CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Trailing 2-1 entering the third period, the third-ranked Boston College men’s hockey team scored four goals in the final 20 minutes for a 5-3 comeback victory over No. 15 Dartmouth in non-conference action on Friday evening at Kelley Rink.
BC improves to 10-3-0 overall while Dartmouth drops to 5-1-1.
Facing a one-goal deficit entering the final 20 minutes of regulation, James Hagens (Hauppauge, N.Y.) scored his second goal of the night, finishing off a feed from Gabe Perreault (Hinsdale, Ill.) to tie the game at 2-2.
The Eagles tallied two special teams goals later in the period to take a two-goal lead. Mike Posma (Pomona, N.Y.) scored with two seconds remaining on a BC power play, following up on a rebound from just outside the crease. Minutes later, Teddy Stiga (Sudbury, Mass.) scored a short-handed goal for his third goal of the campaign.
Dartmouth cut into the BC lead with less than two minutes remaining when John Fusco snuck a shot past Jacob Fowler (Melbourne, Fla.) to make it a one-goal game. Andre Gasseau (Garden Grove, Calif.) sealed the game moments later with an empty net goal.
The Big Green opened the scoring late in the first period when Steven Townley found the back of the net.
The Eagles tied things up midway through the middle frame when J. Hagens and Stiga connected on a give-and-go in front of the goal with Hagens smashing home the ensuing pass to put BC on the board.
Fowler made 13 saves between the pipes while Dartmouth goaltender Roan Clarke stopped 32 shots.
SCORING
1st 19:16 DART Steven Townley (Braiden Dorfman, Sean Chisholm)
2nd 11:48 BC James Hagens (Teddy Stiga, Gabe Perreault)
2nd 16:14 DART Cooper Flinton (Chisholm, Nikita Nikora)
3rd 4:48 BC J. Hagens (Perreault)
3rd 13:54 BC Mike Posma (Lukas Gustafsson, Michael Hagens) – PP
3rd 17:52 BC Stiga (Gustafsson) – SH
3rd 18:41 DART John Fusco (CJ Foley, Nikita Nikora)
3rd 19:30.4 BC Andre Gasseau (Oskar Jellvik)
GAME NOTES
- The BC penalty kill went 3-for-3 tonight, making them 30-for-30 for the season
- The Eagles now have four wins this season when trailing after two periods, the most since the 2002-03 season
- Boston College moves to 6-0 at home this season and has won its last 16 games at home dating back to the 2023-24 campaign
- This is the second game this season in which BC has scored both a power play goal and a short-handed goal
- James Hagens had his first multi-goal performance
- Andre Gasseau has six goals in the last seven games
- Gabe Perreault has had two assists in three of the last four games
- Lukas Gustafsson posted two assists, his first multi-point performance of the season
UP NEXT
BC hosts UConn on Wednesday evening at Kelley Rink. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on ESPN+ along with a radio broadcast on WEEI 850 AM.
