 game-winning goals (tied for fourth most since the start of Hockey East in 1984) for BU in 79 games played. In his first game at Colgate Tony scored the winning goal with 1:33 left in the third period, breaking a 4-4 tie. He next scored the overtime winner vs Maine on 11 November, the day after Jean-Yves Roy had won it for Maine in overtime. Tony's next game-winning goal did not come until 17 January 1990 when he scored in overtime at Lowell. He then scored the winner in the comeback vs Merrimack on 9 February breaking a 4-4 tie with 41 seconds left in the third. His next two winners were both pedestrian ones, a 5-2 win at Lowell and 6-2 vs Lowell at WBA. His next winner was on 17 March vs UND in game two of the NCAA first round, as he scored early in the third to give BU a 4-2 lead in an eventual 5-3 win. Tony also got the winner the next night as he scored BU's first goal early in the first as BU won 5-0 to win the series, 2-1. His next winner in on 25 March at MSU in game three on the NCAA quarterfinals as his goal at 7:02 of the third broke a 3-3 tie and gave BU the lead for good as they upset the Spartans, 2 games to 1. Tony didn't have another game winner until 8 January 1991, when he scored the first goal in a 4-0 shutout vs Merrimack. His next was 4 days later when he broke a 3-3 tie vs SLU with 3:54 left in the third period. He next had another pedestrian game winner in 8 February in a 6-2 win at Merrimack. His next to last game winner came in the 1991 Beanpot championship game vs BC (an 8-4 win). After BC took a 3-2 lead at 9:25 of the second Tony scored twice in 45 seconds to give BU a short-lived (18 seconds) 4-3 lead. Tony then broke the 4-4 tie for good with his third goal in 5:24 (for the fastest hat trick in Beanpot history according to the score sheet). That broke the Eagles back as BU scored 2 more goals in the final 2:18 of the second period to take a 7-4 lead. Tony's last game-winner was another pedestrian one vs Providence in a 9-5 win 5 days later. So, Tony only had 2 overtime game-winners in his BU career, but five others broke tie games and gave BU the lead for good, four of those coming in the third period and three late in the third.
As for all-time, my database has BU winning 111 overtime games*, of which I have identified the game-winning goal scorer for 79. There have been 62 different goal scorers for those 79 games, with just three players having 3 overtime game winners: Jack Eichel, Colby Cohen and Bryan Miller. Tony is among a further 11 players with 2 game-winning goals: Brandon Yip, Chris Matchett, Danny O'Regan, Garrett Noonan, Gerard Desrosiers, Jordan Greenway, Matt Nieto, Mike Sullivan, Mike Kelfer, Shawn McEachern and Tony Amonte. I am working on identifying the goal scorers for the other 32 games.
Sean
* includes overtime win vs Brown later forfeited for ineligible player.
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With 29 seconds to play in overtime, Boston University's Joe Sacco tipped in a drive from the point by defenseman Kevin O'Sullivan, apparently giving the Terriers a 2-1 victory over Providence.
But wait.
Referee Rich Fowkes, who at first allowed the goal, waved it off as the teams were skating off after he was advised by linesman Bob Fowkes (his nephew) that BU's Tony Amonte, who started the play, had been playing without a helmet.
Originally posted by defkit
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As for all-time, my database has BU winning 111 overtime games*, of which I have identified the game-winning goal scorer for 79. There have been 62 different goal scorers for those 79 games, with just three players having 3 overtime game winners: Jack Eichel, Colby Cohen and Bryan Miller. Tony is among a further 11 players with 2 game-winning goals: Brandon Yip, Chris Matchett, Danny O'Regan, Garrett Noonan, Gerard Desrosiers, Jordan Greenway, Matt Nieto, Mike Sullivan, Mike Kelfer, Shawn McEachern and Tony Amonte. I am working on identifying the goal scorers for the other 32 games.
Sean
* includes overtime win vs Brown later forfeited for ineligible player.
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