FINAL SCORE: Boston College 3, Vermont 2
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – David Cotton's goal with 22 seconds left in the second frame was the difference as Boston College took a 3-2 win over Vermont Friday night at Conte Forum.

The Eagles improve to 3-5-0 overall and 3-1-0 in Hockey East play while the Catamounts drop to 3-5-0 overall and 1-4-0 in conference play.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
 "We got back to basics of winning battles and putting pressure on them," head coach Kevin Sneddon said. "We made some really poor decisions at the wrong times ... those are hard to swallow but we were much better in our compete and we used our speed more effectively."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Cotton gave the Eagles a 1-0 lead just 16 seconds after the opening face-off following a Catamount turnover on assists from Julius Mattila and Logan Hutsko.
• Vlad Dzhioshivili tied the game at 14:58 of the opening period as he cut through the Eagle defense and fired a shot that trickled through Ryan Edquist and over the goal line. Martin Frechette and Cory Thomas assisted on the goal.
• After a BC 2-on-0 did not result in a shot on goal, Mattila scored 3:10 into the middle frame on assists from Michael Kim and Patrick Giles.
• At the tail end of a 5-on-3 advantage, Jake Massie rang a shot off the post and into the net to tie the game with 11:59 remaining in the second.
• Cotton's second of the game and third of the series in the late stages of the second came on a one-time shot from the top of the circle on a feed from Hutsko.
• Johnny DeRoche had UVM's best chance to tie the game in the third period. He deked around a Boston College defenseman into the slot and fired a shot on Edquist, who made a nice shoulder save.

NOTES

• Dzhioshvili recorded his first collegiate goal at 14:58 of the first period. Frechette picked up his first collegiate assist on the Russian's goal.
• Stefanos Lekkas (27 saves) passed Andrew Allen '01 for seventh on the all-time Catamount saves leaderboard. He now has 2,161 career saves.
• UVM went 1-for-5 on the power play while BC was held in check, going 0-for-3 on the man advantage.

UP NEXT
Vermont hosts Northeastern next Friday (Nov. 16) at 7:05 p.m. on Military Appreciation Night, presented by Milton Cat, at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
 
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