Boston College had Vermont on the ropes twice Friday night, but the Catamounts kept climbing back.
The Eagles and Vermont played to a 4-4 tie in Hockey East action at Kelley Rink, with the visitors taking the extra point in the league standings after winning the shootout. Teddy Stiga led the way for BC with two goals, Jake Sondreal added another, and Kristian Kostadinski scored his first collegiate goal. Luke Schairer also picked up his first collegiate point with an assist.
BC jumped out fast and carried a 2-0 lead into the first intermission after scoring twice in a span of just 18 seconds late in the opening period. Stiga got the first one, snapping a shot from the left faceoff dot that found the top right corner for a 1-0 edge. Moments later, Kostadinski blasted one from the slot into the net to double the lead.
Vermont answered in the second period, scoring twice to pull even, including a power-play goal from Ethan Burroughs. But the tie didn’t last long.
Just 2:20 later, Stiga struck again to put Boston College back in front. On a 5-on-3 chance, and shortly after the first power play ended, he buried a one-timer from the right faceoff circle to make it 3-2.
The Eagles stretched the margin again early in the third when Sondreal finished off a play set up by Schairer, giving the freshman his first collegiate point and BC a 4-2 lead.
That still wasn’t enough to close it out. Vermont pulled its goalie and scored twice in the final 2:30 of regulation, including Cedrick Guindon’s extra-attacker goal at 17:36, to force overtime at 4-4.
Boston College moved to 2-5-2 overall and 1-2-1 in Hockey East. Vermont improved to 5-3-1 overall and 4-1-1 in league play.
Scoring: 1st 14:59 BC Teddy Stiga (Ryan Conmy)
1st 15:17 BC Kristian Kostadinski (Teddy Mutryn, Jake Sondreal) 2nd 2:40 UVM Ethan Burroughs (Michael Hagens, Andoni Fimis) - PPG
2nd 12:20 UVM Colin Kessler (Unassisted) 2nd 14:40 BC Teddy Stiga (Luka Radivojevic, Will Vote) - PPG
3rd 1:50 BC Jake Sondreal (Luke Schairer, Landan Resendes) 3rd 17:36 UVM Cedrick Guindon (Ethan Burroughs, Andoni Fimis) - EA
Boston College now turns to a home-and-home weekend series against UMass next week. The Eagles visit UMass on Friday before hosting the Minutemen at Kelley Rink the following night, with both games set for 7:00 p.m. puck drops.
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