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...less than three goals per game we'd usually win." The problem was that the Eagles managed just five goals in O'Connor's three finals. And if there's one thing you can count on, he points out, it's that "you always meet hot goaltending in the Beanpot"--at both ends. Three times O'Connor played superbly and three times other goalies stole the limelight--first Demetroulakas, then Lau and Daskalakis...
Even after coming so frustratingly close three years in a row, O'Connor wasn't tempted by a fourth chance. "I would've loved to have won the Beanpot," he says. "But we've lost so many times...the odds would be against us again...
...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...