Beanpot Championship: The 300th Battle of Comm Ave

Monday, February 9

Boston, Mass. / TD Garden

7:30 PM

Boston College

Boston University

Dean and James celebrating after Dean's goal

Photo by: Meg Kelly

Beanpot Championship: The 300th Battle of Comm Ave

February 08, 2026 | Men's Hockey

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BC looks to win first Beanpot since 2016

By: Athletic Communications

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The 300th Battle of Comm Ave is set to take place on Monday evening as No. 11 Boston College and Boston University meet for the Beanpot Championship at 7:30 p.m. inside TD Garden. The game can be watched on NESN (New England), NHL Network (Outside New England), ESPN+ (Outside New England) and TSN3 (Canada) along with a radio broadcast on WEEI 850 AM.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles are 15-9-1 overall. BC advanced to the Beanpot Championship after defeating Harvard by a score of 5-1 in the first round
• The Terriers are 13-13-2 overall. BU skated to a 2-2 tie against Northeastern in the first round and won the shootout to advance to the championship game
• BC is ranked No. 11 in the USCHO.com poll and No. 13 in the USA Hockey poll

BC IN THE BEANPOT
• Boston College has won 20 Beanpot Championships with the last time being in 2016. The Eagles are 84-60-1 all-time in Beanpot games
• BC is 20-17 all-time in the Beanpot Championship
• Boston College is 17-31-0 against Boston University in the Beanpot, including a 10-13-0 record in the Beanpot championship
• The Eagles are playing in the Beanpot Championship for the second-straight season, having been defeated by Boston University, 4-1, last year

LAST TIME OUT
• BC dropped a Hockey East contest to Vermont on Friday evening on home ice
• James Hagens scored for the Eagles
• Lukas Gustafsson and Ryan Conmy each had an assist
• Aram Minnetian played in his 100th career game

THE EAGLES
• J. Hagens leads the Eagles in scoring with 29 points on 15 goals and 14 assists
• Letourneau is tied with Hagens for goals with 15 and is second on the team in points with 27
• Jake Sondreal is tied with Hagens for the team lead in assists with 14
• Ryan Conmy and Will Vote are third on the team in goals with eight each
• Nolan Joyce leads the team in blocks with 32 and Minnetian is second with 27
• Louka Cloutier has a 14-7-1 record this season with a .913 save percentage and 2.26 goals against average

WALTER BROWN AWARD SEMIFINALISTS
• Andre Gasseau, J. Hagens, and Teddy Stiga were named semifinalists for the 74th Walter Brown Award
• The Walter Brown Award is presented annually to the best American-born Division I college hockey player in New England.
• The last two Walter Brown Award recipients were Ryan Leonard (2025) and Cutter Gauthier (2024)

A LOOK AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• The Terriers are coming off a 3-2 overtime victory over Maine on Friday evening
• Cole Hutson leads BU in points (25) and assists (17)
• Cole Eiserman has a team-high 11 goals
• Sacha Boisvert, Gavin McCarthy, and Owen McLaughlin each have 11 assists
• Aiden Celebrini and McCarthy both have 51 blocks
• Mikhail Yegorov has played in all 28 games between the pipes and boasts a 2.77 goals against average and a .902 save percentage

SERIES HISTORY
• The Eagles are 137-141-21 all-time against the Terriers
• The two teams met on Jan. 30 at Agganis Arena, where Boston College picked up a 4-1 win
• Gasseau, J. Hagens, and Letourneau each finished with one goal and one assist in that contest
• BC went 2-1 last season against BU, winning both league contests

UP NEXT
• BC takes on Merrimack in a home-and-home series next weekend. The series begins Friday night at Lawler Rink before a Saturday night matchup at Kelley Rink. Both games will be available to watch on ESPN+ and can be heard on WEEI 850 AM.