CHESTNUT HILL – Boston College men’s hockey is making up for its October slump with a November bump.
The No. 15 Eagles extended their Hockey East win streak to five with a 7-3 victory over No. 10 Maine on Friday night at Conte Forum.
James Hagens, the 2025 Boston Bruins first-round draft pick, notched his second multi-goal game of the season while New Hampshire transfer Ryan Conmy registered two goals and an assist.
BC improved to 7-4-1 overall, 5-2-0 in Hockey East, and 5-0 in November. Maine dropped to 7-5-1 and 4-3-0 in the league. The two teams will play the rematch on Saturday night (7 p.m.) at Conte.
BC entered the game after completing a home-and-home series sweep against No. 12 UMass last weekend.
“We didn’t feel like we were playing terribly in October (2-4-1), but we just weren’t able to score,” said BC coach Greg Brown. “Now we are getting some goals, and you have a much better chance to win when you are scoring.
“These last five games, we have been scoring, and you can see the confidence growing in guys. We are getting to the net harder, we are getting around the net, and when you have confidence, you can finish off those plays.”
Maine got the better of the early play, but BC was first to light the lamp. Maine center Max Scott had three seconds remaining on his tripping penalty when Boston Bruins 2024 first-round draft pick Dean Latourneau potted his fifth of the season at 11:16.
Jake Sondreal’s faceoff win in the left circle went back to Letourneau, who paused before ripping a wrist shot off the crossbar that dropped behind Maine goalie Albin Boija.
BC went up 2-0 on a tic-tac-toe power play goal at 16:19 of the first. Sophomore right wing Teddy Stiga of Sudbury gained possession in the left circle and sent the puck back to defenseman Lukas Gustafsson at the blue line.
Gustafsson relayed the puck to Hagens in the right circle, where he one-timed the puck inside the near post for the first of two on the night. The Eagles entered the contest with a 22.6% success rate on the PP.
“They started on time and really dictated play for a lot of the early part of the game,” said Brown. “We were fortunate when we capitalized on a couple of power play goals, but it didn’t look like the momentum was in our favor.”
BC went up 3-0 at 6:17 of the second on a nifty piece of stick work by freshman right wing Landan Resendes. Freshman center Will Moore, a 2025 Boston Bruins draft pick, lofted a clearance from the BC zone that Resendes caught up with at the red line.
Resendes broke in alone and went from the backhand to the forehand at the goal mouth and slipped the puck behind Boija for his second of the season.
“We’ve seen that one in practice a few times, and he (Resendes) loves that,” said Conmy. “He is a tough player, and he finished in the net literally. And it was pretty cool to see him get that.”
Maine left wing Owen Fowler denied BC goalie Louka Cloutier a second straight shutout on a redirect at 13:05 of the second.
Maine sucked the air out of the building when junior right-wing Charlie Russell made it 3-2 just 20 seconds into the third. Justin Poirier won a puck battle at the end boards and fed Russell, who one-timed the puck from the low slot for his third of the season.
BC retaliated when Hagens finished a 2-on-1 with Sondreal at 3:32 for his second of the game and sixth on the season. Maine responded when Poirier stroked a wrister from the top of the left circle to make it 4-3 for his 11th of the season at 8:53.
“There were a couple of late surges by Maine that we were fortunate to weather,” said Brown. “That was the most we felt we were stuck in our D-zone this year.”
Conmy put BC up 5-3 on a one-time slap shot from the left circle at 12:57. Stiga put BC up 6-3 at 14:57 when he poked home a Conmy rebound for his third of the season.
Conmy, a 2023 LA Kings draft pick, potted an empty netter at 19:12 and has four goals and three assists in the last three games.
“He is a great offensive player, and he has a great offensive mind and he has a great release on his shot,” said Brown. “He had to get comfortable with a whole new group of teammates, but you can see that offensive flair coming out.”
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