ST. CLOUD, Minn. - The second-ranked Boston College men's hockey team scored in each period en route to a 4-1 non-conference victory over No. 10 St. Cloud State on Friday evening at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Special teams played a key role as the Eagles scored both a power-play goal and a short-handed goal.
BC improves to 4-1-0 while St. Cloud State drops to 6-2-0.
The Eagles opened the scoring late in the first period when Will Vote (Arlington, Mass.) slotted home his fourth goal of the season. Dean Letourneau (Arnprior, Ontario) won the faceoff in the offensive zone before Vote fired his shot into the top corner.
BC extended the lead early in the second period with a power-play goal. Eamon Powell (Marcellus, N.Y.) found Gabe Perreault (Hinsdale, Ill.), who was able to put the puck past St. Cloud goaltender Isak Posch for his third goal of the campaign.
After the Huskies scored to cut into the Boston College lead, the Eagles responded with a short-handed goal late in the second frame. Playing on the penalty kill, Teddy Stiga (Sudbury, Mass.) followed up a shot by Will Skahan (Woodbury, Minn.) and tucked the rebound into the net.
Perreault tallied an empty net goal with just a few minutes remaining to push the lead to three.
Jacob Fowler (Melbourne, Fla.) made 19 saves to earn his fourth win of the season.
SCORING
1st 17:15 BC Will Vote (Dean Letourneau)
2nd 5:22 BC Gabe Perreault (Eamon Powell, James Hagens) - PP
2nd 6:28 SCSU Daimon Gardner (Gavin Thoreson)
2nd 18:28 BC Teddy Stiga (Will Skahan, Drew Fortescue) - SH
3rd 17:15 BC Perreault (J. Hagens, Ryan Leonard)
GAME NOTES
- The Boston College penalty kill remains a perfect 10-10 this season
- Vote scored his team-high fourth goal of the season
- Letourneau recorded his first collegiate point with an assist on the first goal
- Fortescue registered his first point of the season
- Hagens pushes his point streak to five games
- Stiga scored for the second-straight game
- Stiga's point streak extends to four games
- The last time BC scored a power-play goal and a short-handed goal in the same game since Dec. 1, 2023 against Northeastern
- Vote and Perreault are now tied for the team-lead in goals with four
- Perreault recorded his third-straight multi-point game
- Hagens registered his second multi-point game of the season
UP NEXT
Boston College and St. Cloud State face off again on Saturday evening. Puck drop is slated for 6 p.m. CT and the game will be available to stream on NCHC.tv.
