2019–20 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season explained

The 2019–20 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team represented Boston College in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team was coached by Jerry York, '67, his twenty-sixth season behind the bench at Boston College. The Eagles played their home games at Kelley Rink on the campus of Boston College, competing in Hockey East.

The Eagles competed in just one mid-season tournament during the 2019–20 season, forgoing the traditional holiday break tournament. The Eagles played in the 68th Annual Beanpot Tournament at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on February 3 and 10. Boston College faced Boston University in the opening round, where they officially tied 4–4 per NCAA rules, but the Terriers advanced to the championship game by scoring in the second overtime. The Eagles faced the Harvard Crimson in the consolation game, securing third place with a 7–2 victory. They failed to secure a Beanpot title for the fourth consecutive season, while Northeastern won their third consecutive title.

The Eagles finished the season 24–8–2, and 17–6–1 in conference play, to secure 1st place in Hockey East and the regular season title. The Hockey East tournament as well as the NCAA Tournament were unfortunately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before any games were played.^[1] ^[2] Therefore, no postseason result occurred for the Eagles.

Previous season recap

The Eagles entered the 2019–20 season following a 2018–19 effort falling well short of expectation. While they did advance to the Hockey East tournament championship game, they ultimately fell to the Northeastern Huskies and failed to secure a bid to the NCAA Tournament for a third straight season. Their regular season record was abysmal by recent standards, going only 14–22–3 and 10–11–3 in conference play, finishing seventh in the conference; their lowest result since 2008–09. Additionally, they failed to secure any mid-season tournament title, their only tournament result being their second place Beanpot finish.

Departures

Nine Eagles departed from the program from the 2018–19 roster:

Graduation:

Michael Kim, Senior – D
Casey Fitzgerald, Senior – D
Christopher Brown, Senior – F
J.D. Dudek, Senior – F
Ian Milosz, Senior – G

Signed Professionally:

Joseph Woll, Junior – G (Toronto Maple Leafs) ^[3]
Oliver Wahlstrom, Freshman – F (New York Islanders) ^[4]

Not Retained:

Jacob Tortora, Sophomore – F (Signed with the Barrie Colts of the OHL) ^[5]
Christopher Grando, Sophomore – F (Transferred to Arizona State) ^[6]

Recruiting

Boston College added eight freshmen for the 2019–20 season: three forwards, three defensemen, and two goalies.^[7]

	Defenseman	Farmington, MN Drafted 47th overall by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2019 Draft.
	Defenseman	Laurel Hollow, NY Drafted 166th overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2019 Draft.
Mitch Andres	Defenseman	Brainerd, MN Played for the Chilliwack Chiefs of the BCHL.
	Forward	Millis, MA Drafted 12th overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2019 Draft.
	Forward	St. John’s, N.L. Drafted 16th overall by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2019 Draft.
	Forward	Hanover, MA Played for the West Kelowna Warriors of the BCHL.
	Goalie	Darien, CT Drafted 13th overall by the Florida Panthers in the 2019 Draft.
Jack Moffatt	Goalie	Wellesley, MA Played for St. Sebastian’s in the New England’s prep school league, the ISL.

Mid-season additions

Adin Farhat, Junior – G (Called up from the club hockey team)^[8]
Casey Carreau, Sophomore – F (Returned to the program after having been not retained following his freshman season in 2017–18. Played 44 combined games for the Des Moines Buccaneers and the Boston Junior Bruins in the USHL and USPHL, respectively.)^[9]

2019–2020 roster

2019–20 Eagles

As of March 3, 2020.^[10]

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Boston College	Alma Mater
		26	Boston College (1967)
Mike Ayers	Assistant Coach	7	University of New Hampshire (2004)
	Assistant Coach	2	Boston College (1999)
	Assistant Coach	7	Boston College (1992)

Schedule

Regular season

^[11] |-!colspan=12 ! style=""; | Exhibition|-!colspan=12 ! style=""; | Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style=""| Hockey East Tournament (Cancelled)|-!colspan=12 style=""| NCAA Tournament (Cancelled)† In the opening round of the 2020 Beanpot tournament, Boston University and Boston College officially tied - per NCAA rules - after playing a scoreless 5-minute overtime. The game continued for placement purposes, where the Terriers advanced to the title game by scoring in the second overtime period.

Both the Hockey East and NCAA Tournaments were cancelled as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, before any games were played. Boston College was scheduled to host Providence in the Quarterfinals of the Hockey East Tournament and was qualified to make the NCAA tournament.

Rankings

See main article: article and 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.

Poll	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Final
USCHO.com	11	10	6	10	15	19	16	14	14	10	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	7	6	4	4	5	4
USA Today	7	6	6	10	15	RV	RV	12	12	7	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	6	5	4	4	4	4

Statistics

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Skaters

2019–20 Statistics
1		G	JR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	E	0
2		D	JR	34	0	4	4	12	0	0	0	+10	29
3		D	SR	34	2	8	10	41	0	0	1	+12	35
4		D	FR	28	1	5	6	12	0	0	0	+12	24
5		D	FR	34	6	5	11	22	0	0	1	+22	48
6		D	SR	34	5	16	21	18	3	0	2	+29	54
7		D	SR	33	2	7	9	12	1	0	1	+9	36
8		D	SR	34	2	7	9	10	0	0	0	+30	31
9		F	JR	30	19	14	33	16	3	0	4	+17	111
10		D	FR	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	+1	0
11		F	SO	34	6	15	21	39	1	2	0	+5	45
12		F	FR	34	9	17	26	8	1	0	1	+16	101
14		F	SR	28	0	5	5	25	0	0	0	+4	21
17		F	SR	32	15	24	39	46	6	0	3	+15	118
18		F	FR	34	19	23	42	8	4	3	4	+28	88
19		F	FR	34	12	13	25	10	0	0	0	+21	53
20		F	SR	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	E	5
22		F	JR	34	11	13	24	14	5	1	2	+14	51
23		D	SO	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	E	3
24		F	SO	10	3	2	5	4	0	2	0	+6	16
25		F	SO	34	5	7	12	14	0	2	0	+8	40
26		F	SR	34	10	32	42	10	3	1	4	+21	91
27		F	SR	34	5	7	12	42	0	0	0	+4	43
28		F	SR	27	4	2	6	23	1	0	1	+4	20
30		G	FR	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+59	0
31		G	FR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0
35		G	SR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+4	0
	Bench							10
	Team			34	136	227	363	400	28	11	24	+61	1063

Goaltenders

2019–20 Statistics
1		JR	0	1	2:33	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.00	0
30		FR	33	33	1979:12	23	8	2	65	1.97	937	872	0.931	5
31		FR	0	1	9:16	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	4	1.00	0
35		SR	1	1	60:00	1	0	0	3	3.00	29	26	0.897	0
	Empty Net			15	7:52				3		3
	Team		34	34	2058:53	24	8	2	71	2.07	973	902	0.927	5