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.
Jack McBain Forward Toronto, Ontario; Drafted 63rd overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2018 Draft.Oliver Wahlstrom Forward Quincy, MA; Drafted 11th overall by the New York Islanders in the 2018 Draft.Adam Samuelsson Defenseman San Diego, CA; Played for the US-NTDP of the USHL.Patrick Giles Forward Chevy Chase, MD; Played for the US-NTDP of the USHL.Marc McLaughlin Forward 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 atBoston 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
Schedule
Regular season
!colspan=12 style="" | Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="" | Regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| Hockey East Tournament
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
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Statistics
Skaters 2 D SO 39 0 2 2 18 0 0 0 -3 37 3 D JR 35 0 2 2 30 0 0 0 -11 28 4 D SR 39 3 12 15 8 1 1 0 -5 93 5 D SR 39 2 12 14 26 0 0 0 -6 98 6 D JR 22 1 9 10 6 1 0 1 -6 35 7 D JR 29 1 5 6 12 1 0 0 -1 32 8 D JR 39 0 9 9 6 0 0 0 -7 35 9 F SO 36 6 20 26 10 2 0 3 -7 93 10 F SR 39 7 9 16 14 2 0 1 -14 54 11 F FR 35 6 7 13 39 1 0 1 -3 38 14 F JR 22 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 -2 9 15 F SR 39 7 5 12 26 0 0 0 -4 63 17 F JR 39 23 13 36 20 8 1 4 -8 136 18 F FR 36 8 11 19 28 2 0 1 -6 121 19 F SO 4 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 E 0 20 F JR 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 0 21 F SO 37 3 4 7 16 0 0 0 E 32 22 F SO 33 5 2 7 20 1 0 0 -2 40 23 D FR 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4 24 F FR 37 1 5 6 14 0 0 0 -2 44 25 F FR 39 4 4 8 20 1 0 1 -4 41 26 F JR 34 9 14 23 6 2 1 2 E 84 27 F JR 29 3 6 9 25 2 0 0 -7 40 28 F JR 25 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 -6 14 29 G SR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 G JR 37 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 -7 0 35 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 29 SR 1 0 6:09 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 2 1.00 0 31 JR 37 37 2189:51 13 21 3 88 2.41 1091 1003 0.919 3 35 JR 3 2 141:23 1 1 0 12 5.09 77 65 0.844 0 Empty Net 22 23:40 10 10 Team 39392361:03142231102.80118010700.9073
Awards and honors
ACHA/CCM Division I East All-Stars David Cotton, F – Second Team
Hockey East All-Stars David Cotton, F – First Team Casey Fitzgerald, D – Honorable Mention
Hockey East Player of the Month David Cotton, F – Month of November
Hockey East Goaltender of the Month Joseph Woll, G – Month of December
Hockey East Player of the Week David Cotton, F – Week of November 5, 2018 Julius Mattila, F – Week of December 10, 2018 Logan Hutsko, F – Week of March 18, 2019 (Shared with Cale Makar)
Hockey East Rookie of the Week Oliver Wahlstrom, F – Week of October 8, 2018
Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week Joseph Woll, G – Week of December 2, 2018 (Shared with Jeremy Swayman)
References
External links BC Men's Hockey Home Page BC Men's Hockey Page on USCHO