CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – tipped a shot from on the power play just 28 seconds into the third period and Boston College defeated ninth-ranked and first-place UMass 2-1 on Senior Night at Kelley Rink.
Graduate student stopped 25 of the 26 UMass shots he faced, including a right pad save in the final 10 seconds to help seal the victory.
Boston College (13-17-5, 8-12-3 HEA) locked up the No. 8 seed in the Hockey East Opening Round and will host No. 9 seed New Hampshire next Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Garrett Wait opened the scoring for Massachusetts (19-11-2, 14-7-2 HEA) at 16:52 of the first period, finishing a feed from Bobby Trivigno at the right post.