No. 4 Pioneers Tie No. 18 Boston College to Close Weekend Series

Saturday, October 24

Denver, Colo.

6 p.m. MT

University of Denver

3-2-1

Boston College

1-3-1

Team	1	2	3	OT 1	OT 2	F
Boston College	0	1	1	0	0	2
Denver	0	2	0	0	0	2

Highlights Carle Postgame Caswell Postgame Game Notes

Photo by: Carter Schwent/Denver Athletics

10/24/2026 10:17:00 PM | #4 Ice Hockey

Box Score Highlights Coach David Carle Postgame Clarke Caswell Postgame Pregame Notes

Denver hockey goes unbeaten at 1-0-1 in two-game set against the BC Eagles

By: Ron Knabenbauer

DENVER – The No. 4 University of Denver hockey team tied the No. 18 Boston College Eagles 2-2 on Saturday night in the series finale at Magness Arena.

BC won the shootout, 1-0, at the end of the game, but the contest officially goes down as a tie in the NCAA records.

The Eagles (1-3-1) erased a two-goal deficit for the second night in a row, with Mattias Vanhanen tallying with 1:17 left in the middle period, and Teddy Stiga scoring with 46 seconds remaining in the third period while Boston College had the goaltender pulled for an extra attacker.

Forward Kristian Epperson opened the scoring for Denver (3-2-1) at 5:31 of the second frame with a wrister that went short-side, and rookie defenseman Blake Fiddler tallied his first career goal after his shot from the right circle deflected off the goalie's glove and in.

Sophomore forward Clarke Caswell recorded two assists for the second consecutive night, and freshman defenseman Daxon Rudolph also had a helper in the contest.

Denver goaltender Tyler Krivtsov finished with 23 saves on 25 shots faced and stopped two of the three Eagles in the shootout. Boston College keeper Louka Cloutier made 21 saves and didn't allow a goal in the three-round skills competition.

Dean Letourneau of BC tallied the only marker of the shootout in the second round.

The Pioneers went 0-for-5 on the power play and 2-for-2 on the penalty kill, which included a five-minute major in the first half of the opening period after Kyle Chyzowski was given a game misconduct for head contact.

Boston College had a 25-23 edge in shots in the contest, the first game this season in which the Pioneers were outshot.

UP NEXT: DU wraps up its season-long, six-game homestand next weekend when it begins NCHC play against Omaha. The Pioneers host the Mavericks on Friday at 7 p.m. MT and on Saturday at 6 p.m. MT. Both games will be broadcast on NCHC.tv while Saturday's outing will also be televised regionally on Altitude 2.

POSTGAME NOTES

The Pioneers played their first overtime game of the season.
DU and BC skated to their first tie in their series history, with the Pioneers now owning an overall record of 24-16-1 and a 12-10-1 mark at home in the all-time series vs. the Eagles.
Denver is 8-1-1 in the last 10 games vs. BC and is unbeaten in the last six contests, the longest such stretch by either squad in the all-time series.
The Pios and Eagles were playing for the fourth straight season, as Boston College was making its first visit to Denver since a two-game set on Oct. 18-19, 2019.
Denver is 11-2-1 in its last 14 home games dating back to Jan. 24 of last season against St. Cloud State.
Blake Fiddler recorded his first collegiate point by scoring his first goal.
Clarke Caswell recorded multiple assists in both games vs. Boston College this weekend and has three multi-point outings in six games this season.
Caswell is on a four-game assist/point streak (0g/6a) dating back to Oct. 16.
Kyle Chyzowski had his four-game point streak come to an end (1g/3a).
Junior goaltender Tyler Krivtsov started for the fifth straight game.
DU didn't score a power-play goal for the first time this season.

GOAL SUMMARY
1st Period
No Scoring

2nd Period
5:31 DU (1-0) – Clarke Caswell stole the puck along the right wall and skated around the top of the zone before feeding it over to Kristian Epperson, who fired a wrist shot short-side from the left circle.
13:46 DU (2-0) – Blake Fiddler's shot from the right circle deflected off the BC goaltender's left glove and fluttered behind and into the net.
18:43 BC (2-1) – Mattias Vanhanen whacked at the puck after it pinballed around in the slot and before Denver goalie Tyler Krivtsov could get his right pad on it.

3rd Period
19:14 BC (2-2) – Teddy Stiga scored in front after Matias Vanhanen found him with the puck.

Overtime
No Scoring

Shootout
R1 – BC Matias Vanhanen, saved
R1 – DU Kristian Epperson, saved
R2 – BC Dean Letourneau, scored
R2 – DU Mikey Berchild, saved
R3 – BC Ryan Conmy, saved
R3 – DU Sam Harris, saved

QUOTABLES
Richard and Kitzia Goodman Hockey Head Coach David Carle
On the game: "I thought there was a lot of good in tonight's game out of both teams. It was a really good battle. Obviously, the penalty kill was excellent tonight. Thought we defended better at 5-on-5 as well. We would have liked to capitalize on some more of our offensive chances, but I thought they limited time and space really well. You could tell their desperation as a group and as a team was really high, and they made life hard for us. So it was a really good battle."

On how he feels about the team at this point of the season: "It was a really good four-game, non-conference stretch. I mean, it's always a work in progress trying to get everybody on the same page. A lot of people come in playing, you know, maybe a little bit different style, or ask them to do different things then what they were doing in junior, and ultimately college hockey is really challenging. Teams take away time and space extremely well. It's really hard to build up the ice without really good puck support. It's hard to get the puck back. It's hard to have the puck. And so for our group, it's just continuing to try to come together and gel as a unit, as a five-man unit out there–to defend as a group of five and attack as a group of five as well."

Sophomore Forward Clarke Caswell
On the game's outcome during homecoming weekend: "Fans have been great. Obviously there have been some scores we didn't want, but it's better to learn these lessons in October and then grow from them for March and April."

On players that stood out to him at tonight's game: "I think [Blake] Fiddler was taking big steps. Just moving the puck up, moving his feet. And all of our freshmen too. It's been a big jump, but I think they've been acclimating well."

On key takeaways from the weekend and what they will change next weekend: "I think just learning how to shut games down. Again [we are a] young group, but we are learning our footing and learning valuable lessons that we will take with us for the rest of the season."

On his personal game and how he will continue to grow: "I think just moving my feet, staying strong on the forecheck, turning over pucks, shooting the puck a little more and just continuing to play hard."

On his six assists on the season and playmaking ability: "Obviously, I'd like to shoot the puck a little bit more, but we have great weapons around us with all the playmakers and shooters we have. So it's just guys being in the right spots."

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