University of Vermont Athletics

FINAL SCORE: Vermont 5, Boston College 2
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – 10 different Catamounts registered at least a point as UVM jumped out to a 3-0 lead 12:44 into the contest on their way to a 5-2 win at Boston College Thursday night in Hockey East action from Conte Forum. The win was the Catamounts third straight in league play. They have 12 points now out of their first five Hockey East contests.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Just a great team effort tonight by our boys," said Head Coach Steve Wiedler. "They got right to our identity, and they stayed there for 60 minutes. We were connected through all three zones. Doing the little things it takes to win at this level."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Vermont opened the scoring Thursday night 77 seconds into the contest. In transition UVM broke on a three-on-three rush. Daniel Sambuco dished cross-ice to Michael Hagens and Hagens carried it into the BC zone. As Sambuco drove right to the net an opening was created for Tyler Dysart. Hagens hit Dysart with a pass and then he wired a wrist shot past BC's Leo Henriquez for his first career goal.
• With 8:35 to play in the first period Logan Renkowski scored her first career goal on the power play to make it a 2-0 lead. Jack Malinski fired a shot on net and as the rebound sat in the crease Renkowski flipped it home past Henriquez. Jonah Aegerter earned the secondary assist on the goal.
• Just 1:19 later Vermont made it a three-goal lead and chased Henriquez from the contest. Cédrick Guindon won a puck battle in the BC zone and dropped a pass back to Ethan Burroughs who one-timed it home for his second goal of the year. Sebastian Törnqvist earned as assist on the dump-in that Guindon skated down.
• BC's Dean Letourneau cut the Vermont lead to two with his sixth goal of the season with 1:38 to play in the first period. The Bruins first round pick beat Jacob Oster with a shot from a tight angle to make it 3-1.
• Hagens reestablished the Catamounts three-goal lead with a four-on-three power play tally 6:57 into the second period. Colin Kessler passed cross-ice to Burroughs and then Burroughs and Hagens passed back and forth around the top of the slot before Hagens one-timed a slapshot home. It was his third goal in the last three games for Vermont.
• With 3:49 to play in the second period Teddy Stiga made it a two-goal game again. He took a feed from Carson Woodall in the neutral zone and gained a step on the UVM defense with a quick spin move. He skated in on a breakaway and snuck a shot off Oster's stick and in to make it 4-2.
• The Eagles pulled the goalie with 2:55 to play in regulation. Mathias Loiselle blocked a BC shot but the Catamounts didn't allow a shot on goal before Dysart iced the game with an empty-net goal with 52 seconds left in the contest. Hagens and Sambuco assisted on the fifth goal of the night for UVM.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Tonight was Michael Hagens second career three-point game. He is on a four-game point streak, he has three goals and three assists during the streak.
• Vermont scored a season-high two power play goals Thursday night. Over the last four games UVM is 5 for 20 (25%) with the man advantage
• Since Hockey East went to its current standings format in 2020-21, awarding three points per game, this is Vermont's best league start through five games with 12 points.
• The Catamounts have posted back-to-back regular season wins at Conte Forum for the first time in program history. UVM topped BC 6-1 Feb. 6 and then 5-2 tonight.
• Vermont has won three straight Hockey East games for the first time since Jan. 25-Feb. 1, 2019. Vermont hasn't won four straight league games since Nov. 16-29, 2008.
• With today's Win, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to the Ronald McDonald House through the Cat's Win, Community Win's initiative. Vermont Mutual has donated over $6.4 Million Dollars since launching their Charitable Giving Fund.
• With this evening's 5-2 decision, Community Bank N.A. will donate $250 to Special Olympics Vermont. Community Bank, N.A. donates $50 per goal to Special Olympics Vermont for every goal the men's and women's team scores this season.

UP NEXT
Vermont and Boston College will face off in game two of the Hockey East set at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 6. The action will air live on ESPN+, NESN and TSN Premium with Eric Gallanty and Jim Connelly on the call. It will also be available to international viewers on HockeyEast.TV. The game 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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