During the team dinner that included American hockey legends Mike Eruzione, Rob McClanahan and Mike Modano, players were constantly checking their phones for score updates or in some cases streaming the game. That might have seemed disrespectful, except Eruzione, who is currently an ambassador for Boston University was fully invested too.

BC and BU will mark the first time the two schools have faced off in the championship game of the men’s Beanpot title since 2016.

BC scored first, but BU seized control in the second period and never looked back against its Commonwealth Avenue rival.

Cole Hutson was one of four Boston University goal scorers, netting the winner in the second period of the Terriers' 4-1 victory over rival and top-ranked Boston College in the final of the annual Beanpot college hockey tournament on Monday at TD Garden.