AMHERST, Mass. – No. 12/13 University of Massachusetts hockey suffered a 4-0 defeat to No. 18/16 Boston College Saturday night at the Mullins Centre. the loss drops the Minutemen to 7-6-0 overall and 1-4-0 in Hockey East play, while the Eagles improve to 6-4-1 and 4-2-0 in conference action.
UMass head coach Greg Carvel noted, “That was the kind of effort I was hoping for from our team tonight after last night. I thought we played a solid game. It was a game of which team was going to get a bounce or deflection.We had some chances early in the game. It would have been nice to score early and maybe it takes the game on a different course, but it was tight checking. Both teams just dumping and trying to earn it back. They get a couple pucks to the net with some deflections and that was a difference in the game, but I was happy with our group tonight.”
Boston College broke the scoreless tie with 14:28 elapsed in the second period. Will Vote and luka Radivojevic assisted on a goal by Paul Davey,whose shot from the right wing deflected off a player in front and into the net.
The Eagles extended their lead to 2-0 at 6:59 of the third period. Jake Sondreal scored after receiving passes from Drew Fortescue and Ryan conmy. Sondreal added another goal at the 11:41 mark, tapping in a rebound following a wrap-around attempt by Dean Letourneau, with Ryan Conmy earning a secondary assist.
Ryan Conmy completed the scoring with an empty-net goal from Drew Fortescue at 15:16.
Boston College outshot UMass 35-32. The Minutemen went 0-for-3 on the power play, while the Eagles did not have any power play opportunities.
UMass goaltender Jackson Irving made 31 saves, while Louka Cloutier recorded a 32-save shutout for Boston College.
