MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The No. 11/10 Boston College men’s hockey team earned its first win of the season on Thursday evening, defeating No. 12/12 Minnesota by a score of 3-1 at 3M Arena at Mariucci. Will Vote, Will Moore, and Drew Fortescue lit the lamp for the Eagles, while Louka Cloutier made 18 saves.
Boston College improves to 1-1-0 on the season while Minnesota drops to 1-2-0.
BC opened the scoring with just under six minutes remaining in the first period. From the blue line, Radivojevic fired the puck towards goal and after it ricocheted off of Sondreal, fell right to Vote in front of goal with enough time to calmly go five-hole on the Minnesota goaltender to put the Eagles up 1-0.
Minnesota responded with 1:01 to go in the first when Brody Lamb was able to get a shot off from the right faceoff circle through the BC defense and past Cloutier.
The Eagles regained the lead late in the second period when Moore, from the net front, was able to redirect a Lukas Gustafssonshot from the blue line into the back of the net.
After Minnesota pulled its goaltender in the final few minutes, Fortescue pushed the lead to two with an empty net goal with 24 seconds remaining.
Cloutier made eight saves in the second period and six in the third to claim his first win in his first start.
SCORING
1st 14:09 BC Will Vote (Jake Sondreal, Luka Radivojevic)
1st 18:59 UM Brody Lamb (Leo Gruba, Beckett Hendrickson)
2nd 16:41 BC Will Moore (Lukas Gustafsson, Nolan Joyce)
3rd 19:36 BC Drew Fortescue (Teddy Stiga, James Hagens)
GAME NOTES
Boston College improves to 1-1-0 on the season while Minnesota drops to 1-2-0.
BC opened the scoring with just under six minutes remaining in the first period. From the blue line, Radivojevic fired the puck towards goal and after it ricocheted off of Sondreal, fell right to Vote in front of goal with enough time to calmly go five-hole on the Minnesota goaltender to put the Eagles up 1-0.
Minnesota responded with 1:01 to go in the first when Brody Lamb was able to get a shot off from the right faceoff circle through the BC defense and past Cloutier.
The Eagles regained the lead late in the second period when Moore, from the net front, was able to redirect a Lukas Gustafssonshot from the blue line into the back of the net.
After Minnesota pulled its goaltender in the final few minutes, Fortescue pushed the lead to two with an empty net goal with 24 seconds remaining.
Cloutier made eight saves in the second period and six in the third to claim his first win in his first start.
SCORING
1st 14:09 BC Will Vote (Jake Sondreal, Luka Radivojevic)
1st 18:59 UM Brody Lamb (Leo Gruba, Beckett Hendrickson)
2nd 16:41 BC Will Moore (Lukas Gustafsson, Nolan Joyce)
3rd 19:36 BC Drew Fortescue (Teddy Stiga, James Hagens)
GAME NOTES
- Boston College is today 13-18-3 all-time against Minnesota
- Louka Cloutier made his collegiate debut between the pipes, earning his first collegiate win
- Will Moore scored his first career goal
- Will Vote scored his goal of the season, his first tally since Feb. 7, 2025
- Luka Radivojevic earned his first career point with the secondary assist on Vote’s goal
- Nolan Joyce recorded his first collegiate point with the secondary assist on Moore’s goal
- Drew Fortescue scored for the second-straight game for the first time in his career
- The Eagles are 6-0-0 in the last three seasons when giving up less than 20 shots on goal
UP NEXT
BC and Minnesota close out the series tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed live on B1G+ and on the radio on WEEI 850 AM.
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