Current (white) and former Teriers (red) came together on behalf of the Mark Bavis and Travis Roy Foundations to provide an afternoon of entertainment for the crowd at Walter Brown Arena.

Proving the school-record 113 goals he scored from 1994-98 were no fluke, Chris Drury's three tallies helped propel a team of Boston University hockey alumni featuring several NHL stars past the current crop of Terriers, 9-5, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Walter Brown Arena on Sunday, October 24.

The game, which featured plenty of scoring, more bumps than hits, and the one-man show that is former Terrier and current NY Islander goalie Rick DiPietro, was set up to benefit the Travis Roy and Mark Bavis Foundations. All proceeds from the game will be divided equally between the two charities.

"It was great for our team, it was great for me personally and of course it was for a great cause," said head coach Jack Parker. "When you can organize something like this, you get guys like Adrian Aucoin to come up, and Jacques Joubert to fly in from Chicago."

"It was a great time," said Drury. "It's good to get on the ice at Walter Brown again, especially since it's not going to be used much longer."

Agganis Arena, the new home of the Terriers, is slated to open on January 3.

The Terrier varsity had the first good scoring opportunity 2:30 into the game, when freshman Chris Bourque picked off a clearing pass and came in alone on DiPietro, but was denied by the Winthrop native's left pad.

Drury opened the scoring 5:03 into the game, knocking his own rebound past junior Stephan Siwiec at the side of the net. Chris O'Sullivan had found Drury alone to Siwiec's right and hit him with a hard pass from the left point. Shawn McEachern earned the other assist.

Drury, the 1998 Hobey Baker winner as college hockey's top player, and 1999 NHL Rookie of the Year made it 2-0 less than a minute later.

The Terriers responded midway through the first period, as Bourque tipped a pretty feed from Peter MacArthur that found its way through DiPietro's pads to cut the deficit to 2-1.

It didn't take the alumni long to answer, however. Mike Grier, stationed behind the goal line, hit Dan LaCouture crashing the net to make it 3-1 at 9:52.

O'Sullivan closed out the first-period scoring, converting a nice pass from Bob Lachance on a 2-on-1 with 5:34 to go. The Terriers nearly cut the lead to 4-2 when Bourque found Brad Zancanaro at the side of the net with three minutes remaining, but Zancanaro's shot sailed wide of the post.

Siwiec then made a highlight reel stop on McEachern, who was attempting to finish off a crisp tic-tac-toe passing play with Scott Young and Shawn Bates. McEachern's shot from right above the goal crease was snared by Siwiec, drawing a loud ovation from the crowd.

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The Terriers, who were outshot 20-12 in the first period, opened the second with a flurry. David Van der Gulik had a pair of shots in close that were stopped by DiPietro.

"I thought we sat and watched too much of the first period," said Parker. "After we started skating, we did a much better job."

After Young made it 5-1 one minute into the second, Grier, in a familiar spot parked in front of the net, tipped a shot from Jack Baker past Karson Gillespie to up the lead to 6-1.

Junior John Laliberte rifled a wrist shot from the top of the right faceoff circle that found its way under DiPietro's arm midway through the period to make it 6-2, before LaCouture finished off the scoring in the second period by going wide on sophomore defenseman Sean Sullivan and scoring a wrap-around goal at 15:35.

An interference penalty to Scott Lachance late in the period afforded the Terriers the first of their two power play opportunities on the day. However, most power plays don't go up against the penalty killing unit that the Alumni team sent to oppose them.

"We go on a power play and I look out there and it's Pandolfo and Drury and Tom Poti killing it," said Parker.

Despite the deficit, the Terriers outshot the Alumni, 14-7, in the second period and played with a lot more poise and better puck movement. They kept that poise into the third period and quickly made a game of it.

First Bourque turned Baker inside out before his backhander was turned aside by DiPietro just 2:30 into the third. Then Brian McConnell took a cross-ice pass from Van der Gulik and beat DiPietro short side to cut the lead to 7-3 at the 5:35 mark. The Alumni, content to try home-run passes from their own zone, got burned when junior defenseman Jekabs Redlihs kept a clearing attempt in at the point and fed freshman Dan McGoff down low. McGoff came in alone and swept a shot under DiPietro to make it 7-4 at the 9:32 mark.

That was as close as the Terriers would get.

Current Boston Bruins coach Mike Sullivan picked up a loose puck in front of the third Terrier goaltender, John Curry, and roofed a backhander under the crossbar to make it 8-4, before Drury completed the hat trick at the 18:09 mark.

The curtain then opened on DiPietro. He had earlier in the third period been assessed a delay of game penalty when he came out to the blue line to play the puck, poke-checked a Terrier attacker and then gloved and threw the puck down the ice. With a minute to go in the game, DiPietro took a dump-in and began to skate up ice, performing a flawless toe-drag past a forechecker before bumping into a teammate. Zancanaro pounced on the loose puck and fired it into the empty net to close out the scoring.

With fans alternately chanting his last name and "Sieve," DiPietro closed out the game by joining the rush up ice and centering a pass from behind the Terrier net as time expired.

It was certainly an entertaining end to an entertaining game.

"DiPietro has never shied away from a camera, that's for sure," said Parker.

"It's always good to be back," said DiPietro. "I was trying to get Bates to play net in the third so I could head up more."

For the Terriers, it was a chance to measure up against professional-level talent. For the Alumni, many of whom are not currently playing hockey due to the NHL lockout, it was an enjoyable extended weekend with family and friends.

"It's nice to relive the college days for a weekend," said Drury, who was impressed with the current Terriers' play. "I thought as the game went on, they played a lot better. They'll only get better as the weeks go on."

Parker was pleased with his team's effort, given the type of game played. The Terriers outshot the alumni for the game, 40-33. Bourque and freshman Ryan Weston, who didn't figure in the scoring but had several good chances, were standouts.

"Bourque looked good out there," said Parker. "Weston is a big, strong guy and now he's starting to show us what he can do."

Parker was certainly enjoying seeing some old faces around the rink again.

"I told Drury, nothing's changed. He comes back here and has a hat trick."

Drury was also the recipient of the loudest cheers during the pre-game introductions, save one. That honor went to Travis Roy, who was introduced as honorary captain of the Alumni team.

1st Period:

1. BUA - Chris Drury (Chris O'Sullivan, Shawn McEachern), 5:03; 2. BUA - Drury 2 (Jay Pandolfo, Mike Grier), 5:56; 3. BUV - Chris Bourque (Peter MacArthur), 9:30; 4. BUA - Dan LaCouture (Grier, Jacques Joubert), 9:52; 5. BUA - O'Sullivan (Bob Lachance), 14:26. Penalties: none.

2nd Period:

6. BUA - Scott Young (McEachern, Shawn Bates), 1:07; 7. BUA - Grier (Jack Baker, Jon Coleman), 8:47; 8. BUV - John Laliberte (Kevin Kielt), 11:16; 9. BUA - LaCouture 2 (O'Sullivan), 15:35. Penalty: BUA Scott Lachance (Interference), 18:49.

3rd Period:

10. BUV - Brian McConnell (David Van der Gulik, Laliberte), 5:35; 11. BUV - Dan McGoff (Jekabs Redlihs), 9:32; 12. BUA - Mike Sullivan (S. Lachance), 16:17; 13. BUA - Drury 3 (Tom Poti, Pandolfo), 18:09; 14. BUV - Brad Zancanaro, 19:34. Penalty: BUA Rick DiPietro (Delay of Game), 12:30.

Shots on goal: BUA 20-7-6--33; BUV 12-14-14--40

Goalies: BUA: DiPietro (40 shots, 35 saves). BUV: Stephan Siewic (20 shots, 16 saves), Karson Gillespie (7 shots, 4 saves), John Curry (6 shots, 4 saves).