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Photo by: Alastair Ingram
Räsänen Nets Hat Trick in 5-1 Victory at UConn
November 09, 2019 | Men's Hockey
HARTFORD, Conn. – Aapeli Räsänen scored his first career hat trick to lead No. 19 Boston College past UConn 5-1 on Saturday afternoon at the XL Center as the Eagles swept a home-and-home series, outscoring the Huskies 11-1 in the process.
The Eagles won their third straight and moved back above .500 at 5-4-0 (3-2-0 HEA), while the Huskies fell to 2-5-1 (1-3-0 HEA).
Räsänen added an assist for a career-high four points to give him eight for the year, one more than his entire total from last season. Ben Finkelstein (1-1-2), Mike Hardman (1-1-2) and Alex Newhook (0-2-2) also collected multi-point performances.
BC peppered Tomas Vomacka in the UConn net with a season-best 46 shots on goal and allowed a season-low 17. Spencer Knight stopped 16 of those efforts for his fifth win.
The Eagles put 23 shots on goal in the first period and scored twice through Räsänen and Finkelstein to take the lead. Räsänen located a rebound at 6:19 of the second to stretch the lead on BC's second power play tally of the night.
Vladislav Firstov drew a goal back for the Huskies at 16:41 of the middle frame, but Hardman restored the three-goal cushion two minutes later following a strong net drive from Newhook.
Räsänen capped off his hat trick at the 13:15 mark of the third period, finishing a centering feed from Hardman inside the right post.
Boston College won the special teams battle, going 2-for-4 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.
SCORING SUMMARY
1st 11:32, BC Goal (1-0) • McBain's effort from the left wing was blocked but Räsänen, who had just been released from the penalty box, followed up and buried a one-timer inside the right post.
1st 16:04, BC Goal (2-0) • Räsänen and Julius Mattila combined to win a clean faceoff on the power play, allowing Finkelstein to walk toward the right circle and beat Vomacka glove side through a partial screen.
2nd 6:19, BC Goal (3-0) • Vomacka made an initial save on Logan Hutsko's left wing one-timer, but Räsänen located the rebound and finished the puck from the edge of the crease.
2nd 16:41, UConn Goal (3-1) • Boston College turned the puck over to Firstov, who drifted into the slot and sent a low wrist shot blocker side to beat Knight.
2nd 18:46, BC Goal (4-1) • Newhook drove the net hard from the right wing and was denied by Vomacka, but a UConn clearing attempt caromed off Hardman over the goal line.
3rd 13:15, BC Goal (5-1) • From the left wing circle, Hardman spun a blind pass to Räsänen inside the right dot and his quick release found the right corner glove side.
UP NEXT
Boston College travels to face Vermont next weekend (Nov. 15-16) in a two-game series at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
The Eagles won their third straight and moved back above .500 at 5-4-0 (3-2-0 HEA), while the Huskies fell to 2-5-1 (1-3-0 HEA).
Räsänen added an assist for a career-high four points to give him eight for the year, one more than his entire total from last season. Ben Finkelstein (1-1-2), Mike Hardman (1-1-2) and Alex Newhook (0-2-2) also collected multi-point performances.
BC peppered Tomas Vomacka in the UConn net with a season-best 46 shots on goal and allowed a season-low 17. Spencer Knight stopped 16 of those efforts for his fifth win.
The Eagles put 23 shots on goal in the first period and scored twice through Räsänen and Finkelstein to take the lead. Räsänen located a rebound at 6:19 of the second to stretch the lead on BC's second power play tally of the night.
Vladislav Firstov drew a goal back for the Huskies at 16:41 of the middle frame, but Hardman restored the three-goal cushion two minutes later following a strong net drive from Newhook.
Räsänen capped off his hat trick at the 13:15 mark of the third period, finishing a centering feed from Hardman inside the right post.
Boston College won the special teams battle, going 2-for-4 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.
SCORING SUMMARY
1st 11:32, BC Goal (1-0) • McBain's effort from the left wing was blocked but Räsänen, who had just been released from the penalty box, followed up and buried a one-timer inside the right post.
1st 16:04, BC Goal (2-0) • Räsänen and Julius Mattila combined to win a clean faceoff on the power play, allowing Finkelstein to walk toward the right circle and beat Vomacka glove side through a partial screen.
2nd 6:19, BC Goal (3-0) • Vomacka made an initial save on Logan Hutsko's left wing one-timer, but Räsänen located the rebound and finished the puck from the edge of the crease.
2nd 16:41, UConn Goal (3-1) • Boston College turned the puck over to Firstov, who drifted into the slot and sent a low wrist shot blocker side to beat Knight.
2nd 18:46, BC Goal (4-1) • Newhook drove the net hard from the right wing and was denied by Vomacka, but a UConn clearing attempt caromed off Hardman over the goal line.
3rd 13:15, BC Goal (5-1) • From the left wing circle, Hardman spun a blind pass to Räsänen inside the right dot and his quick release found the right corner glove side.
UP NEXT
Boston College travels to face Vermont next weekend (Nov. 15-16) in a two-game series at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
Team Stats
BC
UCONN
Shots
46
17
PPG
2
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
4
5
Penalty Mins
8
10
Faceoffs Won
30
23
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
+3
Goals
3
Sh
3
A
1
+/-
+2
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
1
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
1
+/-
+2
Goals
0
Sh
1
A
2
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