Eagles Prepare for Home-and-Home With No. 19 UMass Lowell

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College closes a three-game homestand as it opens a home-and-home series with 19th-ranked UMass Lowell at Kelley Rink on Friday (Jan. 25) for the 117th meeting in series history. The Eagles and River Hawks close the weekend on Saturday (Jan. 26) at Tsongas Center in a game that will air on NESN. BC is tied with BU for third place in Hockey East with 18 points, two behind league-leading UMass, while UML is five points back in fifth place but has a game in hand on Boston College and three on Boston University.

PROVIDENCE RECAP
• Christopher Brown scored a pair of goals, including a penalty shot in the third period, leading Boston College to a 4-1 Hockey East victory over 10th-ranked Providence last Saturday afternoon at Kelley Rink
• The win clinched the regular season series for the Eagles, who beat the then-No. 7 Friars 4-2 the previous Friday
• David Cotton netted his team-leading 14th goal of the season during a shorthanded situation in the first period, and Christopher Grando collected his first of the year to provide insurance in the third
• Following Grando's goal, The Eagles were forced to kill off 1:45 of 5-on-3 power play time for Providence
• In the closing seconds of the kill, Brown was sprung on a partial breakaway before being hooked by Ben Mirageas from behind for a penalty shot, which the senior buried on a backhand deke
• Joseph Woll made 25 saves in the Boston College net to pick up the victory
• BC is now 11-2-0 in its last 13 home meetings with Providence

SCOUTING THE RIVER HAWKS
• UMass Lowell has won five games in a row, including a home sweep of UVM last weekend, and entered the USCHO.com poll this week at No. 19
• The River Hawks are 7-4-1 in Hockey East and sit three points behind Boston College for third place with one game in hand
• Senior Ryan Dmowski netted two game-winning goals in the weekend sweep of Vermont and was named the HEA Player of the Week on Monday
• Junior forward and Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Ryan Lohin leads the team in goals (9), assists (11), and points (20)
• In net this season, junior Tyler Wall (6-6-1, 2.04 GAA, .922 SV%, 3 SO) and senior Christoffer Hernberg (7-2-0, 2.45, .911, 2 SO) have split time
• UML is clicking at 16.5% on the power play and 81.7% a man down
• Norm Bazin is in his eighth year as the head coach at his alma mater and enters the weekend 19 wins shy of 200 during his tenure

SERIES HISTORY
• The Eagles hold a 66-41-9 advantage over UMass Lowell in the all-time series heading into the 117th meeting between the schools
• Boston College won the regular season series against the River Hawks 2-1-0 last season thanks to a 3-2 overtime win at Kelley Rink on Feb. 9, 2018
• Logan Hutsko netted his second goal of the game with just 6.8 seconds left in overtime after tying the score early in the third period
• The teams split a home-and-home series in late January as BC won 5-2 at Conte Forum in the back-end to snap a five-game losing streak to UML
• The Eagles have won three of their last four against Lowell in Chestnut Hill but are winless in their last five at Tsongas Center (0-4-1)

BROWNIE POINTS
• Senior Christopher Brown leads the team over the last five games with four goals
• The tri-captain has two multi-point games during that span with a goal and an assist in the first period at UNH on Jan. 12 and a two-goal performance against Providence last Saturday
• Brown's penalty shot against the Friars was BC's first successful penalty shot since Austin Cangelosi scored against Air Force in the 2016-17 season opener (Oct. 7, 2016)
• The center leads the squad this season in shot percentage (20.7%) and ranks third on the team in goals (6), all of which have come against Hockey East opponents

TRUMP CARD
• Boston College has already clinched the Hockey East regular season series against four league opponents: Vermont (2-0-0), UConn (2-0-0), Boston University (1-0-1), and Providence (2-0-0)
• New Hampshire is the only school which has guaranteed a series victory over BC (1-0-1)
• Last season, the Eagles owned the tiebreaker on seven of their 10 league rivals

UP NEXT
In its final tuneup before the Beanpot, Boston College travels to face UConn at the XL Center in Hartford next Friday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m.

Eagles Prepare for Home-and-Home With No. 19 UMass Lowell

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Players Mentioned

Christopher Brown

Austin Cangelosi

David Cotton

Chris Grando

Logan Hutsko

Joseph Woll