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Junior forward Colby Ambrosio scored two goals for the Eagles
Ambrosio Scores Twice as Boston College Tops New Hampshire, 4-2
Junior forward Colby Ambrosio scored two goals for the Eagles

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. - Boston College went on the road and earned a 4-2 victory over New Hampshire in the Hockey East opener for both teams on Saturday night at the Whittemore Center. The win marked Greg Brown's first as The Schiller Family Head Hockey Coach.

Junior Colby Ambrosio scored twice for the Eagles (1-1-0, 1-0-0 HEA), including an empty-netter in the closing minutes to seal all three league points. Senior Mitch Andres scored his first collegiate goal and added an assist for his first multi-point performance.

Graduate transfer Mitch Benson posted his first win in a Boston College sweater, stopping 29 of the 31 New Hampshire shots he faced.

The Wildcats opened the scoring at the 8:18 mark of the first period when Liam Devlin fired a shot high blocker side through a partial screen on the power play.

Andres tied the game at 14:08 as the senior assistant captain collected the puck along the left half wall and threw the puck off a UNH defenseman to beat David Fessenden (26 saves). Fellow assistant captain Trevor Kuntar picked up the lone assist on the play.

Boston College earned its first lead near the midway point of the night when Ambrosio took a clean faceoff win from Cam Burke at the top of the right circle and quickly found the bottom right corner.

Andres collected his second point of the night at 17:23, wristing a shot on net from the right wing that deflected off both Matt Argentina and Liam Izyk with the latter claiming his eighth career goal.

Kalle Eriksson pulled a goal back for UNH with seven minutes to play on a point shot that beat Benson glove side through traffic.

The schools meet again next Sunday afternoon on the Heights at 1 p.m. Prior to that, BC travels to Matthews Arena on Tuesday for a non-conference matchup against Northeastern at 7 p.m.