Boston College Athletics

GAME DAY INFORMATION
WHEN	Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 at 7:30 p.m
WHERE	TD Garden  //  Boston
HOW TO FOLLOW	TV: New England Sports Network (NESN)  //  TSN1 in Canada  //  Audio
GAME NOTES	PDF  //  WEB
MEDIA CENTER	TV: NESN (Play-by-Play: Tom Caron  //  Color: Andy Brickley  //  Rinkside: Nikki Reyes)
	Radio: WEEI 850 AM (Play-by-Play: Jon Rish  //  Color: Andy Powers  //  Engineer: Mark Feldman)

THE BATTLE OF COMM AVE. FOR ALL THE BEANS
Archrivals Boston College and Boston University will bring the Battle of Comm Ave. to TD Garden in the Beanpot Championship for the 22nd time in tournament history on Monday night. The Eagles and Terriers have not met in the Beanpot title game in four years. The last time these two clubs met in the championship, Billy Arnold dashed BU's trophy hopes with the overtime game winner with only 6.4 seconds left on the clock. In all, Boston University holds the upper hand over the Eagles in the championship bout, 12-9, but Boston College has won the last five meeting against BU in the Beanpot Tournament. In the last meeting, BC upended BU, 3-1, in the semifinals on Feb. 3, 2014, en route to the Eagles' fifth-straight Beanpot championship. In all, Boston University leads BC on the overall Beanpot ledger, 27-15, having won 12-consecutive games over BC from 1982 to 2000. Boston College and Boston University have skated against one another 42 times out of 64 tournaments, marking 66 percent of the tournament. Out of that significant number, BC and BU have never played in the consolation game on the second Monday. The 64th Beanpot championship game is shaping up to be a good one as BC is tied for the longest unbeaten streak in the country, having gone 6-0-3 over the course of its last nine games while BU is tied with St. Cloud State for the nation's longest winning streak at five games. Jerry York is 1-0 against BU's David Quinn in Beanpot meetings. As a whole, Boston University has outscored Boston College, 75-63, in Beanpot championship games.

EAGLES IN THE BEANPOT CHAMPIONSHIP
Boston College will take part in its 35th Beanpot championship, accounting for just about 55 percent of a finals showing. The Eagles are 19-15 in Beanpot title games. They are 4-1 against Northeastern, 6-2 against Harvard and 9-12 against Boston University. From 2010 to 2014, Boston College won a school record five-straight Beanpot titles and fell just short of matching the tournament record set by the Terriers from 1995 to 2000 with six. When the Eagles won the title in 2014, Jerry York matched his coaches record, John 'Snooks' Kelley, by winning his eighth trophy. If York's club defeats BU, he will have won the most Beanpots in BC history and become the second-winningest coach in tournament history (Jack Parker won 21 titles with BU). York has also finished runner-up on six occasions and claimed third place seven times. York has never finished last in the Beanpot. All-time, York is 30-14 and is coaching in his 15th title game. In the tournament's history, Boston College has been awarded 17 MVP awards and 12 Eberly trophies.

OFFENSIVE NUGGETS
• The Eagles possess the nation's SECOND BEST scoring margin of +2.26 -- the Eagles have scored 111 goals this season and only surrendered 50 (4.11 goals for pg  /  1.85 goals against pg)

• The Boston College offense is one of four units in the country to score four or more goals per game  (4.11) and is the top-scoring offense in Hockey East - BU's is second (3.67 gpg)

• Alex Tuch is currently on a five-game point streak (2-4-6) heading into the Beanpot and has recorded an assist in his last three outings, marking a career first

• The Eagles have seven scorers with 20 points or more and two already at the 30-point plateau (White - 35 / R. Fitzgerald - 31) -- Last year's leading scorer was Alex Tuch with 28 points

• At 10:24 of the third period, Adam Gilmour scored his seventh-career game-winning goal, helping the Eagles knock off New Hampshire, 4-3 - Gilmour is second on the team with seven game winners, two behind Ryan Fitzgerald. His three this year are tied for a team best

DEFENSIVE NUGGETS
• Boston College's penalty-killing unti has surrendered only one power play goal in the last six games as the Eagles rank fifth in the nation with an 87.0 percent kill rate (100-of-115)

• As a whole Eagles' defensive unit ranks fifth nationally, yielding only 1.85 gpg - BC has kept opponents off the board in 45-of-71 periods of play

• Late addition to this year's team, Michael Kim, scored his first-career goal in the UNH game and added an assist to earn both his first collegiate goal and first multi-point game

• When holding a lead heading into the third period, the Eagle defense has been on lockdown, posting a 17-0-2 record with the advantage after two frames

• Scott Savage logged his eighth-career multi-point game and his seventh-career two-assist performance against UNH in his 100th-career game on Friday night

DAM-KO
Thatcher Demko contines to rewrite the record books at Boston College as the Eagle netminder tied the school record for shutouts in a season with eight after a 4-0 win at Notre Dame on Jan. 29. The San Diego native notched the record in just 25 games, tying Cory Schneider's record set in during the 2005-06 season. It took Schneider 37 games to capture his eight shuout. Demko's 10th shutout came in his 50th-career game. Demko is now four career shutouts (11) behind Schneider's career record of 15.  Demko's eight blankings are best in college hockey this season. Demko is currently fifth in the nation in goals against average (1.71) and  save percentage (.937) on the year and ranked first in overall shutouts with eight. For a career, the 6-foot-4 backstopper is 53-22-9 (.685) with a 2.06 goals against average and a .927 save percentage (2,203 saves on 2,377 shots). If Demko's 2.06 GAA held, it would be BC's second-best career mark all time. 

COMIN' IN HOT
Boston College is tied for the second-longest unbeaten streak in college hockey heading into Monday's Beanpot title game. The Eagles are 6-0-3 over the course of nine games, tied with Air Force (6-0-3) while Quinnipiac leads with a 6-0-4 mark. BC's 2013-14 squad also went unbeaten heading into the Beanpot since the turn of the calendar with a 9-0-1 record. If the Eagles were to defeat Boston University, Jerry York will have lead his program to a 20-win season (or more) in 17 of his 22 years behind the bench. The most wins the Eagles had under a York coached team heading into the Beanpot was 21 (2000-01 and 2013-14).

THE LEGEND CONTINUES
Boston College coach Jerry York has reached the 1,000-win mark for his career in his 1,703rd game as a head coach. In all, York's record is 1,003-595-109 (.620) in 44 seasons at the head coach level and 536-260-75 (.659) in his 22nd season at the helm of Boston College. At the collegiate level, York is the 55th head coach to reach 1,000-career victories and the first to do so in college hockey. York remains the winningest coach in the history of the game. In his 1,000-career victories, Jerry York has defeated 69 different programs spread out through his tenures at Clarkson, Bowling Green and Boston College. The all time total goal count in Coach York's 1,000 victories is 5,421 goals for and 2,395 goals against.

KOUNTING ON KIM
In his 10th game as an Eagle, Michael Kim recorded both his first-career goal and first-career multi-point performance against New Hampshire on Feb. 5. The Toronto, Ontario native also logged a career-best four shots in Friday's victory.

FREAKY FAST
BC has had a penchant for attacking quckly this season. Casey Fitzgerald scored 1:35 into the Beanpot semifinal on a feed from brother, Ryan to set the early tone. It was the fastest goal to start a Beanpot game since Bryan Ewing scored 1:23 into the game on Feb. 6, 2006. Austin Cangelosi scored 12 seconds into the home opener against Wisconsin, marking the fastest goal scored by an Eagle since Matt Price tallied 11 seconds into the game against Northeastern on March 7, 2008. The Estero, Fla., native followed that with a goal 16 seconds into the game on Jan. 29 at Notre Dame.

MILESTONE MARKS
Several career game milestones Jan. 22 at UMass as Austin Cangelosi and Ryan Fitzgerald played in their 100th-career games tonight. Adam Gilmour dressed in his 100th game at BU. Teddy Doherty took part in his 125th game on Jan. 16 at BU while Travis Jeke donned the maroon and gold for the 50th time at Agganis Arena on Jan. 16. Scott Savage recorded a pair of assists on Feb. 5 against UNH in his 100th-career game.

WATCH OUT FOR WHITE
Colin White, who has registered 11 multi-point performances this season, is currently the eighth most prolific scorer in college hockey and the second-highest scoring freshman with an average of 1.40 point per game. The Hanover, Mass. native leads the Eagles with 35 points, notching 16 goals and 19 assists along the way. White tallied his second game-winning goal in power play fashion against Harvard in the Beanpot on Feb. 1.

FITZ IN A FLASH
Ryan Fitzgerald is ranked sixth in the nation in shot attempts per game, triggering at a rate of 4.42 shots on net. The North Andover, Mass. native was the first Eagle to 10 goals and second on the team with 31 points (14-17-31) this seaosn. Fitzgerald is tied for 21st overall in scoring with 1.19 points per game. He recorded his second four-point performance of the season on Jan. 8. 

SPECIAL TEAMS TALES
The Eagles' power play continues to pick up speed as the Eagles scored a pair against Harvard in the Beanpot on Feb. 1. The extra man unit has risen from 38th to 16th in the country (24-for-113 - 21.2 %) while the penalty kill continues to assert its dominance over the country. BC is fifth in the nation, killing off 87.0 percent (100-for-115), including shutting out the third-ranked unit (Harvard) on Feb. 1 on the power play.

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUUUUL TIME, OF THE YEAR
As of Saturday, Boston College is ranked fourth in the Pairwise ranking with an RPI rating of .5851, claiming the top spot in the poll with respect to Hockey East.