BOSTON - Boxborough native Cam Burke scored his first two goals in a Boston College sweater, powering the Eagles to a 4-2 victory over No. 15 UMass on Saturday night at Fenway Park. BC improved to 4-1-0 all-time at Fenway, including four straight wins.
Boston College pushed its record to 8-6-4 (5-3-3 HEA) following the non-conference victory and moved to 7-1-0 in its last eight meetings with the Minutemen (9-8-3, 3-6-1 HEA).
In his return from the World Junior Championship, rookie Cutter Gauthier opened the scoring just 2:25 into the night when he fired a shot glove side from the top of the right wing circle to beat Luke Pavicich. Cade Alami collected the lone assist on the play.
Michael Cameron tied the game at the 9:28 mark, lifting a backhand over Mitch Benson's glove from close range at the tail-end of a UMass power play.
Burke restored the lead for Boston College at 12:41 when he tipped a right wing shot-pass from Lukas Gustafsson blocker side with the man advantage for the graduate student's first BC goal. Andre Gasseau picked up an assist as the Eagles led 2-1 after 20 minutes.
Burke added his second of the night from Oskar Jellvik 13 minutes into the middle frame, deflecting the rookie's centering pass into a similar location to beat Pavicich inside the left post.
The Minutemen pulled a goal back on the power play through Ryan Ufko 3:15 into the third, but Eamon Powell sealed the win with an empty-netter in the final 10 seconds from Gauthier and Aidan Hreschuk.
Benson posted 23 saves, including nine in the third period.
BC finished the night with a 37-25 advantage in shots on goal, including a 28-15 edge in the first two periods. Both teams scored twice on the power play and Boston College won the faceoff battle 30-24.
The Eagles travel to face Sacred Heart next Saturday night to open the Pioneers' brand new Martire Family Arena at 7 p.m.
