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By Jessica Heslam
Boston Herald Media Reporter
Tuesday, December 5, 2006 - Updated: 04:54 AM EST

Boston cops are on the hunt for the ruthless trio of thugs who viciously beat a group of Boston University star athletes with baseball bats, wrenches and hammers outside a party early Sunday.
One athlete, BU senior hockey player Kevin Schaeffer, 22, was beaten so badly it’s unclear when he’ll return to the ice, coach Jack Parker said. Team captain Sean Sullivan and goalie John Curry, both 22, suffered concussions.
“Sean is doing fine. He’s sore,” said his mother, Carole Sullivan of Braintree. “Kevin’s doing very well considering he was hurt very badly. I have huge faith in the Boston police. Hopefully we can stop these kids from doing it again.”

Attack on players stemmed from an earlier scuffle
Parker: More people in fight than once thought

After reviewing the incident with team members yesterday, coach Jack Parker said last night that a Sunday morning altercation between Boston University men's hockey players and several assailants was not a random attack as he previously stated.

Seniors Kevin Schaeffer and Sean Sullivan were hospitalized Sunday after an altercation outside a Wadsworth Street residence, in which goalie and assistant captain John Curry also received minor injuries. Schaeffer was released from Brigham and Women's Hospital yesterday.

Parker said junior goalie Karson Gillespie and a friend not on the hockey team had been involved in a prior scuffle with two unknown assailants an hour before the brawl. One assailant was reportedly involved in the both incidents.