Boston College Athletics
BC, Northeastern Face Off Friday In League Semifinal
March 17, 2011 | Men's Hockey
March 17, 2011
No. 1 Seed Boston College vs. No. 6 Seed Northeastern
27th Annual Hockey East Tournament - Semifinal Round
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 5 p.m. EST
TD Garden (17,565) - Boston, Mass.
TV: NESN
Team Records: Boston College - 27-7-1, 20-6-1 HE; Northeastern - 14-15-8, 10-10-7 HE
Hockey East Tournament Championship Web Site
DROP THE PUCK: Boston College will face Northeastern in the semifinals of the 27th Hockey East Tournament on Friday, March 18 at 5 p.m. in TD Garden ... The Eagles and Huskies are facing off in TD Garden for the second time winter. BC defeated Northeastern 7-6 in overtime to capture the 57th Beanpot title on Feb. 14. The teams are meeting for the fifth time this season and for just the seventh time in league postseason play.
TELEVISION: NESN will telecast the Hockey East Tournament with Tom Caron (play-by-play), Craig Janney (color) and Sonny Waltrous (rinkside) calling the action. John Chandler and Bob Beers will provide in-studio analysis. Saturday's championship game will be on NESNplus. For a complete list of NESNplus channels go to: www.NESN.com/NESNplus
FOLLOWING THE EAGLES: Audio broadcasts of all Boston College hockey games - home and away - will be available free of charge through www.bceagles.com with Mike O'Brien (play-by-play) and Ken Hodge (color) calling the action ... Live in-game news updates, in short form, on Boston College hockey will be available through Twitter at: http://twitter.com/BCSportsNews
LEAGUE LEADERS: Boston College won its record 11th league regular-season title after finishing its conference schedule with a 20-6-1 record. The title marks the program's fifth Hockey East regular-season championship under Jerry York. BC captured four regular-season titles in five years from 2000-01 to 2004-05 ... John Muse finished the Hockey East schedule with a league-low 1.84 goals against average, a league-high .933 save percentage and a league-best 80-percent win percentage (18-4-1). Cam Atkinson finished with a league-high 24 goals in 27 conference games. Brian Gibbons finished with a league-high 26 assists and Brian Dumoulin led all league defensemen with 23 points.
BC IN THE HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT: Boston College has won a record nine tournament titles and is 53-23-2 in Hockey East postseason play in 27 league championships ... The Eagles captured the 1987 and 1990 Hockey East Tournament titles under head coach Len Ceglarski and have won seven league tournament championships under Jerry York - 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010.
YORK & THE HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT
• Boston College head coach Jerry York is 44-11-1 in 17 Hockey East Tournaments.
• York-led squads are 27-7 in quarterfinal league play, 9-3 in semifinal competition and 7-2 in championship games.
• BC has advanced to the semifinal round of the league tournament in each of the last seven seasons and 12 times under York.
• The Eagles have finished first seven times (in the last 13 tournaments), capturing those seven wins in nine championship games.
BC SENIORS & THE HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT:
• Boston College's three seniors - Joe Whitney, Brian Gibbons and John Muse - have a 12-1 record in the Beanpot.
• In the last four league tournaments, the Eagles are 4-0 against Massachusetts, 3-0 against New Hampshire, 2-0 against Providence , 2-0 against Vermont and 1-0 against Maine. The lone loss occurred against Boston University in the semifinals of the 2009 league tournament.
• Senior captain Joe Whitney leads all BC players with 14 points - four goals and 10 assists - in 13 Hockey East Tournament games while alternate captain Brian Gibbons has 10 points - four goals and six assists - in 13 league playoff contests.
MUSE & THE HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT:
• Goaltender John Muse is 11-1 with a 2.14 goals against average and a .937 save percentage in 12 career Hockey East Tournament games.
• The East Falmouth, Mass., native backstopped Boston College to Hockey East Tournament titles as a freshman (in 2008) and as a junior (in 2010).
• He has recorded three shutout (of 12 in his career) in league postseason play, backstopping BC to a 4-0 win over Vermont in the 2008 championship game, a 1-0 victory at New Hampshire in March 2009 and a 3-0 win over Vermont in the 2010 semifinal game in TD Garden.
• He earned Hockey East All-Tournament team accolades as a freshman and as a junior.
• Friday's game will mark Muse's first game against Northeastern in league postseason play.
• He is 2-0 in Hockey East tournament overtime games and 4-0 in games decided by one goal.
BC AT TD GARDEN: The Eagles have played 57 games in the Garden - 32 Beanpot competitions, 22 Hockey East tournament games and three NCAA Tournament contests. BC is 38-18-1 record, including a 17-7 record in Hockey East Tournament play. BC has won 11 championships in TD Garden; the 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010 Hockey East Championships, and the 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2011 Beanpot titles ... The team's three seniors have captured five tournament titles at TD Garden - three Beanpot championships (2008, 2010, 2011) and two Hockey East Tournament titles (2008 and 2010).
MARCH MADNESS: Boston College is 78-25-6 in the month of March under head coach Jerry York, including a 28-1-1 March record from 1998-2001 and a 20-3-2 March record for this year's senior class (2008 - present).
2010-11 Boston College Hockey Roster
ROSTER BREAKDOWN
By Position:
GOALTENDERS (3): Parker Milner (Pittsburgh, Pa.), John Muse (East Falmouth, Mass.), Chris Venti (Needham, Mass.) DEFENSEMEN (7): Patch Alber (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Tommy Cross (Simsbury, Conn.), Brian Dumoulin (Biddeford, Maine), Isaac MacLeod (Nelson, British Columbia), Philip Samuelsson (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Edwin Shea (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Patrick Wey (Pittsburgh, Pa.) FORWARDS (14): Barry Almeida (Springfield, Mass.), Bill Arnold (Needham, Mass.), Patrick Brown (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Cam Atkinson (Greenwich, Conn.), Tommy Atkinson (Greenwich, Conn.), Paul Carey (Weymouth, Mass.), Brooks Dyroff (Boulder, Colo.), Brian Gibbons (Braintree, Mass.), Jimmy Hayes (Dorchester, Mass.), Kevin Hayes (Dorchester, Mass.), Chris Kreider (Boxford, Mass.), Pat Mullane (Wallingford, Conn.), Joe Whitney (Reading, Mass.), Steven Whitney (Reading, Mass.)
By Class:
SENIORS (3): Brian Gibbons (Braintree, Mass.), John Muse (East Falmouth, Mass.), Joe Whitney (Reading, Mass.) JUNIORS (8): Barry Almeida (Springfield, Mass.), Cam Atkinson (Greenwich, Conn.), Tommy Atkinson (Greenwich, Conn.), Paul Carey (Weymouth, Mass.), Tommy Cross (Simsbury, Conn.), Jimmy Hayes (Dorchester, Mass.), Edwin Shea (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Chris Venti (Needham, Mass.) SOPHOMORES (9): Patch Alber (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Brian Dumoulin (Biddeford, Maine), Brooks Dyroff (Boulder, Colo.), Chris Kreider (Boxford, Mass.), Parker Milner (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Pat Mullane (Wallingford, Conn.), Philip Samuelsson (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Patrick Wey (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Steven Whitney (Reading, Mass.) FRESHMEN (4): Bill Arnold (Needham, Mass.), Patrick Brown (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Kevin Hayes (Dorchester, Mass.), Isaac MacLeod (Nelson, British Columbia)
Average Age (as of 1/1/11): 20 Years, 297 days
Most Games Played: 158 (Joe Whitney), 157 (Brian Gibbons)
Most Points: 160 (Brian Gibbons)
Most Goals: 64 (Cam Atkinson)
Most Assists: 106 (Brian Gibbons), 100 (Joe Whitney)
Hometown in:
Arizona (1), Colorado (1), Connecticut (4), Maine (1), Massachusetts (12), Michigan (1), New York (1), Pennsylvania (2), British Columbia, Canada (1)
SERIES INFO VS. NORTHEASTERN:
Overall
• Friday's game between Boston College and Northeastern will mark the 211th meeting between the teams. Boston College is 150-47-14 in the all-time series, including a 40-16-5 record in 61 games under head coach Jerry York.
• BC's senior class is 6-7-1 in 14 meetings over the last four seasons.
• The Eagles are 2-1-1 against the Huskies in 2010-11.
• Senior goaltender John Muse has 12 prior starts against the Huskies. The East Falmouth, Mass. resident is 5-7-1 with a 2.68 goals against average and a .901 save percentage.
• Senior Brian Gibbons leads all Eagle scorers against the Huskies. The Braintree, Mass., native has tallied 15 points - seven goals and eight assists - in 14 career games vs. Northeastern.
In the Hockey East Tournament
• Friday's game will mark the seventh meeting between the Eagles and Huskies in Hockey East Tournament play. BC is 5-1 in six league tournament meetings against Northeastern - 4-1 in the quarterfinals and 1-0 in the semifinals.
• The teams are meeting in the league tournament for the first time since the Eagles hosted a best-of-three game quarterfinal series in 2007.
THE 2010-11 NORTHEASTERN MEETINGS (4):
• Boston College is 2-1-1 against Northeastern in four meetings between the teams this winter. The Eagles opened the season with a 2-0 win inside Matthews Arena on Oct. 9 and went 1-1-1 in three games in mid February. BC defeated Northeastern 7-6 in overtime for the Beanpot championship (Feb. 14), earned a 7-7 home tie (Feb. 18) and suffered a 2-1 loss at Northeastern the next night.
• Brian Gibbons (2-4--6), Tommy Cross (1-5--6) and Brian Dumoulin (0-6--6) lead all Eagle point scorers against Northeastern this winter while Chris Kreider (4-1--5), Cam Atkinson (3-1--4) and Jimmy Hayes (2-3--5) have each scored multiple goals against the Huskies.
• BC went a combined 7-for-20 in man-advantage opportunities against the Huskies in 2010-11 while it went 18-for-24 on the penalty kill. Both teams scored two shorthanded goals against each other this season.
QUICK HITS
• Boston College finished the 2010-11 regular season with a 26-7-1 record, including an 11-1-1 record at home.
• Boston College is the youngest team among the 49 teams in Division I college hockey reporting birthdates with an average age of 20 years, 297 days as of New Year's Day 2011.
• Boston College finished the conference regular season with a 20-6-1 record and is the first team to capture 20 Hockey East wins in conference play. The league adopted a 27-game schedule prior to the 2005-06 campaign.
• Boston College maintained its position - at No. 2 - in both the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine and USCHO.com polls after two wins over Massachusetts last week.
• BC checks in at No. 3 according to the USCHO.com PairWise Rankings, a system which attempts to mimic the method used by the NCAA Selection Committee to determine participants for the NCAA Division I men's hockey tournament.
LAST TIME OUT
March 12, 2011: Boston College 4, Massachusetts 2 (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) - Junior Jimmy Hayes recorded a hat trick, including the only two goals of the third period, to lift No. 2 Boston College to a 4-2 win over Massachusetts that completed the Eagles' two-game sweep of the Hockey East quarterfinal-round series. BC defeated the Minutemen, 4-1, on March 11. The victory marked the 100th career win for BC's three-member senior class. Senior John Muse earned his 25th win of the season, making 18 saves. He is now tied with Greg Taylor (1993-97) as the school's career saves leader with 3,605 saves.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Penalty-Kill Rate (National Rank): 87.9 (3)
• Boston College went 9-for-11 on the penalty kill over the last two games and owns an 87.9 percent kill rate this season (182-for-207), which is the third-best kill rate in college hockey.
• Brian Gibbons (4-5--9) and Cam Atkinson (4-2--6) lead a total of six BC players who have scored the team's 13 shorthanded goals this winter.
Power-Play Percentage (National Rank): 23.1 (7)
• The team leads its conference and ranks seventh nationally with a 23.1 percent success rate (40-for-173).
• BC's power play finished a combined 7-for-20 in four games against Northeastern this winter.
OFFENSE
Goals Per Game (National Rank): 3.86 (3)
• The team leads its conference and ranks third nationally with an average of 3.86 goals per game.
• Cam Atkinson has 28 goals in 36 games and ranks tied for fourth in the country in goals per game.
• Brian Gibbons has tallied multiple-point performances 12 times in 36 games this winter and has at least one point in 31 (of 36) games.
DEFENSE
Goals Per Game (National Rank): 2.19 (4)
• Goaltender John Muse has started 31 of 36 games and ranks fourth nationally in save percentage (.927) and seventh nationally in goals against average (2.04). He has 30 or more saves in nine games.
• Three sophomores - Brian Dumoulin, Philip Samuelsson and Patrick Wey - lead Boston College's blueliners; each has plus-minus ratings of +19.
• Brian Dumoulin ranks tied for sixth in scoring among all defenseman in college hockey with 30 points - two goals and 28 assists. He led all Hockey East defensemen in scoring with 23 points - two goals and 21 assists - in 27 conference games.
THE YORK FILE
Record: 878-546-93 (.605 win percentage)
Years: 39
Record at BC: 411-211-59 (.639 win percentage)
Years at BC: 17
