Eagles Fly to Milwaukee for Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The No. 12 Boston College men's hockey team travels to Milwaukee to play in the Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off at Fiserv Forum, home of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. The Eagles take on No. 7/8 Western Michigan on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. CT on B1G+ along with a radio broadcast on WEEI 850 AM. Depending on Sunday's results, BC will face either No. 2 Wisconsin or Lake Superior State on Monday at 4:00 p.m. CT or 7:30 p.m. CT.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles improved to 10-5-1 overall and 7-3-0 in Hockey East after sweeping UMass Lowell back on the first weekend of December
• The Broncos are 10-6-0 overall and 6-4-0 in the NCHC after splitting with No. 4 Minnesota Duluth on Dec. 5-6
• Wisconsin is currently 12-2-2 overall and 8-2-0 in the B1G and is coming off a weekend sweep over Notre Dame
• Lake Superior State is 6-11-1 overall and 3-9-0 in the CCHA and is coming off a split weekend against St. Thomas in league play
• BC moved up to No. 12 in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey national polls
• Western Michigan sits seventh in the USCHO.com poll and eighth in the USA Hockey poll
• Wisconsin is ranked No. 2 in both national polls

CONFERENCE WEEKEND SWEEP
• The Eagles picked up back-to-back 3-1 wins over UMass Lowell to close out the first half of the season
• Dean Letourneau scored twice on the power play in Friday's win before adding another goal on Saturday
• Jake Sondreal had a four-point weekend, finishing with three assists on Friday and a goal on Saturday
• James Hagens picked up the game-winning goal in Friday's victory
• Lukas Gustafsson tallied a power play goal in Saturday's win
• Louka Cloutier made 50 saves over the two games

THE EAGLES
• J. Hagens has a team-high 18 points and 10 goals
• Letourneau and Sondreal are tied for second with 17
• Sondreal leads the Eagles in assists with 11 and Luka Radivojevic is second with nine
• Ryan Conmy, Teddy Stiga, and Will Vote are also in double digits for points with 11 each
• Nolan Joyce leads the team in blocks with 19, while Aram Minnetian and Will Skahan are right behind with 18
• Cloutier has an 10-3-1 record this season with a .918 save percentage and 2.01 goals against average

HOCKEY EAST AWARDS
• Letourneau was named the Hockey East Player of the Week after his three-goal weekend
• Gustafsson was recognized as the league's Army ROTC Defender of the Week

EAGLES AT WORLD JUNIORS
• Three Eagles will compete at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship
• J. Hagens and Stiga will represent the United States, after having both played on the team last year
• Radivojevic will play for Slovakia for the third-straight World Junior Championship
• Additionally, Schiller Family Head Coach Greg Brown will be serving as an assistant coach for Team USA

A LOOK AT WESTERN MICHIGAN
• The Broncos have won five of their last six games
• Western Michigan dropped a 4-1 decision to Minnesota Duluth on Dec. 5 before bouncing back with a 3-2 overtime victory the following night
• Grant Slukynsky and William Whitelaw have a team-high 15 points
• Whitelaw leads the team in goals with nine, while Slukynsky has a team-high 12 assists
• Hampton Slukynsky has started all 16 games between the pipes, making 353 saves and has a .887 save percentage and a 2.83 goals against average

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST THE BRONCOS
• The Eagles are 1-0-0 all-time against the Broncos
• The two teams met for the first time ever last season at Kelley Rink, which ended in a 4-2 victory for BC

A LOOK AT WISCONSIN
• Wisconsin has won its last five games with a win over Ohio State, and sweeps over No. 1 Michigan State and Notre Dame
• Gavin Morrissey leads the Badgers in points (18) and assists (15)
• Christian Fitzgerald has a team-high 10 goals
• Daniel Hauser has started 13 games in goal and boasts a .915 save percentage and a 2.17 goals against average
• Logan Hensler and Luke Osborn were selected to the preliminary roster for the United States at the World Junior Championship
• Quinn Finley will be representing the U.S. Collegiate Selects at the Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST THE BADGERS
• The Eagles are 16-13-0 all-time against the Badgers
• The two teams last met during the 2019-20 season in a 5-3 win for BC at Kelley Rink
• The last time BC and Wisconsin met for a neutral site game was the 2010 National Championship game, a 5-0 victory for the Eagles

A LOOK AT LAKE SUPERIOR STATE
• Lake Superior State is 3-3-0 over its last six games
• William Ahlrik leads the team in points (16) and assists (12)
• Calem Mangone boasts a team-high eight goals
• Adam Barone and Ryan Beck are both in double digits for assists with 10 each
• Rorke Applebee has started 13 games in goal for the Lakers and has a 2.73 goals against average and a .921 save percentage

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST THE LAKERS
• The Eagles are 1-1-0 all-time against the Lakers
• They last played each other on December 29, 1983 at the Minnesota-Duluth Holiday Classic, which ended in a 6-4 win for the Eagles

NHL NOTES
• Four Eagles have started between the pipes in the NHL this season, each with a start on Tuesday, December 16; Thatcher Demko (Vancouver), Jacob Fowler (Montreal), Spencer Knight (Chicago), Joseph Woll (Toronto)
• No other school has had more than one goalie play in the NHL this year
• Trevor Kuntar (Buffalo) and Fowler both made their NHL debuts on Thursday, December 11
• Gabe Perreault (NY Rangers) scored his first NHL goal on Thursday, December 18

UP NEXT
• BC returns to action on January 9, hosting Stonehill in an exhibition at Kelley Rink. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+ along with a radio broadcast on WEEI 850 AM.

Eagles Fly to Milwaukee for Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off

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Players Mentioned

Louka Cloutier

Ryan Conmy

Jacob Fowler

Lukas Gustafsson

James Hagens

Nolan Joyce

Dean Letourneau

Aram Minnetian

Gabe Perreault

Luka Radivojevic

Will Skahan

Jake Sondreal

Teddy Stiga

Will Vote