Thursday, November 18
Chestnut Hill, MA
7:00 p.m.
Boston College
vs
Maine
Photo by: John Quackenbos
No. 19 Eagles Host Maine for Pair Thursday and Friday
November 17, 2021 | Men's Hockey
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – 19th-ranked Boston College hosts the Maine Black Bears for a two-game Hockey East series on Thursday and Friday night at Kelley Rink. Thursday's series opener will air on NESN at 7 p.m., while Friday's game is broadcast on NESNplus at 7 p.m. Free live video for viewers outside New England is available at CollegeSportsLive.com, and radio coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. both nights on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com.
MCBAIN PLAYS HERO IN HARTFORD
• Jack McBain wristed a shot high glove side with 1:22 left in the third period and BC skated away with three points in a 2-1 victory over UConn last Friday at the XL Center
• Colby Ambrosio scored late in the second period to tie the game at one and finished the night with a game-high eight shots on goal
• Graduate transfer Brandon Kruse assisted on both goals and collected his 150th career point
• Grad student Eric Dop was solid all night between the pipes, stopping 29 of the 30 UConn shots he faced for his 50th collegiate win
• Boston College out-shot UConn 39-30 for the game and 12-6 in the third period, the 10th straight opponent that the Eagles have out-shot
EAGLES FALL IN LOWELL
• No. 20 UMass Lowell scored twice in the third period to snap a 2-2 deadlock and held off BC for a 4-2 Hockey East victory last Saturday night at the Tsongas Center
• Linemates Trevor Kuntar and Marc McLaughlin had the goals for BC in the second period to tie the score through 40 minutes
• Boston College was out-shot for the first time in 11 games by a total of 37-26
• Andre Lee led the way for UMass Lowell with a pair of goals; he tipped a point shot from Jordan Schulting at 5:48 of the third for the eventual game-winner
• Carl Berglund then redirected a shot-pass from the slot on the power play at 10:41
SERIES HISTORY
• The schools are squaring off for the 132nd and 133rd all-time meetings this week with Boston College holding a 71-51-9 overall advantage over Maine
• BC swept the Black Bears 4-2 and 3-0 last February in a weekend series at Conte Forum
• Entering last season, Maine had won five straight games with the Eagles, including consecutive wins at Kelley Rink for the first time in seven years
• The Black Bears won both meetings in Chestnut Hill in overtime during the 2019-20 season by 4-3 and 3-2 finals in late January
• Three of the last five meetings between the schools have gone to overtime
• Entering the 2018-19 season, Boston College had won seven straight against the Black Bears
• This will be the first meeting between Jerry York and Ben Barr as head coaches
LAST YEAR'S MEETINGS
• Then top-ranked BC defeated Maine by a combined 7-2 in a weekend sweep in February
• Matt Boldy scored a pair of goals and Boston College snapped a five-game losing skid against Maine with a 4-2 Hockey East victory to open the series
• Marc McLaughlin posted his sixth multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist
• A power play goal from Alex Newhook midway through the third proved to be the game-winner
• The following night, BC fired 59 shots on goal and Spencer Knight registered his eighth career shutout as the Eagles shut out Maine 3-0
• Patrick Giles finally broke a scoreless deadlock with his third of the year on a netfront scramble with six and a half minutes left in the second
• In the third, Newhook and Colby Ambrosio scored just 33 seconds apart to put the game away
POINTS FROM THE BLUE LINE
• Boston College has three of the top nine scoring defensemen in Hockey East this season
• Jack St. Ivany (1-9-10) leads all league defensemen in scoring, Drew Helleson (2-6-8) is tied for seventh, and Marshall Warren is tied for ninth (3-4-7)
• Warren is tied for second in goals and leads all league defensemen in shots on goal (30)
• St. Ivany is second in shots (26) and tied for first overall in Hockey East with a +9 rating
POWER UP
• Boston College's power play is clicking at 24.2% entering the Maine series, which ranks third in Hockey East and 13th nationally
• The BC man advantage has scored six power play goals over its last seven contests
• Marc McLaughlin leads Hockey East and ranks fifth in the nation with four PPG
• BC is 5-2-0 when scoring on the power play, but 1-3-1 when they don't convert
MULTIPLE MILESTONES
• Bowling Green graduate transfers Brandon Kruse and Eric Dop both registered milestones last Friday night in the Eagles' 2-1 road win over UConn
• Kruse's first of two assists was his 150th career point between the Falcons and Eagles
• Kruse has put together a six-game point streak over the last three weekends
• Dop collected his 50th NCAA victory at the XL Center with 29 saves
SHOT MARGIN
• For the season, Boston College is nearly a +9 on average in shot margin (34.3-25.5)
• After being out-shot by Quinnipiac in the opener, BC out-shot 10 consecutive opponents before being out-shot by UMass Lowell last time out
• The Eagles have at least 40 shots on four different occasions this season
SCORING IN BUNCHES
• The Eagles currently rank second in Hockey East and 17th in the nation with 3.33 goals per game
• BC has not been held under two goals all season through 12 games
• The Eagles have five players with at least four goals and nine with at least two
TENDY U
• Former BC goaltender Joseph Woll made his National Hockey League debut on Nov. 13 for the Toronto Maple Leafs in Buffalo and picked up the win over the Sabres
• Woll became the third former Eagle goalie to make his NHL debut since March of 2018 when Thatcher Demko entered the league with the Vancouver Canucks
• Last year's starter Spencer Knight made his NHL debut for the Florida Panthers in April
• Woll is the 80th former Eagle to play in the NHL and the eighth goaltender (Scott Clemmenson, Thatcher Demko, Scott Gordon, Spencer Knight, David Littman, Cory Schneider, Paul Skidmore)
UP NEXT
• Boston College travels to South Bend, Indiana to face Notre Dame next Friday at 5 p.m.
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MCBAIN PLAYS HERO IN HARTFORD
• Jack McBain wristed a shot high glove side with 1:22 left in the third period and BC skated away with three points in a 2-1 victory over UConn last Friday at the XL Center
• Colby Ambrosio scored late in the second period to tie the game at one and finished the night with a game-high eight shots on goal
• Graduate transfer Brandon Kruse assisted on both goals and collected his 150th career point
• Grad student Eric Dop was solid all night between the pipes, stopping 29 of the 30 UConn shots he faced for his 50th collegiate win
• Boston College out-shot UConn 39-30 for the game and 12-6 in the third period, the 10th straight opponent that the Eagles have out-shot
EAGLES FALL IN LOWELL
• No. 20 UMass Lowell scored twice in the third period to snap a 2-2 deadlock and held off BC for a 4-2 Hockey East victory last Saturday night at the Tsongas Center
• Linemates Trevor Kuntar and Marc McLaughlin had the goals for BC in the second period to tie the score through 40 minutes
• Boston College was out-shot for the first time in 11 games by a total of 37-26
• Andre Lee led the way for UMass Lowell with a pair of goals; he tipped a point shot from Jordan Schulting at 5:48 of the third for the eventual game-winner
• Carl Berglund then redirected a shot-pass from the slot on the power play at 10:41
SERIES HISTORY
• The schools are squaring off for the 132nd and 133rd all-time meetings this week with Boston College holding a 71-51-9 overall advantage over Maine
• BC swept the Black Bears 4-2 and 3-0 last February in a weekend series at Conte Forum
• Entering last season, Maine had won five straight games with the Eagles, including consecutive wins at Kelley Rink for the first time in seven years
• The Black Bears won both meetings in Chestnut Hill in overtime during the 2019-20 season by 4-3 and 3-2 finals in late January
• Three of the last five meetings between the schools have gone to overtime
• Entering the 2018-19 season, Boston College had won seven straight against the Black Bears
• This will be the first meeting between Jerry York and Ben Barr as head coaches
LAST YEAR'S MEETINGS
• Then top-ranked BC defeated Maine by a combined 7-2 in a weekend sweep in February
• Matt Boldy scored a pair of goals and Boston College snapped a five-game losing skid against Maine with a 4-2 Hockey East victory to open the series
• Marc McLaughlin posted his sixth multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist
• A power play goal from Alex Newhook midway through the third proved to be the game-winner
• The following night, BC fired 59 shots on goal and Spencer Knight registered his eighth career shutout as the Eagles shut out Maine 3-0
• Patrick Giles finally broke a scoreless deadlock with his third of the year on a netfront scramble with six and a half minutes left in the second
• In the third, Newhook and Colby Ambrosio scored just 33 seconds apart to put the game away
POINTS FROM THE BLUE LINE
• Boston College has three of the top nine scoring defensemen in Hockey East this season
• Jack St. Ivany (1-9-10) leads all league defensemen in scoring, Drew Helleson (2-6-8) is tied for seventh, and Marshall Warren is tied for ninth (3-4-7)
• Warren is tied for second in goals and leads all league defensemen in shots on goal (30)
• St. Ivany is second in shots (26) and tied for first overall in Hockey East with a +9 rating
POWER UP
• Boston College's power play is clicking at 24.2% entering the Maine series, which ranks third in Hockey East and 13th nationally
• The BC man advantage has scored six power play goals over its last seven contests
• Marc McLaughlin leads Hockey East and ranks fifth in the nation with four PPG
• BC is 5-2-0 when scoring on the power play, but 1-3-1 when they don't convert
MULTIPLE MILESTONES
• Bowling Green graduate transfers Brandon Kruse and Eric Dop both registered milestones last Friday night in the Eagles' 2-1 road win over UConn
• Kruse's first of two assists was his 150th career point between the Falcons and Eagles
• Kruse has put together a six-game point streak over the last three weekends
• Dop collected his 50th NCAA victory at the XL Center with 29 saves
SHOT MARGIN
• For the season, Boston College is nearly a +9 on average in shot margin (34.3-25.5)
• After being out-shot by Quinnipiac in the opener, BC out-shot 10 consecutive opponents before being out-shot by UMass Lowell last time out
• The Eagles have at least 40 shots on four different occasions this season
SCORING IN BUNCHES
• The Eagles currently rank second in Hockey East and 17th in the nation with 3.33 goals per game
• BC has not been held under two goals all season through 12 games
• The Eagles have five players with at least four goals and nine with at least two
TENDY U
• Former BC goaltender Joseph Woll made his National Hockey League debut on Nov. 13 for the Toronto Maple Leafs in Buffalo and picked up the win over the Sabres
• Woll became the third former Eagle goalie to make his NHL debut since March of 2018 when Thatcher Demko entered the league with the Vancouver Canucks
• Last year's starter Spencer Knight made his NHL debut for the Florida Panthers in April
• Woll is the 80th former Eagle to play in the NHL and the eighth goaltender (Scott Clemmenson, Thatcher Demko, Scott Gordon, Spencer Knight, David Littman, Cory Schneider, Paul Skidmore)
UP NEXT
• Boston College travels to South Bend, Indiana to face Notre Dame next Friday at 5 p.m.
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