Road Swing Continues for a Pair in Madison

WHEN: Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 (8 p.m. - EST) / Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 (4 p.m. - EST)
WHERE: Kohl Center / Madison, Wisc.
HOW TO FOLLOW (Friday): Live Audio (internet only) / Live Stats ||| (Sunday): Live Audio (internet only) / Live Stats
TELEVISION COVERAGE: (Friday) Fox Sports Wisconsin (picked up from NESN) ||| (Sunday) ESPNU
GAME NOTES: PDF / WEB

BOSTON COLLEGE vs. WISCONSIN
Boston College remains on the road and heads west once against when the Eagles make their presence felt at the Kohl Center for the first time in almost 10 years. BC has not played at Wisconsin since Oct. 28, 2006 when the Eagles swept the Badgers, 3-0 and 4-1, respectively in 2006. Friday's contest marks the fifth-ever meeting between the two programs at the Kohl Center as Boston College maintains a 3-1 edge in that building. Friday marks the 24th meeting, all-time between the two schools as BC leads, 14-9. Boston College looks to extend is winning streak against Wisconsin to seven straight. These two national powers are no strangers to the big stage as two of the last seven meetings between BC and UW have been in the national title game. In 2006, Wisconsin's Tom Gilbert scored the game-winning power play goal at 9:32 of the third period to boost the Badgers to the title in Milwaukee. In 2010, the Eagles won their fourth national title at Ford Field in Detroit when Boston College stormed by Wisconsin, 5-0, on April 10, 2010. In the last two meetings combined, BC has outscored the Badgers, 17-2. All-time, Jerry York has defeated Wisconsin nine times.

BADGER BEAT
Wisconsin started its season in Green Bay with a split against Northern Michigan, winning the backend, 6-5. The Badgers are averaging four goals a game, tied for 13th in in college hockey, while the defense is surrendering the same total, tied for 36th. Five of Wisconsin's eight power play goals have come via the power play as UW has converted on five of its 16 chances (31.2 percent), which is good for third in all of college hockey currently. Second-year forward Will Johnson has accounted for two of thos power play tallies while senior defenseman Corbin McGuire has socred UW's other three.

CANGE'S CORNER
Senior Austin Cangelosi has accounted for 75 percent of BC's scoring in its first two games. The Estero, Fla., native not only started off the Eagles' scoring this year by converting a penalty shot against Air Force, he accounted for his fifth multi-goal performance against Denver on Oct. 8 and was named to the Ice Breaker All-Tournament Team.

SCORING PRODUCTION RETURNS TO THE HEIGHTS
There is no denying that Boston College's roster looks much different than last year's with the addition of 13 new faces. Fourteen Eagles from last year's Frozen Four squad either graduated or joined the professional ranks. Despite almost half of last year's scoring (77 out of 156 goals - 49.4 percent) being absent in 2016-17, Boston College returns three of its top four point getters from last season, including second-team All- AmericanRyan Fitzgerald (24-23-47), Hockey East Rookie of the Year Colin White (19-24-43) and assistant captain Austin Cangelosi (20-17-37).

AGAINST THE REST
The Eagles squared off against a pair of stingy defenses in Air Force and Denver in the opening weekend nad managed to average two goals per game. Heading into the Wisconsin series, the Eagles are tied for 33rd, nationally, in scoring (2.00 ppg) and tied for ninth in the league with Northeastern.

FINNISH FIRE
Freshman center Julius Mattilla currently leads the Eagles in shot totals with nine (9) over the course of two games.

COTTON CONNECTS
Freshman David Cotton's first-career goal came in game-winning fashion at Denver.

JOE WALL, er, OLL
Freshman goaltender Joe Woll had some big skates to fill in his Eagle debut out in Denver but the Missouri product rose to the occassion, particularly in the third period of BC's win over No. 3 Denver. Woll denied all 23 of DU's offerings in the final frame, anchoring the team to victory. Over the course of the entire weekend, Woll denied 64-of-67 shots and possesses a .955 save percentage (12th nationally) and a 1.51 goals against average (17th nationally).

KIM KAN
Sophomore defenseman Michael Kim, who joined last year's squad in the middle of the season down in Florida, leads all defensemen with two assists and is one of three skaters currently (Cangelosi, Moore) with a +2 rating.

SEVEN - MAN SQUAD
On BC's official roster, the Eagles have seven defensemen on the 25-man unit for 2016-17. Casey Fitzgerald leads the charge on the blue line as the second-year rear guard notched 27 points (4-23-27) to earn a spot on the Hockey East All-Rookie Team last year. The North Reading, Mass. native also lead BC with a +27 rating. Michael Campoli, Luke McInnis, Connor Moore and Jesper Mattila will be BC's newest blueliners in 2016-17.

DEFENSE AGAINST THE REST
In two games, Boston College's defense is surrending only 1.50 goals per game, tied for eight lowest in the country and tied for third on the conference level. Despite being the 11th most penalized team in college hockey thus far, the Eagles' penalty-killing unit has done a strong job, snuffing out 13-of-15 opportunities at a rate of 86.7 percent.

ROAD WARRIORS
Boston College may forget what the inside of Conte Forum looks like by November as the Eagles take to the road for nine of their first 11 games of the season. Since Jerry York took over on The Heights in 1994-95, the Eagles have never been away from home this often in their first 11 games. The last time Boston College played four games away from Kelley Rink was the start of the 2010-11 season, when it went 3-1.

SHOW BIRDS
Boston College will have 16 alums on opening night rosters in the NHL this season, including: Brian Boyle (TBL), Brian Dumoulin (PIT), Brian Gionta (BUF), Brooks Orpik (WSH), Cam Atkinson (CBJ), Chris Kreider (NYR), Kevin Hayes (NYR), Jimmy Hayes (BOS), Johnny Gaudreau, Cory Schneider (NJD), Michael Matheson (FLA), Noah Hanifin (CAR), and Patrick Eaves (DAL). Zach Sanford (WSH), Steve Santini (NJD) and Miles Wood (NJD) will all be rookies this season, cracking the regular season lineups for the first time. Last season, Boston College sports the most alums to play in the show as 23 Eagles graced the rosters of a variety of NHL clubs. Michigan finished second with 21.

IF THE SKATE FITZ...
Senior assistant captain Ryan Fitzgerald returns to Boston College for his senior season as college hockey's leader with the most career goals (54) and fifth, overall, in career points scored (102). He is only two power play strikes behind Austin Ortega (Omaha - 17) for the most career power play goals in college hockey as well. In regards to career short-handed goals (5) and game-winning goals (11), he is tied for first and tied for second, respectively, amongst all returning skaters.

CANGE'S CIRCLE
Senior assistant captain Austin Cangelosi is not only one of BC's leading returning scorers, but he is college hockey's biggest threat in the faceoff circle after last year's numbers. The Estero, Fla., native led the nation in faceoffs won with 545 and highest faceoff win percentage (63.7 percent) amongst all centermen over 200 draws. So far this season, Cangelosi is 25-of-43 with a 58.1 faceoff winning percentage.

EAGLETS
For the second time in three seasons, Boston College sports the youngest roster in NCAA hockey. As of Oct. 1, the average age of the Eagles roster is 20 years and 49 days. Boston University is second with a mean of 20 years and 108 days while Notre Dame is third at 20 years and 272 days. Boston College has five seniors and zero juniors, meaning the rest of the team is composed of a combined 20 freshmen and sophomores. Head coach Jerry York ushered in 13 new Eagles for 2016-17, easily his largest recruiting class in 23 seasons. It marks the second-largest incoming class behind Miami (14) this season.

Road Swing Continues for a Pair in Madison

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Players Mentioned

Michael Campoli

Austin Cangelosi

David Cotton

Casey Fitzgerald

Ryan Fitzgerald

Michael Kim

Jesper Mattila

Luke McInnis

Connor Moore

Zach Sanford

Steve Santini

Colin White

Joseph Woll

Miles Wood