By Sam Dykstra/DFP Staff

Entering the third period of Saturday’s regular season finale knotted at two goals apiece with crosstown rival Northeastern University, the No. 13 Boston University men’s hockey team had a chance over the remaining 20 minutes to improve its NCAA tournament resume with a win. If that wasn’t enough, a win by the Terriers in their own building would have given them at least a chance to earn the second seed in the Hockey East tournament, which, as it turns out, they would have gotten thanks to No. 2 Boston College’s 4-3 win at No. 7/8 University of New Hampshire.

The Terriers’ playoff destiny was essentially in their own hands.

But even with all of that on the line, BU let the golden opportunity fall by the wayside after it allowed two goals within 1:01, six-and-a-half minutes into the final frame, and never fully recovered. A goal by junior forward Kevin Gilroy with 2:50 left on the clock and a late offensive flurry with six skaters on the ice couldn’t provide the needed push the game into at least overtime.

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