Boston College, Providence and a handful of Bruins prospects all delivered busy weekends, with Dean Letourneau headlining the NCAA side and Providence piling up goals in a pair of road wins.
Letourneau put together a three-point weekend as Boston College split its two-game set with Northeastern. He scored the overtime winner just 45 seconds into the extra frame of Friday’s 4-3 victory, then followed with a power play goal and an assist in Saturday’s 4-3 loss. He had already scored in Thursday’s 5-2 loss to Vermont, and the Arnprior, Ontario, native now leads Boston College with six goals and 11 points through seven games this season.
Elsewhere in the NCAA, Cooper Simpson picked up his first two college goals in No. 10 North Dakota’s 5-3 loss to No.
3 Michigan State on Saturday. Both came on the power play.
His first cut the deficit to one late in the opening period, and his second tied the game late in the third. The Shakopee, Minnesota, native has two goals and one assist through five games.
Boston drafted Simpson in the third round, 79th overall, in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft.
Ryan Walsh also made a strong early-season impression, scoring twice and adding an assist in No. 16 Cornell’s 5-2 win over Sacred Heart on Friday night.
He opened the scoring with the first two goals of the game to put the Big Red up 2-0 early in the second period, then set up the game-winning goal late in the middle frame. The Rochester, New York, native has two goals and one assist through two games.
Boston selected Walsh in the sixth round, 188th overall, of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.
In junior hockey, Cole Chandler turned in a three-point weekend to help the Cape Breton Eagles win twice. He had an assist in Friday’s 4-1 win at Moncton, then scored twice in Sunday’s 5-1 victory over Saint John.
His first goal opened the scoring 1:39 into the game, and his second added insurance in the middle period. The Bedford, Nova Scotia, native sits third on the team with 13 points, including five goals and eight assists, through 12 games.
Boston took Chandler in the fifth round, 133rd overall, of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft.
Jacob Vandeven also found the net for the first time in his OHL career, scoring in London’s 5-4 overtime win at Sault Ste. Marie on Sunday.
The defenseman’s goal pushed the Knights’ lead to 3-1 in the second period. The Komoka, Ontario, native has one goal and one assist through 15 games this season.
Boston drafted Vandeven in the fifth round, 157th overall, of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.
Over in Europe, Lokomotiv got a two-goal night from both Matvei Kotkov and Kirill Yemelyanov in a 6-2 win over HC Sochi on Thursday. Kotkov’s first goal stood as the game-winner around the midpoint of the second period, and he now has five goals and two assists through 20 KHL games. The Yekaterinburg, Russia, native was picked by Boston in the fourth round, 104th overall, of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.
Yemelyanov added a power play goal in the second period and an even-strength goal in the third. The Irkutsk, Russia, native has two goals and two assists through 10 KHL games. Boston selected him in the sixth round, 165th overall, of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft.
Providence had the loudest weekend of the bunch, going on the road and outscoring opponents 15-6 in two wins. The Bruins erased two three-goal deficits to beat Springfield, 7-6, in overtime on Friday, then rolled to an 8-0 win at Lehigh Valley on Sunday. That pushed their winning streak to three games and gave them four wins in their last five.
Mikey Eyssimont was named the AHL Player of the Month for October after posting two hat tricks and leading the league with 10 goals in just seven games played.
Ivan Ivan was a major factor in Friday’s comeback, scoring twice and adding an assist in the 7-6 win at Springfield. His first goal came on the power play and pulled Providence within one late in the second period, and his overtime winner arrived just 11 seconds into the extra fame.
The Ostrava, Czechia, native has two goals and four assists through 10 games. Boston acquired Ivan from Colorado in June in exchange for Fabian Lysell, then signed him to a one-year two-way contract two days later.
Ty Gallagher scored in back-to-back games and finished Friday with three points in the win at Springfield. Both of his goals came on wrist shots from the top of the slot through traffic.
His Friday goal brought Providence within two in the middle frame, while his Sunday goal opened the scoring midway through the first period. The Clarkston, Michigan, native has two goals and five assists through 10 games.
Boston drafted Gallagher in the seventh round, 217th overall, in 2021, and he signed a two-year contract with Providence in March of 2025.
Alex Steeves delivered the biggest individual line of the weekend on Sunday, piling up five points in the 8-0 win at Lehigh Valley. He had four assists and scored on a wrist shot from the right circle for insurance in the final period.
He became the first Providence Bruins player to record a five-point game since December 9, 2023, when Georgii Merkulov had two goals and three assists in a 10-2 win at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The Saint Paul, Minnesota, native has one goal and six assists through 10 games.
Steeves signed a two-year contract extension with Boston in January of 2026.
Brendan Gaunce also stacked up points in both victories, finishing with a five-point weekend. He scored a power play goal to tie Friday’s game late in the second period and added an assist in the overtime win at Springfield, then followed with two goals, including another power play marker, and an assist in Sunday’s shutout at Lehigh Valley.
The Sudbury, Ontario, native ranks second on the team with six goals and nine points through 11 games. Boston originally selected Gaunce in the first round, 26th overall, of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, and he signed a two-year, two-way contract with the club in July of 2026.
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