Boston College
Notre Dame
Hockey Overtakes Notre Dame, 4-1
October 26, 2001 | Men's Hockey
Oct. 26, 2001
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Boston College scored four unanswered goals in the third period to defeat Notre Dame in hockey action, 4-1, before a sell-out crowd of 7,884 at Kelley Rink. The hockey game was the first contest of Rivalry Weekend, the annual hockey and football meetings between the two schools. Senior captain Jeff Giuliano and freshman forward Dave Spina paced the Eagles with one goal and one assist apiece.
Notre Dame (0-4-1) jumped out to a 1-0 lead 4:42 into the game when Aaron Gill scored a power-play goal from David Inman and Connor Dunlop. BC outshot the Irish in each period, including a 11-4 margin in the first stanza.
Boston College (2-3-1) evened the scoring at 1:38 of the third period when Spina deflected a Giuliano shot past Irish goaltender Morgan Cey. Freshman Ryan Shannon also assisted on the goal.
The Eagles claimed the lead when Ty Hennes stripped an Irish defender and sent Ales Dolinar in alone for the goal just 1:32 after Spina's score.
Giuliano put BC up 3-1 at 10:34 when he converted a Spina pass for the goal. Freshman defenseman Andrew Alberts was also credited with an assist on the goal. Sophomore Ben Eaves scored an empty-net goal at 19:51 to round out the scoring.
Eagle goaltender Tim Kelleher made 16 saves in the win, including eight in the third period. Cey made a career-high 35 stops in the loss.
Boston College will next travel to Wisconsin to face the Badgers in a two-game series on Friday and Saturday, November 2 and 3. Both contests are 7:05 CST (8:05 EST) face offs.
