Boston College Athletics
Men's Hockey Hosts UMass Friday Night
November 13, 2013 | Men's Hockey
Nov. 15, 2013
Game Notes: BOSTON COLLEGE
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RECAP OF LAST NIGHT'S WIN AT UMASS
The Boston College penalty-killing unit quieted the league's top power play unit in a tight 2-1 victory over Massachusetts on Thursday night at the Mullins Center. UMass was tied for fourth in the country on the power play, but behind junior netminder Brian Billett and the rest of the penalty-killing corps, BC snuffed out all seven Minutemen opportunities, including four in the third period. Senior Kevin Hayes scored his first game-winning goal of the season in power play fashion midway through the second period after junior Johnny Gaudreau scored his 10th goal in nine games. Billett stood his ground and anchored the Eagles' defense with 28 saves, winning his fourth game of the season. Billett outdueled UMass netminder, Mac Haight, who stopped 31 shots in his first collegiate start.
NOTES FROM THURSDAY NIGHT
- Kevin Hayes scored his third power play goal of the season and 11th of his career on Thursday night. The Dorchester, Mass., native has tallied 11 power play goals in his career, making up nearly half his total career of 23. Hayes has scored a goal in three straight games now, marking a career high. Previously, he scored back-to-back goals on three occasions.
- The Eagles currently have college hockey's highest-scoring offense, averaging 4.70 goals per game. BC's
freshman class has accounted for 40.4 percent of the team's goals so far, scoring 1.90 goals per game, which is a greater output than three different Division I teams.
- Johnny Gaudreau has scored a goal in his last five games, marking his longest-career goal-scoring streak as an Eagle.
#EagleTweetables
• Johnny Gaudreau is tied for the national lead in scoring, averaging 1.90 points per game (10-9-18) #WeAreBC
• Senior Bill Arnold became the 75th Eagle in program history to to reach the 100-point plateau on Nov. 8 at BU #WeAreBC
• Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau became the first brother tandem to score in the same game since Jimmy & Kevin Hayes on 1/29/11 #WeAreBC
• .@BCHockeyNews's offense is the top-ranked unit in the country - The Eagles are averaging an NCAA-best 4.70 gpg #WeAreBC
• The last time @BCHockeyNews started the season with 45 goals in nine games was the beginning of the 2002-03 season #WeAreBC
