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With the Eagles already ahead of Northeastern, 5-1, Co Captain Lee Blossom, a veteran of three Beanpot runner-up finishes, stole the puck from a Husky defenseman and dished it off to teammate Hilly McDonough When McDonough scored his breakaway goal, the BC bench emptied its first such round of congratulations in live straight years of Beanpot finals...
Sweeney, trailing line mate David Livingston's breakaway early in the second stanza, scored on the rebound to make it 4-1 Several minutes later, the Huskies missed their last real opportunity for a rally when they failed to score, despite numerous good chances, on a power play...
Then BC effectively iced the contest, exploding for four goals in a 4:57 span, including McDonough's breakaway tally. The final goal of the offensive spree helped redeem, in a way, the frustrating Beanpot career of Eagle Co-Captain Mike O'Neil. In 1980, when the Huskies nipped BC in the final. O'Neil was on the ice for the decisive overtime goal, and was pictured in a widely-reprinted photo smashing his stick across the goalposts in anger after the winning goal. Now, with the BC offense pouring it on, he zoomed up the middle, took a pass...
...Crimson goalie came fighting back Just minutes after the first goal. Blair was called on to stop a point-blank rebound attempt by Billy McDonough during a power play and survived a Rob Monleon breakaway when the Eagle right wing shot wide
After a desperate clear from the Crimson net. Harvard forward and Captain Bill Cleary grabs the puck at center ice, heads down the ice on a breakaway and beats Eagle goalie Chick D'Entremont at 1.46 to take the 'Pot for the Crimson...