Men’s Hockey Opens Hockey East Slate Against Northeastern

Friday, October 30

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

7:00 PM

Boston College

Northeastern

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October 29, 2026 | Men's Hockey

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League play gets underway this weekend for the Eagles

By: Athletic Communications

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College men's hockey team opens its Hockey East slate this weekend against Northeastern. The two-game weekend series is slated for Friday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m. at Kelley Rink. Both games will be available to watch on ESPN+ and can be heard on WEEI 850 AM, with Saturday's game also airing regionally on NESN.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles sit at 1-3-1 after going 0-1-1 against No. 4 Denver last weekend
• Boston College is receiving votes in the USCHO poll and is ranked No. 20 in the USA Hockey poll
• Northeastern is currently 2-1-0 overall with a 0-1-0 league record and is receiving votes in both national polls

LOOKING BACK AT OUR TRIP OUT WEST
• BC dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 4 Denver on Friday before claiming a 2-2 tie the following night
• Will Vote and Dean Letourneau both scored on Friday evening in the first game of the weekend
• Matias Vanhanen finished with one goal and one assist in Saturday's game
• Teddy Stiga scored the game-tying goal with 46 seconds remaining to the send the game to overtime
• Letourneau finished with two assists in the second game

THE EAGLES
• Letourneau leads the Eagles in scoring with seven points on three goals and four assists
• Oscar Hemming, Stiga, and Vanhanen each have two goals
• Luka Radivojevic and Vanhanen both have four assists
• Radivojevic has a team-high seven blocked shots while Kristian Kostadinski and Carson Woodall each have six
• Louka Cloutier has played four games in goal and has a 2.25 goals against average and a .919 save percentage

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)

A LOOK AT NORTHEASTERN
• Northeastern enters the weekend with a 2-1-0 overall record and a 0-1-0 league record
• The Huskies played an exhibition last weekend against Harvard, falling 4-1 to the Crimson
• The prior weekend, Northeastern split with UMass, dropping a 4-1 decision in the first game of the series before bouncing back with a 4-1 victory the next night
• Miguel Marques has a team-high five points on two goals and three assists
• Tyler Fukakusa leads the team with four assists
• Lawton Zacher has played the majority of minutes between the pipes, posting a 2.28 goals against average and a .897 save percentage over 105 minutes. Sam Caulfield has appeared in the last two games, with one start, and has a .952 save percentage and a 1.60 goals against average

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST THE HUSKIES
• The Eagles are 177-65-18 all-time against Northeastern
• The Huskies have had the advantage in recent times, winning the last four meetings, including all three during the 2025-26 season
• BC is looking for its first win over Northeastern since an 8-2 victory in the Beanpot on Feb. 3, 2025

UP NEXT
• The Eagles play host to Vermont next week, hosting the Catamounts on Thursday and Friday. Both games are slated for 7:00 p.m.