Re: Top 100 Greatest Teams of the NCAA era Tournament
#8 1984-1985 Rensselaer Engineers vs. #25 1970-1971 Boston University Terriers
Round of 32 - Northeast Regional
Madison Square Garden - New York, NY (where else would it be today!)
Absolutely tremendous atmosphere at the Garden for this September 11th showdown. The crowd is full of red and white and they are trying to keep their eyes dry after one of the most beautiful performances of the national anthem I have ever seen. The crowd went nuts as Madonna came out to sing the Star Spangled Banner, and the Material Girl went patriotic as she had the entire crowd sing the anthem with her. Nothing like 18,000+ people belting out the National Anthem...truly a tearjerker of a moment and one that this tournament will be remembered for.
Puck is just about to drop. I'll be back after the first twenty are in the books to provide a short recap.
FIRST PERIOD:
Through twenty minutes we're all knotted up at 1-1. RPI scored first when John Carter scored on a rebound about midway through. RPI nearly scored again, but Bob DiPronio's wrister was stopped by Dan Brady. It looked like RPI would have the one goal edge after twenty minutes, but BU's Toot Cahoon tipped in a shot from the blue line. It has been a pretty even game with RPI having the slight edge in chances here early. Shots are 11-7 Engineers after one. I'll be back after the second to give another update!
SECOND PERIOD:
Another great period of action, as both sides are doing their best to take control. Each team had powerplay chances, but were unable to convert. Rensselaer finally got the edge when John Carter found George Servinis in the slot. Servinis ripped a wrister five hole that Brady couldn't stop and the Engineers took a 2-1 lead with under 5 to go. However, with just 11 seconds to play in the middle stanza, the Terriers struck back, this time Bob Gryp made a tremendous individual effort in the offensive zone and scored on a wraparound after winning a puck battle behind the net. Through forty minutes of play, we're all square at 2 apiece.
THIRD PERIOD:
What a tremendous finish to this one. The score remained all knotted at 2 apiece midway through the final stanza, but a flurry of goals advanced one of these teams...which one?
Click here to find out...
http://www.collegehockeyweekly.com/1984-1985-RPI-Engineers-vs-1970-1971-BU-Terriers.html
OTHER ACTION: 1961-1962 Michigan Tech Huskies vs. 2011-2012 Boston College Eagles
Reports coming in from the other Northeast Regional Round of 32 matchup left. BC and Michigan Tech are tied at 3-3 through forty minutes.
update - Michigan Tech has scored early in the third to take a 4-3 lead. 16:45 left to go.
update - Michigan Tech holds on to defeat Boston College 5-4. The Huskies had scored with just under four minutes to play to go up 5-3, but BC rallied scoring with 44 seconds and nearly got the equalizer, but Johnny Gaudreau's wrister clipped the crossbar with 7 seconds to play. Tech advances to the Round of 16.
See the full bracket here...
http://www.collegehockeyweekly.com/Top-100-Tournament-2013.html