UMass hockey falls 3-1 to Boston College after special teams struggles

AMHERST — The UMass hockey team let an opportunity slip away in its 3-1 loss to Boston College at the Mullins Center on Friday night. Dressing just 10 forwards for the entire game, the Eagles scored the first three goals of the game and pulled off a gutsy victory against a Minutemen team that iced their complete lineup. “The hope was that we’d spend a lot of time in the offensive zone and really wear them down,” UMass head coach Greg Carvel said. “We didn’t use [their short bench] against them,” Carvel continued. “We took too many penalties. We didn’t make them defend enough. We gave them way too many power plays.” Two of BC’s three strikes came on the man-advantage (2-for-5), including a Dean Letourneau buzzer beater during the first period. The Eagles’ last goal came while short-handed as all three of their tucks occurred in special-teams play. “It turned out to be very much a special-teams game,” Carvel said.

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