#6 Eagles Take Aim at 2-0 Start Sunday at Colgate

HAMILTON, N.Y. – No. 6/10 Boston College hits the road for the first time on the new season as it takes aim at a 2-0 start against Colgate at Class of 1965 Arena on Sunday afternoon in upstate New York. The game will air live on ESPN+ and WEEI 850 AM. BC hasn't started a season with back-to-back wins since 2011 when it beat Michigan State and North Dakota at the Ice Breaker Tournament in Grand Forks.

OPENING NIGHT VICTORY
• Behind three-point nights from senior linemates David Cotton and Julius Mattila, BC skated past No. 15 Wisconsin for a 5-3 opening night victory at Kelley Rink on Friday to begin its 98th season of men's hockey
• Mattila scored twice in the first period, won 15 of his 26 faceoffs on the night, and finished with nine shots on goal and a plus-3 rating in his 100th career game
• Cotton was plus-4 in the opener while collecting two assists and a key insurance goal 35 seconds into the third
• Rookies and former USNTDP teammates Marshall Warren and Matt Boldy each scored his first collegiate goal in the second period, extending the Eagles' lead to 4-1
• Wisconsin responded with back-to-back goals, including Cole Caufield's second of the night, but Cotton's snipe on a no-look pass from Logan Hutsko restored the lead to two in the first minute of the third period
• Freshman netminder Spencer Knight (23 saves) posted his first NCAA win in net, making several key pad saves at each post throughout the night
• BC won the shot (28-26) and faceoff (35-23) battles, snapping a three-game losing skid in the series

SCOUTING THE RAIDERS
• Colgate enters Sunday 0-2 following 3-1 losses to RIT on Oct. 5 at home and at Ferris State on Thursday in Michigan
• Senior captain Bobby McMann led the Raiders in scoring last year with 23 points and is the program's active career leader with 72 points
• Sophomore Mitch Benson has started both games between the pipes and owns an .861 save percentage and 2.55 goals against average
• Colgate finished at 10-23-3 (7-12-3 ECAC) last season and was swept at Union in the ECAC Hockey First Round
• Don Vaughan is in his 27th year as the head coach in Hamilton and enters the year with 417 career victories
• The Raiders play in the new Class of 1965 Arena, a 2,222 seat facility which opened on Oct. 1, 2016

SERIES HISTORY
• The Eagles and Raiders will meet for the 25th time in series history on Sunday
• Boston College has out-scored Colgate 135-63 in series history while posting a dominant 22-2-0 record in 24 previous meetings
• It is the first matchup between the schools since the 2010-11 season and just the second in 35 years
• BC won 6-5 in the last matchup, which took place on Dec. 30, 2010 at the Ledyard Bank Classic hosted by Dartmouth
• The Eagles' top line of Paul Carey, Brian Gibbons and Cam Atkinson combined for nine points in the victory
• Boston College beat Mercyhurst 4-1 the following night in the title game
• The Raiders' only two wins against Boston College both came in Hamilton in 1981 and 1983 as the schools met for eight straight seasons

MILESTONE WATCH
• Senior Julius Mattila skated in his 100th collegiate game on Friday night and marked it by scoring twice
• Luke McInnis will skate in his 100th game on Sunday at Colgate, while Ron Greco is two games away from reaching the century mark
• Sunday will mark the 75th career contest for juniors Logan Hutsko and Michael Karow
• David Cotton is just two assists shy of 50 and nine points away from 100
• Classmate Graham McPhee is seven points away from 50 for his career

UP NEXT
• Boston College heads to Colorado to face No. 2 Denver for two games next weekend (Oct. 18-19)
• Both games will air on WEEI 850 AM and the Saturday night game will be televised on NESN+

#6 Eagles Take Aim at 2-0 Start Sunday at Colgate

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Players Mentioned

Matt Boldy

David Cotton

Ron Greco

Logan Hutsko

Michael Karow

Spencer Knight

Julius Mattila

Luke McInnis

Graham McPhee

Marshall Warren