GAME INFORMATIONScore:Â No. 4 Boston College 1Â // No. 7 Boston University 0 (overtime)
Records: No. 4 Boston College (20-4-4, 11-1-4 HEA)Â // No. 7 Boston University (16-8-4, 9-3-3 HEA)
Location: TD Garden //Â Boston
Length of Game: 3:10
Attendance: 15,702
Boston College Starters: Wood (LW) – Cangelosi (C) – Gilmour (RW) - Santini (LD) – Savage (RD) – Demko (G)
Boston University Starters: Greenway (LW) – Matt Lane (C) – Oksanen (RW) – Grzelcyk (LD) – McAvoy (RD) – Maguire (G)
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BC HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES•
Alex Tuch tallied his 11th goal of the season 1:57 into overtime to lift the Eagles to their 20th Beanpot Championship title in the tournament's 64-year history. The maroon and gold is now 78-50 all time in Beanpot action and 16-27 against BU. It was the third point that Tuch has recorded in his four career Beanpot games.
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• There have been 256 Beanpot games in the tournament's 64 years of history. Tonight was the first game to end with a 1-0 final score. In the BC-BU rivalry, it was only the second game to end 1-0. In the only other 1-0 game between the two squads, the Eagles defeated the Terriers on Dec. 2, 2006 at Agganis Arena.
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• The 2016 title game was the 13th title game to go to overtime.
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• Monday's game was Boston College's 35th appearance in the Beanpot Championship and the 22nd time against Boston University. It was the first championship event against the Terriers since 2012.
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• With his ninth shutout of the season, goalkeeper
Thatcher Demko now holds the BC single-season record for shutouts.
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• Tonight's shutout was only the fourth shutout in championship history and the first since the 1981 season.
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• After Monday's game, there are 10 members on the current Eagles roster who have tallied at least one point during a Beanpot game in their career. Junior forward
Ryan Fitzgerald leads all Eagles on the current roster with five points on three goals and two assists.
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• Both teams were locked in a defensive battle through the first two periods. Demko recorded 20 saves through the first two frames while BU's Maguire tallied 32 saves.
• There was a 28-minute delay in the first period due to technical difficulties at TD Garden. Boston College was outshooting the Terriers, 14-5, at that time.
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TURNING POINTSophomore
Alex Tuch skated across the blue line and fired a wrister past BU's Sean Maguire's stick for the game winner. It was the second game-winning goal of the season for the Baldwinsville, N.Y., native and the fourth of his career.
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HOW IT HAPPENEDBoth teams were locked in a defensive battle through the first three periods.
Thatcher Demko recorded 29 saves through the first three frames while BU's Maguire tallied 38 saves.
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Tuch took a feed from
Zach Sanford and
Steve Santini that he took across the blue line and fired past the stick side of BU's goalie for the game winner.
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BOSTON COLLEGE LEADERSPoints:
Alex Tuch (1-0-1) /
Zach Sanford (0-1-1) /
Steve Santini (0-1-1)
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Goals:
Alex Tuch (1)
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Assists:
Zach Sanford (1) /
Steve Santini (1)
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Shots:
Miles Wood (5)
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Boston University LEADERSPoints: -
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Goals: -
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Assists: -
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Shots: Ahti Oksanen (6)
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SPECIAL TEAMSBoston College: 0-3
Boston University: 0-2
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PENALTIES - MINUTESBoston College: 3-6
Boston University: 5-18
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UP NEXTBoston College will continue on with its three remaining Hockey East regular-season weekends before the postseason is upon us. The Eagles will host Merrimack for the first time this season on Friday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. before heading to North Andover, Mass., on Saturday night for the backend contest at Lawler Arena at 7 p.m. BC will then take its last regular season overnight trip to Burlington, Vt. for a weekend series at Vermont. Both games at Gutterson Arena are scheduled for 7 p.m. BC will close the season with a home and home series against UMass Lowell.