Boston College and Harvard Begin 70th Beanpot on Monday

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College and No. 8 Harvard open up the 70th Beanpot on Monday night at TD Garden in the first semifinal with faceoff set for 5 p.m. live on NESN. Radio coverage begins at 4:45 p.m. on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com. BC is looking to hoist its first Beanpot trophy since 2016 and its 21st overall.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles are currently just below .500 overall at 9-10-6 with a 5-7-5 mark in Hockey East play, while the Crimson sits at 15-6-1 overall and 13-4-0 in the ECAC
• Boston College reached the Beanpot Championship Game for the 36th time in 2019 but fell to Northeastern 4-2 after edging Harvard 2-1 in the semifinal
• This will be the schools' 46th all-time meeting in the Beanpot with BC leading 30-14-1
• Harvard's 5-4 overtime win in the 2018 Consolation Game is the Eagles' only Beanpot loss to the Crimson since 1998, a 14-1-1 stretch over 16 games

BEANPOT BREAKDOWN
• Boston College has won the Beanpot 20 times with 16 runner-up, 25 third-place, and only eight last-place finishes in the 69 previous editions of the event
• BC has won seven of the last 14 Beanpots dating back to 2008 but hasn't won the title since beating Boston University in 2016
• Alex Tuch scored the overtime game-winning goal over BU on Feb. 8, 2016 in the tournament's first-ever 0-0 scoreless regulation finish
• The Eagles' five straight titles from 2010 to 2014 remain a program record
• BC has been awarded 17 MVP trophies and 12 Eberly awards in Beanpot history; the most recent recipients were Kevin Hayes (MVP) and Thatcher Demko (Eberly) in 2014

SERIES HISTORY
• Monday marks the 133rd all-time meeting in series history
• Boston College owns a 77-48-7 overall edge in the all-time series
• The schools tied 3-3 in the Consolation Game of last year's Beanpot tournament
• The Eagles are 3-1-1 in the last five overall meetings and 6-3-2 in the last 11
• 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
• BC beat the Crimson 2-1 on a third period game-winner from Jack McBain in the 2019 Semifinal, the lowest scoring game between the teams in the previous 25 meetings

THE LAST MEETING
• Liam Izyk scored twice for the second straight game, but Harvard battled back from 3-1 down in the third period for the first tie in Beanpot history in the 2022 Consolation Game
• Colby Ambrosio also scored a goal while Brandon Kruse collected a pair of assists
• Eric Dop registered 32 saves, including four stops in overtime as Boston College killed off a 4-on-3 Harvard power play chance
• The Crimson finished a 2-on-1 just 1:05 into the third to cut the Eagles' lead in half, and Matthew Coronato located a rebound with five minutes remaining to force overtime

LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College and No. 15 UMass Lowell skated to a 2-2 tie on Friday at the Tsongas Center as the River Hawks earned an extra league point by winning the shootout
• The Eagles clinched the regular season series against Lowell with a win and a tie
• Junior assistant captain Trevor Kuntar posted his ninth goal of the season, while Andre Gasseau assisted on both Boston College goals
• Rookie defenseman Seamus Powell scored his first collegiate goal in the second period, assisted by his older brother Eamon Powell
• BC out-shot Lowell 34-28 on the night, led by six shots from Kuntar

UP NEXT
• Boston College hosts Maine on Friday night at 7 p.m. on NESN

Boston College and Harvard Begin 70th Beanpot on Monday

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Players Mentioned

Colby Ambrosio

Mitch Andres

Eric Dop

Andre Gasseau

Liam Izyk

Brandon Kruse

Trevor Kuntar

Jack McBain

Eamon Powell

Seamus Powell

Marshall Warren