Eagles Chase 21st Beanpot Title Monday Against No. 13 Northeastern

BOSTON – Boston College meets reigning champion Northeastern in the title game of the 67th Beanpot on Monday night (Feb. 11) at TD Garden as the Eagles compete for their 21st Beanpot trophy in program history and first since 2016. The game will be televised live on NESN following the conclusion of Harvard vs. Boston University in the consolation game. Pre-game radio coverage begins at 7:15 p.m. on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com.

SETTING THE SCENE
• BC is 3-2-1 in its last six games, including a 2-1 victory over 17th-ranked Harvard last Monday to open the Beanpot
• The Eagles are searching for their eighth Beanpot in the last 12 years and first since 2016
• Northeastern, which won its first Beanpot in 30 years last season by downing Boston University 5-2, defeated the Terriers 2-1 in overtime last week to reach a second straight title game
• For the first time in tournament history, the last four champions represent all four competing Beanpot schools
• BU (four years) and BC (three years) now have the longest active trophy droughts

BEANPOT BREAKDOWN
• Boston College is 34-12 all-time against Northeastern in the Beanpot, but the Huskies have won three straight
• NU shut out BC 3-0 in last year's semifinal, marking the Eagles' first Beanpot shutout in 30 years
• The teams last met in the Championship Game in 2014 as Boston College pulled out a 4-1 victory; Patrick Brown scored the first of three straight BC goals with 5:30 left in the third to snap a 1-1 tie
• Boston College also beat Northeastern in the 2011 and 2013 title games
• Prior to facing off in the Championship Game three out of four years from 2011-14, BC and NU had not played one another in the title game of the Beanpot since 1983
• BC is 4-1 all-time against NU with the Beanpot trophy on the line, with the only loss coming in 1980 as Wayne Turner's overtime goal gave Northeastern its first-ever championship

SEMIFINAL RECAP
• Boston College advanced to the Beanpot Championship Game for the first time since 2016 with a 2-1 victory over No. 17 Harvard last Monday night at TD Garden
• Freshmen Patrick Giles and Jack McBain accounted for the BC goals, while Joseph Woll made 27 saves in net
• Giles netted his first collegiate goal five minutes into the first period as the trailer on a 3-on-2, reeling in a pass from Graham McPhee before beating Crimson goalie Michael Lackey high glove side
• McBain converted a give-and-go with Oliver Wahlstrom with 7:38 left in the third for the game-winner, firing a backhand drop pass into the upper right corner on a one-timer from the slot
• The Eagles shut down the nation's most dangerous power play with a 4-for-4 showing, including a 6-on-4 power play with Lackey pulled in the final two minutes

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
• Northeastern has lost four of its last five, including a 3-2 overtime defeat on the road at UConn last Thursday night at the XL Center
• The Huskies are 16-9-1 overall and 9-7-1 in Hockey East
• Tyler Madden, Brandon Hawkins, and Jeremy Davies are tied for the team lead with 22 points apiece; Zach Solow has tallied a team-high 12 goals
• Between the pipes this season, Cayden Primeau has started 23 games with a 14-8-1 record, 2.38 GAA, .922 SV%, and three shutouts
• NU is clicking at 17.1% on the power play and 84% on the penalty kill
• Jim Madigan is in his eighth year as the head coach at his alma mater
• Last year, the Huskies won their first Beanpot title since 1988

SERIES HISTORY
• Boston College has a 166-52-16 advantage against Northeastern heading into the 235th all-time meeting in series history
• Last season, both schools won by three goals on the other's home ice in the Hockey East regular season during the first half
• The teams then met in the first round of the Beanpot, a 3-0 win for the Huskies as BC was shutout in the Beanpot for the first time in 30 years
• BC beat Northeastern in the 2011, 2013, and 2014 title games at TD Garden
• Overall, the teams are dead even at 6-6-0 in the last 12 meetings

CHASING 600
• Jerry York, college hockey's all-time winningest coach with 1,063 victories, is just four wins away from 600 during 24+ seasons at his alma mater Boston College
• York would become just the fourth Division I coach ever to win 600 games at the same school
• York has led Boston College to 12 NCAA Frozen Fours with four national titles and nine Hockey East Tournament titles during his tenure
• A win on Monday would be York's 10th Beanpot championship and eighth in the last 12 years

THE GAUNTLET
• All but two of Boston College's games down the stretch will come against teams currently ranked among the top-16 of the PairWise Rankings for the 2019 NCAA Tournament
• The Eagles will play six games against those potential tournament teams: Northeastern (T-11th) three times, UMass (T-1st) twice, and Providence (T-16th)
• Monday marks BC's sixth matchup against a ranked school in its last seven games
• Overall, the Eagles are in the midst of playing a ranked opponent 11 times in a 14-game stretch

UP NEXT
• Boston College begins a home-and-home series with No. 2 UMass on Friday (Feb. 15) at 7 p.m. in Amherst on NESN
• The teams face off again at 8 p.m. in Chestnut Hill on Saturday (Feb. 16)
• BC men's hockey will raise the jerseys of former Eagle greats Tim Sheehy '70 and Tom Mellor '73 to the rafters that night at Kelley Rink

Eagles Chase 21st Beanpot Title Monday Against No. 13 Northeastern

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Patrick Giles

Jack McBain

Graham McPhee

Oliver Wahlstrom

Joseph Woll