The team's leading scorer was Jack Mulhern, who finished second in the NCAA in both goals (34) and points (65) Boston College, looking to return to the tournament and improve upon their overtime loss in the semifinal the year before, opened the 1948–49 season with a 13–5 win over MIT.

In January they welcomed fellow tournament hopeful Colorado College for one game and took the close match 6–5, improving their record to 7–0.

BC finished the regular season 17–1, never having to leave New England and only playing three game outside of the state and one other outside the greater Boston area.

The first was the NEIHL Tournament (a precursor to the Beanpot) where they won two narrow victories over Northeastern and Boston University to win the championship.

The game had three lead changes before Jim Fitzgerald put the Eagles ahead for good in the third period and Boston College won the title 4–3.