No. 2 Eagles Drop Hockey East Contest to Merrimack

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The second-ranked Boston College men's hockey team suffered its first home loss of the season, falling to Merrimack by a score of 5-2 in Hockey East action on Friday night at Kelley Rink. The Eagles jumped out to a 2-0 lead early in the second, but the Warriors scored the next five.

BC falls to 12-4-1 overall and 6-3-1 in Hockey East, while Merrimack improves to 8-10-1 overall and 4-5-1 in league play.

The Eagles opened the scoring midway through the first period when Oskar Jellvik one-timed the rebound off an Aram Minnetian shot that was saved by the Merrimack goaltender. Minnetian's shot fell right into the path of Jellvik for the quick shot into the open net to put the Eagles in front.

BC added to its lead shortly into the second period when Brady Berard scored a short-handed goal.

Merrimack responded 32 seconds later with a power-play goal to get on the board, before scoring the game-tying goal less than one minute after that. The Warriors took the lead nearly three minutes later when Merrimack scored its third goal of the period.

The Warriors scored twice in the third period to push their lead to three.

Jacob Fowler made 23 saves while Nils Wallstrom had 27 stops for Merrimack.

SCORING
1st       13:08    BC       Oskar Jellvik (Aram Minnetian, Teddy Stiga)
2nd    7:51    BC       Brady Berard (Aram Minnetian, Aidan Hreschuk) - SH
2nd 8:23    MC       Antonio Venuto (Zach Bookman, Harrison Roy) - PP
2nd 9:43    MC       Harrison Roy (Ty Daneault, Caelan Fitzpatrick)
2nd      12:40    MC       Vann Yuhas (Ryan O'Connell, Ivan Zivlak)
3rd 2:51    MC       Zach Bookman (Nick Pierre, Caden Cranston)
3rd       11:43    MC       Ivan Zivlak (Caden Cranston, Nick Pierre)

GAME NOTES

Boston College suffered its first home loss since Dec. 1, 2023, snapping an 18-game home winning streak
Oskar Jellvik has now recorded at least one point in each of the last three games
Brady Berard scored his first goal as an Eagle
Aram Minnetian recorded two assists in the same game for the first time in his collegiate career

UP NEXT
BC and Merrimack square off tomorrow evening at Lawler Rink. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+ as well as a radio broadcast on WEEI 850 AM beginning 15 minutes prior to puck drop.

No. 2 Eagles Drop Hockey East Contest to Merrimack

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Team Stats

Aram Minnetian

Oskar Jellvik

Brady Berard

Teddy Stiga

Players Mentioned

Brady Berard

Jacob Fowler

Aidan Hreschuk

Oskar Jellvik

Aram Minnetian

Teddy Stiga