CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The No. 12 Boston College men’s hockey team travels to Milwaukee to play in the Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off at Fiserv Forum, home of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks. The eagles take on No. 7/8 Western Michigan on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. CT on B1G+ along with a radio broadcast on WEEI 850 AM. Depending on Sunday’s results, BC will face either No. 2 Wisconsin or Lake superior State on Monday at 4:00 p.m. CT or 7:30 p.m. CT.
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles improved to 10-5-1 overall and 7-3-0 in Hockey East after sweeping UMass Lowell back on the first weekend of December.
• The Broncos are 10-6-0 overall and 6-4-0 in the NCHC after splitting with No. 4 Minnesota Duluth on Dec.5-6.
• Wisconsin is currently 12-2-2 overall and 8-2-0 in the B1G and is coming off a weekend sweep over Notre Dame.
• Lake Superior State is 6-11-1 overall and 3-9-0 in the CCHA and is coming off a split weekend against St. Thomas in league play.
• BC moved up to No. 12 in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey national polls.
• Western Michigan sits seventh in the USCHO.com poll and eighth in the USA Hockey poll.
• Wisconsin is ranked No. 2 in both national polls.
CONFERENCE WEEKEND SWEEP
• the Eagles picked up back-to-back 3-1 wins over UMass Lowell to close out the first half of the season.
• Dean Letourneau scored twice on the power play in Friday’s win before adding another goal on Saturday.
• Jake Sondreal had a four-point weekend,finishing with three assists on Friday and a goal on Saturday.
• James Hagens picked up the game-winning goal in Friday’s victory.
• Lukas Gustafsson tallied a power play goal in Saturday’s win.
• Louka Cloutier made 50 saves over the two games.
THE EAGLES
• J. Hagens has a team-high 18 points and 10 goals.
• Letourneau and sondreal are tied for second with 17.
• Sondreal leads the Eagles in assists with 11 and luka Radivojevic is second with nine.
• Ryan Conmy, teddy Stiga, and Will Vote are also in double digits for points with 11 each.
• Nolan joyce leads the team in blocks with 19, while Aram Minnetian and Will Skahan are right behind with 18.
• Cloutier has a 10-3-1 record this season with a .918 save percentage and 2.01 goals against average.
HOCKEY EAST AWARDS
• Letourneau was named the Hockey East Player of the Week after his three-goal weekend.
• Gustafsson was recognized as the league’s Army ROTC Defender of the Week.
EAGLES AT WORLD JUNIORS
• Three Eagles will compete at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship.
• J. Hagens and Stiga will represent the united States, after having both played on the team last year.
• Radivojevic will
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