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Andre Gasseau, James Hagens and Lukas Gustafsson of the Boston College Eagles celebrate their fourth goal against Harvard during the second period of the men\u2019s Beanpot semifinals at TD Garden. (Photo By Matt Stone\/Boston Herald)<\/p>\nThe Bruins and their fans could get used to this.<\/p>\n
Several high-level Bruins prospects showed out in the first semifinal of the 73rd Annual Beanpot at TD Garden on Monday night, helping No. 11 Boston College (15-8-1) topple Harvard, 5-1, to get back to the championship game for a second straight year.<\/p>\n
Perhaps no outing was bigger than those of Boston\u2019s two most recent first-round selections, as 2025 seventh-overall pick James Hagens (two goals, assist) and 2024 25th-overall pick Dean Letourneau (goal, assist) combined to anchor an early offensive eruption. Paired with Boston\u2019s 2021 seventh-round selection Andre Gasseau\u2019s two assists to help him surpass 100 career points, fans saw a glimpse at the possible future in the Bruins\u2019 home arena.<\/p>\n
Andre Gasseau, James Hagens and Lukas Gustafsson of the Boston College Eagles celebrate their fourth goal against Harvard during the second period of the men\u2019s Beanpot semifinals at TD Garden. (Photo By Matt Stone\/Boston Herald)<\/p>\n
The Eagles certainly the win as they are looking to start former coach Jerry York\u2019s famously-coined \u201ctrophy season\u201d with their first Beanpot championship since 2016. BC lost last year\u2019s final 4-1 to Boston University in Hagens and Letourneau\u2019s first Beanpot.<\/p>\n
Still, it was nice for BC head coach Greg Brown to see Hagens, Letourneau and Gasseau flourish in the building.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure they want to do well here,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThey\u2019ve been playing well for a while now, but of course, when they come here \u2026 they want to put a good step forward and do well. We\u2019re excited that they were comfortable in their surroundings and excited to make an impact. You don\u2019t know how kids are going to try too hard sometimes, but our guys didn\u2019t. They stayed right in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
After skating with the Bruins at Warrior Ice Arena in the preseason, Hagens decided to return to school feeling that there was unfinished business with BC. That includes taking the Beanpot, and the win continues a turnaround from a 2-4-1 start with a fourth straight victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a huge part of that (unfinished business),\u201d Hagens said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the reasons why I wanted to go to school here, just the rich history of the Beanpot. Being able to step on that ice and be a part of it is really special and I\u2019m grateful to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hagens made his mark very early, scoring twice in a runaway opening period that gave the Eagles a 3-0 lead despite freshman goalie Louka Cloutier (a Colorado Avalanche 2024 fifth-round pick) needing to rack up 18 of his 30 saves.<\/p>\n
Hagens\u2019 first was a rebound goal in front off of freshman Oscar Hemming\u2019s initial shot, giving BC a 2-0 lead with 6:49 left in the frame. Just 2:10 later, Hagens passed to Hemming on his left on a 2-on-2 rush, Hemming got around the edge, and slid a pass across the front to Hagens at the backdoor for a 3-0 advantage.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really special,\u201d Hagens said.<\/p>\n
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Ryan Healey of the Harvard Crimson dives for the puck in front of Andre Gasseau of the Boston College Eagles during the first period of the men\u2019s Beanpot semifinals at TD Garden. (Photo By Matt Stone\/Boston Herald)<\/p>\n
Hull native Ryan Healey, a Minnesota Wild 2022 fourth-round pick, got a goal back for Harvard in the first minute of the second period to flip momentum, finishing off a three-shot flurry that the Eagles couldn\u2019t clear out. Energy continued to build for the Crimson despite a furious charge as BC\u2019s attack produced throughout the second. Harvard goalie Ben Charette (38 saves) stood on his head with a 20-save frame.<\/p>\n
Yet, BC again found the back of the net with under 30 seconds left in the second on a power play, tipped home by Letourneau for the 4-1 lead. Hagens had the primary assist with a one-timer from the point.<\/p>\n
Other notable performances came from NHL prospects came throughout as Eagles junior Drew Fortescue (2023 New York Rangers third-round selection) had the game\u2019s opening tally, giving BC a 1-0 lead less than four minutes in. Much of the Eagles\u2019 win wasn\u2019t possible without Cloutier\u2019s strong opening frame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bruins and their fans could get used to this. Several high-level Bruins prospects showed out in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5099],"tags":[42414,154,95,34,5132,530,6054,2241,16060,5,373,4],"class_list":["post-442460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boston-bruins","tag-beanpot","tag-boston","tag-boston-bruins","tag-boston-college","tag-bostonbruins","tag-bruins","tag-bruins-prospects","tag-dean-letourneau","tag-harvard","tag-hockey","tag-james-hagens","tag-nhl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116004273690891536","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}