Boston College Athletics
Eagles Still in the Hunt for Hockey East Title
February 28, 2015 | Men's Hockey
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LIVE STATS
RECAPPING FRIDAY'S SHUTOUT
Thatcher Demko's 35-save shutout performance helped No. 9 Boston College clinch a first-round bye and home ice for the 2015 Hockey East playoffs as the Eagles subdued Notre Dame, 2-0, Friday night at Compton Family Ice Arena. Ian McCoshen and Alex Tuch continued to light up the scoring sheet as both Eagles scored in Friday's victory. Austin Cangelosi, Adam Gilmour, Scott Savage and Destry Straight all provided the help in BC's offense. Demko's 35-save shutout marks his third-career shutout and first of the season as Boston College and Notre Dame matched one another's shot totals at 35. Demko's adversary, rookie Cal Petersen, stopped 33-of-35 shots for the Fighting Irish. The Eagles' penalty-killing unit stopped all three Irish power play opportunities while Boston College could not convert on its three chances.
NOTES FROM FRIDAY NIGHT
- Boston College's last shutout took place at home against UMass Lowell on Feb. 11, 2014 in a 3-0 victory. The Eagles' last shutout on the road occurred after Thatcher Demko stopped 30 shots at Providence on Jan. 31, 2014
- Thatcher Demko pitched his first shutout of the season and third of his career. Demko's first two shutouts occurred against UMass Lowell on Feb. 11, 2014 (3-0) and at Providence on Jan. 31, 2014 (2-0).
- Defenseman Ian McCoshen is riding a career-best four-game point streak and is the Eagles' leading scorer in the last four games. The Faribault, Minn., native has scored a goal in three of his last four outings and total four markers across that stretch. Over the course of the last four games, McCoshen has accounted for six points (4-2-6). McCoshen accounted for the game-winning goal in tonight's game, marking his second of the season and third of his career.
- Freshman Alex Tuch, the Eagles' leading point scorer with 28 points (14-14-28) is riding a six-game point streak, tied for most on the team. Adam Gilmour posted a six-game point streak from Dec. 13 to Jan. 16. Over that stretch, Tuch has notched six goals and three assists (6-3-9), including two power play goals.
- Friday's victory marked the first time the Eagles have ever swept Notre Dame.
TROPHY TIME
Boston College can still win a share of the Hockey East regular season title if the Eagles sweep Notre Dame with a win tonight and Northeastern completes its weekend sweep of Boston University. The Eagles are two points behind the Terriers with one game left to play and split their season series with a win each. Playoff seeding will come down to victories against the third-place team. If the Eagles defeat Notre Dame and both Boston University and UMass Lowell lose, the Eagles will be the No. 1 seed in the Hockey East Tournament.
ALL WE DO IS WIN - WIN - WIN
With a 20-10-3 mark heading into the regular season finale, the Eagles mathematically have locked up another winning season. In its 93 season of varsity hockey, BC had totaled 74 winning seasons for a winning percentage of 80 percent. It's the 18th-straight winning season under Jerry York. With the Feb. 27th victory at Notre Dame, the Eagles have won 20 games in six-consecutive seasons, tying Jerry York's streak of six-straight 20-win seasons starting in 2002-03 and concluding in 2007-08. Under York's guidance, the Eagles have already posted 20 wins on 15 occassions.
FRISKY FROSH
All three Boston College freshmen have achieved the 20-point plateau. This marks the second-straight year three rookies have hit the 20-point mark as Ryan Fitgerald (29), Austin Cangelosi (26) and Adam Gilmour (20) turned the trick last season. This year, Alex Tuch (14-14-27), Zach Sanford (5-16-21) and Noah Hanifin (4-16-20) are looking to add more before season's end.
NO LUCK FOR THE IRISH
Before Thatcher Demko's 35-save shutout on Feb. 27 at Notre Dame, Boston College's last shutout took place at home against UMass Lowell on Feb. 11, 2014 in a 3-0 victory. The Eagles' last shutout on the road occurred after Thatcher Demko stopped 30 shots at Providence on Jan. 31, 2014. Demko now has three-career blankings, while the Feb. 27 performance was his first of the season.
SENIOR SCHWANN SONG
The senior class of Brad Barone, Brian Billett, Danny Linell, Michael Sit, Quinn Smith, Cam Spiro and Destry Straight played in their last regular season game as Eagles at Kelley Rink on Friday night. This group enters the Notre Dame series with 103 victories, including one NCAA championship (2012), two Hockey East regular season titles, one Hockey East Tournament championship and three Beanpot trophies. These Eagles have never won less than 22 games in a season. This senior class has seen the most victories of any other class in all of college hockey.
