Friday, January 14
Durham, NH
7:00 p.m.
Boston College
10-7-3, 5-5-2
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New Hampshire
10-10-1, 4-7-1
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Boston College
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New Hampshire
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UNH Edges No. 20 Boston College 3-2 to Open Weekend Series
January 14, 2022 | Men's Hockey
DURHAM, N.H. – Colton Huard scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and New Hampshire hung on late for a 3-2 Hockey East victory over No. 20 Boston College on Friday night at the Whittemore Center to open a home-and-home series.
The Eagles fell to .500 in league play at 5-5-2 and dropped to 10-7-3 overall. The Wildcats moved back to .500 overall at 10-10-1 (4-7-1 HEA). It was the ninth game in the last 11 meetings between the schools to be decided by a goal or less.
Marc McLaughlin scored both of BC's goals to give the senior captain a league-high 16 on the season. Drew Helleson and Marshall Warren assisted on both of McLaughlin's goals for multi-point nights.
Henry Wilder made his fifth start of the season in net and stopped 25 of the 27 UNH shots he faced.
McLaughlin put the Eagles on top at 3:32 of the second period when the senior located a rebound after a Helleson one-timer and finished from the top of the crease. The power play goal was McLaughlin's league-leading seventh of the year.
The Wildcats answered through Nikolai Jenson with 4:37 left in the middle frame on a netfront tip at the right post to knot the game at 1-1. Just 1:54 into the third, Huard deked his way into the BC slot from the right wing boards and fired a shot under Wilder's glove to hand New Hampshire its first lead of the night.
Boston College called its timeout with 2:19 left in regulation and pulled Wilder for an extra skater, but Will MacKinnon scored from his own faceoff circle for an insurance goal.
McLaughlin pulled one back on another tip from a Helleson shot at 19:42 and the Eagles generated several quality chances in the closing seconds, but couldn't send the game to overtime.
The teams close the home-and-home series on Saturday night at 7 p.m. in Chestnut Hill.
The Eagles fell to .500 in league play at 5-5-2 and dropped to 10-7-3 overall. The Wildcats moved back to .500 overall at 10-10-1 (4-7-1 HEA). It was the ninth game in the last 11 meetings between the schools to be decided by a goal or less.
Marc McLaughlin scored both of BC's goals to give the senior captain a league-high 16 on the season. Drew Helleson and Marshall Warren assisted on both of McLaughlin's goals for multi-point nights.
Henry Wilder made his fifth start of the season in net and stopped 25 of the 27 UNH shots he faced.
McLaughlin put the Eagles on top at 3:32 of the second period when the senior located a rebound after a Helleson one-timer and finished from the top of the crease. The power play goal was McLaughlin's league-leading seventh of the year.
The Wildcats answered through Nikolai Jenson with 4:37 left in the middle frame on a netfront tip at the right post to knot the game at 1-1. Just 1:54 into the third, Huard deked his way into the BC slot from the right wing boards and fired a shot under Wilder's glove to hand New Hampshire its first lead of the night.
Boston College called its timeout with 2:19 left in regulation and pulled Wilder for an extra skater, but Will MacKinnon scored from his own faceoff circle for an insurance goal.
McLaughlin pulled one back on another tip from a Helleson shot at 19:42 and the Eagles generated several quality chances in the closing seconds, but couldn't send the game to overtime.
The teams close the home-and-home series on Saturday night at 7 p.m. in Chestnut Hill.
Team Stats
BOS
UNH
Shots
27
28
PPG
1
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
1
3
Penalty Mins
2
6
Faceoffs Won
35
34
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
-1
Goals
2
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
5
A
2
+/-
-1
Goals
0
Sh
0
A
2
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
5
A
0
Players Mentioned
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