No. 4 Eagles Meet No. 17 Crimson to Close 68th Beanpot

BOSTON – No. 4 Boston College faces No. 17 Harvard in the consolation game of the 68th Beanpot on Monday (Feb. 10) at 4:30 p.m. The Eagles (sixth) and Crimson (21st) are both battling for Pairwise position in the non-league matchup as BC will try to avoid just its ninth fourth-place finish all-time at the Beanpot. Radio coverage on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com begins at 4:15 p.m. from TD Garden.

SCOUTING THE CRIMSON
• Harvard rebounded from its 3-1 loss to Northeastern in the Beanpot Semifinal with a 6-2 road win over Dartmouth in ECAC play on Friday
• Freshman Nick Abruzzese leads the team with 30 points on 11 goals and 19 assists, while sophomore Jack Drury has scored a team-high 15 goals
• Abruzzese and Drury were named the National Rookie and Player of the Month for January by the Hockey Commissioners Association
• After splitting time in the first half with senior Cameron Gornet, rookie Mitchell Gibson has claimed the No. 1 role with an 8-5-2 record, 2.45 GAA, and .922 SV%
• Harvard owns the best power play percentage in the nation at 30.9%
• HU alum Ted Donato '91 is in his 16th season as the head coach

SERIES HISTORY
• Monday marks the 130th all-time meeting in series history; Boston College owns a 76-47-6 overall edge and is 5-2-1 in the last eight meetings
• On Black Friday, the Eagles scored four unanswered goals to beat then-No. 6 Harvard 4-2 at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center
• Last year, the teams met in the Beanpot Semifinal at TD Garden with the Eagles edging the Crimson 2-1 on a third period game-winner from Jack McBain
• In the schools' last 25 meetings, the 2019 Beanpot matchup was the lowest scoring game between the two high-scoring programs

LAST TIME OUT
• Marek Korencik's left point shot found the upper right corner through a screen with nine minutes left in regulation, lifting No. 14 UMass Lowell past fourth-ranked Boston College 3-2 on Friday night at Kelley Rink
• The teams split their two-game regular season series, each winning 3-2 on the other's home ice
• Rookie Alex Newhook lit the lamp for the third straight game and posted his second consecutive multi-point performance; the goal came shorthanded for BC's nation-best seventh of the year and Newhook's second
• Ben Finkelstein also collected his fourth goal of the season on the power play early in the third period
• The schools each finished with 25 shots on goal and a power play goal

STRONG TO THE FINNISH
• Julius Mattila is one point away from becoming the 82nd 100-point scorer in BC history
• The senior sits second in the entire country in assists per game with 26 helpers in 25 games
• Mattila ranks tied for seventh nationally in scoring average (1.32) and saw his seven-game point streak (2-10-12) come to an end on Friday against UMass Lowell
• Mattila has 14 assists in his last 11 games and is tied for second in Hockey East with three game-winning goals

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
• Alex Newhook now leads all Hockey East freshmen in goals (12)
• The 2019 Colorado Avalanche first round pick is fourth among NCAA freshmen in scoring average with 24 points in 25 games and has at least one point in 15 of his last 19 contests
• Newhook had a goal and an assist last Monday vs. Boston University in his Beanpot debut
• He has scored six goals in his last nine games and has three multi-point games in his last five

GO SHORTY
• Boston College leads the entire country with seven shorthanded goals
• After netting just three shorties last year, the Eagles have already matched the shorthanded total from 2017-18 • BC's 2016-17 squad scored 11 times while shorthanded, led by Austin Cangelosi with three
• Alex Newhook, Patrick Giles and Marc McLaughlin are tied for fifth in the country with two shorthanded tallies
• Newhook's first collegiate goal came shorthanded at No. 1 Denver on Oct. 19 and the rookie netted his second shorty last time out against UMass Lowell

GIONTA TO THE RAFTERS
• Former All-American Brian Gionta '01 will have his jersey retired by the program at the first intermission during the home game against Merrimack on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
• Gionta was a three-time Hobey Baker finalist (1999, 2000, 2001) and captained the Eagles to the 2001 NCAA Championship, the program's first since 1949
• He graduated as the program's all-time leader in goals (123) and ranks second all-time in points (232)
• The Rochester native was inducted into the BC Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame last October and was also named to the Class of 2019 for the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in December

UP NEXT
• Boston College plays Merrimack in a home-and-home this weekend, beginning on Friday at Lawler Rink

No. 4 Eagles Meet No. 17 Crimson to Close 68th Beanpot

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Players Mentioned

Austin Cangelosi

Ben Finkelstein

Patrick Giles

Julius Mattila

Jack McBain

Marc McLaughlin

Alex Newhook