Durham, New Hampshire – Eamon Powell scored the winning goal for the Eagles as the 17th-ranked University of New Hampshire men's hockey team lost 1-0 to No. 1 Boston College on Sunday at Conte Forum in the Hockey East.
junior goalkeeper Jacob Hellsten (Rysdal, Sweden) The Wildcats made 20 saves.
With this loss, the Wildcats drop to 17-14-1 (10-11-1 Hockey East), while the Eagles fall to 27-5-1 (19-3-1 Hockey East). They moved up the standings and won the regular season championship.
next:
· UNH concludes the regular season with a home-and-home series against Massachusetts Lowell on Friday and Saturday, March 8 and 9 on NESN and ESPN+. Friday at the Tsongas Center at 7:15 p.m., and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Durham's Senior Night hosted by Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare.
go to UNHWildcats.com/TicketsOr call the box office at (603) 862-4000 to see New Hampshire's most exciting family entertainment.
Score: #1 Boston College 1, #17 UNH 0
record: UNH (17-14-1, 10-11-1 Hockey East); BC (27-5-1 Hockey East, 19-3-1 Hockey East)
position: Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (Conte Forum)
date: Sunday, March 3, 2024
Attendance: 5,402
How it happened:
· The first period was scoreless as UNH outscored BC 14-7, with the Cats going 0-for-2 on the power play and the Eagles going 0-for-1.
· The game remained scoreless after two periods with the Cats going 0-2 on the man advantage and BC 0-1, with both teams hitting five shots in the second set.
· BC took a 1-0 lead when Powell scored on a backhander at 7:22 of the third period.
· The Wildcats found the back of the net with 2:13 left in the third period, but were unable to score the tying goal, with the final score at 1-0.
Inside the numbers:
· UNH defeated Boston College 27-21.
· The Wildcats went 0-4 on the power play and the Eagles went 0-2.
· Hellsten made 20 saves for the Wildcats, who fell to 12-11-1 on the year, while Jacob Fowler made 27 saves and improved to 26-5-1.
