Eagles Elect to Host New Hampshire Tuesday Night

Tuesday, November 8

Chestnut Hill, MA

7:00 PM

Boston College

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Eagles Elect to Host New Hampshire Tuesday Night

November 07, 2016 | Men's Hockey

No. 3 Boston College welcomes New Hampshire to Kelley Rink on Election Night; marks only the third game at home in 12 outings as the Eagles tout college hockey's longest unbeaten streak (7-0-1)

WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 (7 p.m.)

WHERE: Conte Forum at Kelley Rink - Chestnut Hill, Mass.

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BOSTON COLLEGE vs. NEW HAMPSHIRE
Boston College welcomes New Hampshire to The Heights on Election Night and puts a eight-game unbeaten streak against the Wildcats on the line at 7 pm. BC has won gone 5-0-2 against UNH in the last seven meetings, including winning the last three contests. As a whole, the series has been somewhat of a closely contested one over the course of time as Tuesday night's battle marks the 148th contest between the two Hockey East staples. BC owns the narrow 71-63-14 mark over UNH. Since Conte Forum was erected, Boston College possesses a 16-11-6 mark over New Hampshire. BC and UNH have some binding ties as well. Not only are York and UNH head coach Dick Umile two of the most celebrated coaches in the sport, they have combined for 1,595 victories and over 70 years of combined coaching experience. York is in his 45th season overall while Umile celebrates his 27th season in Durham. Additionally, BC assistant coach Mike Ayers was New Hampshire's goaltender from 2000-04. Ayers was voted second-team All-American in 2003.

WILDCAT WATCH
New Hampshire skates into Tuesday night's tilt on a bit of a hot streak after starting the season 1-3. The Wildcats are winners in three of their last four and sandwiched a draw in between that to up their mark to 4-3-1 with a 2-0-0 mark in Hockey East play. In its two conference games, UNH outscored Massachusetts and Merrimack by a combined score of 10-3. Like awlays, New Hampshire touts some firepower and has two of the nation's top 10 scorers in senior Tyler Kelleher and newcomer Patrick Grasso. Both skaters are averaging 1.50 points per game. Grasso has netted nine goals and averaging 1.12 tallies per game which is tied for the second-best mark in college hockey, while his six power play markers are the most of anyone in the game. UNH's offense ranks 24th overall (3.25 gpg) while the defense is slotted in 31st, giving up 2.88 gpg.

TRENDING UP
Boston College continues to pump in a lofty number of goals after a six-spot in Portland on Nov. 4 when the Eagles cruised past Maine, 6-1, thanks to a hat trick by Austin Cangelosi. In four of its last eight games, Boston College has scored at least six goals or more. The Eagles are now averaging exactly 4.00 goals per game which is tied for seventh best in all of college hockey and tied with Notre Dame for the Hockey East lead.

A TRICK FOR THE AGES
Austin Cangelosi not only scored Boston College's second hat trick of the season and the first of his career, he did so in unprecdented fashion by netting a natural hat trick (three uninterrupted goals) with three different tipes of goals. Cangelosi scored a power play goal, short-handed goal and even-strength goal in succession on Nov. 4 at Cross Insurance Arena in 34:19. The senior's accomplishment marked BC's first "natural hat trick" since Brian Gionta scored five goals on his first five shots on Jan. 27, 2001, also against Maine, at Kelley Rink. Thirty-five other Eagle hat tricks have occurred between Gionta's modern-day record and Cangelosi's natural hat trick.

POWER PLAY PATROL
Boston College scored a pair of power play goals at Maine on Nov. 4, including the first of his career for David Cotton, marking the third occasion the Eagles have found the back of the net with the extra skater this season. BC did it against Colorado College and UMass, as well. BC has converted on eight of their 61 power play chances at a rate of 13.1 percent.

IN THE RED
The Eagles are outscoring their opponent at a significant margin and own the fifth-best mark in the NCAA. Boston College's +1.91 goal differential is second in Hockey East (2.40) as the Eagles have netted 44 goals and given up only 23. The +21 mark is best in the NCAA.

THE GREAT WOLL OF CHESTNUT HILL
First-year goaltender Joe Woll has been steady in net for the Eagles all season and is currently in the top 12, nationally, in all goaltending categories. Woll is currently 10th in save percentage (.933), 12th in goals against average (1.99) and 12th in winning percentage (.722). The Dardenne Prairie, Mo. native has not given up more than two goals in his last five starts.

CASE IN POINT
Sophomore defenseman Casey Fitzgerald leads all BC blue liners in points scored with 10 (3-7-10). The North Reading, Mass. native is tied for eighth, nationally, amongst all defensemen with 1.00 points per game and is one of 31 skaters in all of college hockey with two game-winning goals.

BLUE LINE BANDITS
In 11 games, Boston College's defense is surrendering only 2.09 goals per game, standing as the eighth best in the country and second best on the conference level. Despite being the fifth most penalized team in college hockey thus far (20.3 PIMs / game), the Eagles' penalty-killing unit has done a good job, snuffing out 61-of-74 opportunities at a rate of 82.4 percent.

DISHIN' IT
Sophomore Michael Kim joined the Eagles midway through last season, so his rookie year wa abbreviated but un 11 games, the Toronto, Ontario native has already surpassed last year's points total in is tied for the team lead with eight assists. On the national level, Kim is tied for 41st amongst all defensemen with 0.73 points per game.

TEAM TO BEAT
After sweeping Maine on Nov. 4-5, Boston College extended its unbeaten streak to eight games, winning seven and tying one. That mark means the Eagles are currently the hottest team in college hockey as no one has a streak that long.

SWIFT STARTS
Boston College's record is 8-2-1 following the Maine sweep. The Eagles have started out with an 8-2-1 mark in three of their last four seasons.

BATTLE TESTED
Through the first weekend of November, only two other teams played more hockey than Boston College has. The Eagles faced off 11 times in college hockey's opening month, matching the number of outings Union and Ferris State have played. The only others teams to play more games are Michigan Tech and Alabama-Huntsville (12).

CANGE CROWNED
After scoring his first-career hat trick and also netted a short-handed goal and a power play goal in back-to-back games, netting fives goals in all over the course of two games, Austin Cangelosi earned BC's first league honor, hauling in Hockey East Player of the Week laurels.

FRESHMEN FINDING THEIR GROOVE
Following Boston College's two non-conference victories over Colorado College and Holy Cross, 12 of 13 freshmen that has dressed for the Eagles all now have at least one point. Ron Greco scored his second goal of the season to set the precedent at Maine on Nov. 5 while Mike Booth's strike in the middle of the third period stood as his first-career game winner.

CHART TOPPER
On Friday in Portland, Ryan Fitzgerald notched another multi-point performance, including his fourth goal of the season and 61st goal, all-time, in the maroon and gold. The North Reading, Mass. native surpassed Ken Hodge (1984-87) and Jim Mullen (1963-66) on the career goals list and is now 36th, all-time, on The Heights goal scoring chart.