Graphic: Boston College Hockey
Washington Capitals prospect Ryan Leonard has been named the Hockey East Player of the Week following his four-goal weekend against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Harvard Crimson, respectively.
Following a pair of ranked road wins by the combined score of 10-2, freshmen Ryan Leonard (Player of the Week) and Jacob Fowler (Goaltender of the Week) both earned weekly awards from Hockey East on Monday afternoon.
One scored 4⃣ and the other only allowed 2⃣
Solid week, boys 🤝 pic.twitter.com/HW4cGwI9iy
— BC Men’s Hockey (@BC_MHockey) November 27, 2023
Boston College returned to No. 1 in the country in both the USCHO.com Poll and the USA Hockey / The Rink Live Poll after beating No. 18 Notre Dame 6-1 and No. 20 Harvard 4-1 over Thanksgiving weekend.
Niner is scorching 🔥
💻 https://t.co/kkooS45nDk pic.twitter.com/6Pwg5anLd5
— BC Men’s Hockey (@BC_MHockey) November 26, 2023
Leonard scored four goals over the weekend for Boston College, including the first two multi-goal performances of his NCAA career. The winger finished the weekend with seven shots on goal and a plus-2 rating.
Seventh in Lenny’s last eight games 🔥 pic.twitter.com/XSMMj2JRaM
— BC Men’s Hockey (@BC_MHockey) November 26, 2023
Leonard also extended his point streak to eight games, during which he has scored eight times. The Amherst, Massachusetts native ranks fourth in Hockey East in goals per game with nine tallies, all coming in his last 10 contests.
By Jacob Cheris