BOSTON - Jan Korec (Bratislava, Slovakia) earned his first career shutout in his first start of his career as No. 1 Boston College men's hockey team defeated Harvard 5-0 in the Beanpot consolation game on Monday night at TD Garden. The Eagles improved to 21-5-1 overall on the season.
Following a scoreless-first, both teams traded chances to start the second frame until the Eagles netted the game's first goal at 12:00 of the period when Gabe Perreault (Hinsdale, Ill.) finished home a rebound in the paint off of Ryan Leonard's (Amherst, Mass.) shot. The Eagles extended their lead at 19:06 of the period when Cutter Gauthier (Scottsdale, Ariz.) found Oskar Jellvik (Taby, Sweden) in the slot and Jellvik one-timed it past the Harvard netminder. BC added to its lead 15 seconds later off of a Leonard goal from the left circle. The Eagles outshot Harvard 22-6 in the second period.
BC took a 4-0 lead at 7:34 of the third period when Eamon Powell's (Marcellus, N.Y.) shot from the right circle beat the Harvard goalie blocker side. The Eagles added a fifth goal from Will Smith (Lexington, Mass.) at 15:22 of the final frame.
Korec finished with 19 saves, while Derek Mullahy of Harvard stopped 27 shots.
SCORING
1st 12:00 BC Gabe Perreault (Ryan Leonard)
2nd 19:06 BC Oskar Jellvik (Cutter Gauthier, Eamon Powell)
2nd 19:21 BC Leonard (Perreault)
3rd 7:34 BC Powell
3rd 15:22 BC Will Smith (Leonard)
GAME NOTES
- Perreault scored his 13th goal off the season, extending his point streak to 13 games.
- Leonard's assist on Perreault's goal gave him his 19th assist on the season, and extended his point streak to 11 games.
- Jellvik scored his 12th goal of the season, while Gauthier and Powell both earned their 16th assists of the year.
- Leonard netted his 16th goal of the year, giving him four goals in the last six games.
- Perrault earned the lone assist on Leonard's goal, giving him a team-leading 32 assists and 45 points on the season.
- Eamon Powell scored his third goal of the season, and earned his 19th point of the year.
- Will Smith scored his 16th of the year, extending his point streak to 13 games.
- BC's all-freshman line of Leonard, Perreault and Smith has combined for 122 points this season.
- The Eagles outshot the Crimson 34-14.
- The Eagles went 0-3 on the power-play, while the Crimson finished 0-2 on the advantage.
- Jan Korec made his first start and second appearance of the season, finishing with 19 saves.
- The Eagles record improves to 18-2 when scoring first.
- BC improves to 14-2 when outshooting their opponent, and improves to 6-0-1 when held scoreless on the power-play.
UP NEXT
Boston College is on the road Friday night to start a home-and-home weekend against Massachusetts.
