Feb. 2, 2009

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Drury Inducted Into Beanpot HOF

BOSTON - Senior Jason Lawrence scored the game-winning goal at 18:14 of the third period to lead the No. 1 Boston University men's ice hockey team to a wild 4-3 victory over Harvard in the opening round of the 57th Beanpot on Monday evening at TD Banknorth Garden. The Terriers responded to an early 2-0 deficit with three unanswered tallies - including two from sophomore Nick Bonino - and improve to 20-5-1 overall with the win.

The Terriers will make their 24th Beanpot final appearance in the last 26 years next Monday (Feb. 9) against the winner of the Northeastern/Boston College semifinal.

Friday's result allowed the Terriers to reach the 20-win mark earlier than even before in the program's history, as the 1983-84 squad held the previous record of Feb. 3. BU had 19 wins all of last season.

Harvard opened the scoring at 8:19 of the first and added a 5-on-3 tally just 1:04 into the second period. Bonino scored consecutive goals just 1:43 apart in the second period to tie the game.

Junior Zach Cohen gave BU its first lead at 11:25 of the third when he snuck the puck past Harvard netminder Matt Hoyle off an offensive-zone faceoff.

The Crimson, however, fought back and made it a 4-4 contest with 5:27 left in regulation with its second power-play tally of the evening.

The Terriers took full advantage of a hooking penalty on Harvard with 2:10 remaining in the third, as Lawrence sent home the game-winner with a hard slapshot from the left circle.

Harvard found the back of the net right as the final buzzer sounded to continue the dramatics, but the ruling from a video-replay review was that the puck went in after time expired.

Freshman Kieran Millan made 22 saves between the pipes for the Terriers, who held a 34-25 shot advantage. Hoyle turned in a 30-save performance for the Crimson.