BC Wins First Men's Beanpot Since 2016

Boston College shook off an early deficit and rebounded for a 6-2 victory over Boston University last night in the 2026 Beanpot Tournament championship game at TD Garden in Boston. It was BC's 21st Beanpot men's crown all-time, in the 300th meeting overall between the two Commonwealth Avenue rivals, and first Beanpot championship since it also defeated BU in the title tilt in 2016.

After defending champion BU took an early 1-0, lead, BC responded with five consecutive goals, three of them on the power play. Andre Gasseau scored two goals for the 14th-ranked Eagles (16-9-1 overall), and Lukas Gustafsson notched the eventual game-winner from the point on a man advantage. Will Vote also scored twice for BC, including an empty-net insurance tally in the final two minutes of regulation, while Ryan Conmy collected four assists. 

Louka Cloutier stopped 27 shots in net for the Eagles, and also earned the Eberly Trophy as this year's top Beanpot goaltender with a .950 save percentage. BC's James Hagens took home Beanpot MVP accolades after registering two assists last night, and five points over two Beanpot contests. Mikhail Yegorov finished with 32 saves for BU (13-14-2), which got goals from Brandon Svoboda and Cole Eiserman. The Terriers and Eagles will meet again on Feb. 27-28, in a home-and-home series in Hockey East conference play.

Harvard took last night's Beanpot men's consolation contest with 4-1 victory over Northeastern. The Crimson won this year's women's Beanpot, defeating BU in overtime at TD Garden. 

 

UNH Blanks Princeton, 3-0

Jared Whale made 15 saves for the shutout, and visiting New Hampshire scored three third-period goals to top Princeton, 3-0, on Friday night at Hobey Baker Rink in non-conference play.

After UNH killed off a five-minute major penalty to Marty Lavins that spanned the second and third periods, the Wildcats (9-4-3 overall) got goals from Ryan Conmy, Robert Cronin and Lavins (empty net) in a span of just under 12 minutes to extend their unbeaten streak to seven games. For Whale, who played the last two seasons with Alaska Anchorage, it was his second shutout of the season, and fourth of his NCAA career.

Arthur Smith made 16 stops for the Tigers (6-5-1), who saw their five-game winning streak snapped as they were shut out at home for the first time in almost two years. The two schools will close out their two-game series on Saturday at Princeton at 4 p.m. ET.

ADDENDUM: UNH raced out to a 3-0 first-period lead in the rematch, then held on for a 4-3 win.