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March 13, 2018 | Men's Hockey
The Battle of Comm Ave. takes shape in the first game of the Hockey East semifinals on Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. as the Eagles and Terriers are skating in the semis for the 24th time, the most of any school in league tournament history
THE BATTLE OF COMM AVE. IN THE HOCKEY EAST PLAYOFFS
No. 1 Boston College advances to the semifinals for the third straight year after claiming its 16th Hockey East regular season title. No. 4 Boston University advances to the TD Garden for the fourth consecutive season, winning its 12th straight quarterfinal game to do so. It is the second year in a row that the Eagles and Terriers will meet in the Hockey East semifinals. In 2017, the Eagles topped the Terriers, 3-2, to advance to their league-record 17th appearance in the championship contest. Both programs are skating in the Hockey East semifinals for the 24th time, the most of any school in league tournament history. All-time in postseason play, Boston University owns a 9-4 record over Boston College in 10 previous series, including a 3-2 mark in the semifinals. Between the Eagles (11) and Terriers (9), the two programs have claimed 20 of the previous 33 Hockey East Tournament titles.
Friday's Hockey East semifinal marks the 277th installment of the Green Line Rivalry. The 2017-18 season is the centennial season in which these two adversaries first met. BC and BU first met on Feb. 6, 1918 as part of Boston College's first-ever varsity hockey season. The Eagles skated to a 3-1 victory. As a whole, York is 8-5-1 against his BU counterpart, David Quinn. Prior to Quinn's arrival, the Eagles faced off against legendary coach Jack Parker 155 times dating back to 1973, including 82 meetings against York. In all, York is 45-43-8 against Boston University as head coach of the Eagles. Interesting enough, the Battle of Comm Ave. has waged war 128 times within the conference as the record holds at 58-58-12 in Hockey East battles. In all, the Terriers hold a 10-game advantage over Boston College in the overall series, with a 134-124-18 mark.
BOSTON COLLEGE IN THE HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT
Boston College owns an overall record of 70-31-2 (.689) in the Hockey East tournament with a record 11 Lamoriello Trophies (1987, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012) and the same number of tournament MVPs. Boston College will be making its 24th trip to TD Garden for the Hockey East semifinals with a chance to play in its 18th championship bout should it beat the Terriers on Friday.
BOSTON COLLEGE IN THE HOCKEY EAST SEMIFINALS
Boston College will be making its third-consecutive trip to TD Garden for the Hockey East semifinals for the first time since 2011-13. The Eagles passed into the semis after a dominating sweep over Merrimack in the quarterfinals at Kelley Rink on March 9-10. The Eagles have a strong track record in the Hockey East semis, going 17-6 (.739). Just like this season, the Eagles took the Terriers in the semifinals last season and came away with a 3-2 victory. Ryan Fitzgerald scored a pair of goals to help lift BC into the finals.
JERRY YORK IN THE HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT
Jerry York's nine Hockey East tournament titles (1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012) are the gold standard in Hockey East. BU's Jack Parker is second with seven. York is 60-19-1 (.756) in 80 conference postseason contests. Boston College has advanced to the semifinal round of the league tournament in 13-of-19 seasons overall under York (York's first semifinal showing was in 1997) and 12 Hockey East Championship games.
HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT SEEDING
The 2018 Hockey East Tournament marks the Eagles' 14th occasion they will be the No. 1 seed in the postseason conference tournament. As the conference's team to beat in the playoffs, Boston College has mounted a 31-10 record as the top-ranked club. In quarterfinal contests as the No. 1 seed, the Eagles are 14-6. Once Boston College has gotten past the quarterfinals round, the Eagles have had great success in the semifinal contest as the No. 1 seed, posting an 8-1 mark with the only loss coming against Northeastern in 2016 (4-5). In championship bouts as the No. 1 seed, Boston College is 6-3. Prior to last year's title game setback, the Eagles' last Hockey East Tournament title came in 2012 as the No. 1 seed after BC defeated Providence, 4-2.
HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT TIDBITS
- Boston College held the record for most consecutive victories in the Hockey East tournament (12 wins | 2010 - 2013) before Notre Dame upended the Eagles in 2014.
- Boston College has won the most Hockey East tournament titles in league history (11Â |Â 1987, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012).
- Boston College owns the most Hockey East championship game appearances in conference history (17Â |Â 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017).
- Boston College holds the record for being the No. 1 seed in the tournament (14 times).
DROP N GIMMIE 20
Boston College has now won 20 games in a season for the ninth time in a row which marks the third-longest streak in college hockey behind Denver (17) and North Dakota (16).
HASHTAG W-W-W-W-W-WINNING
Boston College has won its last six games, tied with Mercyhurst for second best in the nation. Northeastern currently leads in that department with seven-straight triumphs.
OFFENSIVE OPTICS
Since the Beanpot, Boston College is one of college hockey's hottest offenses since Feb. 15. The Eagles are averaging 3.83 goals per game, which is tied with Cornell for the seventh best mark in all of college hockey, trailing only Northeastern (5.00), Princeton (4.75), Michigan (4.29), Duluth (4.12), Penn State (4.00) and Harvard (3.86)
WINNING IN DIFFERENT WAYS
The Boston College offense heated up towards the end of the regular season, accounting for five goals in back-to-back outings against UMass and Maine on Feb. 15th and 17th, respectively, and followed that with a six-goal performance against Maine on Feb. 23rd, the highest output of the season. The Eagles have also performed well in tight situations, winning their last two games by one goal. In one-goal games, BC is 10-4 on the year.
FEBRUARY'S FINEST
Rookie Logan Hutsko collected his second conference award of the season after a fantastic February, earning Hockey East Rookie of the Month honors on Feb. 27. The Tampa, Fla. native led all NCAA rookies with 13 points on seven goals and six assists in the month of February and is currently leading all first-year players in Hockey East, averaging 0.86 points per game. Hutsko is the first Eagle to crack the 30-point plateau (12-19-31) and leads the Eagles in multi-point games this season with eight.
SPECIAL TEAMS SPREE
Since the turn of the calendar year, Boston College's power play has come alive, scoring at least one power play goal in 13-of-17 outings. The Eagles are scoring 0.88 power play goals per game since Jan. 1, tied for 18th in the NCAA with Boston University. In all, the Eagles are (26-for-141 –18.4 percent) on the power play this season, 34th in the NCAA. On the flip side, the Boston College penalty-killing unit is doing one of the best job sin the nation turning a negative into a positive. The Eagles are tied for second in all of college hockey with seven short-handed goals this season as Christopher Grando, Graham McPhee and Christopher Brown have all accounted for a pair while Julius Mattila has scored one. Northern Michigan leads the country with nine short-handed tallies. In all, Boston College's penalty-killing unit ranks 31st in the NCAA, killing off penalties at a rate of 80.8 percent (126-of-156). That figure ranks fifth in Hockey East.
THE BRICK WOLL
They always say the biggest key to playoff hockey is hot goaltending. The Eagles have exactly that. Since Feb. 14, second-year backstopper Joseph Woll is third in save percentage (.953) and fourth in the nation in goals against (1.48) and just one of three netminders in the league to have won their last six starts. On March 9 vs. Merrimack in game one, he turned in a season-best 37 saves for the shutout, marking his second of the season. It marked the second-year backstopper's second-straight shut out to start the playoffs as Woll backstopped the Eagles' to a 7-0 win in against the Catamounts in the 2017 Hockey East game one quarterfinals. On March 12, he notched his third league honor of the season, winning Defensive Player of the Week. The St. Louis native has stopped 752-of-822 shots faced in 29 outings for a .915 save percentage which is currently 26th in all of college hockey while his 2.45 goals against average ranks 28th in the game. Woll has stopped 1,664 - of - 1,821 shots faced (.914 save percentage) with a career mark of 2.55 goals against average and 34-23-5 overall record.
DEFENDING THE NEST
Boston College's defense continues to limit the opposing lamp being lit as BC is now holding its opponents to 2.64 goals per game. That number is 21st, nationally, and tied for third overall in the league. Over the last 14 games, BC has limited its opponent to three goals or less on 12 occasions.
DELUSIONS OF GRANDO-eur
Freshman winger Christopher Grando scored his first goal in 23 games and it was a big one as the Islip, N.Y. native scored the overtime winner 4:20 into the session in game two against Merrimack on March 10. It marked the first-year forward's first goal since his two-goal showing at Vermont on Nov. 11. The tally stands as his sixth of the season (6-11-17) and his third game-winning goal of the year. Oddly enough, Grando's last goal was a short-handed game winner as well up at UVM on Nov. 11. Grando has accounted for two short-handed goals on the season as the rookie notched his first point as an Eagle in postseason play. Grando also assisted on JD Dudek's goal to account for his third multi-point showing of the season.
THE TOAST OF HOCKEY EAST
Behind its highest scoring effort of the season on Feb. 23, Boston College skated past Maine, 6-3, and clutched its 16th Hockey East regular season championship in program history on Friday night at Kelley Rink. The Eagles' 16 regular-season conference crowns are the most of any program in the league. With the trophy-clinching victory, Boston College has locked up the No. 1 overall seed and a first-round bye in the 2018 Hockey East Tournament, the 14th time the Eagles have earned the top billing in the postseason tournament.
HUTSKO HEROICS
Freshman Logan Hutsko became the first Eagle to account for five goals in two games since Nathan Gerbe turned the trick 10 years ago during the 2007-08 season. Hutsko scored the game-tying goal and overtime winner against UMass Lowell on Feb. 9 and followed that performance with a natural hat trick against Harvard in the Beanpot consolation on Feb. 12, all occurring in the third period, in a span of 11 minutes and 23 seconds, including an even strength goal, power play goal and extra attacker goal. Gerbe is the last Eagle to have scored four goals in a game, doing so at Harvard on Dec. 12, 2007. The future NHLer then scored against Air Force on Dec. 29, 2007. It marks BC's first hat trick since JD Dudek to accomplish the feat. Dudek tallied three goals at UConn on November 22, 2016 in a 5-2 win. Because Hutsko's goals all occurred in the third period, it counts as a natural hat trick.
CASE'N THE JOINT
Captain Casey Fitzgerald is BC's leading scoring defenseman (6-13-19), which is tied for 13th in the conference amongst blueliners. The junior leads the Eagles in shots on goal (100) and blocked shots (39). Fitzgerald scored his second power play goal of the season on Feb. 23 when BC clinched the regular-season crown.
DA DAH DA - DA DAH DA.
On the night of November 17, Joseph Woll's sprawling save to preserve a 3-2 lead at New Hampshire was awarded the No. 2 play on SportsCenter as part of the nightly show's #SCTop10 feature. The Eagles dominated the headlines once again as Logan Hutsko's run-to-daylight goal was the No. 1 play on SportsCenter on Feb. 23, 2018, the night the Eagles clinched the regular-season title.
DON'T FORGET ABOUT THAT GUY...
Boston College's head coach Jerry York needs no introduction as the Eagle skipper skates into his 24th season at the helm on The Heights and 46th season in all. York's 1,053 victories are the most of any Division I coach in the history of college hockey, more than 120 wins clear of the former leader, Ron Mason (Michigan State - 924). York is one of only three coaches in NCAA history to lead two different schools to national titles; led Bowling Green to the 1984 NCAA title, and Boston College to the 2001, 2008, 2010 and 2012 NCAA titles. He is the all-time leader in NCAA Tournament wins with 41 victories, as well, and has led 22 teams to 25 or more wins.
OVERTIME ACTION
Boston College has been involved with a good amount of extra hockey this season as the Eagles have gone 3-1-3 in overtime contests this season. BC's three OT victories came at Providence (Fitzgerald - Oct. 15), against Lowell (Hutsko - Feb. 9) and game two of the Hockey East quarterfinals (Grando - March 10). The Eagles suffered their first overtime loss in almost exactly three years when they suffered a 5-4 loss to Harvard int he Beanpot consolation. BC's last overtime loss occurred against Vermont on Feb. 13, 2015.
LOOSE CHANGE FROM THE HOCKEY EAST QUARTERFINALS vs. MERRIMACK
- Sophomore forward Mike Booth curbed his goal-scoring drought this season by opening the scoring for the Eagles in the second period. The Cary, Ill. native netted his first goal for the Eagles since scoring one at Maine on Nov. 5, 2016. It marks the second-year center's third-career goal and eighth point (3-5-8) in the maroon and gold in 51 career games.
- Junior forward JD Dudek scored his second goal in four outings to up his total to seven on the year. The Auburn, N.H. native has logged 18 points (7-11-18) in 35 games this season.
- Junior forward Julius Mattila scored his first goal since returning back to the lineup from illness early in the third period on Saturday night. The Tampere, Finland native's goal was a big one as it stood as gave BC an extra boost to start the third period. In the last four games Mattila's dressed, he has scored as many goals.
- After a two-game scoring draught, Logan Hutsko returned to the scoring sheet, including a pair of assists in game two against Merrimack. The Tampa, Fla. native is the first Eagle to crack the 30-point plateau this season as he has accumulated 31 points (12-19-31) in 36 outings this year. The freshman phenom leads the Eagles in multi-point games this season with eight.
- Junior captain Michael Kim notched his fifth multi-point performance of the season with a pair of assists in game two, marking his first since recorded a career-best three helpers on Feb. 23 against Maine. The Toronto native reached the 20-point plateau (5-15-20) and has now reached that mark in consecutive seasons as an Eagle. It also marked his 100th-career game in the maroon and gold.
- Boston College has started its last three quarterfinals series games by shutting out its opponent in game one. Thatcher Demko denied Vermont, 3-0 in 2016 while Joseph Woll backstopped the Eagles' to a 7-0 win in against the Catamounts in 2017. The Eagles started off their 2018 campaign with a 1-0 shutout over Merrimack in game one of the quarterfinals at Kelley Rink.
- Joseph Woll earned his second shutout of the season and third of his career after stopping all 37 shots in Friday night's game one quarterfinals victory. Woll's 37 stops marked a season best for the St. Louis native.
- Sophomore defenseman Connor Moore scored his second power play goal of the season, four overall of the year, on Boston College's first power play opportunity at 16:00 of the second period. The Cumming, Ga. native scored his first-career power play goal on Jan. 27 against UMass Lowell. It marks the second-year defenseman's first goal since that game, as well. Moore's goal also stood as his first-career game-winning tally.
No. 1 Boston College advances to the semifinals for the third straight year after claiming its 16th Hockey East regular season title. No. 4 Boston University advances to the TD Garden for the fourth consecutive season, winning its 12th straight quarterfinal game to do so. It is the second year in a row that the Eagles and Terriers will meet in the Hockey East semifinals. In 2017, the Eagles topped the Terriers, 3-2, to advance to their league-record 17th appearance in the championship contest. Both programs are skating in the Hockey East semifinals for the 24th time, the most of any school in league tournament history. All-time in postseason play, Boston University owns a 9-4 record over Boston College in 10 previous series, including a 3-2 mark in the semifinals. Between the Eagles (11) and Terriers (9), the two programs have claimed 20 of the previous 33 Hockey East Tournament titles.
Friday's Hockey East semifinal marks the 277th installment of the Green Line Rivalry. The 2017-18 season is the centennial season in which these two adversaries first met. BC and BU first met on Feb. 6, 1918 as part of Boston College's first-ever varsity hockey season. The Eagles skated to a 3-1 victory. As a whole, York is 8-5-1 against his BU counterpart, David Quinn. Prior to Quinn's arrival, the Eagles faced off against legendary coach Jack Parker 155 times dating back to 1973, including 82 meetings against York. In all, York is 45-43-8 against Boston University as head coach of the Eagles. Interesting enough, the Battle of Comm Ave. has waged war 128 times within the conference as the record holds at 58-58-12 in Hockey East battles. In all, the Terriers hold a 10-game advantage over Boston College in the overall series, with a 134-124-18 mark.
BOSTON COLLEGE IN THE HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT
Boston College owns an overall record of 70-31-2 (.689) in the Hockey East tournament with a record 11 Lamoriello Trophies (1987, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012) and the same number of tournament MVPs. Boston College will be making its 24th trip to TD Garden for the Hockey East semifinals with a chance to play in its 18th championship bout should it beat the Terriers on Friday.
BOSTON COLLEGE IN THE HOCKEY EAST SEMIFINALS
Boston College will be making its third-consecutive trip to TD Garden for the Hockey East semifinals for the first time since 2011-13. The Eagles passed into the semis after a dominating sweep over Merrimack in the quarterfinals at Kelley Rink on March 9-10. The Eagles have a strong track record in the Hockey East semis, going 17-6 (.739). Just like this season, the Eagles took the Terriers in the semifinals last season and came away with a 3-2 victory. Ryan Fitzgerald scored a pair of goals to help lift BC into the finals.
JERRY YORK IN THE HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT
Jerry York's nine Hockey East tournament titles (1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012) are the gold standard in Hockey East. BU's Jack Parker is second with seven. York is 60-19-1 (.756) in 80 conference postseason contests. Boston College has advanced to the semifinal round of the league tournament in 13-of-19 seasons overall under York (York's first semifinal showing was in 1997) and 12 Hockey East Championship games.
HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT SEEDING
The 2018 Hockey East Tournament marks the Eagles' 14th occasion they will be the No. 1 seed in the postseason conference tournament. As the conference's team to beat in the playoffs, Boston College has mounted a 31-10 record as the top-ranked club. In quarterfinal contests as the No. 1 seed, the Eagles are 14-6. Once Boston College has gotten past the quarterfinals round, the Eagles have had great success in the semifinal contest as the No. 1 seed, posting an 8-1 mark with the only loss coming against Northeastern in 2016 (4-5). In championship bouts as the No. 1 seed, Boston College is 6-3. Prior to last year's title game setback, the Eagles' last Hockey East Tournament title came in 2012 as the No. 1 seed after BC defeated Providence, 4-2.
HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT TIDBITS
- Boston College held the record for most consecutive victories in the Hockey East tournament (12 wins | 2010 - 2013) before Notre Dame upended the Eagles in 2014.
- Boston College has won the most Hockey East tournament titles in league history (11Â |Â 1987, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012).
- Boston College owns the most Hockey East championship game appearances in conference history (17Â |Â 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017).
- Boston College holds the record for being the No. 1 seed in the tournament (14 times).
DROP N GIMMIE 20
Boston College has now won 20 games in a season for the ninth time in a row which marks the third-longest streak in college hockey behind Denver (17) and North Dakota (16).
HASHTAG W-W-W-W-W-WINNING
Boston College has won its last six games, tied with Mercyhurst for second best in the nation. Northeastern currently leads in that department with seven-straight triumphs.
OFFENSIVE OPTICS
Since the Beanpot, Boston College is one of college hockey's hottest offenses since Feb. 15. The Eagles are averaging 3.83 goals per game, which is tied with Cornell for the seventh best mark in all of college hockey, trailing only Northeastern (5.00), Princeton (4.75), Michigan (4.29), Duluth (4.12), Penn State (4.00) and Harvard (3.86)
WINNING IN DIFFERENT WAYS
The Boston College offense heated up towards the end of the regular season, accounting for five goals in back-to-back outings against UMass and Maine on Feb. 15th and 17th, respectively, and followed that with a six-goal performance against Maine on Feb. 23rd, the highest output of the season. The Eagles have also performed well in tight situations, winning their last two games by one goal. In one-goal games, BC is 10-4 on the year.
FEBRUARY'S FINEST
Rookie Logan Hutsko collected his second conference award of the season after a fantastic February, earning Hockey East Rookie of the Month honors on Feb. 27. The Tampa, Fla. native led all NCAA rookies with 13 points on seven goals and six assists in the month of February and is currently leading all first-year players in Hockey East, averaging 0.86 points per game. Hutsko is the first Eagle to crack the 30-point plateau (12-19-31) and leads the Eagles in multi-point games this season with eight.
SPECIAL TEAMS SPREE
Since the turn of the calendar year, Boston College's power play has come alive, scoring at least one power play goal in 13-of-17 outings. The Eagles are scoring 0.88 power play goals per game since Jan. 1, tied for 18th in the NCAA with Boston University. In all, the Eagles are (26-for-141 –18.4 percent) on the power play this season, 34th in the NCAA. On the flip side, the Boston College penalty-killing unit is doing one of the best job sin the nation turning a negative into a positive. The Eagles are tied for second in all of college hockey with seven short-handed goals this season as Christopher Grando, Graham McPhee and Christopher Brown have all accounted for a pair while Julius Mattila has scored one. Northern Michigan leads the country with nine short-handed tallies. In all, Boston College's penalty-killing unit ranks 31st in the NCAA, killing off penalties at a rate of 80.8 percent (126-of-156). That figure ranks fifth in Hockey East.
THE BRICK WOLL
They always say the biggest key to playoff hockey is hot goaltending. The Eagles have exactly that. Since Feb. 14, second-year backstopper Joseph Woll is third in save percentage (.953) and fourth in the nation in goals against (1.48) and just one of three netminders in the league to have won their last six starts. On March 9 vs. Merrimack in game one, he turned in a season-best 37 saves for the shutout, marking his second of the season. It marked the second-year backstopper's second-straight shut out to start the playoffs as Woll backstopped the Eagles' to a 7-0 win in against the Catamounts in the 2017 Hockey East game one quarterfinals. On March 12, he notched his third league honor of the season, winning Defensive Player of the Week. The St. Louis native has stopped 752-of-822 shots faced in 29 outings for a .915 save percentage which is currently 26th in all of college hockey while his 2.45 goals against average ranks 28th in the game. Woll has stopped 1,664 - of - 1,821 shots faced (.914 save percentage) with a career mark of 2.55 goals against average and 34-23-5 overall record.
DEFENDING THE NEST
Boston College's defense continues to limit the opposing lamp being lit as BC is now holding its opponents to 2.64 goals per game. That number is 21st, nationally, and tied for third overall in the league. Over the last 14 games, BC has limited its opponent to three goals or less on 12 occasions.
DELUSIONS OF GRANDO-eur
Freshman winger Christopher Grando scored his first goal in 23 games and it was a big one as the Islip, N.Y. native scored the overtime winner 4:20 into the session in game two against Merrimack on March 10. It marked the first-year forward's first goal since his two-goal showing at Vermont on Nov. 11. The tally stands as his sixth of the season (6-11-17) and his third game-winning goal of the year. Oddly enough, Grando's last goal was a short-handed game winner as well up at UVM on Nov. 11. Grando has accounted for two short-handed goals on the season as the rookie notched his first point as an Eagle in postseason play. Grando also assisted on JD Dudek's goal to account for his third multi-point showing of the season.
THE TOAST OF HOCKEY EAST
Behind its highest scoring effort of the season on Feb. 23, Boston College skated past Maine, 6-3, and clutched its 16th Hockey East regular season championship in program history on Friday night at Kelley Rink. The Eagles' 16 regular-season conference crowns are the most of any program in the league. With the trophy-clinching victory, Boston College has locked up the No. 1 overall seed and a first-round bye in the 2018 Hockey East Tournament, the 14th time the Eagles have earned the top billing in the postseason tournament.
HUTSKO HEROICS
Freshman Logan Hutsko became the first Eagle to account for five goals in two games since Nathan Gerbe turned the trick 10 years ago during the 2007-08 season. Hutsko scored the game-tying goal and overtime winner against UMass Lowell on Feb. 9 and followed that performance with a natural hat trick against Harvard in the Beanpot consolation on Feb. 12, all occurring in the third period, in a span of 11 minutes and 23 seconds, including an even strength goal, power play goal and extra attacker goal. Gerbe is the last Eagle to have scored four goals in a game, doing so at Harvard on Dec. 12, 2007. The future NHLer then scored against Air Force on Dec. 29, 2007. It marks BC's first hat trick since JD Dudek to accomplish the feat. Dudek tallied three goals at UConn on November 22, 2016 in a 5-2 win. Because Hutsko's goals all occurred in the third period, it counts as a natural hat trick.
CASE'N THE JOINT
Captain Casey Fitzgerald is BC's leading scoring defenseman (6-13-19), which is tied for 13th in the conference amongst blueliners. The junior leads the Eagles in shots on goal (100) and blocked shots (39). Fitzgerald scored his second power play goal of the season on Feb. 23 when BC clinched the regular-season crown.
DA DAH DA - DA DAH DA.
On the night of November 17, Joseph Woll's sprawling save to preserve a 3-2 lead at New Hampshire was awarded the No. 2 play on SportsCenter as part of the nightly show's #SCTop10 feature. The Eagles dominated the headlines once again as Logan Hutsko's run-to-daylight goal was the No. 1 play on SportsCenter on Feb. 23, 2018, the night the Eagles clinched the regular-season title.
DON'T FORGET ABOUT THAT GUY...
Boston College's head coach Jerry York needs no introduction as the Eagle skipper skates into his 24th season at the helm on The Heights and 46th season in all. York's 1,053 victories are the most of any Division I coach in the history of college hockey, more than 120 wins clear of the former leader, Ron Mason (Michigan State - 924). York is one of only three coaches in NCAA history to lead two different schools to national titles; led Bowling Green to the 1984 NCAA title, and Boston College to the 2001, 2008, 2010 and 2012 NCAA titles. He is the all-time leader in NCAA Tournament wins with 41 victories, as well, and has led 22 teams to 25 or more wins.
OVERTIME ACTION
Boston College has been involved with a good amount of extra hockey this season as the Eagles have gone 3-1-3 in overtime contests this season. BC's three OT victories came at Providence (Fitzgerald - Oct. 15), against Lowell (Hutsko - Feb. 9) and game two of the Hockey East quarterfinals (Grando - March 10). The Eagles suffered their first overtime loss in almost exactly three years when they suffered a 5-4 loss to Harvard int he Beanpot consolation. BC's last overtime loss occurred against Vermont on Feb. 13, 2015.
LOOSE CHANGE FROM THE HOCKEY EAST QUARTERFINALS vs. MERRIMACK
- Sophomore forward Mike Booth curbed his goal-scoring drought this season by opening the scoring for the Eagles in the second period. The Cary, Ill. native netted his first goal for the Eagles since scoring one at Maine on Nov. 5, 2016. It marks the second-year center's third-career goal and eighth point (3-5-8) in the maroon and gold in 51 career games.
- Junior forward JD Dudek scored his second goal in four outings to up his total to seven on the year. The Auburn, N.H. native has logged 18 points (7-11-18) in 35 games this season.
- Junior forward Julius Mattila scored his first goal since returning back to the lineup from illness early in the third period on Saturday night. The Tampere, Finland native's goal was a big one as it stood as gave BC an extra boost to start the third period. In the last four games Mattila's dressed, he has scored as many goals.
- After a two-game scoring draught, Logan Hutsko returned to the scoring sheet, including a pair of assists in game two against Merrimack. The Tampa, Fla. native is the first Eagle to crack the 30-point plateau this season as he has accumulated 31 points (12-19-31) in 36 outings this year. The freshman phenom leads the Eagles in multi-point games this season with eight.
- Junior captain Michael Kim notched his fifth multi-point performance of the season with a pair of assists in game two, marking his first since recorded a career-best three helpers on Feb. 23 against Maine. The Toronto native reached the 20-point plateau (5-15-20) and has now reached that mark in consecutive seasons as an Eagle. It also marked his 100th-career game in the maroon and gold.
- Boston College has started its last three quarterfinals series games by shutting out its opponent in game one. Thatcher Demko denied Vermont, 3-0 in 2016 while Joseph Woll backstopped the Eagles' to a 7-0 win in against the Catamounts in 2017. The Eagles started off their 2018 campaign with a 1-0 shutout over Merrimack in game one of the quarterfinals at Kelley Rink.
- Joseph Woll earned his second shutout of the season and third of his career after stopping all 37 shots in Friday night's game one quarterfinals victory. Woll's 37 stops marked a season best for the St. Louis native.
- Sophomore defenseman Connor Moore scored his second power play goal of the season, four overall of the year, on Boston College's first power play opportunity at 16:00 of the second period. The Cumming, Ga. native scored his first-career power play goal on Jan. 27 against UMass Lowell. It marks the second-year defenseman's first goal since that game, as well. Moore's goal also stood as his first-career game-winning tally.
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