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Vermont (4-3-0, 3-1-0 HEA) continues Hockey East play this weekend as they travel to Chestnut Hill to face Boston College (2-4-1, 1-1-0 HEA) in a two-game set from Conte Forum. The puck drops Thursday and Friday night at 7 p.m. The action will be streamed live on ESPN+ and Friday's game will air on NESN as well. Eric Gallanty and Jim Connelly will have the call on ESPN+ and NESN. The contests will also be broadcast live on WVMT with the voice of the Catamounts Owen Gund in the Vermont Energy Broadcast Booth.
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CATAMOUNTS ON TOUR AT BOSTON COLLEGE
Join us from 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday at Cityside Tavern (1960 Beacon Street, Brighton, MA) & then head over to our game at BC! Register at
go.uvm.edu/regbc. Tickets aren't included in registration but there is a special ticket link for both nights at BC for UVM supporters at
go.uvm.edu/atbc.
LOISELLE NAMED HEA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
First year forward
Mathias Loiselle was named Hockey East Player of the Week on Monday, November 2. Loiselle scored back-to-back game-winners in UVM's weekend sweep of UNH. He scored on a penalty shot in the third period Friday and then in three-on-three overtime on Saturday. He leads the Catamounts this season in scoring with five points. Saturday was his first career multi-point game, he had one goal and two assists. Loiselle is the second Catamount this season to be named Player of the Week after
Jacob Oster earned the honor two weeks ago.
OSTER HAD AN OCTOBER TO REMEMBER
Sophomore goaltender
Jacob Oster made his collegiate debut Oct. 16 in a 2-1 win over No. 14 Boston University. He stopped 56 of the 59 shots he faced that weekend in two games with the Terriers earning Hockey East Player of the Week honors on Oct. 19. Oster has made six straight starts for Vermont; he currently has a 1.64 GAA and .941 save percentage. His GAA is 21st in the NCAA and save percentage is 23rd. He is one of two goalies in the league with three or more conference wins.
SCOUTING THE EAGLES
The Eagles were selected fourth in the 2026-27 Hockey East Preseason Poll. Last weekend BC claimed a 3-2 OT victory over Northeastern on Friday before dropping a 4-3 decision in OT to the Huskies on Saturday. Dean Letourneau scored his first career game-winner on Friday night; he leads the Eagles in scoring this season with five goals and five assists. He's currently on a seven-game point streak. Boston College has allowed the most power play goals against (six) of any team this season in Hockey East. Despite the slow start to the season the Eagles are receiving votes in both polls
Vermont and Boston College will be meeting for the 85th and 86th time this week at Conte Forum. BC holds a 56-19-8 lead in the all-time series. However, UVM did win the last matchup in historic fashion. On Feb. 6 topped then 11th ranked Eagles 6-1 behind four unanswered goals in the final 30 minutes including two power play goals and one shorthanded. It was the third time in program history the Catamounts had scored six goals on the road against the Eagles and the first time since 2002.
HOMECOMING FOR HAGENS
Junior defenseman
Michael Hagens will be making his return to the Heights Thursday evening after playing the first two seasons of his career at BC. Over two seasons he played 70 games for Boston College registering one goal and 12 assists for 13 points. This season for Vermont he's tied for second in team scoring with two goals and an assist.
At BC he played both seasons with his brother James Hagens, a forward, who is now a regular in the Boston Bruins lineup. In his rookie season he has 12 points (6 Gl, 6 Ast) in 16 games for the Bruins. His six goals are second on the team this year. At Boston College James had 84 points in 71 career games.
