Miracle on 34's Stick (Week 9 Recap)
Cole Eiserman pots the winner to give the Terriers their first win at Madison Square Garden since 2013
For the first time since 2015, BU will head home from Red Hot Hockey with the Kelley-Harkness Cup in tow.
Men's
Cornell (2-1 W)
The Terriers shined under the bright lights of The World's Most Famous Arena on Saturday night.
Kamil Bednarik opened the scoring in the first, scoring his first power play goal as a Terrier at 6:17 in the period. It was his 3rd goal of the season and first non-shorthanded goal.
In the second, Cornell tied things up at 15:00 in the period. Through two periods, the Terriers and Mikhail Yegorov withstood an onslaught from the Big Red, recording 23 shots on goal compared to BU's 12.
Cole Eiserman gave the Terriers the lead for good at 5:24 in the third. His 7th of the season, and first of the season away from Agganis Arena. The goal also ended a 4 game goal drought for Eiserman, dating back to October 25th vs. UConn when he went out injured early. With an assist on Bednarik's goal, Eiserman recorded his 12th multipoint game of his BU career.
Mikhail Yegorov was stellar, saving 28 of 29 Big Red shots. BU killed all 4 penalties and has killed 10 of 11 in their last 3 games.
The win gave the Terriers their 4th outright win of Red Hot Hockey—plus a shootout win in 2015 to retain the Kelley-Harkness Cup—and ending Cornell's 4 game winning streak in the biennial event. The win was also BU's 2nd over Cornell in 2025, the last time BU beat Cornell twice in the same season was 2023—at Agganis and in the Manchester Regional Final—and prior to that 1974.
Other Notes
Both Terrier goals were scored by New York Islander prospects
50% of Cole Eiserman's goals away from Agganis have been scored at NHL Arenas
Jay Pandolfo is the first Terrier head coach to win a game at 4 different NHL arenas since Hockey Hall of Famer Jack Parker
Advanced Stats
Despite having less OZone Possession time, the Terriers held a slight edge in EV Possession, 52% to 48%. They also held a slight edge in Puck Battles, 51% to 49%.
Per Period xG: 1st (0.62-0.96, Cornell), 2nd (0.39-1.04, Cornell), 3rd (0.58-0.99, Cornell)
Cole Eiserman ended a 12 game streak of a different Terrier being the team’s top performer in terms of Game Score. Eiserman has been the team’s top performer in 3 different games, the most of any Terrier, topping the list for the first time since the Terriers faced Colgate, where the 12 game streak began.
Mikhail Yegorov had one of his best performances of the season with a 1.61 GSAx.
BU’s sole high danger shot (.3 xG) was Kamil Bednarik’s first period goal, on the other end of the ice Cornell record 3 high danger shots (.84 xG) Mikhail Yegorov saved 2 (.48 xG) while the 3rd missed the net.
Cornell held the xG edge for much of the game after the first 15 minutes of the game. BU didn’t even record a shot attempt in the last 5 minutes of the game as Cornell had multiple power plays to end the game.
Cole Eiserman was the only Terrier recorded an xG% over 60.
