Thatcher Demko had a night to remember this evening with Boston College.

After defeating Harvard last Monday for a berth in the Beanpot final – an annual tournament that features Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern and Harvard – Demko and Boston College faced Boston University tonight in the final.

Boston College won in 1-0 in OT, on a goal scored by Minnesota Wild prospect, Alex Tuch. Demko was great throughout the game holding BU scoreless, posting his ninth shutout of the season. Which is important, as the 9th shutout means that Thatcher Demko passes former Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider for the Boston College single-season shutout record. 

This is mighty impressive, as Boston College still has 6 games left in their regular season and then the playoffs (which count towards the total). The current NCAA record is 12, set by Greg Gardner in 2000, so Demko is still within reasonable reach of that.

Demko has been fantastic this season, posting two separate three game shut streaks and leading to Boston College to one of their best starts in their history. Those shutout were early in the year, which meant that his numbers were quite gaudy. He wasn’t terrible by any means but his numbers were coming back to earth in December and January. He has nicely rebounded with 3 shutouts in his last 6 games including the shutout tonight.

I speculated last month that the Canucks are planning to sign Demko sooner rather than later, which was confirmed by Jason Botchford in the same night’s Provies. If Demko continues his torrid play, the Canucks may want to try and sign him to a 12 contract (jokes!). But regardless, Demko’s ridiculous numbers are a fantastic sign that the Canucks took a risk with Demko, knowing that he would need hip surgery when selecting him, that he would be able to overcome that and be a steal at 36th overall.

Given that this is his first season after the hip surgery, it’s looking like the Canucks made the right gamble.