Eagles Fall to Northeastern on Friday

BOSTON – The No.11/10 Boston College men's hockey team fell to Northeastern, 3-0, on Friday evening in its final ever trip to the historic Matthews Arena. The Eagles held a 32-22 shots on target advantage, including 13 in the final frame, and went 25-20 on faceoffs, led by James Hagens who went 11-4 from the dot. Louka Cloutier made 19 saves on the night.

Boston College moves to 2-4-1 overall and 0-2-0 in Hockey East while Northeastern improves to 5-1-0 and 3-0-0 in league play.

Neither team was able to find the breakthrough over the first 20 minutes, with both teams tallying seven shots on target.

The Huskies took advantage of a man-up opportunity early in the middle frame, scoring on the power play inside the first two minutes of the second period through Amine Hajibi. Northeastern doubled its lead midway through the second period when James Fisher finished from close range. The Huskies pushed the lead to three early in the third period after following up on a loose puck around the crease.

After the Eagles were handed a five-minute major, they immediately killed off the penalty and allowed just two shots on target over that span.

BC outshot Northeastern 13-5 in the final period, but all the attempts were turned away by the Huskies goaltender Lawton Zacher.

SCORING
2nd 1:43    NU       Amine Hajibi (Vinny Borgesi, Joaquim Lemay) - PP
2nd      13:50    NU       James Fisher (Dylan Finley, Andy Moore)
3rd 4:13    NU       Giacomo Martino (Tyler Fukakusa, Jacob Mathieu)

GAME NOTES

Boston College is now 117-64-18 all-time against Northeastern
This marks the first road loss of the year for the Eagles
This is the sixth time this season in which the game was tied at the end of the first period
The Eagles have outshot their opponent in five of the seven games this season

UP NEXT
BC heads to Vermont next weekend for two games starting next Friday at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Both games will be streamed live on ESPN+ and a radio broadcast will be available on WEEI 850 AM.

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Team Stats

Lukas Gustafsson

Dean Letourneau

James Hagens

Will Vote

Players Mentioned

Louka Cloutier

James Hagens