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Eagles Earn No. 1 Seed in Albany Regional, Set to Face Notre Dame on Saturday
March 21, 2021 | Men's Hockey
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College earned its 36th NCAA Tournament berth in program history on Sunday night and was selected as the No. 1 seed in the Northeast Regional in Albany. The Eagles will face No. 4 seed Notre Dame on Saturday (March 27) at the Times Union Center with faceoff at 1 p.m. on ESPNews.
No. 2 seed St. Cloud State and No. 3 seed Boston University square off in the other Northeast Regional Semifinal on Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. The Regional Final is scheduled for Sunday (March 28) at 5:30 p.m. for a berth in the 2021 Frozen Four in Pittsburgh.
Notre Dame owns a record of 14-13-2 and went 12-10-2 in the Big Ten regular season. The Fighting Irish won its final four games of the regular season but lost 6-3 to Penn State in the Big Ten Quarterfinal, which was hosted in South Bend.
BC holds a 24-20-2 lead in the "Holy War" heading into the 47th all-time meeting of the series. The teams met in a home-and-home series in December of last season, which the Eagles swept with 4-0 and 6-1 victories. BC defeated Notre Dame 4-1 in the 2008 NCAA Championship Game in Denver.
Boston College enters the NCAA Tournament at 17-5-1 with the fifth-best winning percentage in the nation (.761). In games decided in regulation, BC is 14-2-0 this season for the highest winning percentage in the country (.875). The Eagles have only one regulation loss since the beginning of January.
BC has won five national championships and ranks third in NCAA history with its 36 tournament appearances. The Eagles are tied with Michigan for the most Frozen Fours (25) in NCAA Tournament history.
No. 2 seed St. Cloud State and No. 3 seed Boston University square off in the other Northeast Regional Semifinal on Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. The Regional Final is scheduled for Sunday (March 28) at 5:30 p.m. for a berth in the 2021 Frozen Four in Pittsburgh.
Notre Dame owns a record of 14-13-2 and went 12-10-2 in the Big Ten regular season. The Fighting Irish won its final four games of the regular season but lost 6-3 to Penn State in the Big Ten Quarterfinal, which was hosted in South Bend.
BC holds a 24-20-2 lead in the "Holy War" heading into the 47th all-time meeting of the series. The teams met in a home-and-home series in December of last season, which the Eagles swept with 4-0 and 6-1 victories. BC defeated Notre Dame 4-1 in the 2008 NCAA Championship Game in Denver.
Boston College enters the NCAA Tournament at 17-5-1 with the fifth-best winning percentage in the nation (.761). In games decided in regulation, BC is 14-2-0 this season for the highest winning percentage in the country (.875). The Eagles have only one regulation loss since the beginning of January.
BC has won five national championships and ranks third in NCAA history with its 36 tournament appearances. The Eagles are tied with Michigan for the most Frozen Fours (25) in NCAA Tournament history.
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