CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Behind its highest scoring effort of the season, No. 20 Boston College skated past Maine, 6-3, and clutched its 16th Hockey East regular season championship in program history on Friday night at Kelley Rink.
The Eagles' 16 regular-season conference crowns are the most of any program in the league.
With the trophy-clinching victory, Boston College has locked up the No. 1 overall seed and a first-round bye in the 2018 Hockey East Tournament.
Along with familiarity in emerging as the best from the pile at the end of the season, it was also a night if firsts as graduate transfer Kevin Lohan scored his first two goals as an Eagle while freshman Casey Carreau followed suit and grabbed his first goal of the season.