The No. 18 Boston College Eagles (1-3) men’s hockey team dropped their series opener to the No. 4 Denver Pioneers (3-2) 5-2 on Friday night.

The Pioneers got out to a 1-0 lead after the first 20 minutes of play. Forward Sam Harris, who led the team in goals heading into the matchup, put Denver in front at 17:05 with help from fellow first line forwards Clarke Caswell and James Reeder.

The score sent Denver into the first intermission with the one-goal lead.

In the period, the Pioneers had one opportunity on the power play after Eagles forward Alex Pelletier was called for slashing at 7:17, but Boston College was able to kill it off.

In the early minutes of the second period, the Pioneers doubled their lead 2-0 with a goal from forward Kieran Cebrian, assisted by forward Jack Pridham.

Denver’s lead did not last long as the Eagles scored two goals in 37 seconds to tie the contest at 2.

The first goal came from forward Dean Letourneau at 10:38 with help from forwards Oscar Hemming and Matias Vanhanen…