Despite going down early, the Boston College men’s hockey team ended to absolutely destroying UMass in tonight’s Hockey East semifinal and will face the winner of BU/UMass. The Eags defeated the Minutemen by a score of 8-1.
The Minutemen scored first, getting one past Jacob Fowler with 13:27 to go in the first period. The Eagles went on the first power play of the game under a minute later, and Ryan Leonard grabbed a rebound to score and tie the game at 1.
With 5:26 to go in the first, UMass challenge for a major penalty and Mike Posma was sent to the box for 5 minutes.