CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College men’s hockey team hosts Vermont for a two-game league series this Thursday and Friday at Kelley Rink. Both games will be available to watch on ESPN+ and can be heard on WEEI 850 AM. Friday’s game will also be available to watch regionally on NESN.
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles sit at 2-4-1 after splitting the previous weekend against Northeastern
• Boston College is receiving votes in both national polls
• Vermont is currently 4-3-0 overall with a 3-1-0 league record
LOOKING BACK AT THE HOCKEY EAST OPENING SERIES
• BC claimed a 3-2 overtime victory over Northeastern on Friday before dropping a 4-3 decision in overtime to the Huskies on Saturday
• Dean Letourneau scored his first career game-winning goal on Friday night, while Matias Vanhanen and Ryan Conmy both scored for the Eagles as well
• Louka Cloutier stopped 16 shots to earn his second win of the campaign
• Letourneau tallied a power play goal on Saturday to open the scoring
• Alex Pelletier scored his first collegiate goal and ended with three points after also recording two assists
THE EAGLES
• Letourneau leads the Eagles in scoring with 10 points on five goals and five assists and is currently on a seven-game point streak
• Vanhanen is second on the team in goals (3) and points (7)
• Luka Radivojevic has a team-high six assists
• Kristian Kostadinski leads BC in blocks with 15, while Carson Woodall and Radivojevic both have 10
• Cloutier has played six games in goal and has a 2.48 goals against average and a .902 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 VERMONT
• Vermont enters the weekend with a 4-3-0 overall record and a 3-1-0 league record
• The Catamounts swept UNH last weekend, picking up back-to-back 3-2 wins
• UVM also split a weekend series against Boston University in mid-October to open their Hockey East slate
• Mathias Loiselle has a team-high five points on two goals and three assists
• Zachary Filak and Michael Hagens are tied with Loiselle for the most goals on the team
• Jacob Oster has started six games between the pipes, posting a .941 save percentage and a 1.64 goals against average
SERIES HISTORY AGAINST THE CATAMOUNTS
• The Eagles are 56-19-8 all-time against the Catamounts
• BC went 2-1 against Vermont during the 2025-26 season, sweeping a weekend series in early November before dropping the home game in February
• Landan Resendes scored the game-winning goal in the 2-1 win to open the season series
• Five different players scored the following night and Louka Cloutier recorded his first career shutout with 21 saves
UP NEXT
• The Eagles play a home-and-home weekend series against UMass next week. The series begins Friday night at UMass before the return fixture at Kelley Rink the following night. Both games are slated for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop.
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles sit at 2-4-1 after splitting the previous weekend against Northeastern
• Boston College is receiving votes in both national polls
• Vermont is currently 4-3-0 overall with a 3-1-0 league record
LOOKING BACK AT THE HOCKEY EAST OPENING SERIES
• BC claimed a 3-2 overtime victory over Northeastern on Friday before dropping a 4-3 decision in overtime to the Huskies on Saturday
• Dean Letourneau scored his first career game-winning goal on Friday night, while Matias Vanhanen and Ryan Conmy both scored for the Eagles as well
• Louka Cloutier stopped 16 shots to earn his second win of the campaign
• Letourneau tallied a power play goal on Saturday to open the scoring
• Alex Pelletier scored his first collegiate goal and ended with three points after also recording two assists
THE EAGLES
• Letourneau leads the Eagles in scoring with 10 points on five goals and five assists and is currently on a seven-game point streak
• Vanhanen is second on the team in goals (3) and points (7)
• Luka Radivojevic has a team-high six assists
• Kristian Kostadinski leads BC in blocks with 15, while Carson Woodall and Radivojevic both have 10
• Cloutier has played six games in goal and has a 2.48 goals against average and a .902 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 VERMONT
• Vermont enters the weekend with a 4-3-0 overall record and a 3-1-0 league record
• The Catamounts swept UNH last weekend, picking up back-to-back 3-2 wins
• UVM also split a weekend series against Boston University in mid-October to open their Hockey East slate
• Mathias Loiselle has a team-high five points on two goals and three assists
• Zachary Filak and Michael Hagens are tied with Loiselle for the most goals on the team
• Jacob Oster has started six games between the pipes, posting a .941 save percentage and a 1.64 goals against average
SERIES HISTORY AGAINST THE CATAMOUNTS
• The Eagles are 56-19-8 all-time against the Catamounts
• BC went 2-1 against Vermont during the 2025-26 season, sweeping a weekend series in early November before dropping the home game in February
• Landan Resendes scored the game-winning goal in the 2-1 win to open the season series
• Five different players scored the following night and Louka Cloutier recorded his first career shutout with 21 saves
UP NEXT
• The Eagles play a home-and-home weekend series against UMass next week. The series begins Friday night at UMass before the return fixture at Kelley Rink the following night. Both games are slated for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop.
