No. 9 Eagles Come Up Short Against No. 7 Denver

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The No. 9 Boston College men's hockey team's three-game unbeaten run came to an end on Friday evening as they fell to No. 7 Denver, 7-3, at Kelley Rink. Andre Gasseau, Jake Sondreal, and James Hagens each scored for the Eagles.

Boston College drops to 2-2-1 on the season while Denver is now 3-1-1.

BC opened the scoring midway through the opening period when Gasseau put the Eagles in front 1-0. Will Moore, skating down the right side, found Gasseau in the slot, who displayed his hand skills by maneuvering around the DU goaltender and tucking it inside the goal.

The Pioneers equalized minutes later when they won a faceoff in their offensive zone, setting up a shot by Eric Pohlkamp from the blue line.

After Denver took the lead, the Eagles responded 90 seconds later when Sondreal fired one from the left faceoff circle that flew past DU goaltender Quentin Miller.

With the game tied at 2-2 after the opening 20 minutes, Denver exploded for three-straight goals in the middle frame to take a three-goal lead. Boston College cut into the deficit late in the period when Hagens managed to score off-balance from the slot to get the Eagles back into the game.

Denver struck twice more in the third to push their lead back up, including an empty net goal in the final few minutes.

SCORING
1st         9:01    BC       Andre Gasseau (Will Moore, Drew Fortescue)
1st   11:26    DU       Eric Pohlkamp (Boston Buckburger, Clarke Caswell)
1st       17:26    DU       Kristian Epperson (Boston Buckburger)
1st       18:55    BC       Jake Sondreal (Will Vote, Dean Letourneau)
2nd 5:02    DU       Eric Jamieson (Hagen Burrows, Samu Salminen)
2nd 6:38    DU       Sam Harris (Unassisted)
2nd      14:19    DU       Brendan McMorrow (Kieran Cebrian)
2nd      17:03    BC       James Hagens (Aram Minnetian, Teddy Stiga)
3rd       10:14    DU       Jake Fisher (Garrett Brown, Hagen Burrows)
3rd       17:50    DU       Rieger Lorenz (Kieran Cebrian) - ENG

GAME NOTES

Boston College is 16-23-0 all-time against Denver
The Pioneers have won the last four meetings
This was the fifth time this season that it was tied after the first period
Jake Sondreal scored a goal for the second-straight game
James Hagens pushed his point streak to five games
Dean Letourneau extended his point streak to four games
Aram Minnetian picked up his first point of the season

UP NEXT
BC opens Hockey East play next weekend with a home-and-home series against Northeastern. The series opens Thursday at Kelley Rink before the return matchup at Matthews Arena the following night. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m. on ESPN+ along with a radio broadcast on WEEI 850 AM.

No. 9 Eagles Come Up Short Against No. 7 Denver

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Team Stats

James Hagens

Jake Sondreal

Andre Gasseau

Dean Letourneau

Players Mentioned

Drew Fortescue

Andre Gasseau

James Hagens

Dean Letourneau

Aram Minnetian

Will Moore

Jake Sondreal

Teddy Stiga

Will Vote