Boston College gets back to Hockey East play this week with a home series against Vermont, and the Eagles will be trying to steady things after a split with Northeastern last weekend.
BC hosts the Catamounts on Thursday and Friday at Kelley Rink. Both games will stream on ESPN+ and air on WEEI 850 AM, while Friday’s matchup will also be shown regionally on NESN.
The Eagles enter the series at 2-4-1 after opening league play with a win and a loss against Northeastern. Boston College is also receiving votes in both national polls.
That opening Hockey East weekend had plenty of offense. BC edged Northeastern 3-2 in overtime on Friday, then fell 4-3 in overtime on Saturday.
Dean Letourneau delivered the winner Friday night for his first career game-winning goal, with Matias Vanhanen and Ryan Conmy also scoring. Louka Cloutier made 16 saves to pick up his second win of the season.
Saturday brought another strong night for Letourneau, who opened the scoring with a power-play goal. Alex Pelletier added his first collegiate goal and finished with three points after two assists.
Letourneau has been BC’s most productive player so far, leading the team with 10 points on five goals and five assists. He’s also riding a seven-game point streak. Vanhanen sits second on the club in both goals and points, with three goals and seven points, while Luka Radivojevic leads the Eagles with six assists.
On the defensive side, Kristian Kostadinski has a team-best 15 blocked shots. Carson Woodall and Radivojevic each have 10. In goal, Cloutier has appeared in six games and owns a 2.48 goals-against average along with a .902 save percentage.
Vermont comes in at 4-3-0 overall and 3-1-0 in league play. The Catamounts are coming off a sweep of New Hampshire, winning both games 3-2, and they also split a Hockey East series with Boston University in mid-October.
Mathias Loiselle leads Vermont with five points, coming on two goals and three assists. Zachary Filak and Michael Hagens are tied with him for the team lead in goals. Between the pipes, Jacob Oster has started six games and has posted a .941 save percentage and a 1.64 goals-against average.
Boston College has controlled the all-time series, holding a 56-19-8 edge over Vermont. The Eagles went 2-1 against the Catamounts during the 2025-26 season, sweeping a weekend series in early November before losing at home in February.
Landan Resendes scored the game-winner in the 2-1 opener, and BC followed that up with a five-goal night in which five different players scored. Cloutier recorded his first career shutout in that game with 21 saves.
BC was picked fourth in the Hockey East preseason poll with 86 points. Providence was the preseason favorite with eight first-place votes and 106 points, followed by UMass with 98 points and Boston University with 87.
UConn landed fifth with 73 points, then Merrimack with 68. Maine, Northeastern, New Hampshire, UMass Lowell and Vermont rounded out the poll.
After the Vermont series, the Eagles head into a home-and-home with UMass next week. That set begins Friday night at UMass before the teams meet again at Kelley Rink on Saturday. Both games are scheduled for 7:00 p.m. puck drops.
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