Men's Hockey Edged at No. 4 Boston College, 4-3

Friday, February 5

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

7:00 PM

University of New Hampshire

9-14-4 (3-8-4HEA)

Boston College

19-4-4 (11-1-4HEA)

New Hampshire

Boston College

Photo by: Gil Talbot

2/5/2016 10:10:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

GAME INFORMATION
Date: February 5, 2016 (7:00 p.m.)
Score: No. 4 Boston College 4, New Hampshire 3
New Records: Boston College (19-4-4, 11-1-4 HE) // New Hampshire (9-14-4, 3-8-4)
Location: Conte Forum (Chestnut Hill, Mass.)
Attendance: 5,403 (7,884 capacity)
Goal Scorers: New Hampshire – Kyle Smith, Andrew Poturalski, Dan Correale
Boston College – Austin Cangelosi, Zach Sanford, Michael Kim, Adam Gilmour
Goaltenders: UNH - Danny Tirone (7-13-4) 34 saves (18 | 7 | 9 - 58:42)
Boston College – Thatcher Demko (18-4-3) 35 saves (11 | 11 | 13 - 60:00)
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WHAT HAPPENED
The Eagles took a 1-0 lead at 3:54 of the second period while on a power play. The goal came when Casey Fitzgerald played a pass to Scott Savage near the point. Savage took a shot on net that was redirected by Austin Cangelosi and into the net.

BC took a 2-0 lead 40 seconds later on a goal by Zach Sanford. Michael Kim dumped the puck into the UNH zone to Teddy Doherty along the boards to the right of UNH netminder Danny Tirone (Trumbull, Conn.). Doherty played the puck to Sanford who was able to fake Tirone to his left and scoot the puck into the net behind him.

Wildcat senior forward Kyle Smith (Lumberton, N.J.) scored his third goal in two games at 16:48 of the second period to cut BC's lead to 2-1. The play came when freshman Marcus Vela (Burnaby, British Columbia) won a puck battle along the boards and sent a pass to junior blueliner Matias Cleland (Longmont, Colo.) who ripped a shot in on net. The shot was blocked by the BC defense, but Smith followed up and put the puck away for his sixth goal of the season.

Sophomore forward Andrew Poturalski (Williamsville, N.Y.) tied the game at 2-2 at the 7:52 mark of the third period with his 20^th goal of the season. Junior forward Tyler Kelleher (Longmeadow, Mass.) swatted a pass by the Eagles in the UNH zone down and senior forward Dan Correale (Prince George, British Columbia) corralled it and skated into the neutral zone with it. He played a pass to Poturalski. After a puck battle along the boards, Correale came away with the puck and sent it to Poturalski in front of the net who buried his shot.

The Eagles went up 4-2 with a pair of goals less than one minute apart. Michael Kim scored the third goal of the night for BC at 9:33 and was assisted by Alex Tuch and Steve Santini on the play. At 10:24, Adam Gilmour beat Tirone high on his glove side after being assisted by Chris Brown and Scott Savage.

Correale brought the Wildcats to within one at 11:13 of the third period with his 16^th goal of the season. Kelleher played a pass to Poturalski behind the net to start the play. Poturalski sent a pass to Correale whose initial shot was saved by BC netminder Thatcher Demko, but while on the ice, Correale swung around and backhanded the puck into the goal.

PENALTIES
New Hampshire: 5 penalties - 10 minutes
Boston College: 5 penalties - 10 minutes

SPECIAL TEAMS
New Hampshire: 0-for-5
Boston College: 1-for-4

NEW HAMPSHIRE LEADERS
Points: Dan Correale (2), Tyler Kelleher (2), Andrew Poturalski (2)
Goals: Kyle Smith (1), Andrew Poturalski (1), Dan Correale (1)
Assists: Tyler Kelleher (2)
Shots: Andrew Poturalski (6), Harry Quast (6)

BOSTON COLLEGE LEADERS
Points: Michael Kim (2), Scott Savage (2)
Goals: Austin Cangelosi (1), Zach Sanford (1), Michael Kim (1), Adam Gilmour (1)
Assists: Scott Savage (2)

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