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Beanpot Awaits No. 2 Hockey Eagles
February 05, 2001 | Men's Hockey
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49th Annual Beanpot Tournament Notes
February 5th & 12th, 2001
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First Round Game Boston College faces off against Harvard in the opening round of the 49th annual Beanpot Tournament on Monday, February 5. The Eagles, who are looking for their first Beanpot title since 1994, come into the contest ranked number two in both the USCHO.com poll and the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine poll. Harvard is in the "also receiving votes" category of both polls. The game can be heard locally on WTKK-FM 96.9, and seen regionally on ATT-3 Broadband. Game time at the FleetCenter is 5 p.m.
The Series Boston College and Harvard have played 101 games in a series that began during the 1918-19 season. BC holds a 56-41-4 advantage. Under Head Coach Jerry York, the Eagles have a 7-2-1 mark. Earlier this season BC defeated the Crimson, 3-2, as the Eagles overcame a late one-goal deficit to send the game into overtime, where freshman Chuck Kobasew netted the game-winner. Last season the two teams met once, with BC defeating the Crimson 3-0 at Kelley Rink on Dec. 10. In that game Ales Dolinar scored two goals, including one short-handed tally, and Scott Clemmensen stopped all 24 Harvard shots to lead the Eagles to its second-straight shutout.
Please Take Note * Krys Kolanos will miss today's first-round game with a right shoulder injury suffered in the Eagles' 4-3 win over UML on Feb. 2
* BC's current five-game win streak is the longest win streak of the season. The Eagles started the year 4-0...BC is 16-0 when scoring 4+ goals...four of BC's first-period goals have been scored within the first 90 seconds of the game.
* Brian Gionta and Kolanos are the Eagles' leaders in scoring in Beanpot games. In six games, Gionta has three goals and two assists for five points. Kolanos has three goals and one assist, all coming in the Eagles' 6-0 first round win over Northeastern in last year's Beanpot.
* Freshman forward Chuck Kobasew is currently on a 10 game point scoring streak. It is the Eagles longest scoring streak this season. In the last 10 games, Kobasew has registered six goals and 10 assists.
* Gionta, Kobasew and Kolanos are 1-2-3 in league scoring through 17 games. Gionta leads the league with 27 points. Kobasew is second with 24 points. Kolanos is right behind with 23 points.
* In the past five games, Gionta has scored 12 points. He tallied two goals and one assist in both wins against Providence on Jan. 19 and 20. He scored five goals in the first period vs. Maine on Jan. 27. In the five-game stretch, Gionta registered 10 goals and two assists. He scored two shorthanded goals, three game-winning goals and two power-play goals.
* BC has won 20 games for the fourth straight season, only the second time that's happened in BC hostory (1983-84 - 1986-87)
Gionta Catches Fire with Five First-Period Goals vs. Maine Brian Gionta had a game - or a period - for the ages on Jan. 27, scoring five goals in the first period of the Eagles' 7-2 victory over Maine. The feat, believed to be an all-time modern record for goals in a period, set a number of team and league records. The senior captain:
* Tied the BC career goals record of 112 held by David Emma.
* Set a BC record for career hat tricks (nine).
* Set a BC record for career shorthanded goals (nine).
* Set a record for HOCKEY EAST goals in a period (five).
* Tied the HOCKEY EAST mark for goals in a game (five).
Thanks to his five-goal performance, Gionta moved into third place on BC's all-time scoring list with 214 points, passing Joe Mullen, who tallied 212 points from 1975-79. He managed a natural hat trick - goals at even strength, shorthanded and on the power-play - by the 14:37 mark of the first. He was named the HOCKEY EAST player of the week for the second consecutive week.
Coach York Jerry York is in his seventh season as the Eagles' head coach. He heads into Monday night's game as the sixth-winningest coach in NCAA history. With the Eagles' 6-1 win at UMass-Lowell on Saturday, Nov. 4, York joined an elite group of five other coaches who have 600 or more career victories. His career record stands at 613-442-54 (.577). His record at Boston College is 146-97-20 (.593). In HOCKEY EAST games York's teams are 86-59-15 (.584). He has led his team to the NCAA Tournament eight times, including three consecutive appearances by Boston College in the Frozen Four (1998-2000). His 1983-84 Bowling Green squad finished 34-8-2 and won the national championship.
Eagle Newcomers Update This season's freshman class has been the class of HOCKEY EAST this season. Chuck Kobasew and Tony Voce combined to earn Rookie of the Week honors four consecutive weeks in November. It was a feat that had not been accomplished by one conference team since the 1992-93 season, when Maine had four straight Rookie of the Week honorees. So far this season the freshman class has accounted for 35 goals and 60 assists. They have accounted for 30.7% of the teams' goal scoring, and 31.7 % of the Eagles' overall scoring this season.
York Selected as National Coach of the Year in Hockey On January 9, 2001, Boston College head coach Jerry York was selected as the ice hockey National Coach of the Year for the year 2000 by the United States Olympic Committee. Forty-four Olympic and Pan American sports each named a National and Developmental Coach of the Year, and each was honored at the fifth annual National Coaching Recognition Weekend in New York on Saturday, Jan. 13. The National Coaches of the Year winners were selected after strong showings at major event competitions for their respective sports.
Eagles on the National Leaderboard Here is where the Boston College team and individual players stand in the statistics (games played through 1/28/01) as compiled by the NCAA and USCHO.com: Team: Scoring Offense...4th at 4.13 goals per game
Scoring Defense...10th at 2.46 goals per game
Scoring Margin...3rd at +1.67 goals per game
Winning Percentage...4th at 17-6-1 (.729)
Power Play...16th at 29 of 138 (21.0%)
Penalty Killing...7th at 137 of 156 (87.8%)
Individual: Krys Kolanos...5th in goals per game with 0.74, tied for 6th in goals scored with 17, 12th in points per game with 1.48, 9th in scoring (19-18--37).
Brian Gionta...1st in goals scored with 22, 1st in goals per game with 0.85, 1st in shorthanded goals with 5, tied for 1st in game-winning goals with 5, tied for 8th in goals scored with 17, tied for 10th in scoring (22-14--36), 18th in points per game with 1.38.
J. D. Forrest...Tied for 10th in shorthanded goals with 2
Chuck Kobasew...Tied for 1st in game-winning goals with 5, tied for 6th in power-play goals with 8, tied for 21st in scoring (15-16-31)
Scott Clemmensen...4th in goalie winning percentage with .761, 8th in goals against average with a 2.13 12th in minutes played with 1,349:42, 15th in save percentage with .914
Fast Starts for the Eagles Boston College has gotten off to fast starts in the majority of its games this season. The Eagles have scored in the first period in 21 of their 27 games, and have been the first team to score in 18 of those games. Seventeen of BC's 40 first-period goals have been scored within the first nine minutes of the period, and four of those have been scored within the first 90 seconds.
Lephart, Allen Enjoy 6-on-5 Success Boston College has pulled its goaltender and scored game-tying goals on five different occasions since the beginning of the 1999-2000 season. Senior assistant captains Mike Lephart and Bobby Allen have scored each of them. The Eagles ended up winning two of those games (including a 6-5 win over Michigan State in last year's NCAA West Regional), losing two, and tying one.
Forrest Competed with U.S. National Junior Team in World Junior Hockey Championship Freshman defenseman J. D. Forrest was selected to compete with the U. S. National Junior Team that skated in the 2001 World Junior Hockey Championship in Moscow, Russia from Dec. 26 - Jan. 5. In six games, Forrest had one goal and one assist for the fifth-place U. S. team.
Gionta, Kobasew Earn HOCKEY EAST Accolades Senior Brian Gionta earned Player of the Month honors, and freshman Chuck Kobasew was tabbed as the Rookie of the Month for January. The two players led BC to a 6-2 record. Each earned their respective award in November as well.
BC Hockey Signs Three Recruits Three high school seniors have signed national letters of intent to play hockey at Boston College next season. John Adams, a 6-foot-2-inch defenseman from the Breck School in Golden Valley, Minn., Ryan Murphy, a 5-foot-11-inch forward from Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Ryan Shannon, a 5-foot-9-inch forward from the Taft School in Watertown, Conn. will enter Boston College in the fall of 2001 and begin their collegiate playing careers in the 2001-02 season.
BC Class of 2001 This season's senior class experienced more success in its first three seasons than any other Boston College class entering their final year with the exception of the BC class of 1988, which won 85 games (.702 win percentage) through its first three seasons. The class of 2001 won 84 games in its first three seasons (.705 win percentage) and appeared in the Frozen Four each year, playing for the title twice. The only other BC class to appear in three consecutive Frozen Fours was the 1948-50 Eagles, a team that won BC's sole national championship in 1949.
Three Eagles Near Games-Played Mark Three current Eagles have an opportunity to finish their careers with at least 164 games played, surpassing Mike Mottau's all-time mark of 163 appearances. Rob Scuderi's 153 games played moved him into ninth place on BC's all-time games played list. Bobby Allen is close behind with 151 games played. The Eagles will play at least 11 more games this season (nine regular season and at least two tournament games) and as many as 17 games. Current Games needed Player games played to reach 164 Rob Scuderi 153 11 Bobby Allen 151 13 Brian Gionta 148 16
On The Radio Monday night's game can be heard on WTKK 96.9 FM with Jon Rish calling the action and former Eagle standout Ken Hodge providing color commentary. You can also listen to the game on the internet by logging on the official Boston College web site at www.bceagles.com.
Next Game After today's opening round Beanpot game against Harvard, Boston College travels to Providence on Friday, Feb. 9, to attempt to sweep the Friars for the first time since the 1987-88 season. Game time at PC's Schneider Arena is 7 p.m.
Player Notes 1 - Tim Kelleher (So., G) Has seen action in four games this season, compiling a 2-1 record with a 3.44 GAA and .867 save percentage...returned to the lineup Feb. 2 after missing six games with mononucleosis...made 19 saves, giving up two goals vs. Merrimack on Nov. 21, getting the win...won 3-2 at Denver on Oct. 20, making 24 saves, giving up only two goals.
2 - Bobby Allen (Sr., D) Assistant captain this season...has scored 24 goals and 76 assists for 100 points in 151 career games...scored his 100th career point with the game-winning goal in BC's 4-3 win over UMass Lowell on Feb. 2...tied with Rob Scuderi as the team's second-leading defensive scorer with 13 points...valuable member of the Eagles' power play, scoring four power-play goals this season...named to Maverick Stampede All-Tournament team...second on the team in career games played with 151 (Scuderi 153)...sat out the Eagles' game at Maine on Dec. 10 after suffering a minor concussion at Northeastern on Dec. 6.
Allen In the Beanpot: Scored one goal and one assist in the Eagles' opening round loss to Harvard on Feb. 2, 1998...registered an assist in BC's 6-0 opening-round, 6-0 blanking of Northeastern on Feb. 7, 2000.
4 - Brooks Orpik (Jr., D) Has registered at least one assist in eight of the Eagles' last 12 games...has tallied 13 assists on the season...assisted on Chuck Kobasew's game-winning overtime goal at Harvard on Nov. 25...in BC's 7-2 victory against Merrimack, moved into sole possession of 3rd place on BC's all-time penalty minutes leader board, currently has 280 career penalty minutes...leads team with 86 penalty minutes this season (39 penalties)... returned to action against Merrimack on Friday, Nov. 17, after sitting out the previous three games with a quadricep contusion of his left leg suffered against Northeastern on Nov. 3.
Orpik In the Beanpot: Assisted on two goals in the Eagles' 6-4 consolation game victory over Harvard on Feb. 8, 1999.
5 - Bill Cass (So., D) Returned to the lineup on Dec. 29 against Michigan State after successful arthroscopic surgery on right knee. He suffered a lateral meniscus tear in practice on Nov. 24...has played in 24 of the Eagles' 27 games, tallying four assists.
Cass In the Beanpot: Assisted on one goal in the Eagles' 6-0 first round win over Northeastern on Feb. 7, 2000.
6 - Marty Hughes (Sr., F) Ninth on the team in scoring with 14 points (two goals, 12 assists)...scored one goal and one assist in the Eagles' 4-1 win over Maine on Jan. 26...played both offensive and defensive positions against Yale on Nov. 7...sixth on the team in career scoring with 65 points.
7 - Rob Scuderi (Sr., D) Tallied three assists in the Eagles' 8-5 win over Michigan on Dec. 30...has registered seven assists in the last 10 games... Scored two goals and 11 assists this season...tied with classmate Bobby Allen as the team's second-leading defensive scorer ...leads team in career games played with 153...on pace to break the career games played mark at BC of 164...both goals scored came in road victories (6-1 win at Merrimack on Nov. 17, 7-2 win at Maine on Dec. 10)...Eagles are 10-1 when Scuderi scores a point.
Scuderi In the Beanpot:: Assisted on one goal in the Eagles' 6-0 first round win over Northeastern on Feb. 7, 2000.
10 - Jeff Giuliano (Jr., F) Registered two assists five times this season, all of which were wins (vs. Maine on Jan 27, at Providence on Jan 20, vs. Merrimack on Nov. 21, at Merrimack on Nov. 17, at UMass Lowell on Jan. 12...fifth on this year's squad in scoring with 25 points (nine goals, 16 assists)...seventh on HOCKEY EAST's conference scoring list with 19 points on five goals and 14 assists...has eight multiple-point games... scored at least one point in six straight games (Oct. 29 - Nov. 17)...has scored in 17 of the Eagles' 27 games...tallied two goals in BC's first game of the season, a 4-1 win against Notre Dame.
11 - Krys Kolanos (So., F) Will miss today's Beanpot game against Harvard with a right shoulder injury suffered in the game against UMass Lowell on Feb. 2...second on the team in scoring in Beanpot games, registering three goals and one assists in two Beanpot games...has scored in 19 of the 26 games in which he has played, including 10 multiple-point efforts...tied with Brian Gionta as the team's leading scorer with 37 points (19 goals, 18 assists)...on a career point-per-game pace with 69 points in 68 career games...tied with Gionta for the HOCKEY EAST lead in scoring overall (37 points)...tied for third in the league scoring with 23 points (11 goals, 12 assists) in 17 games...has four multiple-goal games, most recently on Dec. 30 vs. Michigan in the GLI...had a five-point game against UMass-Amherst on Oct. 29 (two goals, three assists)...had a four-assist game vs. Merrimack on Nov. 21, the first of his career...tied for third on the team with four power-play goals...named to the Great Lakes Invitational All-Tournament team...named to the Maverick Stampede All-Tournament team...earned HOCKEY EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors (10/30).
Kolanos In the Beanpot: Registered his first career hat trick, scoring three goals and one assist in the Eagles' 6-0 first round win over Northeastern on Feb. 7, 2000.
12 - Brian Gionta (Sr., F) Eagle captain this season...with one goal in BC's 4-3 win over UMass Lowell on Feb. 2, became BC's all-time leading goal scorer with 113 career goals, passing David Emma's (1987-91) 112 career goals...set a school career hat trick record with his ninth on Jan. 27...set a modern-day D-I record with five goals in the first period of BC's 7-2 win over Maine on Jan. 27...scored his 200th point in BC's 8-5 win over Michigan on Dec. 30 after tallying one goal and one assist...with his assist against BU on Jan. 7, became only the fourth Eagle to tally at least 100 goals and 100 assists in his career...reached the 100-goal plateau with a hat trick against Merrimack on Nov. 21...scored two goals in 10 seconds in the third period of the Eagles' 7-2 win over Merrimack on Nov. 21 to break the HOCKEY EAST record for the fastest two goals by one player...moved into sole possession of third place on BC's career scoring list with 214 points after the Jan. 27 win over Maine...tied for first on the team in scoring with 37 points (23 goals, 14 assists)...leads the HOCKEY EAST in conference scoring with 27 points (20 goals, seven assists) in 17 games... currently second in the league in overall scoring (Kolanos)...has scored in 17 of 27 games...has 11 multiple-point games (leads team)...has scored five of the team's nine short-handed goals...two-time HOCKEY EAST Player of the Month (November and January), the only player this season to do so...captured back-to-back HOCKEY EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors for the weeks ending Jan. 22 and Jan. 29.
Gionta In the Beanpot: One assist in the Eagles' 4-1 consolation round win over Northeastern on Feb. 9, 1998...scored two goals in BC's 6-4 consolation round victory over Harvard on Feb. 8, 1999... notched one goal in BC's 6-0 first round win over NU on Feb. 7, 2000 ...registered one assist in the 4-1 championship game loss to Boston University on Feb. 14, 2000.
13 - Tony Voce (Fr., F) Third among BC's freshman goal-scorers with six goals (Kobasew, Eaves)...assisted on two goals in the Eagles' 7-2 win over Maine on Jan. 27...tallied two assists in BC's 5-2 win over BU on Jan. 7, including one off of a pass from his knees...scored two goals in two minutes in the Eagles' 5-3 win at Notre Dame on Nov. 10...notched his first collegiate short-handed goal at Maine on Dec. 10...scored one goal and one assist at Maine on Dec. 10...tallied one goal and one assist at Merrimack on Nov. 17...earned HOCKEY EAST Rookie of the Week nods for two consecutive weeks (weeks ending Nov. 13 and Nov. 20)...scored BC's only goal in a 4-1 loss to New Hampshire on Nov. 18.
14 - Ty Hennes (Fr., F) Has centered BC's fourth line in every game this season...tallied one goal and three assists in 27 appearances...scored one goal in BC's 8-5 consolation-round victory over then #4 Michigan on Dec. 30 in the GLI.
15 - Ales Dolinar (Jr., F) Assisted on two goals in BC's 4-1 win over Maine on Jan. 26...also assisted on two goals in BC's 6-3 loss at Merrimack on Jan 16...tallied two goals in BC's 8-5 win over Michigan on Dec. 30...has three multiple-assist games this season (Northeastern on Nov. 3, at Merrimack on Jan. 16, vs. Maine on Jan. 26)...part of a line that registered 10 points against Northeastern on Nov. 3...recorded a career-high four assists in BC's 6-3 win over NU...scored a power-play goal at Maine on Dec. 10...tallied single goals in the Eagles' first win over Notre Dame on Oct. 13, against Denver on Oct. 20 and Wisconsin on Oct. 27.
17 - A. J. Walker (So., F) Missed six games with a right ankle sprain which occurred before the Eagles' Dec. 10 game at Maine...scored one goal in BC's 3-2 win at Denver on Oct. 21.
18 - Mark McLennan (Sr., F) Has seen action in all but one of the Eagles' 27 games (missed due to shoulder injury)...scored three goals and two assists on the season...scored the game-winning goal in BC's 5-3 win at Notre Dame on Nov. 10...scored one goal in BC's 7-2 win at Maine on Dec. 10, and one goal in BC's 6-3 loss at Merrimack on Jan. 16.
19 - Chuck Kobasew (Fr., F) Tied with Gionta for the team lead in game-winning goals with five, and tied for first nationally with Gionta in the same category...has scored a point in 10 straight games (leads team)...leads team with eight power-play goals...leads all HOCKEY EAST freshmen in scoring with 33 points (15 goals, 18 assists)...scored one goal and one assist in his first game against Boston University on Jan. 6...scored one goal and three assists in the Eagles' 8-5 win over Michigan on Dec. 30...tallied the game-winning overtime goal at Harvard on Nov. 25...scored two goals in the Eagles' 7-2 win over Merrimack on Nov. 21...had four points (two goals, two assists) in the Eagles' 6-1 win at UMass-Lowell on Nov. 4...three-time HOCKEY EAST Rookie of the Week honoree (Nov. 6, Nov. 27, Jan 7)...two-time league Rookie of the Month (Nov. and Jan.)...second in HOCKEY EAST in scoring in conference games and fifth overall.
20 - Joe Schuman (Fr., D) Has seen action in 10 games this season...registered one assist in BC's 7-2 win at Maine on Dec. 10...currently out of the lineup with a right knee injury.
22 - Ben Eaves (Fr., F) Tallied one goal and one assist in the Eagle's 4-3 win over UMass Lowell on Feb. 2...scored one goal and one assist in BC's 4-0 shutout of Providence on Jan. 19...notched one goal and one assist in BC's 5-2 win over BU on Jan. 7...tallied two assists in the Eagles' 8-5 win over Michigan on Dec. 30...second on the team with six power-play goals...started the season strong with a three-assist effort in BC's 4-1 win over Notre Dame on Oct. 13...had one goal and one assist in the Eagles' 9-5 victory over UMass-Amherst on Oct. 29...missed three games because of back spasms (Nov. 3-Nov 7).
23 - J. D. Forrest (Fr., D) Competed with the U. S. National Junior Team in the World Junior Hockey Championship in Moscow, Russia from Dec. 26 - Jan 5, scoring one goal and one assist in six games for the fifth-place U. S. team...the Eagles' leading defensive scorer with 14 points (five goals, nine assists)...scored a rare empty-net, shorthanded goal in BC's 5-2 win over BU on Jan. 7...notched one power-play goal at UMass Lowell on Jan. 12...scored one goal vs. Merrimack on Nov. 21...tallied one goal and two assists in BC's 9-5 win over UMass-Amherst on Oct. 29...missed two games (Nov. 4 - Nov. 7) because of a separated left shoulder suffered against NU on Nov. 3.
24 - Brett Peterson (Fr., D) Valuable member of the Eagles' defensive corps...has played in 25 of BC's 27 games this season...assisted on four goals...had two assists in the Eagles' 5-3 win at Notre Dame on Nov. 10...missed two games (Nov. 21 & 25) with a right leg injury.
25 Justin Dziama (Fr., F) Has become a physical force on the ice for the Eagles this season...has played in 21 of the Eagles' 27 games, registering one goal and one assist on BC's fourth line...scored the game-winning goal in BC's 6-1 win at UMass Lowell on Nov. 4 (York's 600th win).
27 - Mike Lephart (Sr., F) Assistant captain this season...reached the 100-career point mark with a two-assist game in the Eagles' 5-3 win at Notre Dame on Nov. 10...fourth on the team in scoring with 26 points (10 goals, 16 assists)...has three power-play goals...has seven multiple-point games...part of a line that registered 10 points against NU on Nov. 3...tallied two goals, including the game-tying goal with 42 seconds remaining in regulation, in a 3-2 overtime win at Harvard on Nov. 25...scored three points (two goals, one assist) in BC's 6-3 win over Northeastern on Nov. 3...named to Maverick Stampede All-Tournament team.
Lephart In the Beanpot: Scored the first goal in the Eagles' 4-1 consolation round victory over Northeastern on Feb. 9, 1998...missed both Beanpot games in his sophomore season due to injury...assisted on one goal in BC's 6-0 first round win over Northeastern on Feb. 7, 2000.
29 - Tom Egan (So., G) Made one save in 3:17 of the third period against Merrimack on Nov. 21.
30 - Scott Clemmensen (Sr., G) Recorded his 12th career shutout vs. Providence on Jan. 19 (his fourth career shutout against the Friars)...Shutout Northeastern on Dec. 6 for his 11th career shutout...second among HOCKEY EAST goaltenders with a 1.94 GAA in HOCKEY EAST games only...third overall in HOCKEY EAST with a 2.17 GAA in all games...league Goaltender of the Month for October... league Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 16)...moved into third place on BC's all-time saves list at Merrimack on Jan .16, passing Paul Skidmore, who had 2,761 saves from 1985-89...named Maverick Stampede Tournament MVP after he won games against Notre Dame on Oct. 13, and Nebraska-Omaha on Oct. 14 as the Eagles claimed the championship.
