Boston College and Harvard Meet at TD Garden in 69th Beanpot

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College plays Harvard in the Consolation Game of the 69th Beanpot on Monday afternoon with faceoff scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at TD Garden. Radio coverage begins at 4:15 p.m. on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com. The schools are meeting for the second time in the last two weeks after a 6-3 Harvard victory at Conte Forum back on Feb. 1 (a rescheduled game from late November).

SERIES HISTORY
• Monday marks the 132nd all-time meeting in series history; Boston College owns a 77-48-6 overall edge in the series
• BC had won three in a row over Harvard until falling to the Crimson 6-3 on Feb. 1 at home
• The Eagles are 6-3-1 in the last 10 meetings overall
• Boston College defeated Harvard 7-2 in the 2020 Consolation Game
• Marshall Warren and Mitch Andres are the only two active Eagles who played in that game

BEANPOT RECAP
• TJ Semptimphelter stopped 41 of the 42 BC shots he faced and the Eagles' third period surge fell short in a 3-1 loss to No. 15 Northeastern last Monday in the 69th Beanpot at TD Garden
• Patrick Giles scored the lone BC goal in the third period, his third career Beanpot goal
• Down 2-0 entering the third, Giles took a beautiful feed from Nikita Nesterenko in the right circle and beat Semptimphelter high glove side to pull the Eagles within one
• Boston College pulled Eric Dop (26 saves) in the final minutes for an extra skater, but the Huskies sealed the win with 14 seconds left on a power play rebound from Justin Hryckowian
• BC finished with a 42-29 advantage in shots on goal, including an 18-9 edge in the third period

THE LAST MEETING
• Harvard came back from 3-0 down in the second period with six straight goals to earn a 6-3 victory on Tuesday, Feb. 1 at Kelley Rink
• The Crimson snapped a three-game losing streak to the Eagles and registered just their third win in the last 10 meetings
• Boston College stormed out to a 2-0 lead in the first period, beginning with Brandon Kruse finishing a centering pass from Colby Ambrosio at the edge of the crease just 1:39 into the night
• Patrick Giles then deflected a left wing shot-pass from Trevor Kuntar past Mitchell Gibson at 7:57
• At 8:04 of the second, Casey Carreau tipped home a Marshall Warren drive from the right wing on the power play, pushing the Eagles' advantage to 3-0
• Harvard made it a one-goal game after 40 minutes and scored four times in the third, including an empty-netter in the final three minutes of regulation to seal the win

BEANPOT BREAKDOWN
• BC has won the Beanpot 20 times with 16 runner-up, 24 third-place, and only eight last-place
• Boston College hasn't won the title since beating Boston University in 2016
• The Eagles' five straight titles from 2010 to 2014 remain a program record
• In 2017, the Eagles skated to their first fourth-place finish since Jerry York took over in 1994
• York is 33-20 in the Beanpot and ranks second all-time in trophies behind BU's Jack Parker (21)

MILESTONE WATCH
• Graduate goaltender Eric Dop made his 100th career start and senior assistant captain Patrick Giles played in his 100th career game on Friday
• Liam Izyk skated in his 50th career game last Monday in the Beanpot and is coming off his first career multi-goal game on Friday vs. UConn
• Casey Carreau is also coming off his first collegiate two-goal performance
• Trevor Kuntar skated in his 50th career game on Friday against UConn, while Brandon Kruse played in his 180th game between BC and Bowling Green
• Gentry Shamburger scored his first NCAA goal on Feb. 4 in his 30th career game

PATTY BEANPOT
• Senior Patrick Giles has now scored three times in his four career Beanpot games and all three have been the opening goal for the Eagles in the semifinal matchup
• Giles collected his first collegiate goal at 4:57 of the first period against Harvard in 2019, then scored 2:15 into the first in the 2020 Semifinal against BU
• He entered the year with seven career goals but has already scored 11 times this season and has already established a new career-high with 16 points
• The Maryland native has also eclipsed his career-high in shots on goal through 28 games played

UP NEXT
• BC faces Northeastern in a home-and-home series this weekend, beginning on Friday at Matthews Arena

Boston College and Harvard Meet at TD Garden in 69th Beanpot

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Players Mentioned

Colby Ambrosio

Mitch Andres

Casey Carreau

Eric Dop

Patrick Giles

Liam Izyk

Brandon Kruse

Trevor Kuntar

Nikita Nesterenko

Gentry Shamburger

Marshall Warren