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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Tommy Sweeney saw Boston Colleges defense do its part for most of Saturdays game against Wake Forest. The Eagles tight end realized the offense had to contribute, too.Patrick Towles threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Sweeney with 8:03 remaining and Boston Colleges defense made two late stands in a 17-14 victory.We knew at some point we had to go down and win this game, Sweeney said.The winning drive covered 73 yards on eight plays, including a fourth-and-6 conversion when Towles threw for 16 yards to Sweeney. The next pass was delivered to Sweeney in the back of the end zone.They put me in perfect position, Sweeney said of the play called by the coaches. I just had to catch the ball.The Eagles (6-6, 2-6 ACC), whove won two games in a row, are bowl eligible for the third time in four seasons.Its just an amazing feeling, defensive end Harold Landry said of becoming bowl-bound. Were going to celebrate this win and getting bowl eligible and then weve got to get back to work.Wake Forests Mike Weaver was wide left on a 40-yard field goal attempt with 1:22 remaining. The Demon Deacons got the ball back again after a Boston College punt, but Lukas Denis interception clinched the outcome with 15 seconds to play.I think it shows resiliency of our team, Boston College coach Steve Addazio said. We battled, we scratched, we clawed, we hung in there and overcame a bunch of stuff. . We were able to scratch our way back in and get into a bowl game.Wake Forest held a 287-167 advantage in total offense.It shouldnt come down to one play or one kick, Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson said. There were a lot of opportunities to make plays earlier in the game that we didnt make.John Wolford threw a pair of third-quarter touchdown passes to help Wake Forest (6-6, 3-5) wipe out a 10-0 deficit. Wolford threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Cam Serigne, and then a 37-yard scoring strike to Cortez Lewis, who fell into the end zone while making the catch.Boston College hadnt been scored upon for more than 105 minutes dating back to a Nov. 11 game at Florida State.Two early turnovers enabled the Eagles to score twice in the first quarter.John Johnsons interception of Wolford led to Mike Knolls 22-yard field goal to open the scoring. After Wake Forests Jessie Bates fumbled on a punt return, the Eagles went 25 yards, scoring on Myles Willis 11-yard touchdown run.Wake Forests first good scoring chance stalled with a failed fourth-and-1 play from the Boston College 19 in the first quarter. A dropped pass on fourth-and-2 from the Boston College 32-yard line thwarted a second-quarter drive for the Demon Deacons.Weaver missed a 51-yard field goal attempt in the final minute of the first half.Boston College led 10-0 at halftime despite racking up only 58 yards of total offense.To me, the bigger story is just, again, we start so slow on offense, Clawson said. We get shut out in the first half. We just didnt make plays.THE TAKEAWAYBoston College: The Eagles won two ACC games this season and both came in the state of North Carolina. The other was Oct. 29 at North Carolina State.Wake Forest: John Wolford returned after a one-game absence, missing the Clemson game with various ailments. Wolfords first pass attempt was batted into the air and caught by 325-pound senior offensive guard Tyler Hayworth, so that counted for his first career reception. It went for minus-4 yards.KEY MOMENTThe last of Landrys 4.5 sacks in the game came on third down on Wake Forests final possession and put the Demon Deacons in a desperate situation. Landry, playing in his home state, eclipsed Boston Colleges single-season sack record, which had been 15. He has 16.5 going into the bowl game.UP NEXTBoston College: The Eagles will head to a bowl for the first time since 2014 with their six-win regular season.Wake Forest: Wake Forest will await its bowl assignment, marking the teams first postseason appearance since 2011. LaMarcus Aldridge Spurs Jersey .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later. 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PHILADELPHIA -- When the Calgary Flames visit the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night, the game will feature teams heading in opposite directions.The Flames (10-12-1) are riding the strong play of goaltender Chad Johnson and have won three of their last four games in the midst of a six-game trip.The guys are just doing a good job and Im getting results, Johnson said Friday after making 35 saves in a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins. When you get results, your game gets some attention. When you lose, people always find things to look at.But Ive felt great all year. Thats my game. Simple. In position. Try to make it look easy and not scramble too much there and give the team confidence and make the saves Im supposed to.Johnson is 5-1 with a 1.17 goals against average in his last six games and is 7-3-1 on the season.I just think hes been fantastic, Flames coach Glen Gulutzan said. Hes making the first save, which you need, and hes giving us great goaltending there, and then our guys are limiting those second chances, and its a good combination right now.The Flyers (9-10-3) have lost three of four and have played a loose defensive game in front of goaltender Steve Mason, who saw his record drop to 5-8-3 and his save percentage dwindle to .892 in Fridays 3-2 loss to the New York Rangers.Masons save percentage is third-worst among NHL goalies with 12 or more starts.You know, we made a couple costly mistakes where guys were left alone out front and we have to clean those up because it cost us the game, Mason said affter stopping 20 of 23 shots Friday.dddddddddddd Its definitely something we need to focus on a little bit.The Flyers had 78 shots (to 39 for the Rangers) in their loss on Friday but are looking for more offense from captain Claude Giroux, who was 16-for-24 in faceoffs on Friday but has gone eight games without a goal.Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau grew up right outside of Philadelphia in southern New Jersey, but will miss the Flames only trip to Philadelphia because of a broken finger.Former Flyer Kris Versteeg, day-to-day with a groin injury, might also miss the game.The Flames are 7-0-1 when leading after two periods.The Flyers have had 40 or more shots in a game five times this season and are 3-2 in those games, with two wins coming in a shootout and one in overtime.Flames forward Mark Jankowski was called up from Stockton of the American Hockey League on Friday but has not yet made his NHL debut.Flyers rookie forward Travis Konecny scored points with his teammates when he fought Rangers forward Brandon Pirri after teammate Brandon Manning was checked hard into the boards.Yeah, we talked about team toughness and making sure were sticking up for each other, Konecny said of his first NHL fight. When a guy gets hit like that, I was the one in position to do something about it and I did what I had to.Manning did not finish Fridays game and is questionable for Sunday nights game. ' ' '