Word: beanpots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perhaps O'Regan, the co-captain of this year's Terrier squad, is the key to B.U.'s newfound success. The Terriers posted their first winning record in three years last year, have compiled a 12-9-0 record far this year and enter this year's Beanpot as the defending champions...
These may be no better example of that than what O'Regan calls the greatest moment of his life--last year's Beanpot final against Boston College. In that game, the local hero scored two goals and had one assist. His efforts earned him tournament MVP honors...
...Scoring the final goal to ice the game was perhaps the greatest feeling I've ever had," he recalls. "I had grown up watching the Beanpot and it was something I had always dreamed about. As soon as I scored that goal I was tackled by my teammates. By the time I got up. I realized there were 15,000 people there all screaming for me. That moment is something I'll always cherish and remember...
...last year's squad back, and we felt pretty confident. But then we had another real bad start. We weren't creating any offense and I was a big reason I wasn't playing well. But recently we've had some big wins and as we head into the Beanpot both the team and myself are playing with a great deal of confidence...
...immediate future, though, only one thing is on O'Regan's mind--winning the Beanpot. For O'Regan, who took up hockey when he was six years old "because my older brothers were playing and it was the glory days of Bobby Orr and the big, bad Boston Bruins," last year's Beanpot championship would mean little without a victory this year...