Storming out to a three-goal lead in the first period, Merrimack College held on for a 6-3 win over Boston College on Friday night at Conte Forum. With the win, the Warriors have extended their unbeaten streak to five games (3-0-2), which includes two wins over Boston University and now Friday’s win against the Eagles.

Merrimack senior center Hampus Gustafsson became the Warriors’ first player to score a hat trick since 2011, when Carter Madsen potted three goals in the Hockey East quarterfinals. Gustafsson also became the first Warrior to score five points in a game since Stephane Da Costa scored five goals against Army in 2009.

“For us, we were approaching this like a normal game,” he said. “We were worrying about our game and how we played.”

Merrimack’s game caused fits for the Eagles, especially in the neutral zone. Merrimack smothered an up-tempo BC squad, which lost in the opening round of the Beanpot on Monday, before BC was able to up the pace in the third period trailing by two goals.

Merrimack’s win was its first at Boston College since Oct. 31, 1997 and for the first time ever, the Merrimack College Warriors will go unbeaten on the season against Boston College and Boston University.

“We’re not going to let the past dictate what we do moving forward,” said Merrimack head coach Mark Dennehy. “As coaches, you try to insulate your team from the media but I think some of our guys knew that our program hasn’t won here in a long time. I said to one of my assistants, who has won here, if there were any teams in the last 20 years that have won here a lot? Because I’ll watch their tape and could use that recipe, but these were two huge points.”

It was the first time a Dennehy-coached Merrimack team won a game in the building where he played his college hockey.

Merrimack needed just 10:06 to jump out to the early 3-0 lead — two goals off the stick of Gustafsson and one from Mathieu Tibbet — before chasing BC starter Joseph Woll for Ryan Edquist. The Eagles responded to the goalie change, outshooting the Warriors 7-1 the rest of the period and cutting the deficit to 3-2 off goals from Matthew Gaudreau and Austin Cangelosi. Dennehy said in an intermission interview that the Warriors got away from what was making them successful in the neutral zone, and was getting “too cute” with the puck.

The Warriors responded in the second, outshooting BC 10-6 and extending the lead to 4-2 on a goal by Sami Tavernier, where he followed up his own blocked pass on a broken play in the zone.

Cangelosi would make it at 4-3 game at the 12:11 mark of the third, but Gustafsson responded with the hat-trick goal just over one minute later on a excellent shift by the Warriors’ top line.

“(My last hat trick) was a really long time ago,” Gustafsson said. “It must have been when I was really young. I can’t even remember.”

Michael Babcock filed the insurance goal with the net empty inside of the final minute.

“It’s nice to know you can beat any team at any time,” Gustafsson said. “But it’s about us. We need to prepare and we can’t take any team lightly. Every team in Hockey East is good, and we’re looking forward to Tuesday (against UMass).”

Merrimack’s five-game unbeaten streak is the longest such streak for the team this season.

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Merrimack 6, Boston College 3 at Conte Forum, Boston College 1st Period Scoring - 1, MER Hampus Gustafsson/12 (Brett Seney/15, Marc Biega/2) 3:38 2, MER Hampus Gustafsson/13 (Brett Seney/16, Sami Tavernier/7) 8:36 3, MER Mathieu Tibbet/5 (Michael Babcock/4, Alex Carle/6) 10:06 4, BC Matthew Gaudreau/7 (Austin Cangelosi/12, Ryan Fitzgerald/16) 12:42 5, BC Austin Cangelosi/13 (Ryan Fitzgerald/17, Scott Savage/14) 18:20 Penalties - None 2nd Period Scoring - 6, MER Sami Tavernier/4 (Hampus Gustafsson/9, Brett Seney/17) 15:37 (GW) Penalties - Ludvig Larsson, MER (Slashing) 1:15; Casey Fitzgerald, BC (Interference) 6:34; Bench, BC (Too Many Players) 9:40; Chris Calnan, BC (Interference) 15:40 3rd Period Scoring - 7, BC Austin Cangelosi/14 (Ryan Fitzgerald/18, Colin White/11) 12:11 (PP) 8, MER Hampus Gustafsson/14 (Marc Biega/3, Alex Carle/7) 13:21 9, MER Michael Babcock/5 (Marc Biega/4, Hampus Gustafsson/10) 19:31.8 (EN) Penalties - Michael Babcock, MER (Hooking) 11:34; Johnathan Kovacevic, MER (Hitting after the Whistle) 13:43; David Cotton, BC (Cross-Checking) 13:43 Merrimack Goaltending - Collin Delia (60:00, 32 shots, 29 saves, 3 GA) Boston College Goaltending - Joseph Woll (10:06, 6 shots, 3 saves, 3 GA); Ryan Edquist (49:33, 13 shots, 11 saves, 2 GA); Empty Net (0:21, 1 GA) Win - Collin Delia, MER (5-5-2). Loss - Ryan Edquist, BC (4-2-1). Shots On Goal - MER 7-10-3=20; BC 9-6-17=32 Power Plays - MER 0 of 3; BC 1 of 2 Penalties - MER 3 (6 min); BC 4 (8 min) New Records - Merrimack 11-13-5, Boston College 18-11-2 Three Stars: 1. Hampus Gustafsson (Merrimack) 2. Austin Cangelosi (Boston College) 3. Brett Seney (Merrimack) Referees: Michael Baker, Kevin Keenan Linesmen: Kevin Briganti, Nicholas Briganti