Friday, March 4
Chestnut Hill, MA
7:00 p.m.
Boston College
13-17-5, 8-12-3
2
vs
1
UMass
19-11-2, 14-7-2
1
2
3
F
Massachusetts
1
0
0
1
Boston College
0
1
1
2
Photo by: John Quackenbos
McBain's Power Play Goal Lifts Eagles Past No. 9 UMass on Senior Night
March 04, 2022 | Men's Hockey
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Jack McBain tipped a left-wing one-timer from Jack St. Ivany on the power play just 28 seconds into the third period and Boston College defeated ninth-ranked and first-place UMass 2-1 on Senior Night at Kelley Rink.
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Graduate student Eric Dop stopped 25 of the 26 UMass shots he faced, including a right pad save in the final 10 seconds to help seal the victory.
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Boston College (13-17-5, 8-12-3 HEA) locked up the No. 8 seed in the Hockey East Opening Round and will host No. 9 seed New Hampshire next Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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Garrett Wait opened the scoring for Massachusetts (19-11-2, 14-7-2 HEA) at 16:52 of the first period, finishing a feed from Bobby Trivigno at the right post.
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Sophomore Trevor Kuntar netted his ninth goal of the year, which tied the game at 1-1 late in the second period after a wall battle was won by Liam Izyk.Â
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BC carried a power play into the third period and took its first lead when McBain deflected a left-wing shot from St. Ivany at the right post. Drew Helleson collected the second assist on the play.
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Shortly after the go-ahead goal, Dop made an important right pad save on Cal Kiefiuk during a partial breakaway. Dop made another key right pad stop in the closing seconds of regulation with UMass netminder Matt Murray pulled for an extra skater.
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Boston College took only one penalty on the night and killed off the lone Minuteman power play chance.
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The teams close the weekend series and the regular season on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. on NESNplus at the Mullins Center in Amherst.
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Graduate student Eric Dop stopped 25 of the 26 UMass shots he faced, including a right pad save in the final 10 seconds to help seal the victory.
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Boston College (13-17-5, 8-12-3 HEA) locked up the No. 8 seed in the Hockey East Opening Round and will host No. 9 seed New Hampshire next Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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Garrett Wait opened the scoring for Massachusetts (19-11-2, 14-7-2 HEA) at 16:52 of the first period, finishing a feed from Bobby Trivigno at the right post.
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Sophomore Trevor Kuntar netted his ninth goal of the year, which tied the game at 1-1 late in the second period after a wall battle was won by Liam Izyk.Â
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BC carried a power play into the third period and took its first lead when McBain deflected a left-wing shot from St. Ivany at the right post. Drew Helleson collected the second assist on the play.
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Shortly after the go-ahead goal, Dop made an important right pad save on Cal Kiefiuk during a partial breakaway. Dop made another key right pad stop in the closing seconds of regulation with UMass netminder Matt Murray pulled for an extra skater.
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Boston College took only one penalty on the night and killed off the lone Minuteman power play chance.
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The teams close the weekend series and the regular season on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. on NESNplus at the Mullins Center in Amherst.
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Team Stats
UM
BC
Shots
26
21
PPG
0
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
3
1
Penalty Mins
6
2
Faceoffs Won
30
30
Game Leaders
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
+/-
-1
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
1
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
1
Players Mentioned
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