Jim Connelly

You can call Boston College’s 8-3 victory over Providence a drubbing. You can call it a slaughtering. You can call it an all-around butt-whopping. What you can’t call it is a Beanpot letdown. “We had talked about the Beanpot,” said BC head coach Jerry York. “But we’re locked in a pretty challenging race of the … Read more

It’s often been said that the Beanpot is the time for big players to shine. Boston College agrees. Led by its upperclassmen, college hockey’s youngest team advanced to the championship game for the 27th time in tournament history with a 5-2 victory over Northeastern in the opening game to the 54th annual Beanpot. The Eagles … Read more

Massachusetts head coach Don ‘Toot’ Cahoon may have worried that his team would have a letdown after an emotion-filled win over Boston College on Friday night. Saturday night against sister school Mass.-Lowell, the Minutemen convincingly put Cahoon’s mind at ease. Behind a seven-point effort from Massachusetts’ top line and spectacular play on special teams, the … Read more

For each of the four Beanpot coaches, the weekend game played right before the annual Beanpot tournament always brings with it worry that his team might overlook the game. Well, Jack Parker, you have nothing to worry about. In absolutely dominating and convincing fashion, Parker’s Boston University Terriers manhandled the Mass.-Lowell River Hawks, 5-1, at … Read more

Boston College’s pot has officially boiled over. Brian Boyle, that is. Riding the back of a career-high four-goal game from Boyle, the Eagles staved off a pesky Massachusetts-Lowell team, 4-3 in overtime, to avoid back-to-back losses for the first time this season. Boyle’s game-winner came with 48.8 seconds left in the overtime period when he … Read more

When Friday night’s game between college hockey’s top rivals Boston College and Boston University began, all eyes were focused on BC netminder Cory Schneider and his bid for the all-time longest regular-season shutout streak. By the time the night ended, not only was Schneider’s bid quashed but so was their quest for a victory as … Read more

For the second straight weekend, the nation’s premier matchup turned into one team making a major statement. One week after No. 1 Wisconsin swept then-No. 5 Colorado College in the WCHA, No. 2 Boston College completed a two-game sweep of No. 5 Vermont with a 3-0 victory Saturday night. It was the third straight shutout … Read more

It was billed as a battle of Hockey East heavyweights, and Friday’s contest, the first of two this weekend between No. 5 Vermont and No. 2 Boston College, met expectations of a hard-fought prize fight. In the end, the Eagles came out on top thanks to two goals off faceoff plays and outstanding goaltending from … Read more

To be a top-ranked team nationally, once or twice over the course of the season you need to get a little bit lucky. Friday night, Boston College used up one of those rabbit’s feet. Despite being outplayed for much of the night, in particular the game’s final period, the Eagles caught a late break when … Read more