CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – James Hagens scored his second hat trick of the season as the No. 12/13 Boston College men’s hockey team started the weekend with a 5-2 victory over No. 10/11 UConn on Friday night at Kelley Rink. Landan Resendes and Teddy Stiga also both scored for the Eagles. Andre Gasseau and Dean Letourneau each posted three assists, while Ryan Conmy had two assists. Louka Cloutier made 21 saves to earn the win.
Boston College improves to 18-10-1 overall and 12-7-0 in Hockey East, while UConn drops to 17-8-4 overall and 11-6-2 in league play.
J. Hagens opened the scoring for the Eagles late in the first period with a power play goal. After a play along the boards, Letourneau picked up the puck and found J. Hagens by the right faceoff circle. J. Hagens fired a shot towards goal that looked to be saved initially by the goaltender, but took a fortunate bounce that ended up in the back of the goal.
Just minutes later, J. Hagens scored his second of the period to double the Boston College lead. Gasseau won the faceoff in the offensive zone and immediately found Aram Minnetian. Minnetian passed the puck to J. Hagens for the one-timer from the high slot that went into the top corner of the goal.
UConn came flying out of the gates to begin the second period, scoring twice inside the first 3:03 of the frame to tie the game at 2-2.
Boston College regained its lead late in the middle frame when J. Hagens scored his second power play goal of the night. Conmy split the UConn defense to find J. Hagens on the right side for the one-timer into the net to complete the hat trick.
Resendes restored the lead midway through the final period after Gasseau found the freshman at the net front for a top shelf one-timer. Stiga iced the game in the final few minutes with an empty-net goal.
SCORING
1st 15:52 BC James Hagens (Dean Letourneau, Andre Gasseau) – PP
1st 18:49 BC James Hagens (Aram Minnetian, Andre Gasseau)
2nd 0:31 UC Ryan Tattle (Jake Richard)
2nd 3:03 UC Kaden Shahan (Alexandre Blais, Tom Messineo)
2nd 18:01 BC James Hagens (Ryan Conmy, Dean Letourneau) – PP
3rd 11:29 BC Landan Resendes (Andre Gasseau)
3rd 17:32 BC Teddy Stiga (Dean Letourneau, Ryan Conmy) – ENG
GAME NOTES
Boston College improves to 18-10-1 overall and 12-7-0 in Hockey East, while UConn drops to 17-8-4 overall and 11-6-2 in league play.
J. Hagens opened the scoring for the Eagles late in the first period with a power play goal. After a play along the boards, Letourneau picked up the puck and found J. Hagens by the right faceoff circle. J. Hagens fired a shot towards goal that looked to be saved initially by the goaltender, but took a fortunate bounce that ended up in the back of the goal.
Just minutes later, J. Hagens scored his second of the period to double the Boston College lead. Gasseau won the faceoff in the offensive zone and immediately found Aram Minnetian. Minnetian passed the puck to J. Hagens for the one-timer from the high slot that went into the top corner of the goal.
UConn came flying out of the gates to begin the second period, scoring twice inside the first 3:03 of the frame to tie the game at 2-2.
Boston College regained its lead late in the middle frame when J. Hagens scored his second power play goal of the night. Conmy split the UConn defense to find J. Hagens on the right side for the one-timer into the net to complete the hat trick.
Resendes restored the lead midway through the final period after Gasseau found the freshman at the net front for a top shelf one-timer. Stiga iced the game in the final few minutes with an empty-net goal.
SCORING
1st 15:52 BC James Hagens (Dean Letourneau, Andre Gasseau) – PP
1st 18:49 BC James Hagens (Aram Minnetian, Andre Gasseau)
2nd 0:31 UC Ryan Tattle (Jake Richard)
2nd 3:03 UC Kaden Shahan (Alexandre Blais, Tom Messineo)
2nd 18:01 BC James Hagens (Ryan Conmy, Dean Letourneau) – PP
3rd 11:29 BC Landan Resendes (Andre Gasseau)
3rd 17:32 BC Teddy Stiga (Dean Letourneau, Ryan Conmy) – ENG
GAME NOTES
- Boston College moves to 20-8-2 all-time against UConn
- James Hagens scored his second hat trick of the season and is now up to 20 goals on the year
- Hagens has now scored in three straight games and six of the last seven games
- Landan Resendes tallied his third goal of the year
- Teddy Stiga recorded his fifth goal of the campaign
- Andre Gasseau tallied three assists to pick up his sixth multi-point game of the year
- Dean Letourneau finished with a career-high three assists
- Ryan Conmy now has eight assists in his last five games
UP NEXT
BC and UConn face off tomorrow afternoon at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, Connecticut. Puck drop is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on ESPN+ and WEEI 850 AM.
