BOSTON, Mass. - March 26, 2025 - The Bentley Falcons are set to make their first NCAA Tournament appearance on Friday. Andy Jones' squad takes on Boston College from SNHU Arena in Manchester, N.H., with puck drop slated for 2:00 p.m. ET on Friday, March 28. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU and ESPN+.

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Bentley's Historic Season
The Bentley Falcons are in the NCAA Tournament for the first time. Bentley hadn't advanced to the conference semifinals in 16 years prior to this year's run. The three-seeded Falcons swept No. 6 Canisius in the quarterfinals, swept No. 3 Sacred Heart on the road in the semifinals, and won the AHA title game on the road at No. 1 Holy Cross. Now, the Falcons are gearing up for a Friday afternoon meeting with Boston College. Friday's meeting will be the third between Bentley and Boston College, with the Falcons owning a 2-0 advantage in the series. Graduate forward Ethan Leyh paces Bentley in scoring with 41 points on 16 goals and 25 assists. Goaltender Connor Hasley won all five postseason games in net for Bentley, and leads the nation with 11 shutouts on the season. Earlier this week, Bentley was ranked in the USCHO national poll for the first time in program history, appearing at No. 20. The Falcons are also ranked No. 20 in the latest USA Hockey/The Rink Live national poll.

How We Got Here
Bentley earned Atlantic Hockey America's automatic qualifier into the NCAA Tournament by defeating Holy Cross by a score of 6-3 in the AHA Championship Game on Saturday, March 22. Nik Armstrong-Kingkade led the way for the Falcons with a four-point performance on two goals and two assists. Nick Bochen (1g, 1a), Kellan Hjartarson, (2a), and Ethan Leyh (2a) also collected multiple points for Bentley. Goaltender Connor Hasley earned Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors after posting a perfect 5-0 record to go along with three shutouts in the postseason. Hasley made 114 saves on 119 shots in the postseason, which was good for a .958 save percentage.  

2025 AHA Men's Postseason All-Tournament Team

Name	Pos.	Class	School	Hometown
Liam McLinskey	F	Sr.	Holy Cross	Pearl River, N.Y.
A.J. Hodges	F	Gr.	Bentley	Littleton, Colo.
Nik Armstrong-Kingkade	F	Gr.	Bentley	Mannheim, Germany
Mac Gadowsky	D	So.	Army	State College, Penn.
Nick Bochen	D	Gr.	Bentley	North Vancouver, B.C.
Connor Hasley	G	Jr.	Bentley	North Tonawanda, N.Y.

Most Outstanding Player: Connor Hasley, Bentley

Scouting Boston College
Hailing from Hockey East, the Boston College Eagles are the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Greg Brown's team enters the tournament with an overall record of 26-7-2, and posted a league record of 18-4-2 en route to the Hockey East regular season championship. The Eagles fell to Northeastern by a score of 3-1 in the quarterfinal round of the Hockey East postseason tournament on March 15, and have not played since. BC is led offensively by sophomore forward Ryan Leonard, who boasts an NCAA-leading 29 goals on the season. He's also added 18 assists for a total of 47 points. Fellow sophomore forward Gabe Perreault also has 47 points on the season on 15 goals and 32 assists. Sophomore goaltender Jacob Fowler has seen action in 33 games so far in 2024-25, posting a 24-6-2 record to go along with a .940 save percentage and 1.64 goals-against average. Fowler's seven shutouts are second in the country to Hasley's 11 on the season.

About Atlantic Hockey America
Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) embarks on its first season in 2024-25 after the merger between the Atlantic Hockey Association and College Hockey America. The conference fields 11 men’s teams (American International College, Bentley University, Canisius University, The College of Holy Cross, Mercyhurst University, Niagara University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Robert Morris University, Sacred Heart University, the United States Air Force Academy, and the United States Military Academy), and six women’s teams (Lindenwood University, Mercyhurst University, Penn State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Robert Morris University, and Syracuse University). In 2025-26, Delaware University will join the women’s league. For more information, visit atlantichockeyamerica.com.