Wildcats Defeated By #16 BC, 5-2

Sunday, January 14

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

9-11-2 (4-7-1HEA)

Boston College

11-9-3 (11-4-0HEA)

Team	1	2	3	F
New Hampshire	1	1	0	2
Boston College	1	3	1	5

Junior Ara Nazarian now has six goals this season.

Photo by: Joey Walker

1/14/2018 11:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score Video Highlights

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. –Graham McPhee scored two goals for the Eagles as the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team fell to No. 16 Boston College, 5-2, on Sunday afternoon at the Conte Forum. Freshman Benton Maass (Elk River, Minn) and junior Ara Nazarian (Boxford, Mass.) each posted a goal for the Wildcats.

UP NEXT

The Wildcats return to action for a two-game series on Friday, Jan. 19 (7:00 p.m.) and Saturday, Jan. 20 (7:30 p.m.) as they hit the road to play Maine at Alfond Arena.

NEXT HOME GAME (UConn-Jan. 26):

After UNH plays two games at Maine on Jan. 19-20, the Wildcats will return to the Whittemore Center on Friday, Jan. 26, to take on UConn at 7:00 p.m. The game will be First Responders Night and hot dogs will only be $1. There will also be a Coach Umile Milestones Poster giveaway. Tickets can be purchased at the Whittemore Center Box Office, online at UNHWildcats.com or by calling 603-862-4000.

Score: #16 Boston College 5, New Hampshire 2
Records: UNH (9-11-2, 4-7-1 HEA); BC (11-9-3, 11-4-0 HEA)
Location: Chestnut Hill, Mass. (Conte Forum)
Date: Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Attendance: 5,094

HOW IT HAPPENED

BC opened the scoring at 14:08 of the first period. Graham McPhee knocked in the puck from right in front of the net on the lower glove side of senior goaltender Danny Tirone (Trumbull, Conn.) off a breakaway.
UNH got on the board at 18:27 of the first period as Maass sent a wrist shot from the left face-off circle to the upper glove side of Joseph Woll for a power-play goal. Senior Michael McNicholas (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and freshman Max Gildon (Plano, Texas) added the assists.
The Eagles struck early in the second period at 1:11 as David Cotton sent a one-timer from the slot past the glove side of Tirone, with assists from Logan Hutsko and Michael Kim to make the score 2-1.
BC extended its lead to 3-1 at 5:16 of the second period when JD Dudek netted a one-timer over the high stick side with Casey Carreau and Christopher Grando dishing the assists.
At 14:24 of the second period, McPhee scored his second goal of the game for the Eagles, pouncing on a loose puck to put BC up 4-1.
The Wildcats cut the deficit to 4-2 at 17:13 of the second period when junior Ara Nazarian (Boxford, Mass.) netted a low stick-side goal off a tipped pass from junior Marcus Vela (Burnaby, British Columbia) and sophomore Anthony Wyse (Newton, Mass.)
Jacob Tortora scored off assists from Grando and Dudek at 14:06 of the third period for the final score of 5-2.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

BC outshot UNH, 29-22.
Both the Wildcats and the Eagles went 1-5 on the power play.
BC secured 33 face-offs, while UNH won 27.
Tirone made 24 saves, while Woll posted 20 for BC.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

Tirone set the school record for a career games played as a goalie with 113 games. He passes Kevin Regan (2005-2008) who played in 112 games.
Nazarian's goal was his sixth of the season.
McNicholas is on a three-game point streak as he has posted five assists over the last three games for a team-best 22 points this season.

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