No. 16 Boston College gets back on the ice this weekend with a chance to reset its start, hosting St.
Cloud State in a two-game non-conference set at Chestnut Hill. The series opens Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and wraps up Saturday at 6:00 p.m., with both games streaming on ESPN+ and airing on WEEI 850 AM.
BC enters at 0-1-0 after a 3-2 loss to Alaska in Friday’s season opener, a game that still produced some early-season positives. Teddy Stiga and Dean Letourneau both scored on the power play, while Matias Vanhanen and Carson Woodall each picked up an assist for their first collegiate point. Louka Cloutier also handled a heavy workload, stopping 26 shots.
The Eagles are ranked No. 16 in both the USCHO and USA Hockey polls, and they were pegged fourth in the Hockey East preseason poll with 86 points. Providence took the top spot with eight first-place votes and 106 points, followed by UMass with 98 and Boston University with 87. UConn landed fifth with 73 points, then Merrimack with 68, Maine with 57, Northeastern with 52, New Hampshire with 35, UMass Lowell with 31, and Vermont with 22.
This group also has its leadership set. Will Vote will serve as captain in 2026-27, with Jake Sondreal and Teddy Stiga named assistant captains.
Vote has played 93 games over three seasons on the Heights and has 42 points on 19 goals and 23 assists. He put up career-best numbers in 2025-26 with 10 goals, 11 assists, and 21 points.
Sondreal has 27 points in 72 games over two seasons, while Stiga has posted 51 points in 67 games across two years, with 20 goals and 31 assists.
Boston College also brings back some established production. Dean Letourneau and Ryan Conmy headline the returning scorers, with Letourneau earning Hockey East Third Team All-Star honors after a 22-goal, 17-assist, 39-point season.
Conmy finished third on the team with 27 points, scoring nine goals and adding 18 assists. Luka Radivojevic earned a spot on the Hockey East All-Rookie Team after appearing in 34 games and totaling 16 points, including one goal and 15 assists.
Cloutier returns after going 19-13-1 with four shutouts, a .910 save percentage, and a 2.34 goals-against average.
St. Cloud State comes in at 1-2-0 and split a series with No.
12/16 Michigan Tech last weekend. The Huskies dropped a 3-2 overtime decision before answering with a 5-3 win the next night.
Gavyn Thoreson leads the way with five points, tops on the team in goals with two, assists with three, and points overall. Seven Huskies have scored one goal, Nolan Stevenson has a team-best seven blocked shots, and Patriks Berzins earned the win Saturday after making 30 saves on 33 shots.
The all-time series is tight, with Boston College holding a 3-4-0 record against St. Cloud State. The teams last met in the 2024-25 season, when BC went to Minnesota and came away with a pair of wins, 4-1 and 2-1.
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