By: Eamonn McLean | Follow me on Twitter/X @EamonnMcLean44
When Bruins prospect James Hagens elected to return to Boston College this season, winning a Beanpot title was on his mind. After all, the Eagles had not won the event since 2016, despite producing players such as Matt Boldy, Alex Newhook, Spencer Knight, Cutter Gauthier, and Ryan Leonard during that period.
“I want to be able to win a Beanpot, be able to win a National Championship,” Hagens told Mike Morreale of NHL.com. “Everyone has their roles, but our team goal is winning. That’s what we want to do. We fell short last year, but it’s hopefully going to happen this year.“. After a dominant win in the semifinals over Harvard last week, Hagens and the Eagles had a chance to do just that, taking on arch-rivals Boston University in the Championship. How did they do?
Beanpot
Championship: Boston College 6-2 Boston University
The Eagles emphatically snapped their Beanpot drought on Monday night, with a dominant 6-2 win over the Terriers. Hagens had two assists in the championship game and was named tournament MVP, with two goals and three assists. Andre Gasseau had two goals in the Championship game, and Dean Letourneau put an exclamation point on the victory with a late goal, after Islanders prospect Cole Eiserman scored to cut the Terriers deficit to two. William Moore unfortunately missed the game due to an injury sustained on Friday against Vermont.
Jonathan Morello and Kristian Kostadinski had no points or penalties in the game. Mason Langenbrunner also had no points or penalties in the consolation game, where Harvard defeated Northeastern 4-1.
Europe
Vashek Blanar this week for Czechia U19 (International Junior): Four games played, one goal, one assist, no penalties, +1 rating.
Blanar was on International duty this week with Czechia’s U19 team. He had a goal against Finland and an assist against Sweden.
Kirill Yemelyanov this week for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (MHL): Two games played, one goal, two assists, two penalty minutes, +4 rating.
Yemelyanov is up to 26-23-49 in 44 games in the MHL, and after falling below a point-per-game pace is now well above it again.
Juniors
Cole Chandler this week for the Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL): Two games played, one assist, no penalties, +1 rating.
Cooper Simpson this week for the Youngstown Phantoms (USHL): Two games played, two goals, two penalty minutes, +1 rating.
Simpson just keeps on scoring for the Phantoms, adding two more goals for a season stat line of 26-32-58 in 44 games.
NCAA
Andre Gasseau this week for Boston College (Hockey East): One game played, no points, two penalty minutes, -1 rating.
Elliott Groenewold this week for Quinnipiac University (ECAC): Two games played, one goal, one assist, two penalty minutes, +6 rating.
Quinnipiac dominated Brown and Yale this weekend, winning the two games by a combined score of 17-1. Groenewold had a goal against Yale and leads the nation in Plus/Minus at +37.
James Hagens this week for Boston College (Hockey East): One game played, one goal, no penalties, -1 rating.
Beckett Hendrickson this week for the University of Minnesota (Big Ten): Two games played, one assist, two penalty minutes, -2 rating.
Kristian Kostadinski this week for Boston College (Hockey East): One game played, no points, no penalties, -1 rating.
Mason Langenbrunner this week for Harvard University (ECAC): One game played, no points, no penalties, -1 rating.
Dean Letourneau this week for Boston College (Hockey East): One game played, no points, no penalties, Even Plus/Minus.
William Moore this week for Boston College (Hockey East): One game played, no points, no penalties, Even Plus/Minus.
Jonathan Morello this week for Boston University (Hockey East): One game played, no points, no penalties, Even Plus/Minus.
Casper Nassen this week for Miami (OH) University (NCHC): Two games played, no points, no penalties, +1 rating.
Cole Spicer this week for Western Michigan University (NCHC): Two games played, one goal, no penalties, +1 rating.
Spicer returned to Western Michigan’s lineup for the first time since December and had a goal against Miami.
Ryan Walsh this week for Cornell University (ECAC): One game played, no points, 15 penalty minutes, -1 rating.
Walsh was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct on Friday against Colgate for cross-checking.
Will Zellers this week for the University of North Dakota (NCHC): Two games played, one goal, one assist, no penalties, -1 rating.
Zellers helped lead UND to a split against Minnesota-Duluth with a goal and an assist on Saturday in a 4-1 win.
Providence and Maine
The Providence Bruins went 3-0-0 this week, defeating the Hartford Wolf Pack twice and the Bridgeport Islanders once. Luke Cavallin stopped 25 of 26 shots in a 2-1 shootout victory on Saturday, improving to a perfect 4-0-0 in the AHL this season. The P-Bruins have won ten straight. Meanwhile, the Maine Mariners split a weekend series with the Orlando Solar Bears, winning 6-3 on Friday, before falling 4-3 on Saturday.
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