Familiar Foes Square off Saturday at Kelley Rink

BOSTON COLLEGE vs. DENVER
Boston College welcomes in defending national champion and No. 1 - ranked Denver Saturday night, marking the sixth time in the last seven seasons that the Pioneers and Eagles have collided on the ice in consecutive seasons. Last year, the Eagles traveled out to Denver and took out the Pioneers in the consolation game of the Ice Breaker Tournament at Magness Arena. Austin Cangelosi scored a pair of goals while David Cotton scored his first-career game-winning goal. Saturday marks the sixth time Denver has skated at Kelley Rink as the Eagles possess a slight 3-2 advantage in those contests. If the Eagles were to win tonight, it would tie the overall series between Boston College and Denver. The Pioneers hold a one-game advantage in the all-time series, with a 16-15 edge as Saturday marks the 32nd overall meeting between these two powerhouses. The last time DU skated into Kelley Rink, Boston College skated away with a 4-3 triumph on Oct. 30 after Matthew Gaudreau scored his first game-winning goal with only 36.6 seconds left in regulation. It was a bit of redemption after second-seeded Denver handed third-seeded BC a first-round exit in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, defeating the Eagles, 5-2, at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence. In the 2014 NCAA Tournament in Worcester, the Eagles dumped DU, 6-2, thanks to a hat trick from Johnny Gaudreau and a 13-point performance (6-7-13) from his line of Kevin Hayes and Bill Arnold.

PEEKING IN ON THE PIOS
Denver skates into Saturday's contest with a 3-0-2 mark after Troy Terry lifted the Pioneers over Boston University last nighta t Agganis Arena with the game-winning goal with only 16.1 seconds to play. Terry leads the Pios in goals scored ( 4 ) while Dylan Gambrell, Colin Staub and Terry lead Denver in points scored (7). Two of Terry's tallies have come as game-winning goals as he is one of nine skater with multiple GWGs to his name so far this year. Denver's offense ranks 10th overall, scoring at a rate of 3.60 goals per game while the defense is tied for 11th, yielding only 2.20 goals per game. Denver's power play ranks 20th, operating at a rate of 23.5 percent, converting on 4-of-17 chances this season.

NOTES FROM LAST NIGHT AT PROVIDENCE
- Sophomore defenseman Connor Moore scored his first goal of the season and second as an Eagle with 4:30 to play in the first period. Mike Booth and Casey Carreau helped out on the Eagles' opening marker, denoting their first points of the season. For Carreau, it marked his first-career point while Booth notched his fifth-career assist.

- Boston College's penalty kill staved off both of Providence's 5-on-3 opportunities. One window was for 1:34 while the other was for 32 seconds.

- Sophomore goaltender Joseph Woll stopped 34 shots on Friday night.

- Faceoffs were nearly even as the Friars claimed a 40-38 advantage in the faceoff circle.

Familiar Foes Square off Saturday at Kelley Rink

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Players Mentioned

Mike Booth

Austin Cangelosi

Casey Carreau

David Cotton

Matthew Gaudreau

Connor Moore

Joseph Woll