Saturday, March 18
TD Garden
7 p.m.
Boston College
21-15-4
3
vs
4
UMass Lowell
26-10-3
1
2
3
F
Boston College
2
0
1
3
UMass Lowell
2
2
0
4
Team Stats
BC
UML
Shots
41
25
PPG
1
1
SHG
1
0
Penalties
5
5
Penalty Mins
10
10
Faceoffs Won
38
33
Game Leaders
+/-
+1
Goals
0
Sh
1
A
2
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
6
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
4
A
0
Players Mentioned
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March 18, 2017 | Men's Hockey
Despite a late flurry from the Eagles' attack and a Ryan Fitzgerald tally with 2:45 to play in regulation to make it a one-goal game, UMass Lowell was able to preserve the lead and cut Boston College's run to the NCAA Tournament short in the Hockey East championship game
Postgame comments (Coach York via Periscope)
Shotchart Infograph
Video Highlights (via YouTube)
SCORE
No. 14 Boston College – 3 / No. 4 UMass Lowell – 4
LOCATION
TD Garden / Boston
RECORDS
No. 14 Boston College – (21-15-4 / 13-6-3) / No. 4 UMass Lowell (26-10-3 / 14-7-1)
HOCKY EAST PLAYOFF SEEDING
Boston College – No. 3 seed / UMass Lowell - No. 1 seed
BC HIGHLIGHTS & GAME NOTES
- Ryan Fitzgerald scored an extra attacker goal with 2:45 to play in regulation, closing out his Boston College career with 66 goals and 132 points in 152 games played. The North Andover, Mass. native finishes 24th all-time in career goals scored on The Heights, tying Bob Ferriter (1973-77) and Dan Shea (1983-87). R. Fitzgerald's 132 career points pulls him into a tie with Paul Hurley (1965-67, 1968-69), Bob Reardon (1970-73) and Kevin Hayes (2010-14) for 42nd all-time.
- Austin Cangelosi tallied his seventh power play goal of the season and 13th as an Eagle in the first period against UMass Lowell. The Estero, Fla. native finished his BC career tied for 44th all-time with Bob Reardon (1970-73) and Ben Smith (2006-10). With 118 career points, Cangelosi pulled into a tie for 60th all time with Lee Blossom (1979-83) on the Boston College career scoring chart.
- Scott Savage has tallied seven assists in his last three outings, upping his senior season point total to 29 (5-24-29). In 154 games in the maroon and gold, Savage cracked 70 points from the blue line, finishing with 10 goals and 61 assists (71 points).
- Graham McPhee accounted for his second goal in a big way as an Eagle to close out the first period Saturday night. The Bethesda, Md. native logged Boston College's 11th short-handed goal of the season, which is tied with Harvard for most in the country. The short-handed marker stands as McPhee's tenth point of the season and first goal since Quinnipiac on Dec. 29.
- JD Dudek contributed his first-career multi-assist performance with a pair in Saturday's outing. The Auburn, N.H. native finished the season as a 25-point scorer, recording 14 goals and 11 assists.
- Boston College finished the season 21-15-4, marking the eight-consecutive season the Eagles have stockpiled 20 or more wins, every year since the 2009-10 season. The eight-straight 20-win seasons are the third-longest streak in college hockey behind Denver (16 seasons) and North Dakota (14 seasons).
- The Eagles are 68-31-2 all-time in the Hockey East Tournament. York is 58-1891 in 78 conference postseason contests.
GOAL DESCRIPTIONS
FIRST GOAL (1-0 – UML) FIRST PERIOD – C.J. Smith – 1:06 – EVEN STRENGTH
• UMass Lowell struck first on its first rush after stripping the puck in the neutral zone and rushing it up ice 66 seconds into regulation. C.J. Smith came away with the puck down the left side and beat his defenseman on the dot, whizzing a sharp wrister past Joseph Woll to give the River Hawks an early 1-0 lead.
SECOND GOAL (1-1 – BC) FIRST PERIOD – Austin Cangelosi – 5:31 – POWER PLAY
• Austin Cangelosi took quick advantage of Boston College's first power play of the game ten seconds into a Jake Kamrass boarding penalty (5:21). Scott Savage set up the play on the right side, going point to point to JD Dudek atop the left circle. Dudek blasted the shot quickly into traffic and Cangelosi got in the shot lane and tipped the pick perfectly past UML netminder Tyler Wall at 5:31 to tie it up, 1-1.
THIRD GOAL (2-1 – UML) FIRST PERIOD – Chris Forney – 12:06 – EVEN STRENGTH
• Lowell defenseman Chris Forney reclaimed the lead at 12:06 of first period on a blast from the slot. Tommy Panico got the puck to C.J. Smith between the circles and Smith popped it out to Forney for the blast. The puck may have ricocheted through traffic and ultimately duped Woll for the 2-1 UML advantage.
FOURTH GOAL (2-2 – BC) FIRST PERIOD – Graham McPhee – 18:38 – SHORT HANDED
• The Eagles went on the penalty kill to close the second period but a heroic play by Graham McPhee turned it into a 2-2 game with the short-handed tally. Just as C.J. Smith was trying to break the puck up ice, McPhee closed in on him, poke checked it free and was off to the races on Wall. On the breakaway, McPhee took it to his backhanded and beat Wall up high at 18:38 to knot it up down a skater, 2-2.
FIFTH GOAL (3-2 – UML) SECOND PERIOD – John Edwardh – 10:05 – POWER PLAY
• UMass Lowell took advantage of its third power play opportunity of the night on a rebound in front of Woll at 10:05 of the second period. Smith tossed the puck into the crease from the right dot and Joe Gambardella got another whack at it on the near side. The puck hopped over Woll's pads and right to Edwardh on the other post where he roofed it for the 3-2 UMass Lowell lead.
SIXTH GOAL (4-3 – BC) SECOND PERIOD – Joe Gambardella – 11:37 – EVEN STRENGTH
• Joe Gambardella put the River Hawks up a pair a minute and 32 seconds after Edwardh's goal at 11:37. Michael Kapla had a point blank shot from the right side and after the initial save, it pinballed over to Gambardella on the left circle. With no one in front, he took two strides and snapped it over Woll's shoulder to make it 4-2, UMass Lowell.
SEVENTH GOAL (4-3 – UML) SECOND PERIOD – Ryan Fitzgerald – 17:15 – EVEN STRENGTH
• The Eagles pulled Woll for the extra attacker and R. Fitzgerald made an incredible play with no room to make it a one-goal game with 2:45 left to play in regulation. Dudek hit R. Fitzgerald with a crisp pass on the right pipe, and with no angle, R. Fitzgerald played it off of Woll's left pad with the no-look backhand to make it a 4-3 contest.
BOSTON COLLEGE GAME LEADERS
Points: Scott Savage (0 – 2 – 2) / JD Dudek (0 – 2 – 2)
Goals: Cangelosi (1 – 0 – 1) / Graham McPhee (1 – 0 – 1) / R. Fitzgerald (1 – 0 – 1)
Assists: Scott Savage (0 – 2 – 2) / JD Dudek (0 – 2 – 2)
Shots: Ryan Fitzgerald ( 6 )
Faceoffs Won: Austin Cangelosi (15 – of – 26)
SPECIAL TEAMS
Boston College: 1 – for – 4
UMass Lowell: 1 – for – 4
PENALTIES
Boston College: 5 – of – 10
UMass Lowell: 5 – of – 10
BOSTON COLLEGE LINES
Cotton – Cangelosi - White
Gaudreau – R. Fitzgerald – Brown
Dudek – Jul. Mattila – Calnan
McPhee – Greco – Booth
Jes. Mattila – Savage
Kim – Moore
McInnis – C. Fitzgerald
Woll
Edquist
UP NEXT
Boston College will not receive an at-large bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament, ending a run of seven-consecutive years. The Eagles finish the 2016-17 season with a 21-15-4 mark and a 13-6-3 record in Hockey East play.
Shotchart Infograph
Video Highlights (via YouTube)
SCORE
No. 14 Boston College – 3 / No. 4 UMass Lowell – 4
LOCATION
TD Garden / Boston
RECORDS
No. 14 Boston College – (21-15-4 / 13-6-3) / No. 4 UMass Lowell (26-10-3 / 14-7-1)
HOCKY EAST PLAYOFF SEEDING
Boston College – No. 3 seed / UMass Lowell - No. 1 seed
BC HIGHLIGHTS & GAME NOTES
- Ryan Fitzgerald scored an extra attacker goal with 2:45 to play in regulation, closing out his Boston College career with 66 goals and 132 points in 152 games played. The North Andover, Mass. native finishes 24th all-time in career goals scored on The Heights, tying Bob Ferriter (1973-77) and Dan Shea (1983-87). R. Fitzgerald's 132 career points pulls him into a tie with Paul Hurley (1965-67, 1968-69), Bob Reardon (1970-73) and Kevin Hayes (2010-14) for 42nd all-time.
- Austin Cangelosi tallied his seventh power play goal of the season and 13th as an Eagle in the first period against UMass Lowell. The Estero, Fla. native finished his BC career tied for 44th all-time with Bob Reardon (1970-73) and Ben Smith (2006-10). With 118 career points, Cangelosi pulled into a tie for 60th all time with Lee Blossom (1979-83) on the Boston College career scoring chart.
- Scott Savage has tallied seven assists in his last three outings, upping his senior season point total to 29 (5-24-29). In 154 games in the maroon and gold, Savage cracked 70 points from the blue line, finishing with 10 goals and 61 assists (71 points).
- Graham McPhee accounted for his second goal in a big way as an Eagle to close out the first period Saturday night. The Bethesda, Md. native logged Boston College's 11th short-handed goal of the season, which is tied with Harvard for most in the country. The short-handed marker stands as McPhee's tenth point of the season and first goal since Quinnipiac on Dec. 29.
- JD Dudek contributed his first-career multi-assist performance with a pair in Saturday's outing. The Auburn, N.H. native finished the season as a 25-point scorer, recording 14 goals and 11 assists.
- Boston College finished the season 21-15-4, marking the eight-consecutive season the Eagles have stockpiled 20 or more wins, every year since the 2009-10 season. The eight-straight 20-win seasons are the third-longest streak in college hockey behind Denver (16 seasons) and North Dakota (14 seasons).
- The Eagles are 68-31-2 all-time in the Hockey East Tournament. York is 58-1891 in 78 conference postseason contests.
GOAL DESCRIPTIONS
FIRST GOAL (1-0 – UML) FIRST PERIOD – C.J. Smith – 1:06 – EVEN STRENGTH
• UMass Lowell struck first on its first rush after stripping the puck in the neutral zone and rushing it up ice 66 seconds into regulation. C.J. Smith came away with the puck down the left side and beat his defenseman on the dot, whizzing a sharp wrister past Joseph Woll to give the River Hawks an early 1-0 lead.
SECOND GOAL (1-1 – BC) FIRST PERIOD – Austin Cangelosi – 5:31 – POWER PLAY
• Austin Cangelosi took quick advantage of Boston College's first power play of the game ten seconds into a Jake Kamrass boarding penalty (5:21). Scott Savage set up the play on the right side, going point to point to JD Dudek atop the left circle. Dudek blasted the shot quickly into traffic and Cangelosi got in the shot lane and tipped the pick perfectly past UML netminder Tyler Wall at 5:31 to tie it up, 1-1.
THIRD GOAL (2-1 – UML) FIRST PERIOD – Chris Forney – 12:06 – EVEN STRENGTH
• Lowell defenseman Chris Forney reclaimed the lead at 12:06 of first period on a blast from the slot. Tommy Panico got the puck to C.J. Smith between the circles and Smith popped it out to Forney for the blast. The puck may have ricocheted through traffic and ultimately duped Woll for the 2-1 UML advantage.
FOURTH GOAL (2-2 – BC) FIRST PERIOD – Graham McPhee – 18:38 – SHORT HANDED
• The Eagles went on the penalty kill to close the second period but a heroic play by Graham McPhee turned it into a 2-2 game with the short-handed tally. Just as C.J. Smith was trying to break the puck up ice, McPhee closed in on him, poke checked it free and was off to the races on Wall. On the breakaway, McPhee took it to his backhanded and beat Wall up high at 18:38 to knot it up down a skater, 2-2.
FIFTH GOAL (3-2 – UML) SECOND PERIOD – John Edwardh – 10:05 – POWER PLAY
• UMass Lowell took advantage of its third power play opportunity of the night on a rebound in front of Woll at 10:05 of the second period. Smith tossed the puck into the crease from the right dot and Joe Gambardella got another whack at it on the near side. The puck hopped over Woll's pads and right to Edwardh on the other post where he roofed it for the 3-2 UMass Lowell lead.
SIXTH GOAL (4-3 – BC) SECOND PERIOD – Joe Gambardella – 11:37 – EVEN STRENGTH
• Joe Gambardella put the River Hawks up a pair a minute and 32 seconds after Edwardh's goal at 11:37. Michael Kapla had a point blank shot from the right side and after the initial save, it pinballed over to Gambardella on the left circle. With no one in front, he took two strides and snapped it over Woll's shoulder to make it 4-2, UMass Lowell.
SEVENTH GOAL (4-3 – UML) SECOND PERIOD – Ryan Fitzgerald – 17:15 – EVEN STRENGTH
• The Eagles pulled Woll for the extra attacker and R. Fitzgerald made an incredible play with no room to make it a one-goal game with 2:45 left to play in regulation. Dudek hit R. Fitzgerald with a crisp pass on the right pipe, and with no angle, R. Fitzgerald played it off of Woll's left pad with the no-look backhand to make it a 4-3 contest.
BOSTON COLLEGE GAME LEADERS
Points: Scott Savage (0 – 2 – 2) / JD Dudek (0 – 2 – 2)
Goals: Cangelosi (1 – 0 – 1) / Graham McPhee (1 – 0 – 1) / R. Fitzgerald (1 – 0 – 1)
Assists: Scott Savage (0 – 2 – 2) / JD Dudek (0 – 2 – 2)
Shots: Ryan Fitzgerald ( 6 )
Faceoffs Won: Austin Cangelosi (15 – of – 26)
SPECIAL TEAMS
Boston College: 1 – for – 4
UMass Lowell: 1 – for – 4
PENALTIES
Boston College: 5 – of – 10
UMass Lowell: 5 – of – 10
BOSTON COLLEGE LINES
Cotton – Cangelosi - White
Gaudreau – R. Fitzgerald – Brown
Dudek – Jul. Mattila – Calnan
McPhee – Greco – Booth
Jes. Mattila – Savage
Kim – Moore
McInnis – C. Fitzgerald
Woll
Edquist
UP NEXT
Boston College will not receive an at-large bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament, ending a run of seven-consecutive years. The Eagles finish the 2016-17 season with a 21-15-4 mark and a 13-6-3 record in Hockey East play.
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