Boston College blanks visiting UNH men’s hockey, 5-0
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Five different Eagles scored as the University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team fell to Boston College, 5-0, on Sunday afternoon at Conte Forum in Hockey East action.
The Wildcats fall to 3-3-0 (0-3-0 Hockey East), while the Eagles improve to 2-1-1 (2-0-0 Hockey East).
At 3:50 of the of the second period, senior goalie David Fessenden (Parker, Colo.) made a big save on a BC breakaway to keep the game tied at 0-0.
The Eagles took a 1-0 lead at 8:03 of the second period when Lukas Gustafsson fired a one-timer from the middle of the faceoff circle stick side for the power play goal.
BC increased its lead to 2-0 at 19:10 when Nikita Nesterenko sent the puck to the upper stick side corner of the net from the slot.
Then just 38 seconds later, Trevor Kuntar knocked in a rebound to make it a 3-0 game.
Cutter Gauthier made it a 4-0 contest at 9:15 of the third period when he scored on a rebound off a shot by Cade Alami.
Mike Posma scored the last goal of the game when sent a loose puck to the back of the net at 14:11 of the third period for the 5-0 final score.
Fessenden made 29 saves, while Mitch Benson tallied 22 saves for the Eagles to earn the win.
BC outshot UNH, 34-22.
The Wildcats went 0-1 on the power play, while the Eagles went 1-2.
The Wildcats return to action on Friday at 7 p.m. versus No. 9 Providence at the Whittemore Center on ESPN+. They then visit Providence on Saturday night, Oct. 29.
(Courtesy photo above of UNH’s Nikolai Jenson trying to get a handle of the puck by John Quackenbos/UNH Athletics)


