Boston College Athletics
Men's Hockey to Face Northeastern Tonight
February 21, 2003 | Men's Hockey
Feb. 21, 2003
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The men's hockey team, ranked No. 5 in the USCHO.com poll and No. 7 in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine poll, hosts Northeastern (9-18-3, 4-14-2 HOCKEY EAST) tonight at Kelley Rink in the first of a home-and-home series with the Huskies. Game time is 7 p.m.
Boston College (19-8-3, 14-5-1) enters tonight's HOCKEY EAST contest in second place with 29 points, one point behind New Hampshire. Maine is in third place with 28 points. Maine travels to Massachusetts for two games this weekend, while UNH travels to UMass Lowell for one game tonight. BC and Maine have played 20 games, while UNH has played 21.
The Eagles are 2-0-0 against the Huskies this season.
The two schools will close their regular-season series on Saturday in a 7 p.m. tilt at Northeastern's Matthews Arena.
