Boston College Athletics
Hockey Ready To Defend Beanpot Title
February 04, 2002 | Men's Hockey
Feb. 4, 2002
Northeastern vs. Harvard, 5 p.m. ET
BC vs. BU, 8 p.m. ET
BOSTON COLLEGE VS. BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Beanpot First Round
Monday, February 4, 2002
FleetCenter, Boston, Mass.
8 p.m.
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BOSTON COLLEGE AND THE BEANPOT: Boston College has a 55-43 overall record in 98 Beanpot games during the tournament's first 49 years ... BC has won the Beanpot 12 times, including the 2001 title ... the Eagles have finished first 12 times, second 12 times, third 19 times and fourth six times.
ELUSIVE BACK-TO-BACK TITLES: Boston College will look to win back-to-back titles for the first time since 1964 and 1965. The Eagles won eight of the first 13 Beanpot tournaments.
THIS YEAR'S FIRST ROUND MATCH-UP: Boston College begins play in the 50th-Annual Beanpot Tournament on Monday, Feb. 4 at the FleetCenter. The Eagles will play Boston University in the first round at 8 p.m.
FOURTH-STRAIGHT MEETING: Boston College and Boston University will meet in the Beanpot for the fourth-consecutive year. The two teams met in the 1999 first round, then in the 2000 championship game, both Terrier wins. Last season, the Eagles topped BU in the championship game.
BANK ON THE FLEET: The FleetCenter has become the Eagles' second home since its opening in September 1995. The team has played 24 games there - more than any other school - and has accumulated a 15-8-1 record. Currently the Eagles have a four-game winnings streak at the Fleet and have won nine of the their last 11 games on Causeway St.
AGAINST THE TERRIERS IN THE BEANPOT: The Eagles have an overall record of 9-22 against Boston University in 31 Beanpot meetings ... last year's victory over BU - a 5-3 win in the final - was the Eagles' first in the previous 13 meetings ... In the first round: Boston College and Boston University have met in the first round of the Beanpot 16 times. BU holds the advantage in first-round games, 13-3 ... the last time the two teams met in the first round was in 1999 when the Terriers defeated BC in overtime, 3-2.
THE 2001 TITLE REVISITED: Boston College defeated Boston University, 5-3, on February 12, 2001 for its first Beanpot title in seven years. The Eagles built a 3-0 lead on first-period goals by J.D. Forrest and Krys Kolanos and a second-period goal by Chuck Kobasew. The Terriers pulled within one goal at 3-2 on second-period scores by Frantisek Skladany and Kenny Magowan. Rob Scuderi opened the third period with an Eagle goal to retake a two-goal advantage only to see Mike Pandolfo score minutes later for a 4-3 score. Ben Eaves added a goal at 12:31 to secure the win. Scott Clemmensen made 17 saves in the win.
EAGLES AND TERRIERS OVERALL: Boston College and Boston University have met 210 times with the Terriers holding the series advantage, 107-88-15. Boston University won the 2001-02 HOCKEY EAST season series, 2-1, and has won the last two meetings.
Sophomore Ben Eaves leads all current Eagles in scoring against BU. He has scored four goals and added four assists in five games. Senior Jeff Giuliano (two goals, four assists) has six points against the Terriers. Sophomore Tony Voce (one goal, four assists) and J.D. Forrest (three goals, two assists) each have five points. Senior Ales Dolinar has one goal and three assists for four points.
BC AGAINST THE REST OF THE FIELD: HARVARD: Boston College has a 58-41-4 overall record against the Crimson in 103 games ... in 31 Beanpot contests, the Eagles hold an 18-13 edge ... BC won the meeting earlier this season, 1-0, on Nov. 25 at Kelley Rink ... Ben Eaves lead the Eagles in scoring against Harvard with a 0-3-3 line (0-2-2 in the Beanpot). Ales Dolinar has netted two goals, while Tony Voce has scored once (in the Beanpot). Ty Hennes has one goal and one assist, while Bill Cass and Jeff Giuliano each have one assist.
NORTHEASTERN: Boston College holds a 127-37-11 overall record against the Huskies in 175 games ... in 36 Beanpot games, the Eagles hold a 28-8 edge ... Northeastern won the lone meeting earlier this season, 4-3, on Nov. 20 at Matthews Arena ... Ales Dolinar leads the Eagles in scoring against Northeastern with 10 points (three goals, seven assists). Jeff Giuliano has nine points (two goals, seven assists). Bill Cass has six points (one goal, five assists).
EAGLES' LAST LOSS IN THE FIRST ROUND: Boston College's last loss in the first round of the Beanpot was in 1999 to Boston University. That year, the Terriers skated to a 3-2, overtime victory.
THE CAPTAINS AND THE BEANPOT: Boston College's two senior captains - Jeff Giuliano and Ales Dolinar - have a 4-2 record in the Beanpot ... as freshmen in 1999, the Eagles finished third, defeating Harvard in the consolation game ... as sophomores, the tandem helped BC to a second-place finish behind Boston University ... last year as juniors, BC won the Beanpot with a 5-3 victory over the Terriers.
YORK AND THE BEANPOT ... AS A COACH: Head coach Jerry York has an 8-6 overall record in the Beanpot with one first-place finish, three second-place finishes and two third-place finishes ... York-led squads are 4-3 in first-round games, including two losses to Boston University ... the team is 0-2 in overtime games in the Beanpot with York at the helm ... BC is 1-3 in championship games under York, with all four appearances against BU ... the Eagles are 3-0 in consolation games.
YORK AND THE BEANPOT ... AS A PLAYER: As a player, Jerry York competed in three Beanpot tournaments for the Eagles ... in his three seasons, BC went 4-2 in the tournament, including a championship title in 1965 - his sophomore season and his first year as a varsity player ... BC defeated Boston University, 5-4, in the title game.
LOGUE ALSO A BEANPOT LEGEND: Associate head coach Jim Logue also played in three Beanpots (1959, 1960 and 1961), twice winning the title (1959 and 1961) ... he was the tournament's Most Valuable Player in 1959 when he led the Eagles to a 7-4 title-game victory over Boston University ... in 1961, he backstopped the team to a 15-1 first-round victory over Northeastern on its way to a 4-2 championship-game win over Harvard.
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES: Eight former Boston College hockey greats have been inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame. The inaugural class of 1996 included four: John Cunniff '66, Tom "Red" Martin '61, Joe Mullen '79 and Paul Skidmore '79. Eagle legend John "Snooks" Kelley joined in 1997, followed by Tim Sheehy '70 in 1998 and Billy Hogan '63 in 1999. The most recent inductee was Richie Smith '76, who was elected this year.
THE EAGLES IN BRIEF: Boston College enters tonight's first-round Beanpot game against Boston University with a 13-12-2 overall record and a 6-10-1 mark in HOCKEY EAST games. The Eagles snapped their school-record six-game losing streak with their 3-2, overtime victory over UMass-Amherst on Friday. Due to injuries, BC has been unable to dress a full complement of skaters in any of the last seven games.
The Eagles' success has been streaky this season. The team has five-game and four-game winning streaks to its credit, but also has a six-game losing streak and a four-game winless streak.
Sophomore Tony Voce leads the Eagles in scoring with 33 points (20 goals and 13 assists). Senior Jeff Giuliano and sophomore Ben Eaves both have netted 25 points, each on eight goals and 17 assists. Eaves reached that point in 13 games, while Giuliano's totals have come in 26 games. Freshman Dave Spina has 22 points (nine goals, 13 assists). A total of nine players have scored in double figures this season.
LEAGUE HONOREE: Freshman Dave Spina was honored as the HOCKEY EAST Rookie of the Week today for his performance against UMass-Amherst on Friday ... he netted the game's first goal and then stole the puck in the corner to set up Ryan Shannon's overtime game-winner after BC rallied from behind to send the game into the extra session ... the honor is Spina's first of the season ... he is HOCKEY EAST'S second-leading freshman scorer (conference games only) with 17 points on seven goals and 10 assists.
GOALS, GOALS, GOALS: Sophomore Tony Voce is one of only six players nationally who have scored 20 goals so far this season. With two goals against Providence on Jan. 27, he reached the 20-goal mark for the first time in his career ... as a freshman in 2000-01, Voce recorded 12 goals in 43 games ... he is tied for fifth nationally in total goals and is tied for sixth in goals per game (0.77) ... Boston College has had at least one 20-goal scorer every season since the 1994-95 season.
LAST TIME OUT: Ryan Shannon's goal 1:12 into the overtime session completed the Eagles' comeback and gave the team a 3-2 victory against UMass-Amherst on Friday, Feb. 1 at the Mullins Center. The Eagles rallied from a 2-1 deficit and tied the game with just 3:51 remaining in regulation on a goal from Ty Hennes.
Dave Spina put the Eagles ahead 1-0 after one period at 12:22 with his ninth goal of the season. Ned Havern assisted on Spina's wrist shot.
The Minutemen responded with two second-period goals to take a 2-1 lead headed into the third period. Matt Eldin scored at 1:12 out of a scramble in front of the net, then Greg Mauldin scored on a breakaway slapshot from the blue line at 10:28.
Hennes' second goal of the season - at 16:09 of the third period - was the equalizer as Ales Dolinar made a rush from his own blue line to set up the play.
Spina's set-up of Shannon in overtime gave the Eagles their second overtime victory this season. Matti Kaltiainen made 25 saves in the win, while UMass' Mike Johnson made 32 saves.
WE MISS YOU BEN: With sophomore Ben Eaves in the line-up, Boston College is 7-4-2. Without him, the team is 6-8-0 ... with Eaves, the offense averages 3.62 goals per game. Without him, the team averages 2.79 goals per game ... no player misses Eaves more then wingmate Tony Voce. In 13 games the duo has played together, Voce has recorded 22 points (15 goals, seven assists). In the 14 games without Eaves, Voce has scored only 11 points (five goals, six assists). Voce also had a five-game point-less streak without Eaves.
HEALING BODIES: Only two Eagles were not in the line-up on Friday night against UMass-Amherst. The previous weekend, five players were not in the lineup against Providence for either one or both games ... sophomore forward Ben Eaves broke several ribs while he played for Team USA at the World Junior Championships. He has missed the last 11 games, nine with the injury ... freshman defenseman John Adams had surgery to repair a broken bone in his thumb on Tuesday, Jan. 8. He has missed the last seven games ... freshman forward Ryan Murphy, who suffered a lacerated kidney in the Eagles' game on Jan. 18, returned after missing three games ... senior Ales Dolinar returned to the lineup after suffering from a bout of the flu.
INJURY GAMES MISSED IN 2001-02: Boston College players have missed a total of 32 games in 2001-02 because of injury ... sophomore Ben Eaves leads the team with 11 injury games missed, followed by freshman John Adams' nine ... the defensive corps have been hit hard this season as the defensemen and goaltenders have missed a total of 16 games.
WELCOME BACK MURPH: Freshman Ryan Murphy was welcomed back to the line-up on Friday night at UMass-Amherst after missing three games with a lacerated kidney. He sustained the injury on Jan. 18 in the Eagles' game against Boston University at Kelley Rink. On Friday, Murphy started the night on the fourth line, but worked his way back to up to the first line by the end of the night. He recorded four shots against the Minutemen in his first game back.
WHO'S HOT: Senior captain Jeff Giuliano has scored 13 points in the last eight games. He has netted four goals and collected nine assists. He also recorded his 100th career point during that span ... freshman Dave Spina has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in the last seven games ... senior Ales Dolinar has four assists in his last three games.
YOUNGSTERS LEADING THE CHARGE: The freshman and sophomore classes have combined to score 70.3 percent of the Eagles' offense this season ... the freshmen have contributed 25 goals and 45 assists for 70 points ... the sophomore class has combined for 40 goals and 49 assists for 89 points ... the two youngest classes have netted a total of 158 of BC's 226 points.
WINS COME THROUGH DEFENSE: This season, 10 of Boston College's 13 wins have come when the defense has held the opposition to one goal or fewer. BC has defeated Vermont 5-1, Notre Dame 4-1, Wisconsin 3-1, Providence 4-1, Boston University 3-1, Harvard 1-0, Massachusetts 4-0, Miami (Ohio) 5-1 and Minnesota-Duluth 5-1. The Eagles also have wins over Merrimack (6-4), Massachusetts (4-3, OT) and Massachusetts (3-2, OT).
SUCCESS AFTER FIRST PERIOD SHUTOUTS: Boston College has a 10-4-0 record this season when not allowing a goal in the first period. Both Matti Kaltiainen and Tim Kelleher have 5-2-0 records after blanking the opponent in the first period. Kaltiainen's two losses came at Wisconsin (5-2, Nov. 2) and Providence (5-2, Jan. 25). Kelleher's two losses were both to Boston University (2-1, Jan. 18 and 3-1, Jan. 20).
FIRST GOAL GO-TO GUY: When the Eagles need to break into the scoring column in a game, freshman Dave Spina has proven to be the go-to guy. Of his 22 points this season, 12 have come on the team's first goal of the game. He has scored the first goal eight times and assisted on four others.
VOCE AMONG THE NATIONAL LEADERS ...: Sophomore Tony Voce is listed among the Division I national leaders in five categories. He is the only Eagle to be ranked in Division I. The following is a list of his ratings as compiled by USCHO.com (as of Feb. 4) and the NCAA (as of Jan. 29).
Overall scoring: Tied for 20th with 33 points Goal scoring: Tied for fifth with 20 goals Shorthanded goals: Tied for second with four Goals per game: Tied for sixth (0.77) Points per game: Tied for 16th (1.27)
SENIORS LEADING BY EXAMPLE: BC's senior class - Jeff Giuliano and Ales Dolinar - has been leading the team by example since returning from the holiday break. In 11 games, the duo has combined for 24 points (five goals, 19 assists). Giuliano has scored four goals and added 10 assists in 11 games, while Dolinar has scored one goal and collected nine assists in 10 games.
FOUR AS THE "MAGIC NUMBER": Between Nov 30, 1999 and Nov. 30, 2001, Boston College compiled a 44-0-1 record when scoring four or more goals. The streak was snapped this season at New Hampshire on Nov. 30 when the Wildcats won in overtime, 5-4, at the Whittemore Center. Since then, BC has a 4-2-0 record when scoring four or more goals.
GETTING OFFENSIVE WHEN SHORTHANDED: Boston College leads HOCKEY EAST, and is fourth in Division I, with seven shorthanded goals this season ... the Eagles have 47 shots on goal this season when skating a man down ... twice this season BC has netted two shorthanded goals in a game: Nov. 14 vs. Merrimack and Dec. 8 at Maine ... sophomore Tony Voce is second in the nation with his four shorthanded goals, while junior defenseman Bill Cass and freshman forwards Ryan Murphy and Ryan Shannon have each netted one shorthanded goal.
LIGHTNING STRIKES EARLY: Four times this season, Boston College has lit the lamp before the first minute of the game has elapsed. In the opening game of the year against Vermont on Oct. 6, Ben Eaves scored a power-play goal 45 seconds into the game. In BC's game against Northeastern on Oct. 20, Ryan Shannon struck 30 seconds into the game with an even-strength goal. In the first round of the Silverado Shootout against Miami (Ohio), A.J. Walker scored 41 seconds into the game. Dave Spina scored at exactly 1:00 to take a 1-0 lead at Massachusetts (Jan. 7).
Additionally, Jeff Giuliano scored 43 seconds into the third period against Alaska-Anchorage on Oct. 13, Eaves scored 56 seconds into the third period against Boston University on Nov. 17, and Tony Voce scored 37 seconds into the second period at Yale on Jan. 6 to give BC seven goals within one minute of leaving the dressing room this season. BC has a 5-1-1 record in games where the team scores so quickly.
FAST AND FURIOUS SCORING: Boston College has scored back-to-back goals in less than three minutes in seven different games this season. Five of the occurrences have come in the Eagles' last eight games. BC has a 5-1-1 record in games when the team scores so quickly.
Against Notre Dame (Oct. 26) Dave Spina and Ales Dolinar scored 1:22 apart. Against Providence (Nov. 14), Ben Eaves and Dolinar scored 1:17 apart. At New Hampshire (Nov. 30), Eaves and Brett Peterson scored 2:34 apart. Against Massachusetts (Dec. 1), Spina and Tony Voce scored 30 seconds apart. At Maine (Dec. 8), Ryan Shannon and Voce scored shorthanded goals 14 seconds apart. Against Miami (Ohio) (Dec. 28), Ned Havern and Voce scored 27 seconds apart. At Massachusetts (Jan. 7), Spina and Jeff Giuliano scored 24 seconds apart to open the game.
EAGLES AND THE LEAGUE LEADERS: Several Eagles are among the HOCKEY EAST leaders (conference games only) in scoring categories (as of Feb. 4).
Three players are listed among the league leaders in scoring: Tony Voce (tied for fifth, 13-7-20), Jeff Giuliano (tied for 12th, 4-13-17) and Dave Spina (tied for 12th, 6-9-15).
Voce leads the league in two categories - hat tricks (one) and shots (83) - and second in two categories - goals (13), shorthanded goals (three). He is also tied for 10th in power-play goal with three.
Giuliano is tied for fourth in assists with 13 and 10th in shots with 57. Ben Eaves is tied for sixth in assists with 11. Ryan Shannon and Ryan Murphy are tied for fourth in shorthanded goals (one).
GIULIANO HITS 100 AND KEEPS GOING: Senior Jeff Giuliano reached the 100-point mark for his career on Jan. 25 against Providence. He recorded his 100th point on a first-period assist, then kept going to add three additional points on the evening. He later assisted on A.J. Walker's third-period goal, scored his own third-period goal, then assisted on Ned Havern's goal ... Giuliano finished the evening with a career-high four points ... he now has 104 career points ... he is the 58th Eagle to reach the 100-career point level.
CHANGING POSITIONS: After playing the first 20 games of the season as a forward, junior Anthony D'Arpino has moved back to his natural position as a defenseman. A depleted defensive corps forced the coaching staff to move D'Arpino to the blue line. He was a defenseman in his first two seasons at the Heights.
EAVES MAKES INTERNATIONAL IMPACT: Sophomore Ben Eaves represented the United States at the 2002 IIHF World Junior Championships, Dec. 25 - Jan. 4 in the Czech Republic. Team USA earned a fifth-place finish in the tournament with its 3-2, overtime victory over Sweden on Jan. 4.
Team USA completed the Group A round-robin with a 2-0-2 record. It then faced eventual goal-medal winner Russia in the quarterfinals, falling 6-1. Eaves recorded the USA's lone goal. Eaves played six games in the tournament, tallying one goal and four assists. He finished tied for third on the team in scoring and was named one of the U.S.' top three players at the championships by USA Hockey.
SPECIAL TEAMS SNIPER: While sophomore Tony Voce leads the club in power-play goals with six, he has also logged four shorthanded goals, as well as 4x4 and 5x3 goals this season. Overall, he leads the team in special teams scoring with 17 points (6-6-12 on the power play, 4-0-4 shorthanded and 1-0-1 in 4x4 situations).
VOCE'S PRODUCTION SCHEDULE: Sophomore Tony Voce has netted 33 points this season (20 goals and 13 assists) in 27 games, surpassing his 43-game, freshman total of 26 points in 2000-01. He equaled his scoring totals from last season in 17 games - on Dec. 28 against Miami (Ohio) - with an assist in the first period. He exceeded his previous total with a shorthanded goal later in the same game.
WALKER ENJOYING RENEWED SUCCESS: Junior forward A.J. Walker has notched 15 points - six goals and nine assists - this season. He had scored two goals in two seasons headed into the 2001-02 campaign. Coincidentally, eight of his points have come when he has been on the ice with Ben Eaves. Walker and Eaves were also linemates at Shattuck St. Mary's in Faribault, Minn. in 1998-99.
EVERYDAY PLAYER: Senior forward Jeff Giuliano has played in all 155 of BC's games since his arrival at the Heights in the fall of 1998. He has recorded 37 goals and 67 assists for 104 points.
MULTIPLE-POINT NORM: Sophomore Ben Eaves has recorded multiple-point efforts in eight of the 13 games he has played this season. He collected a season-high four points (one goal and three assists) in the team's opening game of the season and has three games with three points.
MAKING A CAREER OF IT: During his 53-game career, sophomore Ben Eaves has recorded 21 multiple-point efforts, a total that represents nearly 40 percent of the games he has played as an Eagle. In fact, since February 2001, Eaves has recorded multiple points in 16 of 30 games (53.3 percent of the games he has played). He had eight in 17 games to close the 2000-01 season and has already accumulated eight in 13 games this season ... earlier this season, Eaves recorded six multiple-point games in a row, the longest stretch at the Heights since Marty Reasoner did it in seven-straight games from Feb. 9 -March 7, 1998.
RARE OCCURRENCE: A very rare occurrence happened in the Eagles' 4-3, overtime victory over Massachusetts on Jan. 7. There was not a single penalty called in the game. In 63:52 of hockey, referee Tim Benedetto and linesmen Chris Low and Glen Cooke did not whistle any infractions on either team ... this season, only two games in Division I have been penalty-free. The other - Connecticut at Army on Jan. 4 - also went to overtime and ended in a 3-3 tie.
OLYMPIC UPDATE: Boston College hockey has several connections to the 2002 Olympics ... the hockey team has three former Boston College players involved as Brian Leetch and Bill Guerin were chosen to the team. John Cunniff '66 will serve as an assistant coach on the team ... in addition, Matti Kaltiainen's sister, Anna, qualified for the Finnish Olympic snowboarding team, but the team will not travel to Salt Lake City to compete.
FAMILIAR FACES STAYING TOGETHER: The Eagles' roster boasts five sets of teammates who played together in high school, as well as at the Heights. Senior assistant captain Ales Dolinar and sophomore Tony Voce were teammates at Lawrence Academy (Mass.). Freshmen Ryan Shannon and Taylor Leahy both came to BC from Taft (Conn.). Junior A.J. Walker and sophomore Ben Eaves were also linemates at Shattuck St. Mary's (Minn.) before re-teaming at the Heights. Sophomore Justin Dziama and freshman Ben McManama played alongside each other at Noble & Greenough (Mass.). And, while not a high school team, four players were members of the United States National Development Program teams: junior Bill Cass, sophomore J.D. Forrest, and freshmen Ryan Murphy and Dave Spina. Each of those four players attended Huron (Mich.) High School.
THE HEAD COACH - JERRY YORK: Head coach Jerry York is in his eighth season at the Heights and this 30th overall as a head coach. He has compiled a 172-111-23 mark (.600 winning percentage) at Boston College and a 639-446-57 (.585 winning percentage) in his career. A 1967 first team All-American for the Eagles, York came to the Heights in 1994 and has returned the program to its elite status. He is one of only two collegiate coaches to lead two different teams to NCAA titles and is the sixth coach to earn 600 career wins. York is currently sixth on the all-time win list.
York began his coaching career at Boston College as a graduate assistant to John "Snooks" Kelley, then was an assistant coach for one season. He then moved to Clarkson to serve as Len Ceglaski's assistant in 1970, before assuming head coaching duties in 1972 when Ceglarski returned to BC. In 1979, York became the head coach at Bowling Green, leading the Falcons to the 1984 national championship.
CONSISTENCY BREEDS SUCCESS: The Boston College coaching staff is in its seventh season working together, guiding the Eagles. Head coach Jerry York arrived at the Heights before the 1994-95 season and brought associate head coach Scott Paluch with him from Bowling Green. That season marked associate head coach Jim Logue's second with the team. A year later, assistant coach Mike Cavanaugh joined the staff. Since the 1997-98 season, Boston College has recorded a 130-53-14 mark (.695 winning percentage). The Eagles won three HOCKEY EAST Tournaments over that span and were the 2001 national champions.
YORK REWARDED: This past summer, head coach Jerry York signed a new, five-year contract that runs through the 2005-06 season. Sixth on the college hockey career wins list, York has led the Eagles to the last four Frozen Fours, culminating in a national championship in 2001. He has also won three HOCKEY EAST Tournament titles and coached 11 All-American selections since arriving back at the Heights.
FUTURE EAGLES: Three players have signed National Letters of Intent to play hockey at Boston College next season, according to an announcement made by head coach Jerry York. All three players signed their commitments during the NCAA's early signing period.
Patrick Eaves, a 5-11, 170-lb. forward from the U.S. National Under-18 Development Team in Ann Arbor, Mich, Peter Harrold, a 5-11, 185-lb. defenseman from the Cleveland Barons of the North American Hockey League, and Ben Lovejoy, a 6-2, 205-lb. defenseman from Deerfield Academy, will enter Boston College in the fall of 2002 and begin their collegiate hockey careers in the 2002-03 season.
BC MOVES UP IN SEARS CUP STANDINGS: Boston College currently stands in a 21st-place tie in the latest standings for the Sears Directors' Cup, released Jan. 8. The standings are annually tabulated based on schools' performances in NCAA Championship play and is a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today.
Boston College has earned points in the following sports this year: women's cross country, football, men's soccer and women's soccer.
Stanford is currently in first place, while North Carolina is second and UCLA is third. Boston College is the highest ranked HOCKEY EAST school, followed by Providence in a 34th-place tie and Massachusetts in a 59th-place tie. Among its BIG EAST Conference rivals, Boston College is second trailing only 14th-place Notre Dame.
REMEMBERING THE PAST: 2002 JERSEY RETIREMENTS: Two former Boston College greats had their sweaters hung from the Kelley Rink rafters on Friday, Jan. 18. The jerseys of John Cunniff '66 and Bill Daley '61 retired in a first-intermission ceremony.
Cunniff was a two-time All-American (1965, 1966) and a three-time All-New England choice. He is currently an assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils. He will serve as an assistant coach of the United States' team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City next month. Daley led BC in career scoring when he graduated. In 78 career games, he scored 77 goals and collected 76 assists. Daley set the Eagles' single-season scoring record with 74 points in the 1960-61 season, and held the record until Scott Harlow later broke it in 1985-86.
ON THE AIR: All of Boston College's games can be heard live on 96.9 FM WTKK. Jon Rish calls the play-by-play, while Ken Hodge provides the color commentary. The game can also be accessed live via the Internet at www.bceagles.com.
UP NEXT: Boston College will host Maine for the final 2001-02 HOCKEY EAST match-up between the two teams. The game will be played on Friday, Feb. 8 at Kelley Rink at 7 p.m.
