Friday, November 5
North Andover, MA
7:00 p.m.
Boston College
at
Merrimack
Photo by: John Quackenbos
No. 14 Eagles Set to Face Merrimack in Home-and-Home Series
November 04, 2021 | Men's Hockey
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – No. 14/15 Boston College faces off against Merrimack in a home-and-home series this weekend. The Eagles and Warriors clash on Friday night at 7 p.m. at Lawler Rink before meeting again at Kelley Rink on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. Both games will be streamed live for free on SportsLive, and radio coverage begins 15 minutes before faceoff on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com.
STREAKIN'
• Jack McBain is riding a career-high eight-game point streak to begin his senior season
• McBain was named the Hockey East Player of the Week on Monday and the Hockey East Player of the Month for October on Wednesday
• McBain leads Hockey East and ranks eighth nationally with 14 points through eight games
• He ranks second in the league with 29 shots on goal and is tied for the most power play goals (3)
• The Toronto native has multiple points in five of his eight outings this season
NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP
• Sophomores Eamon Powell and Colby Ambrosio assisted on classmate Trevor Kuntar's late game-winning goal last Saturday in the third period in Vermont
• Trevor Kuntar had a career-best five-game point streak (1-4-5) snapped last Friday but has a point in six of his eight games this season
• Ambrosio has a 3-3-6 scoring line this season with points in five of eight games
• Powell posted his first two assists of the season last weekend at UVM
• Ambrosio (+5) and Kuntar (+4) both rank top-20 in Hockey East in plus-minus
POINTS FROM THE BLUE LINE
• Boston College has three of the top four scoring defensemen in Hockey East this season
• Drew Helleson (1-6-7) and Jack St. Ivany (1-6-7) are tied for first with seven points each, while Marshall Warren (3-3-6) is tied for third with six points
• Warren leads all league defensemen in shots on goal (26) and is tied for the lead in goals (3)
• St. Ivany is second overall in Hockey East with a +9 rating
• He and Helleson both have posted a three-point game over the last two weekends
OUR CAPTAIN
• Coming off a career-high 24 point season, Marc McLaughlin has started his senior year with five goals in his first eight games to rank third in Hockey East with McBain
• McLaughlin is also eighth in the league in faceoff percentage (57.2%)
• He had back-to-back two-goal games on Oct. 9 vs. Holy Cross and Oct. 15 against Northeastern
• The forward first of two assists on Oct. 23 vs. Denver was his 50th career point
• McLaughlin was named to the Ice Breaker All-Tournament Team last month
SCOUTING THE WARRIORS
• Merrimack is 3-5-0 (1-4-0 HEA) with two one-goal losses to UMass last weekend, the second of which came in overtime last Saturday in Amherst
• The Warriors have lost three straight overall since beating Boston University 3-2 at home on Oct. 22
• Alaska transfer Max Newton leads the team with nine points on four goals and five assists
• Juniors Declan Carlile and Ben Brar have each added seven points through eight games
• Sophomore Zachary Borgiel has started seven games in net with a 3-3-0 record, 3.55 GAA and .867 SV%
SERIES HISTORY
• This weekend marks the 106th and 107th matchups of the all-time series
• The Eagles have won six straight and are 10-1-0 in their last 11 games against the Warriors
• BC has just two losses in its last 20 meetings overall in the series (16-2-2)
• Eight of the last 14 meetings have been decided by a goal or less
• Boston College has won seven in a row over Merrimack at Conte Forum
RECENT MEETINGS
• Spencer Knight stopped 34 of the 35 Merrimack shots he faced on Jan. 16 and then-No. 3 Boston College held off the Warriors for a 2-1 Hockey East victory at Kelley Rink
• Freshmen Eamon Powell and Danny Weight each scored their first collegiate goals for the Eagles, who won their fifth straight overall against Merrimack
• With a primary assist on the game's opening goal 90 seconds into the first, Logan Hutsko became the 83rd member of the program's 100-point club
• BC's penalty kill successfully killed off a five-minute major midway through the third period to preserve the lead
• The following afternoon, Marc McLaughlin netted a dramatic game-winning goal as the Eagles scored three unanswered in the third period to beat Merrimack 5-3 at Lawler Link
• McLaughlin added two assists for a three-point performance, while Nikita Nesterenko had the primary assist on the game-winner with 4:01 left in regulation and scored a shorthanded goal
UP NEXT
• Boston College travels to face UConn (Friday) and UMass Lowell (Saturday) next weekend
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STREAKIN'
• Jack McBain is riding a career-high eight-game point streak to begin his senior season
• McBain was named the Hockey East Player of the Week on Monday and the Hockey East Player of the Month for October on Wednesday
• McBain leads Hockey East and ranks eighth nationally with 14 points through eight games
• He ranks second in the league with 29 shots on goal and is tied for the most power play goals (3)
• The Toronto native has multiple points in five of his eight outings this season
NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP
• Sophomores Eamon Powell and Colby Ambrosio assisted on classmate Trevor Kuntar's late game-winning goal last Saturday in the third period in Vermont
• Trevor Kuntar had a career-best five-game point streak (1-4-5) snapped last Friday but has a point in six of his eight games this season
• Ambrosio has a 3-3-6 scoring line this season with points in five of eight games
• Powell posted his first two assists of the season last weekend at UVM
• Ambrosio (+5) and Kuntar (+4) both rank top-20 in Hockey East in plus-minus
POINTS FROM THE BLUE LINE
• Boston College has three of the top four scoring defensemen in Hockey East this season
• Drew Helleson (1-6-7) and Jack St. Ivany (1-6-7) are tied for first with seven points each, while Marshall Warren (3-3-6) is tied for third with six points
• Warren leads all league defensemen in shots on goal (26) and is tied for the lead in goals (3)
• St. Ivany is second overall in Hockey East with a +9 rating
• He and Helleson both have posted a three-point game over the last two weekends
OUR CAPTAIN
• Coming off a career-high 24 point season, Marc McLaughlin has started his senior year with five goals in his first eight games to rank third in Hockey East with McBain
• McLaughlin is also eighth in the league in faceoff percentage (57.2%)
• He had back-to-back two-goal games on Oct. 9 vs. Holy Cross and Oct. 15 against Northeastern
• The forward first of two assists on Oct. 23 vs. Denver was his 50th career point
• McLaughlin was named to the Ice Breaker All-Tournament Team last month
SCOUTING THE WARRIORS
• Merrimack is 3-5-0 (1-4-0 HEA) with two one-goal losses to UMass last weekend, the second of which came in overtime last Saturday in Amherst
• The Warriors have lost three straight overall since beating Boston University 3-2 at home on Oct. 22
• Alaska transfer Max Newton leads the team with nine points on four goals and five assists
• Juniors Declan Carlile and Ben Brar have each added seven points through eight games
• Sophomore Zachary Borgiel has started seven games in net with a 3-3-0 record, 3.55 GAA and .867 SV%
SERIES HISTORY
• This weekend marks the 106th and 107th matchups of the all-time series
• The Eagles have won six straight and are 10-1-0 in their last 11 games against the Warriors
• BC has just two losses in its last 20 meetings overall in the series (16-2-2)
• Eight of the last 14 meetings have been decided by a goal or less
• Boston College has won seven in a row over Merrimack at Conte Forum
RECENT MEETINGS
• Spencer Knight stopped 34 of the 35 Merrimack shots he faced on Jan. 16 and then-No. 3 Boston College held off the Warriors for a 2-1 Hockey East victory at Kelley Rink
• Freshmen Eamon Powell and Danny Weight each scored their first collegiate goals for the Eagles, who won their fifth straight overall against Merrimack
• With a primary assist on the game's opening goal 90 seconds into the first, Logan Hutsko became the 83rd member of the program's 100-point club
• BC's penalty kill successfully killed off a five-minute major midway through the third period to preserve the lead
• The following afternoon, Marc McLaughlin netted a dramatic game-winning goal as the Eagles scored three unanswered in the third period to beat Merrimack 5-3 at Lawler Link
• McLaughlin added two assists for a three-point performance, while Nikita Nesterenko had the primary assist on the game-winner with 4:01 left in regulation and scored a shorthanded goal
UP NEXT
• Boston College travels to face UConn (Friday) and UMass Lowell (Saturday) next weekend
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