The 2012 national championship team was in deep trouble in January after getting swept by Maine at the Alfond Arena. They went 2-5-1 in an 8 game stretch and looked a bit listless. However, they found their legs in a weekend sweep over UNH going in to the Beanpot, and followed that up by throttling Northeastern in the first round of the Beanpot. BC then faced a tricky trip up to Burlington in between Beanpot games - a recipe for a trap game. But BC came out focused and pummeled the Catamounts 6-1, on the strength of big nights by both Chris Kreider and Johnny Gaudreau.