Albany, NY -- The Purple Eagles of Niagara used two power-play goals and 21 saves from Greg Gardner to shut out the Boston University Terriers at the Pepsi Arena on day two of the ECAC/Crowne Plaza Faceoff Classic, giving Purple Eagle head coach Blaise MacDonald his first victory over his old boss, Terrier head coach Jack Parker.

"This is an emotional win in that everything I do and how I run this program here at Niagara I have taken from Jack," said MacDonald. "I'm a big believer in the process and the planning of running a program with class, and that is what BU represents. The good thing for us is that being a brand-new program we were able to establish that culture to begin with."

Mike Isherwood continued his torrid streak in the Classic with his second goal of the weekend in the first period on the power play. Isherwood also had three assists on the weekend; his other goal was the overtime winner against Quinnipiac the night before.

"Mike is the most underrated player in all of college hockey," said MacDonald. "Without question he is an All-American type of player. You look at game-winning goals and points, he is a one-man wrecking crew."

In the second period Chris MacKenzie made it 2-0 and in the third Peter DeSantis tipped a MacKenzie point shot past Terrier goalie Ricky DiPietro to make it 3-0.

From there, Gardner took over and the Purple Eagles swept a pair of games in Albany and moved to 3-1 on the season.

"Greg has been struggling this year. I thought tonight he made a huge save on the first shot and it got him right in the game," said MacDonald. "When he plays with that type of confidence the team feeds off of that. He was a big reason for our success."

The Terriers (2-2-0) could not muster a goal and looked as if they were sleepwalking throughout.

I was not happy with the effort today," said Parker. "We were standing around watching Niagara beat us to all the loose pucks, and they were ready to go. We certainly were not there. Our goaltender played well and a couple of our freshmen defensemen played well, but other from that we had real passive non-shows tonight from a couple of guys.

"Your only as good as your last game and our last game was horrible. We stood around and watched and tried not to lose again. We have to wonder what we have to do to win. We certainly didn't play anywhere near the way we'd like to play. I don't know if we're capable of playing it, but it's the fourth game of the year, but it's not the way we'd like to play with that kind of effort. They did all the little things well, and we did them poorly."

The Purple Eagles have begun to make it a habit defeating the well established programs in college hockey, defeating the likes of Michigan, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence and Colgate last season. This year, the Purple Eagles look like they are at it again.

"By beating these type of teams it gives you respect and it gives you respect in the national picture," said MacDonald. "I firmly believe that the best for this program is yet to come."