CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The Boston College men's hockey team defended its home ice on Wednesday evening with a 2-1 overtime victory against UConn in midweek Hockey East action.
BC improves to 11-3-0 overall and 5-2-0 in Hockey East, while UConn moves to 7-7-1 overall and 4-6-1 in league play.
Neither team was able to break the tie in the third, sending the game to overtime. After a save from Jacob Fowler (Melbourne, Fla.), Teddy Stiga (Sudbury, Mass.) passed the puck forward into the neutral zone for James Hagens (Hauppauge, N.Y.). Hagens skated his way into the offensive zone, and fired a shot high and past UConn goaltender Callum Tong to seal the victory for BC.
The Eagles wasted little time opening the scoring, as Stiga tallied the opener just under six minutes into the contest. A pass from Drew Fortescue (Pearl River, N.Y.) took a fortunate deflection off a UConn defender that fell to Gabe Perreault (Hinsdale, Ill.). Perreault immediately found Stiga in front of the net for the tap in.
The Huskies tied it up midway through the second with a short-handed goal from Ryan Tattle.
Fowler made 23 saves on the night to pick up the win. Tung made 41 saves for the Huskies.
SCORING
1st 5:48 BC Teddy Stiga (Gabe Perreault, Drew Fortescue)
2nd 7:40 UConn Ryan Tattle (Hudson Schandor) - SH
OT 1:34 BC James Hagens (Stiga, Jacob Fowler)
GAME NOTES
- The BC penalty kill went 3-for-3 tonight, making them 33-for-33 for the season
- The Eagles have now won 17 straight games at home dating back to last season, one shy of tying the program record
- Teddy Stiga scored his fourth goal of the season
- Gabe Perreault tallied his team-high and league-leading 15th assist of the campaign
- James Hagens scored for the second-straight game
- Hagens scored the first game-winning goal of his collegiate career
- Jacob Fowler recorded his first assist of the season and second of his career
- Stiga finished with two points for the second-straight game
UP NEXT
BC is set to take on UMass Lowell in a home-and-home series to begin Friday at the Tsongas Center at 7:15 and conclude on Monday at Kelley Rink at 7 p.m. Both games will be streamed live on ESPN+.
