By Tim Healey/DFP Staff
In the final minutes of Saturday night’s game, with then-No. 1 Boston College comfortably leading BU 5–2, the home crowd rung out a chant far more common on daytime TV than at Conte Forum: “Jerr-ry! Jerr-ry! Jerr-ry!”
No, the BC students were not chanting for Springer. They were cheering for York, the 19-year Eagles head coach who with the win tied former Bowling Green and Michigan State University coach Ron Mason as the all-time winningest NCAA hockey coach with 924 victories.
BU coach Jack Parker congratulated York at center ice after the game and afterward gushed with praise for his long-time friend.
“He deserves all the accolades,” Parker said. “It’s hard for people to believe this because he’s been around so long and he’s been so successful and he’s won so many games, but I still don’t think he gets the credit he deserves.”
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