No. 3 Boston College and No. 13 Northeastern Meet in Home-and-Home on NESN

BOSTON – Third-ranked Boston College (6-2-0) opens a home-and-home series against 13th-ranked Northeastern (6-3-2) on Friday (Jan. 15) at Kelley Rink on NESN at 7 p.m. The teams close the series on Saturday (Jan. 16) at Matthews Arena, also on NESN at 7 p.m. Fans outside New England can watch both games for free on SportsLive. Pre-game radio coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
• Northeastern (6-3-2) rides a three-game winning streak into the weekend following a dominant 7-0 win over UNH on Wednesday at Matthews Arena
• NU swept Merrimack in a tight home-and-home series last weekend, earning 3-2 wins both nights including an overtime home victory on Friday
• Captain Zach Solow had four points on Wednesday against New Hampshire and leads the team in scoring with six goals and seven assists for 13 points
• Junior defenseman Jordan Harris has five goals and five assists and is tied with four other players for second on the squad in points
• Sophomore Connor Murphy has started all 11 games between the pipes with a 2.42 goals against average and a .921 save percentage; he posted a 37-save shutout against UNH on Wednesday
• Rookie Devon Levi has yet to make his Northeastern debut after starting in net for Team Canada at the World Junior Championship
• NU is clicking at 25% on the power play and 83.7% on the penalty kill

LAST YEAR'S SERIES
• Boston College won both meetings against Northeastern last February in a home-and-home series
• The Eagles held off the Huskies 3-2 on Feb. 20 at Matthews Arena; Julius Mattila scored twice while Marshall Warren added a goal
• BC out-shot NU 18-6 in the second period to pull ahead for good
• The following night, Boston College posted a dominant 10-1 victory over Northeastern at Kelley Rink
• BC received goals from eight different players, lighting the lamp 10 times for the first time since an 11-0 shutout of Army at Conte Forum on Nov. 10, 2013

SERIES HISTORY
• Boston College has a 169-55-16 advantage against Northeastern heading into the 241st all-time meeting in series history on Friday
• Northeastern is 5-3-0 in the last eight meetings between the schools, but the Eagles are 6-1-1 in their last eight visits to Matthews Arena
• BC has won the last two matchups at Kelley Rink, outscoring NU 13-2 in the process while holding the Huskies to a single goal in each win

UNH RECAP
Friday: UNH 4, BC 3 (OT)
• Kalle Eriksson scored a power play goal with 26 seconds left in 3-on-3 overtime on Friday to lift New Hampshire past No. 2 Boston College 4-3 at Kelley Rink
• The home loss to UNH was the Eagles' first since 2010 and snapped an 11-game unbeaten streak (9-0-2) against the Wildcats at Conte Forum
• Rookies Colby Ambrosio (5) and Nikita Nesterenko (4) scored for the Eagles in the first two periods as the game headed into the third tied 2-2
• Patrick Giles' first of the year handed BC its first lead of the night 2:49 into the third, but a shorthanded goal from UNH knotted the score again four minutes later
• Boston College was called for too many men on the ice with 1:10 remaining in overtime

Sunday: BC 3, UNH 2 (OT)
• Marc McLaughlin snapped a shot high glove side on a partial breakaway for a shorthanded game-winning goal just 25 seconds into overtime on Sunday at the Whittemore Center
• McLaughlin finished the contest with a multi-point performance on a goal and an assist; the junior was plus-2 and won 15 of his 22 faceoffs on the night for BC, which never trailed
• Classmate Casey Carreau netted his first goal of the season in the opening period, while sophomore Mike Hardman collected his fourth in the middle frame
• Spencer Knight earned the win in net with 27 saves to extend his personal unbeaten streak to 14 games (13-0-1) dating back to last season
• Four of the last five meetings overall between BC and UNH have gone to overtime

BALANCED ATTACK
• Through eight games, BC has five different players averaging at least a point-per-game
• 12 different players have scored at least one goal and 18 players have at least one point, including assists for goaltenders Spencer Knight and Henry Wilder
• Seven Eagles have at least three goals; Colby Ambrosio holds the team-lead with five
• Six members of the rookie class have already posted their first NCAA point

BOLD MOVES
• Matt Boldy is riding a career-high six-game point streak to begin his sophomore season
• The Millis, Mass. native is tied for third in Hockey East in points per game (1.67)
• After notching just one point in his first 11 collegiate games as a rookie, Boldy has posted 32 points in his last 24 games including 10 through six games this season
• He ranked third nationally in scoring by a freshman after New Year's last season

THE CENTURY MARK
• Senior Logan Hutsko is just one point away from hitting 100 in his time on the Heights
• He is second on the team in scoring despite missing the last two games due to injury
• The Tampa native is tied for fifth in Hockey East in points per game (1.50)
• After ranking third in Hockey East last year in goals per game with 19 in 30 contests, Hutsko has scored three times in his last three games

WE WERE MERELY FRESHMEN
• BC's freshman class has combined for 13 goals and 29 points to lead the team
• Nikita Nesterenko and Colby Ambrosio are two of only four league freshmen averaging a point per game; Ambrosio is tied for first in goals by a freshman (5)
• Eamon Powell (+9) and Ambrosio (+7) lead Hockey East in +/- among rookies
• Three of the Eagles' top seven scorers are freshmen

GO SHORTY
• After leading the nation with 11 shorthanded goals last season, Boston College once again leads the country with four shorthanded goals this year
• Marc McLaughlin is one of only three players in the NCAA with multiple shorthanded goals
• BC has a rate of 86.8% on the penalty kill, third in Hockey East and 13th nationally

THE SHOW
• 14 former Eagles earned spots on NHL opening night rosters as the shortened 56-game season began on Wednesday night
• Boston College was tied for the most alumni to play at least one NHL game in the 2019-20 season with 20
• Over the last decade, the Eagles lead the nation in cumulative alumni to reach the NHL
• BC ranks second in NCAA history with 20 names on the Stanley Cup

No. 3 Boston College and No. 13 Northeastern Meet in Home-and-Home on NESN

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Players Mentioned

Colby Ambrosio

Matt Boldy

Casey Carreau

Patrick Giles

Mike Hardman

Logan Hutsko

Spencer Knight

Julius Mattila

Marc McLaughlin

Nikita Nesterenko

Eamon Powell

Marshall Warren

Henry Wilder