The 2017–18 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team represented Boston College in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team was coached by Jerry York, '67, his twenty-fourth 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 two mid-season tournaments during the 2017–18 season, the first of which took place during the holiday break, where the Eagles made the trip to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada for the inaugural Ice Vegas Invitational on January 5 and 6. The Eagles fell 4–3 to the Michigan Tech Huskies in the opening round, and officially tied the Northern Michigan Wildcats in the consolation round by a score of 3–3, with the Wildcats winning the unofficial shootout to take third place. For their second tournament of the season, the Eagles played in the 66th Annual Beanpot Tournament at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on February 5 and 12. Boston College faced Northeastern in the opening round, losing 3–0, and fell 5–4 in overtime to Harvard in the consolation game, finishing fourth place for the second consecutive year.
The Eagles finished the season 20-14-3, and 18-6-0 in conference play, winning the conference regular season title. They advanced to the Semifinals of the Hockey East tournament, where they were beaten by eventual champions Boston University. The Eagles, having failed to secure an auto-bid by virtue of winning the Hockey East tournament, did not attend the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.
Previous season recap The Eagles entered the 2017–18 season following a semi-disappointing year. While attaining a share of the Hockey East regular season title with their strong 21–15–4 record, they missed out on participating in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009 after falling in the Hockey East Tournament championship to UMass Lowell. Additionally, they failed to secure any mid-season tournament title, placing third in the Ice Breaker Tournament and Three Rivers Classic, and placing fourth in the Beanpot tournament.
Departures
Five Senior Eagles graduated in May: Chris Calnan – F (Captain) Austin Cangelosi – F (Assistant) Ryan Fitzgerald – F (Assistant) Matt Gaudreau – F Scott Savage – D
One Underclassmen left the program early to sign with their drafted teams in the NHL: Colin White — F — Ottawa Senators
Additional: Chris Shero – F – Not retained on roster from previous season
Recruiting Boston College adds six freshmen and one graduate transfer for the 2017–18 season: five forwards, and two defensemen.
Player Position Nationality NotesMichael Karow Defenseman Green Bay, WI; Drafted 126th overall by the Arizona Coyotes in the 2017 Draft.Logan Hutsko Forward Tampa, Fl; Played for the US-NTDP of the USHL.Casey Carreau Forward Acushnet, MA; Played for Thayer Academy of the USHS-MA.Jacob Tortora Forward Victor, NY; Played for the US-NTDP of the USHL.Christopher Grando Forward Islip, NY; Played for the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL.Aapeli Räsänen Forward Tampere, Finland; Drafted 153rd overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2016 Draft.Kevin Lohan Defenseman Cold Spring Harbor, NY; Graduate senior; transferred from Michigan of the B1G conference.
2017–2018 roster
2017–18 Eagles
As of September 12, 2017.
Coaching staff
Name Position Seasons atBoston College Alma mater Jerry York Head Coach 24 Boston College (1967) Greg Brown Associate Head Coach 14 Boston College (1990) Mike Ayers Assistant coach 5 University of New Hampshire (2004) Marty McInnis Assistant coach 5 Boston College (1992)
Standings
Schedule
Regular season
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!colspan=12 style=""| Regular Season
!colspan=12 style=""| Hockey East Tournament
Sophomore defenseman Michael Campoli left the program on December 19, having not dressed for any game in the 2017–18 season.
Rankings
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Statistics
Skaters 2 D FR 34 0 6 6 22 0 0 0 -2 41 3 D SO 28 0 5 5 34 0 0 0 +3 32 4 D JR 37 5 15 20 12 2 0 2 +10 92 5 D JR 36 6 13 19 45 2 0 2 -2 102 7 D SO 37 5 12 17 16 2 0 1 +4 49 8 D SO 35 4 9 13 12 1 0 1 E 45 9 F FR 37 12 19 31 16 3 0 2 +10 90 10 F JR 37 9 10 19 14 4 2 1 -3 86 12 F SO 14 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 +1 8 14 F SO 31 1 3 4 12 0 0 0 +1 22 15 F JR 36 7 12 19 28 0 0 2 -4 79 17 F SO 37 9 19 28 22 4 0 2 +8 87 18 F FR 33 1 4 5 8 0 0 1 E 30 19 F FR 34 6 7 13 52 1 0 0 -1 46 20 F SO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 21 F FR 37 6 12 18 22 0 2 3 +9 49 22 F FR 32 4 12 16 45 1 0 1 +7 46 24 D SR 22 2 6 8 10 0 0 0 +14 13 26 F SO 35 13 14 27 18 2 1 0 +5 94 27 F SO 36 12 12 24 47 4 2 2 -1 70 28 F SO 37 5 4 9 6 0 0 0 -2 36 29 G JR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 0 31 G SO 30 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 +12 0 35 G SO 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 +6 0 Bench 10 Team 37 108 196 304 472 26 7 20 +13 1117
Goaltenders 29 JR 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.00 0 31 SO 30301789:3417112742.48867793.9152 25 SO 79459:21331192.48227208.9161 Empty Net 1914:50 6 6 Team 37372263:4520143992.6211001001.9103
Awards and honors
Hockey East Season Awards Logan Hutsko, F – Rookie of the Year Jerry York – Coach of the Year Casey Fitzgerald, D – Best Defensive Defenseman
Hockey East All Stars Casey Fitzgerald, D – Second Team Joe Woll, G – Third Team Michael Kim, D – Third Team Logan Hutsko, F – Rookie Team
Hockey East Rookie of the Month Christopher Grando, F – Month of November Logan Hutsko, F – Month of February
Hockey East Player of the Week Christopher Grando, F – Week of November 6, 2017 Kevin Lohan, D – Week of February 26, 2018
Hockey East Rookie of the Week Logan Hutsko, F – Week of February 12, 2018
Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week Casey Fitzgerald, D – Week of October 16, 2017 Joe Woll, G – Week of November 20, 2017, Week of February 19, 2018
References
External links BC Men's Hockey Home Page BC Men's Hockey Page on USCHO