No. 16 Eagles Host St. Cloud State for Two-Game Series

Thursday, October 15

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

7:00 PM

Boston College

St. Cloud State

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Dean Letourneau taking a shot against Alaska

Photo by: Meg Kelly

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Men’s hockey looks to bounce back and grab first win of the season

By: Athletic Communications

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The No. 16/15 Boston College men's hockey team plays host to the St. Cloud State Huskies this weekend for a two-game non-conference series. The series begins Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and concludes Saturday at 6:00 p.m. Both games will be available to stream on ESPN+ and can be heard on WEEI 850 AM.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles sit at 0-1-0
• BC is ranked No. 16 in the USCHO poll and No. 15 in the USA Hockey poll
• St. Cloud State is 1-2-0

LOOKING BACK AT THE SEASON OPENER
• BC fell to Alaska last Friday night by a score of 3-2 in the season opener
• Teddy Stiga and Dean Leatourneau both scored on the power play
• Matias Vanhanen and Carson Woodall each had an assist to pick up their first collegiate point
• Louka Cloutier made 26 saves

LEADERS ELECTED
• Will Vote will be the team captain for the Eagles in 2026-27
• Jake Sondreal and Teddy Stiga will be the assistant captains
• Vote has skated in 93 games over his three-year career on the Heights with 42 points on 19 goals and 23 assists and posted career-highs in 2025-26 with 10 goals, 11 assists, and 21 points
• Sondreal has 27 points on nine goals and 18 assists in 72 games over two seasons
• Stiga has appeared in 67 games over two seasons, registering 51 points on 20 goals and 31 assists

PRESEASON HOCKEY EAST POLL
• BC was picked to finish fourth in the Hockey East preseason poll with 86 points
• Providence was selected as the favorite, garnering eight first-place votes and 106 points
• UMass was picked second with 98 points while Boston University was tabbed third with 87 points
• UConn was selected fifth in the poll with 73 points followed by Merrimack in sixth with 68 points
• Rounding out the poll was Maine (57), Northeastern (52), New Hampshire (35), UMass Lowell (31), and Vermont (22)

THE RETURNERS
• In addition to the captains, the Eagles also return a couple of top scorers in Dean Letourneau and Ryan Conmy
• Letourneau earned Hockey East Third Team All-Star honors after finishing with 22 goals and 17 assists for 39 points
• Conmy finished third on the Eagles in points with 27 after scoring nine goals with 18 assists
• Luka Radivojevic was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team after skating in 34 games and totaling 16 points on one goal and 15 assists
• Louka Cloutier posted a 19-13-1 record with four shutouts, a .910 save percentage, and 2.34 goals against average

A LOOK AT ST. CLOUD STATE
• St. Cloud State enters the series with 1-2-0 record
• The Huskies split their series with No. 12/16 Michigan Tech last weekend, falling 3-2 in overtime before bouncing back with a 5-3 victory the following night
• Gavyn Thoreson leads the team in goals (2), assists (3), and points (5)
• Seven Huskies have scored one goal
• Nolan Stevenson has a team-high seven blocked shots
• Patriks Berzins earned the win between the pipes on Saturday, making 30 saves on 33 shots

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST THE HUSKIES
• The Eagles are 3-4-0 all-time against St. Cloud State
• The two teams last met during the 2024-25 campaign for a two-game series in Minnesota
• BC picked up a pair of wins, claiming 4-1 and 2-1 victories over the Huskies

UP NEXT
• The Eagles hit the road next weekend for a two-game series at the defending national champion Denver Pioneers. Both games will be available to watch on NCHC.tv and heard on WEEI 850 AM. Friday's game will also be available to watch for free through the Ryz Sports Network.