Jan. 3, 2015
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LIVE STATS
NOTES FROM LAST NIGHT
- Brad Barone earned his first-career victory on Friday afternoon after stopping 22-of-23 Brown shots. The Medfield, Mass., native’s victory occurred after his second-career start and seventh game played, overall.
- Austin Cangelosi scored his first-career power play goal on Friday against Brown. Cangelosi’s first extra-man marker fell on his 57th-career game. The Estero, Fla., native has now scored three goals in his last four outings.
- Boston College has now scored two power play goals twice this season, including tonight’s victory and the 4-1 win over Massachusetts on Oct. 25.
- Ryan Fitzgerald posted his first three-point performance of the season and third of his career with a goal and two assists. The North Reading, Mass., native’s last three-point outing took place at the Eagles’ last holiday tournament against Penn State (in Pittsburgh at CONSOL Energy Center) on Dec. 28, 2013. Fitzgerald also scored BC’s game-winning goal and now leads the Eagles with three on the season.
- Teddy Doherty logged his third multi-assist performance of the season and now leads the Eagles with 14 points (4-10-14) through this point of the season.
- Adam Gilmour secured his fourth multi-point game of the season and now leads the Eagles in the power play goal department with three.
BOSTON COLLEGE vs. DARTMOUTH
The Eagles stay the Ivy League route when they return to the rink to take on host Dartmouth Saturday night. Boston College and Dartmouth have not faced off since the 2012-13 season when the Big Green skated down to The Heights on Nov. 24, 2012. Boston College won handily in a 6-3 decision after
Johnny Gaudreau notched a then career best five points (2-3-5). After the Eagles won that contest, BC had won 10-consecutive games and 29-of-30 and gave Boston College its best start to a season (10-1-0) since the 1978-79 season. Saturday’s meeting marks the 92nd installment of the Boston College – Dartmouth series as the Eagles own a significant 62-29 advantage. In those 91 games, BC has tallied 439 goals to Dartmouth’s 345.
BIG GREEN BRIEF
Darmouth tied Denver in regulation on Friday night at Thompson Arena but won the right to play the Eagles for the Ledyard Classic title after winning a sudden-death shootout in the fifth round. The Big Green is tied for seventh in the ECAC standings after finishing with a 3-4-1 league mark in the first half. Dartmouth is riding a hot streak heading into its tournament, winning four of its last five contests, including a 2-0 shutout of No. 1 Boston University on Nov. 30. Dartmouth also started the season with a big win early on, beating defending national champion Union in overtime on Nov. 7, 4-3. Tyler Sikura leads the Big Green in points (13), goals (5) and assists (8), ranking him as the 20th-most prolific point getter (1.18 ppg) in the country. Brett Patterson staffs Dartmouth’s blue line, and has tallied seven points through nine games (1-6-7) and his 0.78 points per game has him tied as the 12th highest defensive scorer. Goalie James Kruger anchors Dartmouth’s 11th-ranked defense, possession college hockey’s 12th-best save percentage (.932) and 14th-best goals against average (1.87). Thanks for Kruger’s two shutouts, the Big Green is surrendering only 2.09 goals per game. Offensively, Dartmouth ranks 21st after scoring 3.00 goals per game. The Big Green penalty kill is tied for 16th in the land, stopping 87.5 percent of the opposition.
