University of Massachusets Athletics
Saturday, November 14
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
7 p.m.
University of Massachusetts
5-7-1, 2-3-0
2
at
4
Boston College
4-5-2, 3-2-1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Boston College | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
November 14, 2026 | Hockey
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – University of Massachusetts hockey was unable to overcome a 2-0 deficit, falling 4-2 at Boston College on Saturday night. The loss leaves the Minutemen at 5-7-1 overall, 2-3-0 in league action, while the Eagles improve to 4-5-2, 3-2-2 in Hockey East.
"Unfortunately, they get a goal early in the game and I think it really put us on our heels for a while," said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "It's very similar to a lot of games this year, where I felt like for 30 minutes we played pretty well, 30 minutes we chased the game. Penalties again, hooking and holding penalties, are taking away any momentum that we're building up. But I shook lines up in the third period, and I liked the third period. The kids came back, gave it a good try and scored a goal. It's good to get on the board twice, but you know a lot of pucks sitting around the goaltender, that we got to find ways to get in the back of the net."
BC jumped out in front just 2:44 into the contest. Carson Woodall and Oscar Hemming sent the puck up the boards to Casey Mutryn at the left point and Mutryn's shot found its way through traffic and past UMass netminder Ethan Eskit.
The Eagles doubled their lead 1:49 into the second period. A rebound from Mutryn came out to Kristian Kostadinski at the right faceoff circle and he tucked the rebound under the crossbar. Hemming earned the secondary helper.
Senior captain Jack Musa halved UMass' deficit at the three minute mark, tapping home a feed from sophomores Václav Nestrašil and Jack Galanek at point-blank range. The goal marked the 50th of Musa's career as a Minuteman, making him the ninth player in program history to reach the milestone.
The momentum was short-lived, however. Just 28 seconds later, BC regained its two-goal cushion. Kostadinski potted his second of the game from Alex Pelletier and Ryan Conmy.
Hemming stretched the Eagles' advantage to three 13:56 into the second, tucking his breakaway chance around Eskit after receiving the puck from Mutryn.
Freshman Melvin Novotny won the puck amidst several BC sticks in front and knocked home a feed from freshman Jasper Kuhta and Mathieu Taillefer out of the corner at 9:40.
The Eagles narrowly led in shots, 32-30 and went 0-for-4 on the power play while UMass was 0-for-3. Eskit and his counterpart for BC, Louka Cloutier, both finished with 28 saves.
The Minutemen will be back in action on Thursday, November 19, when the squad will host No. 10/9 Providence in a Hockey East matchup that will air on ESPNU at 6 p.m.
"Unfortunately, they get a goal early in the game and I think it really put us on our heels for a while," said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "It's very similar to a lot of games this year, where I felt like for 30 minutes we played pretty well, 30 minutes we chased the game. Penalties again, hooking and holding penalties, are taking away any momentum that we're building up. But I shook lines up in the third period, and I liked the third period. The kids came back, gave it a good try and scored a goal. It's good to get on the board twice, but you know a lot of pucks sitting around the goaltender, that we got to find ways to get in the back of the net."
BC jumped out in front just 2:44 into the contest. Carson Woodall and Oscar Hemming sent the puck up the boards to Casey Mutryn at the left point and Mutryn's shot found its way through traffic and past UMass netminder Ethan Eskit.
The Eagles doubled their lead 1:49 into the second period. A rebound from Mutryn came out to Kristian Kostadinski at the right faceoff circle and he tucked the rebound under the crossbar. Hemming earned the secondary helper.
Senior captain Jack Musa halved UMass' deficit at the three minute mark, tapping home a feed from sophomores Václav Nestrašil and Jack Galanek at point-blank range. The goal marked the 50th of Musa's career as a Minuteman, making him the ninth player in program history to reach the milestone.
The momentum was short-lived, however. Just 28 seconds later, BC regained its two-goal cushion. Kostadinski potted his second of the game from Alex Pelletier and Ryan Conmy.
Hemming stretched the Eagles' advantage to three 13:56 into the second, tucking his breakaway chance around Eskit after receiving the puck from Mutryn.
Freshman Melvin Novotny won the puck amidst several BC sticks in front and knocked home a feed from freshman Jasper Kuhta and Mathieu Taillefer out of the corner at 9:40.
The Eagles narrowly led in shots, 32-30 and went 0-for-4 on the power play while UMass was 0-for-3. Eskit and his counterpart for BC, Louka Cloutier, both finished with 28 saves.
The Minutemen will be back in action on Thursday, November 19, when the squad will host No. 10/9 Providence in a Hockey East matchup that will air on ESPNU at 6 p.m.
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/ HockeyTeam Stats
UM
BC
Shots
30
32
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
5
3
Penalty Mins
10
6
Faceoffs Won
34
35
Game Leaders
+/-
-2
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
1
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
1
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