Boston College men's hockey is off to an 0-4-0 start for
the first time in almost 80 years.
The Eagles dropped their fourth straight contest of the
nascent 2017-18 NCAA campaign to St. Cloud State, 7-0, in BC's home opener at
Conte Forum on Oct. 26. Prior to that, BC recorded losses at Wisconsin (0-3,
5-7) on Oct. 12-13, and at Quinnipiac (0-1) on Oct. 19. An 8-1 exhibition
victory against visiting Canadian university New Brunswick on Oct. 6 will not
count in the Eagles' official record and statistics.
It is the Eagles' worst start to a hockey season since
the 1937-38 squad lost its first five games. BC has also not recorded an
out-of-conference victory in NCAA play since besting visiting Arizona State,
3-1, in Nov. 2016.
Junior forward David Cotton leads the Eagles to date with
three goals and one assist for four points, with all three of his goals coming
in the 7-5 setback at Wisconsin. Junior goaltender Joseph Woll has gone 0-4-0
in net with a 3.71 goals-against average and an .867 save percentage in
stopping 85 of 98 shots over 210 minutes played. As a whole, BC currently ranks
56th overall in NCAA Division I scoring (1.25 goals per game), 53rd in team
defense (4.50 goals against per game), 42nd on the power play (2-of-13, 15.4
percent) and 21st on the penalty kill (11-of-13, 84.6 percent), according to
USCHO.com.
BC will try to get on track this weekend with its first
Hockey East conference games this year, a home-and-home series with Merrimack
on Nov. 2-3.
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