University of Vermont Athletics

FINAL SCORE: Vermont 4, Boston College 4
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Vermont scored two goals in the final 2:24 to earn a 4-4 tie over Boston College Friday night in Hockey East action from Conte Forum. Jacob Oster made a career-high 36 saves and then three more in the shootout before Michael Hagens won the shootout to earn the extra league point. They have 14 points now out of their first six Hockey East contests.
 
RELATED LINKS
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Hockey East Highlights
Postgame: Coach Krug
Social Reel: Hagens Shootout Goal
 
COACH'S QUOTE
"Being on that bench tonight just fills you up with pride as a coaching staff," said Head Coach Steve Wiedler. "The things our guys were saying to each other every time adversity struck was so impressive. It was all player led. This group never says die."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Teddy Stiga opened the scoring for the Eagles with 5:01 to play in the first period. Stiga carried the puck into the Vermont zone and looked to make a pass, but the Catamounts had four skaters back and there was really nowhere for him to go. He spun back to the blueline and then ripped a shot from the top of the slot that beat UVM's Jacob Oster for his fourth goal of the season.
• Just 18 seconds later Kristian Kostadinksi made it 2-0 for the Eagles with a perfectly placed point shot that Oster never saw.
• Vermont fought back early in the second period with another power play goal 2:40 into the middle frame. Michael Hagens one-timed a feed from Andoni Fimis towards the BC net and Louka Cloutier. Ethan Burroughs was providing a partial screen on the play and jumped to get out of the path of the puck. With his skates two and a half feet up in the air the puck hit him and found the back of the net.
• Colin Kessler equalized for Vermont with 7:40 to play in the second period on a nifty individual effort. Kessler forced a BC turnover on the forecheck, he gloved the puck down and skated into the top of the slot before firing a knuckler past Cloutier for his second goal of the season.
• Stiga scored his second goal of the night on the power play with 5:20 left in the second period. The Eagles had a five-on-three advantage for 81 seconds, UVM killed off that period but seconds after the two-man advantage Stiga one-timed home a feed from Luke Radivojevic to make it 3-2.
• Just 1:50 into the third period Jake Sondreal reestablished the two-goal lead with a wrist shot from the point through multiple layers of traffic in front of Oster.
• With 3:21 to play in regulation UVM pulled its goalie for the extra skater. Burroughs won a puck battle in the corner and fed a cross-ice pass to Cédrick Guindon on the opposite faceoff dot. Guindon one-timed it home for his second goal of the season. Fimis earned the secondary assist on the tally.
• With 69 seconds left in regulation Vermont called a timeout before an offensive zone faceoff with the goalie pulled again. Guindon won the faceoff for the Catamounts before Burroughs fed Kessler for a one-timer that found the back of the net to make it 4-4 five seconds after the faceoff win.
• In overtime the Eagles earned a power play opportunity. Oster made four saves to keep UVM alive in the contest.
• In the shootout Oster stopped Stiga, Dean Letorneau and Will Vote. Then it was Hagens time to shine. He faked a wrist shot, went to his backhand, before going back to his forehand and roofing the winner.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Michael Hagens point streak now stands at five games, over that stretch, he now has three goals and five assists.
• Over the last five games UVM is 6 for 23 (26.1%) with the man advantage
• Following Friday's action, the Catamounts are in first place in Hockey East with 14 points, three points ahead of Boston University, who have also played six games.
• UVM has earned at least a point in all six league games this season.
• Tyler Dysart led all skaters' Friday night with three blocked shots.
• This evening was Ethan Burroughs first career three-point game, he had a goal and two assists. Burroughs is second on the team in scoring with seven points this season.
• With this evening's 4-4 decision, Community Bank N.A. will donate $200 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
The Catamounts return home next weekend for a two-game Hockey East set against Maine. Vermont will host the Black Bears at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 13 and then at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
 
Friday is the Teddy Bear Toss presented by TD, fans are encouraged to bring a new or gently used teddy bear to throw onto the ice during the first intermission, all bears will be donated to the King Street Center. The first 500 fans in attendance can also receive a free co-branded t-shirt, courtesy of TD. Saturday's contest is our Can for Coffee presented by Keurig. Fans can receive a box of coffee when they donate a non-perishable food item, courtesy of Keurig – all proceeds benefit the Josh Pallotta Fund. Fans who donate can be entered to win a Keurig brewer.

Both contests will air live on ESPN+ with Rob Ryan on the call and they will also be available to international viewers on HockeyEast.TV. The games 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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