CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – No. 1 Boston College men's hockey shut out No. 17 New Hampshire, 1-0, to win the Hockey East Regular Season Championship at Kelley Rink on Sunday evening. The Eagles, with one game remaining, clinched the top seed in the conference tournament at 27-5-1 overall and 19-3-1 in league play.
Locked in a scoreless-tie through two periods it was BC senior defenseman Eamon Powell (Marcellus, N.Y.) who finally lit the lamp in the third. The Eagle captain took the puck from his own defensive zone and played a one-two pass along the left boards with freshman Ryan Leonard (Amherst, Mass.