Colorado College Tigers (1-3-0)  vs. #10 Boston College Eagles (2-2-0)

Friday, Oct. 21, 7:00 p.m. (ET)
Conte Forum (7,884)
Boston, Mass.

Game Notes: Colorado College | Boston College
Radio: KRDO 1240 AM/105.5 FM (Ken Landau)
TV: None
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This Week
Colorado College returns to the East Coast to face the No. 10 Boston College Eagles on Friday, Oct. 21, at the Conte Forum in Boston, Mass. The puck drops at 7:00 p.m. (ET), and the game will be broadcast live on KRDO NewsRadio 1240 AM and 105.5 FM.

Last Week
The Tigers lost a pair of games to No. 8/7 UMass-Lowell last weekend at The Broadmoor World Arena ... On Friday, John Edwardh and Ryan Dmowski each scored twice and Joe Gambardella added a goal and two assists for an 8-5 victory. Edwardh opened the scoring just 3:56 into the contest , starting a barrage of seven scored in the first period between the two teams. Freshman Nick Halloran (Draper, UT) evened the game with his first career goal at the 7:11 mark and sophomore Mason Bergh (Eden Prairie, MN) and freshman Alex Berardinelli (Pittsburgh, PA) also scored in the first period for CC, which trailed 4-3 after 20 minutes. The River Hawks added two in the second for 6-3 lead and each team scored twice in the third. Junior Teemu Kivihalme (Savage, MN) and sophomore Trevor Gooch (Mantua, NJ) each scored his first goal of the season in the final frame ... On Saturday, Lowell scored twice in each of the first two periods to claim a 4-0 victory. C.J. Smith scored a pair of power-play goals in the first period and the River Hawks never looked back. Freshman goalie Alex Leclerc (Longueuil, QUE) made 13 saves before giving way to senior Derek Shatzer (Highlands Ranch, CO), who made nine saves in the third.

Tiger Tales
CC scored 12 goals in the first three games of this season ... Last season, the Tigers did not score their 12th goal until the ninth game ... Four of the five Tigers that are tied for the scoring lead (three points) are freshmen ... CC has outshot its opponent in three of the four games this season ... Last year, the Tigers outshot their opponent only seven times in 36 games.   

Up Next
Colorado College will be idle the weekend of Oct. 28-29 before travelling to Omaha, Neb., to take on the 20th-ranked Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks on Nov. 4-5.

For the Record
Colorado College is 1-3 after its two losses to UMass-Lowell last weekend… Boston College is 2-2 after splitting a pair of games at Wisconsin last weekend.

The Coaches
Mike Haviland (Elmira College, '90) is in his third season at the helm of the Tigers. He came to Colorado College after serving one year as head coach of the Hershey Bears (AHL). Haviland was an assistant coach for the Chicago Blackhawks from 2008-12, helping the team win the Stanley Cup in 2010 … Jerry York (Boston College, '69) is in his 45th year as a collegiate head coach. He is college hockey's all-time winningest coach with 1,014 wins and one of only three coaches in NCAA history to lead two different schools to national titles. He led Bowling Green to the 1984 NCAA title and BC to the 2001, 2008, 2010 and 2012 NCAA titles.

Previous Meetings
Boston College holds a 15-5-2 advantage in the all-time series with CC. The Tigers have just one victory in the last 15 meetings, an 8-4 truimph in the 2011 NCAA quarterfinals in St. Louis, Mo. Colorado College is 2-7 against BC in Boston.

On the Air
All CC games in 2016-17, home and away, will be broadcast live throughout Southern Colorado on KRDO NewsRadio 105.5 FM and 1240 AM, featuring Ken Landau with the play-by-play. Pre-game shows start 37 minutes before faceoff. The broadcasts also can be heard worldwide via the Internet ... Selected games will also be available on KSBV 93.7 FM in Salida, Buena Vista and Monarch.
Aman Retires, Named Student Assistant Coach
Senior Zach Aman (Johnstown, PA) will not play his final season at CC and will serve as a student assistant coach for the 2016-17 campaign.

Scoring Outburst at UMass
CC's seven goals on Oct. 8 at UMass were the most in one game since defeating Boston College 8-4 in the NCAA Midwest Regional on March 25, 2011. The Tigers' four goals in the first period Saturday were the most since scoring four in the second period vs. Denver on Feb. 9, 2013. CC defeated the Pioneers, 6-5, in overtime that game. Including CC's five goals on Oct. 14 vs. UMass-Lowell, it was the first time CC scored 12 goals in a two-game stretch was Dec. 3-4, 2010, winning at Michigan Tech 7-3 and 5-0.

Fewest Shots Allowed In Over a Year
UMass' 18 shots in the season opener were the fewest allowed by CC since Nebraska Omaha had 14 on Jan. 17, 2015. In fact, the Minutemen were held to 18 shots each game, marking the first time since Jan. 15 (Alaska-Anchorage, 17) and Jan. 21 (Alabama Huntsville, 17), 2011 that CC allowed less than 20 shots in consecutive games.

Every Point by an Underclassman at UMass
In the 7-4 victory over UMass on Oct. 8, all 15 points (7g, 8a) were scored by either a freshman or a sophomore. Every goal was scored by a Tiger playing in his second career game, including five freshmen and sophomore Westin Michaud (Cloquet, MN), who missed the '15-16 season due to an injury. For the season, underclassmen have accounted 11 of the team's 12 goals and 15 of the 17 assists.

This Year's Leadership
Senior forward Sam Rothstein (Minnetonka, MN) will serve as team captain for the second consecutive year in 2016-17. Rothstein, who was the first junior to be named captain at CC since Mark Stuart in 2004-05, scored 15 points (6g,9a) last season and has 49 (18g,31a) in 101 career games. He is the first Tiger to be captain for two seasons since Eric Rud in 1995-96 and '96-97 ... Senior forward Luc Gerdes (Eden Prairie, MN), the team's leading returning scorer with 18 points (7g, 11a), and sophomore Andrew Farny (Steamboat Springs, CO), who was third on the team among freshmen with three goals last year, are the assistant captains this season.

Six Opponents Played in Postseason    
Six of Colorado College's 13 opponents this season played in the NCAA Division I Hockey Tournament last season. Defending national champion North Dakota along with fellow NCHC foes, Denver, St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth joined Boston College and UMass-Lowell among the 16 teams in the tournament.

Tough Schedule Last Season ...     
Colorado College finished the 2015-16 season with the fifth-toughest schedule in the country, according to the Division I RPI. In fact, NCHC schools occupied the top seven spots on the list. Last year, CC played 21 of its 36 games, including 13 of its last 17, against teams ranked in the top 12 in the country.

... And Again This Year
Seven of Colorado College's 13 opponents this season are ranked in this week's USCHO.com Top 20 poll. In fact, five of them, North Dakota (No. 1), Minnesota Duluth (No. 2), UMass-Lowell (No. 5), Denver (No. 6) and Boston College (No. 10), are ranked in the top 10. Also, St. Cloud State is ranked No. 14 and Nebraska-Omaha is 20th. The Tigers will play 21 of their 34 games against those teams. Five other opponents, Western Michigan, Miami, Air Force, Cornell (possible opponent) and Wisconsin, received votes this week.

Tigers Add 10 Newcomers
CC's 10 freshmen bring plenty of impressive statistics and acheivements to the program. Up front, Alex Berardinelli (Pittsburgh, PA) enjoyed an all-star 2015-16 season (55 points, 33 goals) with the Lone Star Brahmas of the North American Hockey League, while Bryce Van Horn (Kimball, MI) and Max St. Pierre (Orleans, ONT) were key contributors for the Carleton Place Canadians, who won the 2015 Canadian junior national championship and advanced to the 2016 semifinals. Nick Halloran (Draper, UT) had 45 points (21 goals) with the Trail Smoke Eaters of the British Columbia Hockey League, while Kade Kehoe (Saskatoon, SASK) led the Cowichan Valley Capitals with 55 points (22 goals) in 57 regular-season games and Branden Makara (Gloucester, ONT) finished seventh in the CCHL with 64 points (39 assists) in 60 regular-season games last season. On the blue line, Kristian Blumenschein (Kelowna BC) helped the West Kelowna Warriors to the 2016 Royal Bank Cup championship, while Cole Josefchak (Calgary, ALB) and Alex Pernitsky (Unity, SASK) were blue-liners on the runner-up team, the Lloydminster Bobcats. Goalie Alex Leclerc (Longueuil, QUE), who also played for Lloydminster, tied for the AJHL lead with 31 victories last season.

CC Receives $8 Million Gift for New On-Campus Practice Arena     
Colorado College alumnus Edward J. Robson has given the college $8 million to build a new on-campus hockey arena. The facility, which will be located on the west side of Nevada Avenue between Dale and Cache La Poudre streets, is part of a campus master plan the college's Board of Trustees approved in 2015. CC's Division I hockey team will practice in the new facility and continue to play its games in the Broadmoor World Arena.
The new facility, which will be named the Edward J. Robson Arena, is a $10 million project that the college will break ground on during the 2018-19 academic year. It will replace the Honnen Ice Arena, the college's current on-campus facility, and include about 900 seats. In addition to the varsity team, the new arena will serve intramurals, the college's club teams, student life activities and community hockey leagues.
Robson, who graduated from CC in 1954 and received an honorary degree from the college in 2014, credits former CC hockey coach Cheddy Thompson for the program's success, calling him the "father of CC hockey." Thompson guided the college's hockey team to the program's first NCAA championship in 1950 and the team went 149-72-6 with six NCAA bids during his 10-year career as head coach at the college.
Robson Arena will be constructed using sustainable building practices and materials, building on the college's commitment to sustainability. Currently the Honnen Ice Arena is the least energy-efficient building on the Colorado College campus. In 2015, CC received a gold-star rating from the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), improving on a silver designation awarded the previous year.