No. 16 Eagles Head North to Vermont for Weekend Series

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – 16th-ranked Boston College hits the road for a two-game Hockey East series against Vermont at Gutterson Fieldhouse this weekend (Nov. 15-16). Both games are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will air live on CBS All-Access ($). Pre-game radio coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. both nights on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.TV. The Eagles have won three straight games to move back above .500 overall (5-4-0) and in the league (3-2-0).

UCONN SWEEP
• Boston College outscored UConn 11-1 last weekend in a dominant home-and-home sweep of the Huskies
• Rookie Alex Newhook collected his first career multi-goal game and Knight posted a 30-save shutout in a 6-0 win to open the series at Kelley Rink
• Four players put up multi-point efforts in the victory, including a career-high three for senior defenseman Connor Moore (1-2-3)
• Aapeli Räsänen scored his first career hat trick to lead BC past UConn 5-1 on Saturday afternoon at the XL Center
• Räsänen added an assist for a career-high four points, while Ben Finkelstein (1-1-2), Mike Hardman (1-1-2) and Alex Newhook (0-2-2) also registered multi-point performances
• BC peppered Tomas Vomacka in the UConn net with a season-best 46 shots on goal and allowed a season-low 17

ROUNDING INTO FORM
• Boston College is 3-1-0 over the last two weekends to move back over .500 for the season
• During those four games, the Eagles have outscored their opponents 14-4
• The power play is 5-for-15, the penalty kill is 10-for-12, and penalties have dropped to four per game
• BC's shot totals have risen to an average of 37 per game with a +46 shot margin over the last four contests
• Spencer Knight owns a 0.99 GAA and .961 SV% during that span

SCOUTING THE CATAMOUNTS
• Vermont enters the weekend at 1-5-0 overall and 0-3-0 in Hockey East play
• The Catamounts have lost four straight games but were idle last weekend
• UVM was swept at home by UMass Lowell 2-1 and 5-3 in Burlington on Nov. 1-2
• Vermont also fell at Gutterson Fieldhouse 2-1 to Maine in October; its only win came on the road at St. Lawrence 2-0 on opening weekend
• Rookie defenseman Andrew Lucas leads the team with four points thus far
• Christian Evers, Alex Esposito and Joey Cipollone have all scored a pair of goals
• Senior goalie Stefanos Lekkas, who was an All-American last season, has played every minute in net with a 2.53 goals against average and .920 save percentage
• UVM is 0-for-20 on the power play thus far and 17-for-21 on the penalty kill

SERIES HISTORY
• The two schools are meeting for the 71st and 72nd times in the all-time series this weekend with BC holding a 47-16-7 overall advantage
• Boston College is riding a nine-game unbeaten streak (7-0-2) 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
• During its active six-game winning streak in the series, Boston College has scored 30 total goals for an average of 5.0 goals per contest
• Last November, BC swept a two-game set in Chestnut Hill with 4-1 and 3-2 victories
• The top line of David Cotton, Julius Mattila and Logan Hutsko combined for 11 points and a plus-8 rating in the weekend sweep
• Boston College has won seven games in a row at Gutterson Fieldhouse

NEARING THE CENTURY MARK
• David Cotton is just one point away from hitting 100 in his collegiate career
• Cotton would become the 81st player in program history to reach 100 career points
• The last Eagle to hit the century mark was Ryan Fitzgerald in 2017 (T-42nd all-time with 132 points)
• Cotton collected his 50th career assist on Oct. 13 in a 3-0 win at Colgate
• The senior captain has played in 125 games at Boston College with 46 goals and 53 assists

MILESTONE WATCH
• Vermont native Ben Finkelstein is two points away from 50 in his NCAA career
• Graham McPhee is three points away from 50 as an Eagle
• Marc McLaughlin will hit 50 career games on Saturday in Vermont
• Julius Mattila posted his 75th career point on Nov. 2 in the win at Providence
• Aapeli Räsänen is set to skate in his 75th game on Friday night in Vermont

UP NEXT
• Boston College is idle next weekend before hosting Yale on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m.

No. 16 Eagles Head North to Vermont for Weekend Series

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Players Mentioned

David Cotton

Ben Finkelstein

Ryan Fitzgerald

Mike Hardman

Logan Hutsko

Spencer Knight

Julius Mattila

Marc McLaughlin

Graham McPhee

Connor Moore

Alex Newhook

Aapeli Räsänen