No. 4 BC edges past Northeastern
Kreider scores the game-winning goal for the Eagles
Boston College Athletics
Last Updated - January 14, 2012 11:23 GMT
Boston College Athletics
Boston College Athletics
Chris Venti turned away 14 shots in his first collegiate start to lift No. 4 Boston College to a 2-1 victory at Fenway Park
BOSTON -- Senior goaltender Chris Venti backstopped Boston College to a 2-1 Hockey East victory against Northeastern in his first collegiate start before 28,601 fans at Fenway Park on Saturday evening.
Venti, who had seen his first action of the season playing the final 30:02 of the team's 4-0 loss at Massachusetts on Friday night, stopped 14 of 15 shots faced to earn the win.
No. 6 Boston University 4, Harvard 3 OT No. 14 Union 5, RPI 1 No. 13 Ferris State 4, Alaska 3 Michigan State 2, No. 20 Northern Michigan 1 Western Michigan 3, No. 3 Notre Dame 1 Minnesota 6, No. 17 North Dakota 2
Junior center Pat Mullane scored with assistance from Steven Whitney to give BC a 1-0 lead early in the second period and junior forward Chris Kreider netted the go-ahead goal in a shorthanded situation at 4:02 of the third period to propel to the Eagles to the victory.
Northeastern junior center Garrett Vermeesch evened the score at 1-1 on the Huskies lone goal of the game at 16:19 of the middle period.
Boston College outshot Northeastern in each period and finished with a 30-15 advantage in the game.
Northeastern junior goaltender Chris Rawlings stopped 28 shots in 59:12 in the losing effort. He falls to 8-8-3.
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