2017–18 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season

The 2017–18 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team represented Boston College in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team was coached by Jerry York, '67, his twenty-fourth season behind the bench at Boston College. The Eagles played their home games at Kelley Rink on the campus of Boston College, competing in Hockey East.

2017–18 Boston College Eagles
men's ice hockey season
Hockey East, Regular Season Champions
Conference1st Hockey East
Home iceKelley Rink
Rankings
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports#19 (Final)
USA Today/USA Hockey MagazineRV (Final)
Record
Overall20–14–3
(18–6–0)
Home11–5–2
Road9–5–0
Neutral0–4–1
Coaches and captains
Head coachJerry York
Assistant coachesGreg Brown
Mike Ayers
Marty McInnis
Captain(s)Casey Fitzgerald
Michael Kim
Christopher Brown
Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey seasons
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The Eagles competed in two mid-season tournaments during the 2017–18 season, the first of which took place during the holiday break, where the Eagles made the trip to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada for the inaugural Ice Vegas Invitational on January 5 and 6. The Eagles fell 4–3 to the Michigan Tech Huskies in the opening round, and officially tied the Northern Michigan Wildcats in the consolation round by a score of 3–3, with the Wildcats winning the unofficial shootout to take third place. For their second tournament of the season, the Eagles played in the 66th Annual Beanpot Tournament at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on February 5 and 12. Boston College faced Northeastern in the opening round, losing 3–0, and fell 5–4 in overtime to Harvard in the consolation game, finishing fourth place for the second consecutive year.

The Eagles finished the season 20-14-3, and 18-6-0 in conference play, winning the conference regular season title. They advanced to the Semifinals of the Hockey East tournament, where they were beaten by eventual champions Boston University. The Eagles, having failed to secure an auto-bid by virtue of winning the Hockey East tournament, did not attend the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.

Previous season recap

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The Eagles entered the 2017–18 season following a semi-disappointing year. While attaining a share of the Hockey East regular season title with their strong 21–15–4 record, they missed out on participating in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009 after falling in the Hockey East Tournament championship to UMass Lowell. Additionally, they failed to secure any mid-season tournament title, placing third in the Ice Breaker Tournament and Three Rivers Classic, and placing fourth in the Beanpot tournament.

Departures

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Five Senior Eagles graduated in May:

  • Chris Calnan – F (Captain)
  • Austin Cangelosi – F (Assistant)
  • Ryan Fitzgerald – F (Assistant)
  • Matt Gaudreau – F
  • Scott Savage – D

One Underclassmen left the program early to sign with their drafted teams in the NHL:

Additional:

  • Chris Shero – F – Not retained on roster from previous season

Recruiting

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Boston College adds six freshmen and one graduate transfer for the 2017–18 season: five forwards, and two defensemen.

Player Position Nationality Notes
Michael Karow Defenseman   United States Green Bay, WI; Drafted 126th overall by the Arizona Coyotes in the 2017 Draft.
Logan Hutsko Forward   United States Tampa, Fl; Played for the US-NTDP of the USHL.
Casey Carreau Forward   United States Acushnet, MA; Played for Thayer Academy of the USHS-MA.
Jacob Tortora Forward   United States Victor, NY; Played for the US-NTDP of the USHL.
Christopher Grando Forward   United States Islip, NY; Played for the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL.
Aapeli Räsänen Forward   Finland Tampere, Finland; Drafted 153rd overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2016 Draft.
Kevin Lohan Defenseman   United States Cold Spring Harbor, NY; Graduate senior; transferred from Michigan of the B1G conference.

2017–2018 roster

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2017–18 Eagles

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As of September 12, 2017.[1]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
2   Michael Karow Freshman D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-12-18 Green Bay, Wisconsin Youngstown (USHL) ARI, 126th overall 2017
3   Luke McInnis Sophomore D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1998-07-29 Hingham, Massachusetts Youngstown (USHL)
4   Michael Kim (C) Junior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995-06-28 Toronto, Ontario Boston Jr. Bruins (USPHL)
5   Casey Fitzgerald (C) Junior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1997-02-25 North Reading, Massachusetts USNTDP (USHL) BUF, 86th overall 2016
7   Connor Moore Sophomore D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1997-07-04 Cumming, Georgia Youngstown (USHL)
8   Jesper Mattila Sophomore D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1997-10-09 Tampere, Finland Ilves U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
9   Logan Hutsko Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1999-02-11 Tampa, Florida USNTDP (USHL)
10   Christopher Brown (C) Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1996-02-22 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Tri-City (USHL) BUF, 151st overall 2014
12   Mike Booth Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1996-03-20 Cary, Illinois South Shore (USPHL)
14   Zach Walker Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-08-02 Boise, Idaho USNTDP (USHL)
15   J. D. Dudek Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1996-01-29 Auburn, New Hampshire Chicago (USHL) NJD, 152nd overall 2014
17   David Cotton Sophomore F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 204 lb (93 kg) 1997-07-09 Parker, Texas Waterloo (USHL) CAR, 169th overall 2015
18   Casey Carreau Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1998-03-08 Acushnet, Massachusetts Thayer (USHS–MA)
19   Jacob Tortora Freshman F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 162 lb (73 kg) 1999-07-25 Victor, New York USNTDP (USHL)
20   Mike Merulla Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1996-01-26 Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Aston (NAHL)
21   Christopher Grando Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1998-08-22 Islip, New York Green Bay (USHL)
22   Aapeli Räsänen Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1998-06-01 Tampere, Finland Sioux City (USHL) EDM, 153rd overall 2016
24   Kevin Lohan Senior (RS) D 6' 5" (1.96 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1993-10-01 Cold Spring Harbor, New York Michigan (Big Ten)
26   Julius Mattila Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1997-10-09 Tampere, Finland Ilves U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
27   Graham McPhee Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 1998-07-24 Bethesda, Maryland USNTDP (USHL) EDM, 149th overall 2016
28   Ron Greco Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1995-03-20 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia (USPHL)
29   Ian Milosz Junior G 6' 7" (2.01 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1995-05-08 North Grafton, Massachusetts Boston (USPHL)
31   Joseph Woll Sophomore G 6' 4" (1.93 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1998-07-12 St. Louis, Missouri USNTDP (USHL) TOR, 62nd overall 2016
35   Ryan Edquist Sophomore G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 171 lb (78 kg) 1998-01-28 Lakeville, Minnesota Madison (USHL)

Coaching staff

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Name Position Seasons at
Boston College
Alma Mater
Jerry York Head Coach 24 Boston College (1967)
Greg Brown Associate Head Coach 14 Boston College (1990)
Mike Ayers Assistant coach 5 University of New Hampshire (2004)
Marty McInnis Assistant coach 5 Boston College (1992)

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#19 Boston College 24 18 6 0 36 79 53 37 20 14 3 108 99
#11 Northeastern 24 15 6 3 33 79 49 38 23 10 5 136 81
#7 Providence 24 13 7 4 30 70 50 40 24 12 4 117 85
#10 Boston University* 24 12 8 4 28 72 60 40 22 14 4 124 105
Connecticut 24 11 12 1 23 70 62 36 15 19 2 100 102
Maine 24 10 11 3 23 65 74 38 18 16 4 117 115
Massachusetts–Lowell 24 11 13 0 22 68 75 36 17 19 0 101 99
Massachusetts 24 9 13 2 20 60 74 39 17 20 2 104 119
Vermont 24 6 12 6 18 51 75 37 10 20 7 79 112
Merrimack 24 7 15 2 16 51 70 37 12 21 4 83 105
New Hampshire 24 5 14 5 15 48 71 36 10 20 6 88 104
Championship: March 17, 2018
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2018

Schedule

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Regular season

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
September 30 7:00 pm vs. New Brunswick* #13 Warrior Ice ArenaBoston, Massachusetts   W 4–2  323 0–0–0 (0–0–0)
Regular Season
October 6 7:00 pm #14 Quinnipiac* #13 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 T 1–1 OT 5,436 0–0–1 (0–0–0)
October 13 7:00 pm #10 Wisconsin* #13 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 L 2–5  5,108 0–1–1 (0–0–0)
October 15 5:00 pm at #9 Providence #13 Schneider ArenaProvidence, Rhode Island   W 4–3 OT 3,030 1–1–1 (1–0–0)
October 20 8:30 pm at #3 St. Cloud State* #13 Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterSt. Cloud, Minnesota   L 2–5  3,778 1–2–1 (1–0–0)
October 21 8:00 pm at #3 St. Cloud State* #13 Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterSt. Cloud, Minnesota   L 1–3  4,150 1–3–1 (1–0–0)
October 27 7:00 pm at #11 Providence #19 Schneider ArenaProvidence, Rhode Island   L 1–2  2,765 1–4–1 (1–1–0)
October 28 7:00 pm #1 Denver* #19 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 L 1–6  4,788 1–5–1 (1–1–0)
November 3 7:00 pm Merrimack Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 W 3–1  3,675 2–5–1 (2–1–0)
November 4 7:00 pm at Merrimack Lawler ArenaNorth Andover, Massachusetts   W 2–1  2,549 3–5–1 (3–1–0)
November 7 7:00 pm Connecticut Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 W 2–1  2,916 4–5–1 (4–1–0)
November 10 7:00 pm at Vermont Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   W 4–3  4,007 5–5–1 (5–1–0)
November 11 7:00 pm at Vermont Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   W 5–1  4,007 6–5–1 (6–1–0)
November 17 7:00 pm at #11 New Hampshire Whittemore CenterDurham, New Hampshire ESPN3 W 3–2  5,572 7–5–1 (7–1–0)
November 18 7:00 pm at #12 Northeastern Matthews ArenaBoston, Massachusetts   W 4–1  3,291 8–5–1 (8–1–0)
November 24 4:00 pm Harvard* #14 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 T 4–4 OT 6,283 8–5–2 (8–1–0)
December 1 7:00 pm Boston University #15 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts (Green Line Rivalry) ESPN3 L 4–7  7,884 8–6–2 (8–2–0)
December 2 7:00 pm at Boston University #15 Agganis ArenaBoston, Massachusetts (Green Line Rivalry)   W 4–1  6,115 9–6–2 (9–2–0)
December 9 7:00 pm #10 Northeastern #14 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 L 2–5  4,277 9–7–2 (9–3–0)
December 30 3:00 pm Connecticut #14 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 W 2–0  5,555 10–7–2 (10–3–0)
January 5 8:00 pm vs. Michigan Tech* #13 T-Mobile ArenaLas Vegas, Nevada (Ice Vegas Invitational)   L 3–4  2,507 10–8–2 (10–3–0)
January 6 8:00 pm vs. Northern Michigan* #13 T-Mobile ArenaLas Vegas, Nevada (Ice Vegas Invitational)   T 3–3 OT 2,237 10–8–3 (10–3–0)
January 12 7:00 pm #11 Providence #16 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 L 1–4  4,709 10–9–3 (10–4–0)
January 14 1:00 pm New Hampshire #16 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 W 5–2  5,094 11–9–3 (11–4–0)
January 23 7:00 pm Massachusetts #16 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 W 2–1  3,274 12–9–3 (12–4–0)
January 26 7:00 pm at UMass Lowell #16 Tsongas CenterLowell, Massachusetts   L 2–3  6,227 12–10–3 (12–5–0)
January 27 7:00 pm UMass Lowell #16 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 W 5–2  5,483 13–10–3 (13–5–0)
February 2 7:00 pm at Connecticut #16 XL CenterHartford, Connecticut   L 3–5  5,914 13–11–3 (13–6–0)
February 5 5:00 pm vs. #11 Northeastern* #18 TD GardenBoston, Massachusetts (Beanpot) NESN L 0–3  13,567 13–12–3 (13–6–0)
February 9 7:00 pm UMass Lowell #18 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 W 3–2 OT 4,170 14–12–3 (14–6–0)
February 12 4:30 pm vs. Harvard* #19 TD GardenBoston, Massachusetts (Beanpot)   L 4–5 OT 17,565 14–13–3 (14–6–0)
February 15 7:00 pm at Massachusetts #19 Mullins CenterAmherst, Massachusetts NESN W 5–2  2,459 15–13–3 (15–6–0)
February 17 7:00 pm at Maine #19 Alfond ArenaOrono, Maine   W 5–0  5,165 16–13–3 (16–6–0)
February 23 7:00 pm Maine #20 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 W 6–3  4,175 17–13–3 (17–6–0)
February 24 7:00 pm Maine #20 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 W 2–1  5,245 18–13–3 (18–6–0)
Hockey East Tournament
March 9 7:00 pm Merrimack* #18 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts (Quarterfinals)   W 1–0  2,484 19–13–3 (18–6–0)
March 10 7:00 pm Merrimack* #18 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, Massachusetts (Quarterfinals)   W 4–3 OT 2,825 20–13–3 (18–6–0)
March 16 5:00 pm #18 Boston University* #14 TD GardenBoston, Massachusetts (Semifinals, Green Line Rivalry) NESN L 3–4 OT 10,871 20–14–3 (18–6–0)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
Attendance data from Hockey East
  • Sophomore defenseman Michael Campoli left the program on December 19, having not dressed for any game in the 2017–18 season.[2]

Rankings

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Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Final
USCHO.com 13 13 13 19 RV RV RV 14 15 14 14 13 16 16 16 16 18 19 20 18 18 14 17 19
USA Today RV RV RV 15 RV NR NR RV 13 RV 14 14 14 RV RV RV 15 RV RV RV RV RV 15 RV RV RV

Statistics

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Skaters

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No. Player POS YR GP G A Pts PIM PP SHG GWG +/- SOG
2 Micahel Karow D FR 34 0 6 6 22 0 0 0 -2 41
3 Luke McInnis D SO 28 0 5 5 34 0 0 0 +3 32
4 Michael Kim D JR 37 5 15 20 12 2 0 2 +10 92
5 Casey Fitzgerald D JR 36 6 13 19 45 2 0 2 -2 102
7 Connor Moore D SO 37 5 12 17 16 2 0 1 +4 49
8 Jesper Mattila D SO 35 4 9 13 12 1 0 1 E 45
9 Logan Hutsko F FR 37 12 19 31 16 3 0 2 +10 90
10 Chris Brown F JR 37 9 10 19 14 4 2 1 -3 86
12 Mike Booth F SO 14 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 +1 8
14 Zach Walker F SO 31 1 3 4 12 0 0 0 +1 22
15 JD Dudek F JR 36 7 12 19 28 0 0 2 -4 79
17 David Cotton F SO 37 9 19 28 22 4 0 2 +8 87
18 Casey Carreau F FR 33 1 4 5 8 0 0 1 E 30
19 Jacob Tortora F FR 34 6 7 13 52 1 0 0 -1 46
20 Mike Merulla F SO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Christopher Grando F FR 37 6 12 18 22 0 2 3 +9 49
22 Aapeli Räsänen F FR 32 4 12 16 45 1 0 1 +7 46
24 Kevin Lohan D SR 22 2 6 8 10 0 0 0 +14 13
26 Julius Mattila F SO 35 13 14 27 18 2 1 0 +5 94
27 Graham McPhee F SO 36 12 12 24 47 4 2 2 -1 70
28 Ron Greco F SO 37 5 4 9 6 0 0 0 -2 36
29 Ian Milosz G JR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 0
31 Joe Woll G SO 30 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 +12 0
35 Ryan Edquist G SO 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 +6 0
Bench 10
Team 37 108 196 304 472 26 7 20 +13 1117

Goaltenders

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No. Player YR GS GP MIN W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
29 Ian Milosz JR 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.00 0
31 Joe Woll SO 30 30 1789:34 17 11 2 74 2.48 867 793 .915 2
25 Ryan Edquist SO 7 9 459:21 3 3 1 19 2.48 227 208 .916 1
Empty Net 19 14:50 6 6
Team 37 37 2263:45 20 14 3 99 2.62 1100 1001 .910 3

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "2017–18 Men's Hockey Roster". Boston College Athletics. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "Michael Campoli Leaves Boston College Men's Ice Hockey Program, Signs with Penticon Vees". December 19, 2017.
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