Eagles Continue Homestand Against Vermont

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Boston College continues a five-game homestand this Thursday (Nov. 8) and Friday (Nov. 9) at Kelley Rink as the Vermont Catamounts visit Chestnut Hill for a two-game Hockey East series. Both games will air live on ESPN3 and WEEI 850 AM. The Eagles split a home-and-home series with Merrimack last weekend, falling 2-1 on Friday before beating the Warriors 4-1 on Saturday in Chestnut Hill to snap their five-game skid. UVM fought back to split a two-game series with UConn in Burlington, tying Saturday's contest with 13 seconds left in regulation before Ace Cowans' game-winner beat the buzzer with 0.5 seconds remaining in overtime.

MONKEY OFF THE BACK
• The line of David Cotton, Julius Mattila, and Logan Hutsko combined for three goals, eight points, and a plus-7 rating last Saturday night, leading Boston College to a convincing 4-1 Hockey East victory over visiting Merrimack
• The Eagles scored three times in the first eight minutes of the second period to blow the game open and handed the Warriors their fourth straight loss at Conte Forum
• Cotton led the way with his second four-point game of the season, factoring in every BC tally with two goals and two assists while posting a team-high five shots on goal
• Mattila collected a goal and an assist, while Hutsko assisted on each of the game's first two scores; both players closed the series with a goal and two primary assists
• Cotton nearly sealed his second hat trick of the season in the third period, but his one-timer down low was robbed by Drew Vogler; he now leads the team with eight points on five goals and three assists
• Joseph Woll made 29 saves in the Boston College net for the victory, while he and the rest of the Boston College penalty kill was a perfect 7-for-7

BOLD STRATEGY COTTON
• David Cotton was recognized as the Hockey East Player of the Week on Monday following his second four-point performance in the last five games
• The junior's team-high eight points this season have come in those two contests
• He and Cal Burke of Notre Dame are the only two players in the nation with a pair of four-point games
• Cotton is tied for the national lead in second period goals (4) and points (6)
• The winger is third in Hockey East in goals per game and fourth in points per game
• His first career multi-goal game was a hat trick on Oct. 13 at Wisconsin, one of only 15 hat tricks nationwide

SCOUTING THE CATAMOUNTS
• Vermont enters the series at 3-3-0 (1-2-0 HEA) after splitting a tight, defensive series against UConn last weekend at Gutterson Fieldhouse
• UVM began its season by upsetting Michigan 5-2 on the road in Ann Arbor
• The Catamounts have won two of their last three overall, allowing just one goal in each of those three contests
• Seniors Liam Coughlin and Craig Puffer have each registered four points to lead the team, while sophomore Alex Esposito paces the squad with three goals
• Junior Stefanos Lekkas has started all six games in net with a 1.82 goals against average and a .947 save percentage
• UVM is 2-for-18 on the power play thus far and 18-for-22 on the penalty kill
• Kevin Sneddon is in his 16th season leading the Catamounts
• Last year, Vermont went 10-20-7 (6-12-6 HEA) and lost to UMass in three games on the road in the Hockey East Quarterfinals as the No. 9 seed

SERIES HISTORY
• The two schools are meeting for the 69th time in the all-time series on Thursday with BC holding a 45-16-7 overall advantage
• Boston College is riding a seven-game unbeaten streak (5-0-2) against Vermont
• The Eagles' last loss to the Catamounts came on March 12, 2016 in Game 2 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals at Kelley Rink
• Last year, BC swept a two-game set in Burlington with 4-3 and 5-1 wins in November
• As freshmen, Christopher Grando, Aapeli Räsänen, and Hutsko all scored twice in the series and combined for a +14 rating while skating on the same line
• During an active four-game winning streak in the series, Boston College has scored 23 goals for an average of 5.75 goals per contest
• Woll is unbeaten (3-0-2) in five career starts against UVM
• The squads have met in four of the last six Hockey East Quarterfinals, including three straight from 2015-17

WHO'S NEXT
• BC continues its five-game homestand next Friday night against New Hampshire at Kelley Rink

Eagles Continue Homestand Against Vermont

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Players Mentioned

David Cotton

Chris Grando

Logan Hutsko

Julius Mattila

Aapeli Räsänen

Joseph Woll