Boston College
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Hockey Completes Weekend Sweep Of Northeastern
February 24, 2002 | Men's Hockey
Feb. 24, 2002
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Sophomore Ben Eaves scored two goals as Boston College earned a weekend sweep of 13th-ranked Northeastern with a 3-1 victory at Kelley Rink before 2,537 fans on Sunday afternoon. The win also gave the Eagles a 2-1 edge in the season series with the Huskies, which could have strong implications in the race for home-ice in the HOCKEY EAST playoffs.
BC (18-14-2, 10-11-1 HEA) scored twice within 54 seconds in the first period. Eaves netted a power-play goal at 12:03 from J.D. Forrest and Tony Voce. Voce sent a cross-ice pass from the corner to J.D. Forrest at the point, who fed Eaves at center ice for the high one-timer.
Ales Dolinar scored his third goal of the weekend at 12:57 when he beat Northeastern netminder Keni Gibson with a one-timer from the slot. He took a wrap-around feed from Jeff Giuliano for the goal as Ryan Shannon also assisted on the goal. That line recorded five goals and three assists in the two games against Northeastern this weekend.
Northeastern (17-14-3, 10-10-2 HEA) climbed within one goal at 5:19 of the second period when Mike Ryan scored on a partial breakaway from Jim Fahey. Tim Judy also recorded an assist on the goal.
The teams played back-and-forth hockey through the second and third periods, before Eaves struck again at 18:24 of the third period to increase the Eagles' margin to two goals. Andrew Alberts took a shot from the point that caromed to Voce, who fed Eaves in front for his second goal of the night.
Matti Kaltiainen made 23 saves in the win for the Eagles, while Keni Gibson made 31 saves for Northeastern.
Boston College closes the 2001-02 regular season with a home-and-home series with New Hampshire on Saturday and Sunday, March 2-3. BC travels to the Whittemore Center on Saturday for a 7 p.m. game before hosting the Wildcats in Fox Sports New England's HOCKEY EAST game of the week on Sunday at 3 p.m.
