No. 12 Eagles Come Up Short Against No. 7 Western Michigan

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The No. 12/12 Boston College men's hockey team saw its three-game winning streak come to an end on Sunday evening as they fell to No. 7 Western Michigan by a score of 5-3 on the first day of the Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off at Fiserv Forum. Aram Minnetian, Ryan Conmy and Dean Letourneau each scored for the Eagles while Michael Hagens finished with three assists. Louka Cloutier made 21 stops.

Training 4-1 going into the third, BC struck twice to make it a one-goal game before an empty netter by the Broncos iced the contest.

Boston College falls to 10-6-1 overall while Western Michigan improves to 11-6-0.

Conmy got the comeback attempt started, scoring just 15 seconds into the third period to put the Eagles back within two. Hagens' initial shot attempt was saved, but Conmy was well positioned at the net front to pick up the rebound and tap it home.

With less than two minutes left to play, Letourneau tallied his 10th goal of the year to make it a one-goal game. Will Moore played it along the boards and found Letourneau behind the net. The sophomore brought the puck around the front and finished top shelf to give BC all the momentum.

Western Michigan opened the scoring early in the contest when William Whitelaw found the back of the net . The Broncos added another two to push their lead to three.

Shortly after the third WMU goal, Minnetian got the Eagles on the board with a shot from the slot that went into the top left corner. Hagens carried the puck into the zone and found Conmy, who immediately found Minnetian for the quick shot to grab a goal for BC.

The Broncos tallied their fourth of the night within the final 90 seconds of the middle frame to push their lead back to three.

SCORING
1st         6:05    WMU    William Whitelaw (Owen Michaels, Theo Wallberg)
2nd    2:45    WMU    Liam Valente (Grant Slukynsky, Zach Nehring)
2nd      12:57    WMU    William Whitelaw (Ty Henricks, Owen Michaels)
2nd      13:50    BC       Aram Minnetian (Ryan Conmy, Michael Hagens)
2nd      18:31    WMU    Zaccharya Wisdom (Bobby Cowan, Cole Crusberg-Roseen)
3rd 0:15    BC       Ryan Conmy (Michael Hagens)
3rd       18:19    BC       Dean Letourneau (Will Moore, Michael Hagens)
3rd       19:34    WMU    Owen Michaels - ENG

GAME NOTES

Boston College is now 1-1-0 all-time against Western Michigan
BC's three-game winning streak comes to an end
Aram Minnetian scored his first goal of the season
Michael Hagens had a career-high three points on three assists
Dean Letourneau extended his goal-scoring streak to four games
Ryan Conmy recorded his third multi-point game of the year

UP NEXT
BC plays Lake State on Monday at 5:00 p.m. ET in the third place game of the Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off. The game will be streamed live on B1G+ along with a radio broadcast on WEEI 850 AM.

No. 12 Eagles Come Up Short Against No. 7 Western Michigan

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Team Stats

Michael Hagens

Ryan Conmy

Dean Letourneau

Aram Minnetian

Players Mentioned

Louka Cloutier

Ryan Conmy

Michael Hagens

Dean Letourneau

Aram Minnetian

Will Moore