#1 Boston College: No.1/1, 28-5-1, 20-3-1 HEA
#8 Connecticut: NR, 15-18-2, 9-14-1 HEA
Saturday, March 16th: 7:30 p.m., Kelly Link (Chestnut Hill, Mass.)
TV (stream): NESN+ (ESPN+)
Eric Galanti (play-by-play), Jim Connelly (analyst), Laura Stickels (reporter)
wireless: WEEI 850 AM, National Team App, BCEAgles.com/Watch
John Risch (commentary), Andy Powers (analyst)
Live statistics: Saturday
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts — The Boston College Eagles, the Hockey East regular-season champions and the tournament's top seed, will win their second trophy in a quarterfinal game against No. 8 seed Connecticut on Saturday at Kelly Rink at 7:30 p.m. Begin your quest to acquire. The Eagles finished the regular season with 13 consecutive wins in Hockey East competition. It was the longest winning streak in league play since the Eagles won 12 straight in the 2012-13 season. BC won the Hockey Eastern Tournament his championship a league-best 11 times. He last won in 2012. The Eagles have a 76-37-2 record in the tournament, and he will face UConn in the tournament for the first time since joining the league in the 2014-15 season.
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• cutter gautier He is the Hockey East and NCAA goals leader with 32 goals. He is the first Eagle player to reach 30 goals in a season since Hobey Baker Award winner Johnny Gaudreau in 2013-14. His 32 goals tied him with four players for the 17th-most goals in a season, including most recently Jeff Farkes (1999-00), who finished the season with 32 goals.
• cutter gautier He posted a score line of 11-10-21 against BU at the Beanpot (2/5), marking a career-high 14-game scoring streak. He bounced back from a broken winning streak with a four-point, two-goal performance against No. 17 New Hampshire (2/9).
• Gauthier had his first career hat trick against Merrimack (1/19).
• Gauthier's 10 power play goals are second most in Hockey East and most in the NCAA with six.
hockey east awards
• Five Eagles were recognized in the first round of Hockey East postseason awards announced March 13.senior captain Eamonn Powellalong with Massachusetts defenseman Ryan Ufko, received the Len Ceglarski Individual Sportsmanship Award.
• The Eagles earned four of the six spots on the All-Rookie team.forward ryan leonard and Gabe Perrault Both selections were unanimous.line mate Will Smith and the goalkeeper jacob fowler He also earned a spot on the team.
Top freshmen
• will smith's with 39 assists Gabe Perrault's The 35 are the third- and fifth-most in a freshman season in B.C. Hall of Famer Brian Leitch (1986-87) trails the pair in fourth place with his 38.
• Smith's 57 points rank fourth and Perreault's 50 points rank sixth among freshmen all-time.
• ryan leonard He scored 25 goals, passing Johnny Gaudreau (2011-12) for the fifth-most goals in a season by a freshman in BC.
captain
• Eamonn Powell set career highs with five goals, 23 assists, and 28 points. He had a goal and an assist against Merrimack (3/9), snapping a 12-game point streak.
• He had 18 points with four goals and 14 assists during that span.
• Powell scored his only goal against UNH (3/3), clinching a spot in the Hockey East regular season.
• His 28 points are the most of any BC defenseman, and his 35 blocked shots rank fourth.
a really special team
• Boston College's penalty kill rate is among the best in the nation at 90.3%.
• BC ranked second in the Hockey East on the power play with a click rate of 27.0%.
• PP ranks fifth in the nation and has converted in 24 games this season.
• BC has scored 26 goals on the power play in its past 22 games, including a season-high four PPG goals against New Hampshire (2/9).
BC-UCONN series
• Saturday will be the 27th time in history that Boston College and Connecticut will meet.
• Boston College leads the series all-time with a record of 17-7-2. All will take place during Hockey East regular season games.
• The Eagles won the home-and-home series in November, winning 5-4 in overtime at home, followed by a 3-0 shutout victory on the road. cutter gautier He scored a total of three goals over the weekend, including the OT winner.
• BC Head Coach greg brown and UW head coach Mike Kavanaugh, who co-coached Jerry York's staff from 2004 to 2013.
• There are two people from the Nutmeg Province in B.C. charlie lady (Fairfield) and paul davie (Greenwich).
