#17 Wildcats Fall to #1 Boston College

Friday, February 9

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

14-10-1, 7-7-1

Boston College

20-5-1, 13-3-1

New Hampshire

Boston College

Harrison Blaisdell

2/9/2024 10:02:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Blaisdell scores his sixth goal of the season.

By: UNH Wildcats

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The No. 17 University of New Hampshire men's hockey team fell No. 1 Boston College, 6-1, on Friday night at Conte Forum in Hockey East action.

With the loss, the Wildcats fall to 14-10-1 (7-7-1 Hockey East), while the Eagles improve to 20-5-1 (13-3-1 Hockey East).

UP NEXT:

The Wildcats return to action on Saturday, Feb. 10 when they play at Merrimack at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
UNH will return home for the Battle Border presented by Buffalo Wild Wings when the 'Cats take on No. 7 Maine on Feb. 16-17 for White Out the Whitt at 7 p.m. Both games are sold out. Friday will be on NESN and is presented by Buffalo Wild Wings, while Saturday is presented by Eastern Propane & Oil. Both games will also be shown on ESPN+.
The Wildcats will then play three more home regular season games versus UMass (Feb. 24), Boston College (March 1) and UMass Lowell (March 9).
Go to UNHWildcats.com/Tickets.or call the ticket office at (603) 862-4000 to catch the most exciting family entertainment in New Hampshire.

Score: #1 Boston College 6, #17 New Hampshire 1
Records: UNH (14-10-1, 7-7-1 Hockey East); BC (20-5-1, 13-3-1 Hockey East)
Location: Chestnut Hill, Mass. (Conte Forum)
Date: Friday, Feb. 9, 2024

HOW IT HAPPENED:

BC went out to a 3-0 lead in the first period with a goal by Cutter Gauthier (1:07) and power play goals by Jack Malone (2:36) and Ryan Leonard (4:35).
The Eagles made it a 4-0 contest at 11:47 of the second period when Will Smith found the back of the net on the power play.
At 4:55 of the third period, junior forward Robert Cronin (Plymouth, Mass.) sent the faceoff to senior assistant captain Harrison Blaisdell (Regina, Saskatchewan) who blasted a one-timer to the back of the net to make the score 4-1. The goal was Blaisdell's sixth of the season. Blaisdell and Cronin extended their points streaks to five games.
But Malone then scored his second goal of the game at 5:46 and Gauthier netted his second at 16:40 on the man-advantage for the 6-1 final.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

UNH outshot BC, 31-27.
The Wildcats went 0-3 on the power play and the Eagles went 4-7 on the power play.
Junior goalie Jakob Hellsten (Ljusdal, Sweden) recorded 21 saves for the Wildcats and is now 9-7-1 on the year, while Jabob Fowler tallied 30 saves for the Eagles and improved to 20-5-1.