BRAINTREE — Xaverian battled back from a two-goal deficit Sunday at the Thayer Sports Center to tie BC High 3-3 in a Catholic Conference hockey dogfight.

BC High (3-3-2) opened the game with two goals in rapid succession, as Stephen Cherry tipped a shot from Mike Lynch home just 1:17 into play. Moments later, Mikey McClory buried an attempt with 13:00 to go to give the Eagles a 2-0 advantage.

Xaverian (4-3-1) responded later in the period, as Devin Gosciak knocked home a rebound to cut things to 2-1 with 8:17 remaining.

Then, with just 48.8 ticks left in the stanza, Sonny Christian sniped a goal as BC High restored its two-goal edge at 3-1.

The senior captain Gosciak deked his way around the goaltender, then potted his second goal off a backhand with 3:33 to play in the ensuing period, making it 3-2.

“We’re obviously happy for the comeback, down 2-0, down 3-1,” Gosciak said afterward. “But we need to start faster. Obviously being down, we didn’t play the first five minutes or so, and we’re not really going to be able to win games if we’re in that big of a hole to start the game.”

With 15:17 remaining in regulation, junior left winger Daniel Gentile corralled a loose puck in the corner, then skated to the cage. He slid the equalizer into the twine.

“I’ll tell you exactly what I told the guys,” said Xaverian coach Dave Spinale. “We don’t celebrate ties. But a point in the league, after being down two, it showed that we have some fight, that we have some toughness, and that we’re maturing. Really liked the grit that we showed, and we beared down a little bit. We came out swinging, and I was really proud of the fact that we didn’t just cave, and let them jump all over us.”

BC High coach John Flaherty will have to wait, at least a few days, to get his milestone victory. The Eagles legend has 199 career wins.

“Again, it’s Catholic Conference games,” Flaherty said. “It’s minimizing mistakes, and capitalizing on others. Being opportunistic. That’s what it is. We’ve been sitting (on this). It means more to the kids, and I’m not trying to downplay it. I know it’s a big deal. It’s a big deal for me and my family. But it’s also not the focus for this group. I don’t want it to be the focus for this group. So, we’re just going to go back to the drawing board, and we’re going to keep playing. We had a great week of practice, we had a great game plan, we executed well, and we walked out of here with a tie.”