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#17
USA Today/USA Hockey MagazineRV
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

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

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

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

PlayerPositionNationalityNotes
Michael KarowDefenseman United StatesGreen Bay, WI; Drafted 126th overall by the Arizona Coyotes in the 2017 Draft.
Logan HutskoForward United StatesTampa, Fl; Played for the US-NTDP of the USHL.
Casey CarreauForward United StatesAcushnet, MA; Played for Thayer Academy of the USHS-MA.
Jacob TortoraForward United StatesVictor, NY; Played for the US-NTDP of the USHL.
Christopher GrandoForward United StatesIslip, NY; Played for the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL.
Aapeli RäsänenForward FinlandTampere, Finland; Drafted 153rd overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2016 Draft.
Kevin LohanDefenseman United StatesCold Spring Harbor, NY; Graduate senior; transferred from Michigan of the B1G conference.

2017–2018 roster

2017–18 Eagles

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

NamePositionSeasons at
Boston College
Alma Mater
Jerry YorkHead Coach24Boston College (1967)
Greg BrownAssociate Head Coach14Boston College (1990)
Mike AyersAssistant Coach5University of New Hampshire (2004)
Marty McInnisAssistant Coach5Boston College (1992)

Standings

2017–18 Hockey East men's standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#19 Boston College241860367953372014310899
#11 Northeastern241563337949382310513681
#7 Providence241374307050402412411785
#10 Boston University*2412842872604022144124105
Connecticut24111212370623615192100102
Maine24101132365743818164117115
Massachusetts–Lowell2411130226875361719010199
Massachusetts2491322060743917202104119
Vermont246126185175371020779112
Merrimack247152165170371221483105
New Hampshire245145154871361020688104
Championship: March 17, 2018
indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2018

Schedule

Regular season

Date Time Opponent# Rank# SiteTV 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, MassachusettsESPN3 T 1–1 OT 5,436 0–0–1 (0–0–0)
October 13 7:00 pm #10 Wisconsin* #13 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, MassachusettsESPN3 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, MassachusettsESPN3 L 1–6  4,788 1–5–1 (1–1–0)
November 3 7:00 pm Merrimack Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, MassachusettsESPN3 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, MassachusettsESPN3 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 HampshireESPN3 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, MassachusettsESPN3 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, MassachusettsESPN3 L 2–5  4,277 9–7–2 (9–3–0)
December 30 3:00 pm Connecticut #14 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, MassachusettsESPN3 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, MassachusettsESPN3 L 1–4  4,709 10–9–3 (10–4–0)
January 14 1:00 pm New Hampshire #16 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, MassachusettsESPN3 W 5–2  5,094 11–9–3 (11–4–0)
January 23 7:00 pm Massachusetts #16 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, MassachusettsESPN3 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, MassachusettsESPN3 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, MassachusettsESPN3 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, MassachusettsNESN 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, MassachusettsESPN3 W 6–3  4,175 17–13–3 (17–6–0)
February 24 7:00 pm Maine #20 Kelley RinkChestnut Hill, MassachusettsESPN3 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

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 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
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

Statistics

Skaters

2017–18 Statistics
No. Player POS YR GP G A Pts PIM PP SHG GWG +/- SOG
2Micahel KarowDFR3406622000-241
3Luke McInnisDSO2805534000+332
4Michael KimDJR375152012202+1092
5Casey FitzgeraldDJR366131945202-2102
7Connor MooreDSO375121716201+449
8Jesper MattilaDSO35491312101E45
9Logan HutskoFFR3712193116302+1090
10Chris BrownFJR379101914421-386
12Mike BoothFSO141122000+18
14Zach WalkerFSO3113412000+122
15JD DudekFJR367121928002-479
17David CottonFSO379192822402+887
18Casey CarreauFFR331458001E30
19Jacob TortoraFFR34671352100-146
20Mike MerullaFSO10000000-10
21Christopher GrandoFFR376121822023+949
22Aapeli RäsänenFFR324121645101+746
24Kevin LohanDSR2226810000+1413
26Julius MattilaFSO3513142718210+594
27Graham McPheeFSO3612122447422-170
28Ron GrecoFSO375496000-236
29Ian MiloszGJR00000000E0
31Joe WollGSO3000019000+120
35Ryan EdquistGSO90110000+60
Bench10
Team3710819630447226720+131117

Goaltenders

2017–18 Statistics
No. Player YR GS GP MIN W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
29Ian MiloszJR000:0000000.00001.000
31Joe WollSO30301789:3417112742.48867793.9152
25Ryan EdquistSO79459:21331192.48227208.9161
Empty Net1914:5066
Team37372263:4520143992.6211001001.9103

Awards and honors

References

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