Live Blog: No 11 Boston College Men's Hockey at No 12 Minnesota (Game 1)

The Eagles start their series with the Gophers on Thursday night in Minneapolis, Minn.

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The No. 11 Boston College Eagles (0-1) men’s hockey team is looking for its first win of the season as it travels to Minneapolis, Minn., for a road series against the No. 12 Minnesota Gophers (1-1) which starts on Thursday night.

On Friday, the Eagles opened their 2025-26 campaign with a 4-3 loss to No. 8 Quinnipiac while the Gophers split their opening series with Michigan Tech over the weekend. Minnesota won the first game 6-3 and lost the finale 5-3. 

This will be the first matchup between the two teams in nearly a decade. The last meeting was on Nov. 27, 2016 where Minnesota defeated Boston College 4-2 at Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass. 

Minnesota leads the all-time series 18-12-3.

Lines

Boston College's Projected Lines			Minnesota's Projected Lines:
LW Teddy Stiga	C James Hagens	RW Ryan Conmy	LW Brodie Ziemer	C Erik Pahlsson	RW LJ Mooney
Will Moore	Andre Gasseau	Landan Resendes	Beckett Hendrickson	Jimmy Clark	Brody Lamb
Jake Sondreal	Dean Leoturneau	Will Vote	Javon Moore	Tanner Ludtke	Tate Pritchard
Will Traeger	Brady Berard	Gavin Cornforth	August Falloon	John Mittelstadt	Mason Moe
D Will Skahan	D Aram Minnetian	G Louka Cloutier	D Cal Thomas	D Leo Gruba	G Nathan Airey
Drew Fortescue	Luka Radivojevic	Jan Korec	Jacob Rombach	Luke Mittelstadt	Luca Di Pasquo
Kristian Kostadinski	Lukas Gustafsson		John Whipple	Finn McLaughlin	Zach Wiese
Nolan Joyce			Axel Begley

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3rd

• 20:00 | The final buzzer sounds and the Eagles have their first win of the 2025-26 campaign. Boston College 3, Minnesota 1.

• 19:36 | Eagles defenseman Drew Fortescue knocks in an empty-netter and Boston College will start its series with a win. Boston College 3, Minnesota 1.

• 18:52 | James Hagens almost gets an empty-netter, but the shot is blocked and barely hits the cross bar. It is still a one-score game in Minneapolis.

• 18:11 | Nathan Airey comes off the ice and the Gophers have an empty net.

• 10:00 | Halfway through the final period and Boston College still holds its slight lead.

2nd

• 20:00 | The buzzer sounds and the second period has come to a close. Minnesota will open the final frame on a power play. Boston College 2, Minnesota 1.

• 19:55 | The first penalty of the night is called on Boston College defenseman Lukas Gustafsson. The senior is called for checking from behind, a two-minute minor penalty. Minnesota will go on the power play.

• 16: 41 | Boston College retakes the lead with a goal by freshman forward Will Moore, his first collegiate goal. The score was assisted by Lukas Gustafsson and Dean Letourneau. Boston College 2, Minnesota 1.

1st

• 20:00 | The buzzer sounds and the first period officially comes to a close with the contest tied up. Boston College 1, Minnesota 1.

• 18:59 | Minnesota knots things up at 1 with a score by forward Brody Lamb, his third on the year. Boston College 1, Minnesota 1.

• 14:09 | Boston College strikes first with a goal from forward Will Vote, his first of the season. The score was assisted by Jake Sondreal and Dean Letourneau. Boston College 1, Minnesota 0.

• 10:00 | Neither team has scored or had a penalty in the first half of the opening period. Eagles goalie Louka Cloutier has notched one save so far while Gophers goalie Nathan Airey has seven.

Pregame

• The Eagles have arrived at 3M Arena at Mariucci, according to the program's social media accounts.

• Puck drop is set for 9 p.m. ET.

How to Watch:

Who: Boston College Eagles and Minnesota Gophers

When: Thursday, Oct. 9 at 9 p.m. ET
Friday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m.

Where: 3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis, Minn. 

TV: Big Ten Network (Thursday) and BIG+ (Friday)

Radio: WEEI 850 AM 

Last Outing, Minnesota: The Gophers split their season-opening series with Michigan Tech over the weekend. They won the first game 6-3 and dropped the finale 5-3. 

Last Outing, Boston College: The Eagles lost their season opener to Quinnipiac 4-3 on Friday night at Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass. 

Last Meeting: The last time these two teams met was on Nov. 27, 2016. Minnesota beat Boston College 4-2 at Conte Forum.

USCHO Rankings

1. Western Michigan (32)- 943, 0-0
2. Michigan State (11), 906- 0-0
3. Boston University (2)- 895, 1-0
4. Penn State (4)- 890, 2-0
5. Denver- 811, 0-0
6. Maine- 653, 0-0
7. Providence- 572, 0-0
8. Quinnipiac- 561, 1-0
9. Michigan (1)- 553, 2-0
10. North Dakota- 551, 0-0
11. Boston College- 541, 0-1
12. Minnesota- 478, 1-1
13. UConn- 468, 1-1
14. UMass- 387, 2-0
15. Arizona State- 229, 0-2
16. Ohio State- 216, 0-0
17. Cornell- 177, 0-0
18. Wisconsin- 144, 2-0
19. St. Thomas- 143, 1-0
20. Minnesota State- 117, 0-0

Others receiving votes:Colorado College 92, Michigan Tech 40, UMass Lowell 26, Minnesota Duluth 25, Northeastern 17, Bemidji State 13, Sacred Heart 10, St. Cloud State 7, Omaha 6, Bowling Green 5, Dartmouth 5, Bentley 4, Brown 4, Clarkson 3, Harvard 3, Canisius 2, Notre Dame 2, Augustana 1