# 2018–19 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season

The 2018–19 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team represented Boston College in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team was coached by Jerry York, '67, his twenty-fifth 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.
The Eagles competed in just one mid-season tournament during the 2018–19 season, forgoing the traditional holiday break tournament. The Eagles played in the 67th Annual Beanpot Tournament at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 4 and 11. Boston College defeated Harvard in the opening round by a score of 2–1, but fell to the defending champion Northeastern Huskies in the championship game, 4–2. The Eagles failed to secure the Beanpot title, but ended their two-season streak of finishing fourth in the tournament.
The Eagles finished the season 14–22–3, and 10-11-3 in conference play, seventh in Hockey East; their lowest finish since placing 6th in 2008–09. They advanced to the title game of the Hockey East tournament, however, they fell to the Northeastern Huskies by a score of 3–2. The Eagles failed to secure a bid to the NCAA Tournament, their third consecutive season missing the national tournament.

## Previous season recap

The Eagles entered the 2018–19 season following a second consecutive semi-disappointing year. While earning the Hockey East regular season title with their strong 20–14–3 record, they missed out on participating in the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row; the first time missing consecutive years since 1998. Additionally, they failed to secure any mid-season tournament title, placing fourth in both the inaugural Ice Vegas Invitational Tournament and in the Beanpot tournament.

## Departures

Three Eagles departed from the program from the 2017–18 roster:
Graduation:
* Kevin Lohan, Senior – D
Not Retained:
* Mike Booth, Sophomore – F
* Casey Carreau, Freshman – F
Additionally, long-time Associate Head Coach Greg Brown left the program to become the Assistant Coach for the New York Rangers of the NHL. Boston College alum and formerly assistant coach at Connecticut, Brendan Buckley was hired to fill the position.

## Recruiting

Boston College added five freshmen for the 2018–19 season: four forwards, and one defensemen.
| Player | Position | Nationality | Notes |
| Jack McBain | Forward | Canada | Toronto, Ontario; Drafted 63rd overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2018 Draft. |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | Forward | United States | Quincy, MA; Drafted 11th overall by the New York Islanders in the 2018 Draft. |
| Adam Samuelsson | Defenseman | United States | San Diego, CA; Played for the US-NTDP of the USHL. |
| Patrick Giles | Forward | United States | Chevy Chase, MD; Played for the US-NTDP of the USHL. |
| Marc McLaughlin | Forward | United States | North Billerica, MA; Played for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the USHL. |

## 2018–2019 roster
### 2018–19 Eagles

As of October 8, 2018.

### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons at Boston College | Alma Mater |
| Jerry York | Head Coach | 25 | Boston College (1967) |
| Mike Ayers | Assistant coach | 6 | University of New Hampshire (2004) |
| Brendan Buckley | Assistant coach | 1 | Boston College (1999) |
| Marty McInnis | Assistant coach | 6 | Boston College (1992) |

## Standings

2018–19 Hockey East Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #2 Massachusetts † | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 92 | 51 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 151 | 83 |
| #4 Providence | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 76 | 44 | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 133 | 84 |
| #9 Northeastern* | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 76 | 52 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 118 | 81 |
| #19 Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 65 | 55 | 37 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 100 | 85 |
| Boston University | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 64 | 65 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 99 | 104 |
| Maine | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 64 | 60 | 36 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 90 | 99 |
| Boston College | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 62 | 60 | 39 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 90 | 110 |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 55 | 67 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 90 | 103 |
| Connecticut | 24 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 52 | 77 | 34 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 81 | 107 |
| Vermont | 24 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 41 | 59 | 34 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 72 | 82 |
| Merrimack | 24 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 48 | 105 | 34 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 67 | 134 |
| Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Schedule
### Regular season

| Date | Time | Opponent$^#$ | Rank$^#$ | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Record |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| October 6 | 7:00 pm | New Brunswick* | #12 | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | | W 8–1 | 843 | 0–0–0 (0–0–0) |
| Regular Season |||||||||
| October 12 | 8:00 pm | at Wisconsin* | #12 | Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin | FS Wisconsin+ | L 0–3 | 7,911 | 0–1–0 (0–0–0) |
| October 13 | 8:00 pm | at Wisconsin* | #12 | Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin | BTN+ | L 5–7 | 9,819 | 0–2–0 (0–0–0) |
| October 19 | 7:00 pm | at Quinnipiac* | #18 | People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut | ESPN+ | L 0–1 | 3,625 | 0–3–0 (0–0–0) |
| October 25 | 7:00 pm | #2 St. Cloud State* | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ESPN3 | L 0–7 | 3,520 | 0–4–0 (0–0–0) |
| November 2 | 7:00 pm | at Merrimack | | Lawler Arena • North Andover, Massachusetts | | L 2–1 | 2,204 | 0–5–0 (0–1–0) |
| November 3 | 7:00 pm | Merrimack | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ESPN3 | W 4–1 | 3,291 | 1–5–0 (1–1–0) |
| November 8 | 7:00 pm | Vermont | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ESPN3 | W 4–1 | 2,904 | 2–5–0 (2–1–0) |
| November 9 | 7:00 pm | Vermont | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ESPN3 | W 3–2 | 3,714 | 3–5–0 (3–1–0) |
| November 16 | 7:00 pm | New Hampshire | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ESPN3 | T 2–2 $^{OT}$ | 3,019 | 3–5–1 (3–1–1) |
| November 23 | 3:00 pm | Bentley* | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ESPN3 | L 2–4 | 4,436 | 3–6–1 (3–1–1) |
| November 30 | 7:30 pm | at Boston University | | Agganis Arena • Boston, Massachusetts (Green Line Rivalry) | NESN | W 4–1 | 6,150 | 4–6–1 (4–1–1) |
| December 1 | 7:00 pm | Boston University | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (Green Line Rivalry) | ESPN3 | T 0–0 $^{OT}$ | 7,328 | 4–6–2 (4–1–2) |
| December 6 | 7:00 pm | at Connecticut | | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | | W 4–0 | 4,059 | 5–6–2 (5–1–2) |
| December 7 | 7:00 pm | Connecticut | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ESPN3 | W 3–2 | 3,063 | 6–6–2 (6–1–2) |
| December 31 | 5:00 pm | at #6 Notre Dame* | | Compton Family Ice Arena • South Bend, Indiana (Holy War on Ice) | NBC Chicago | L 0–4 | 5,330 | 6–7–2 (6–1–2) |
| January 4 | 9:00 pm | at #15 Arizona State* | | Oceanside Ice Arena • Tempe, Arizona | | L 2–5 | 921 | 6–8–2 (6–1–2) |
| January 5 | 9:00 pm | at #15 Arizona State* | | Gila River Arena • Glendale, Arizona | Pac-12 | L 0–2 | 2,902 | 6–9–2 (6–1–2) |
| January 11 | 7:00 pm | #7 Providence | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ESPN3 | W 4–2 | 6,176 | 7–9–2 (7–1–2) |
| January 12 | 7:00 pm | at New Hampshire | | Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire | ESPN+ | L 4–6 | 5,256 | 7–10–2 (7–2–2) |
| January 16 | 7:00 pm | Maine | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ESPN3 | L 2–7 | 3,361 | 7–11–2 (7–3–2) |
| January 19 | 7:00 pm | #11 Providence | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ESPN3 | W 4–1 | 3,419 | 8–11–2 (8–3–2) |
| January 25 | 7:00 pm | #19 UMass Lowell | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ESPN3 | L 1–3 | 4,328 | 8–12–2 (8–4–2) |
| January 26 | 7:00 pm | at #19 UMass Lowell | | Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts | NESN | T 4–4 $^{OT}$ | 5,402 | 8–12–3 (8–4–3) |
| February 1 | 7:00 pm | at Connecticut | | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | | W 5–3 | 5,206 | 9–12–3 (9–4–3) |
| February 4 | 5:00 pm | vs. #17 Harvard* | | TD Garden • Boston, Massachusetts (Beanpot) | NESN | W 2–1 | 12,413 | 10–12–3 (9–4–3) |
| February 8 | 7:15 pm | at #15 UMass Lowell | | Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts | NESN | L 0–3 | 5,424 | 10–13–3 (9–5–3) |
| February 11 | 7:30 pm | vs. #14 Northeastern* | | TD Garden • Boston, Massachusetts (Beanpot) | NESN | L 2–4 | 15,015 | 10–14–3 (9–5–3) |
| February 15 | 7:00 pm | at #3 Massachusetts | | Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts | NESN | L 3–4 | 7,835 | 10–15–3 (9–6–3) |
| February 16 | 8:00 pm | #3 Massachusetts | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ESPN3 | L 2–4 | 7,884 | 10–16–3 (9–7–3) |
| February 22 | 7:00 pm | at Maine | | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | | L 1–2 | 3,770 | 10–17–3 (9–8–3) |
| February 23 | 7:30 pm | at Maine | | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | Fox College Sports | L 1–2 $^{OT}$ | 4,348 | 10–18–3 (9–9–3) |
| March 1 | 7:00 pm | #9 Northeastern | | Kelley Rink • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ESPN3 | W 3–1 | 5,147 | 11–18–3 (10–9–3) |
| March 2 | 7:00 pm | at #9 Northeastern | | Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | | L 2–4 | 2,414 | 11–19–3 (10–10–3) |
| March 7 | 7:00 pm | at #8 Providence | | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | NBC Boston | L 1–3 | 2,533 | 11–20–3 (10–11–3) |
| Hockey East Tournament |||||||||
| March 15 | 7:00 pm | at #7 Providence* | | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island (Quarterfinals) | | L 4–5 $^{OT}$ | 1,716 | 11–21–3 (10–11–3) |
| March 16 | 7:00 pm | at #7 Providence* | | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island (Quarterfinals) | | W 4–3 $^{OT}$ | 2,142 | 12–21–3 (10–11–3) |
| March 17 | 5:00 pm | at #7 Providence* | | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island (Quarterfinals) | | W 2–1 | 1,740 | 13–21–3 (10–11–3) |
| March 22 | 7:30 pm | vs. #3 Massachusetts* | | TD Garden • Boston, Massachusetts (Semifinals) | NESN | W 3–0 | 11,572 | 14–21–3 (10–11–3) |
| March 23 | 7:00 pm | vs. #6 Northeastern* | | TD Garden • Boston, Massachusetts (Finals) | NESN | L 2–3 | 13,402 | 14–22–3 (10–11–3) |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Attendance data from Hockey East |||||||||
* On November 17, sophomore Jacob Tortora left the program after dressing in just four games on the season.
* Freshman Oliver Wahlstrom would miss the January 4 and 5 games against Arizona State, representing the United States at the 2019 World Juniors, where he would help the Americans win the silver medal, falling 3–2 in the gold medal game against Finland.
* Defensemen Ben Finklestein was added to the roster on January 11, joining the program as a second-semester Junior. He previously played with the St. Lawrence Saints in the ECAC as well as the Waterloo Black Hawks in the USHL.

## Rankings

| Poll | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Final |
| USCHO.com | 12 | 12 | 18 | RV | NR | RV | RV | NR | NR | RV | RV | — | — | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | — | RV |
| USA Today | 9 | 10 | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |

## Statistics
### Skaters

| No. | Player | POS | YR | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PP | SHG | GWG | +/- | SOG |
| 2 | Micahel Karow | D | SO | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 37 |
| 3 | Luke McInnis | D | JR | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 | 28 |
| 4 | Michael Kim | D | SR | 39 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 93 |
| 5 | Casey Fitzgerald | D | SR | 39 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 98 |
| 6 | Ben Finkelstein | D | JR | 22 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 35 |
| 7 | Connor Moore | D | JR | 29 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 32 |
| 8 | Jesper Mattila | D | JR | 39 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 35 |
| 9 | Logan Hutsko | F | SO | 36 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 93 |
| 10 | Chris Brown | F | SR | 39 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -14 | 54 |
| 11 | Jack McBain | F | FR | 35 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 38 |
| 14 | Zach Walker | F | JR | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | JD Dudek | F | SR | 39 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 63 |
| 17 | David Cotton | F | JR | 39 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 136 |
| 18 | Oliver Wahlstrom | F | FR | 36 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 121 |
| 19 | Jacob Tortora | F | SO | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 |
| 20 | Mike Merulla | F | JR | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 |
| 21 | Christopher Grando | F | SO | 37 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 32 |
| 22 | Aapeli Räsänen | F | SO | 33 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 40 |
| 23 | Adam Samuelsson | D | FR | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 24 | Patrick Giles | F | FR | 37 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 44 |
| 25 | Marc McLaughlin | F | FR | 39 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 41 |
| 26 | Julius Mattila | F | JR | 34 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | E | 84 |
| 27 | Graham McPhee | F | JR | 29 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 40 |
| 28 | Ron Greco | F | JR | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 14 |
| 29 | Ian Milosz | G | SR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Joe Woll | G | JR | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 |
| 35 | Ryan Edquist | G | JR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 |
| | Bench | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | |
| | Team | | | 39 | 90 | 156 | 246 | 364 | 24 | 3 | 14 | -18 | 1171 |

### Goaltenders

| No. | Player | YR | GS | GP | MIN | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| 29 | Ian Milosz | SR | 1 | 0 | 6:09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 |
| 31 | Joe Woll | JR | 37 | 37 | 2189:51 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 88 | 2.41 | 1091 | 1003 | 0.919 | 3 |
| 35 | Ryan Edquist | JR | 3 | 2 | 141:23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5.09 | 77 | 65 | 0.844 | 0 |
| | Empty Net | | | 22 | 23:40 | | | | 10 | | 10 | | | |
| | Team | | 39 | 39 | 2361:03 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 110 | 2.80 | 1180 | 1070 | 0.907 | 3 |