The Eagles competed in two mid-season tournaments during the 2017 – 18 season , the first of which took place during the holiday break , where the Eagles made the trip to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas , Nevada for the inaugural Ice Vegas Invitational on January 5 and 6 . The Eagles fell 4 – 3 to the Michigan Tech Huskies in the opening round , and officially tied the Northern Michigan Wildcats in the consolation round by a score of 3 – 3 , with the Wildcats winning the unofficial shootout to take third place . For their second tournament of the season , the Eagles played in the 66th Annual Beanpot Tournament at the TD Garden in Boston , Massachusetts on February 5 and 12 . Boston College faced Northeastern in the opening round , losing 3 – 0 , and fell 5 – 4 in overtime to Harvard in the consolation game , finishing fourth place for the second consecutive year . The Eagles finished the season 20-14-3 , and 18-6-0 in conference play , winning the conference regular season title . They advanced to the Semifinals of the Hockey East tournament , where they were beaten by eventual champions Boston University . The Eagles , having failed to secure an auto-bid by virtue of winning the Hockey East tournament , did not attend the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year
Hockey East tournament
2018 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2017–18 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season