Eagles Travel to South Bend to Face No. 13 Notre Dame Wednesday

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Boston College travels to South Bend for a midweek matchup against No. 13/14 Notre Dame at the Compton Family Ice Arena on Wednesday at 7 p.m. on Peacock. The game was originally scheduled for Nov. 26 but was postponed due to COVID protocols. Audio coverage on BCEagles.com begins at 6:45 p.m. (WEEI 850 AM has BC men's basketball coverage).

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles enter the matchup at 10-8-3 overall and 5-6-2 in Hockey East play
• Following a six-game unbeaten streak, BC has lost its last three by a combined five goals
• Notre Dame is 16-7-0 overall this season and 9-5-0 in the Big Ten
• Boston College is playing the third in a stretch of five games in nine nights

SERIES HISTORY
• Wednesday will mark the 47th all-time meeting in the series with Boston College holding a slim 24-20-2 lead in the "Holy War" against the Fighting Irish
• BC has a slim 10-9-0 edge in the last 19 matchups dating back to the 2008 NCAA Championship Game in Denver, won by the Eagles 4-1
• The Eagles swept the Irish in a home-and-home series in December of 2019 by the combined score of 10-1, including a 6-1 triumph in South Bend
• BC is 3-4-0 all-time at the Compton Family Ice Arena since it opened in 2011
• Neither team has won more than two in a row against the other since 2006
• Jerry York has beaten Notre Dame 26 times in his career, 16 of which have come with BC

BEIJING BOUND
• Senior Marc McLaughlin and junior Drew Helleson have been selected to the 2022 United States Men's Winter Olympic Team
• The duo will become the 26th and 27th U.S. Olympians in program history
• The squad will represent the U.S. at the 2022 Winter Olympics from Feb. 3-20 in Beijing, China
• The U.S. roster includes 15 current NCAA players, eight European pros and two from the AHL
• BC has been represented in men's ice hockey at every Winter Olympics since 1984

POWER UP
• Boston College's power play is clicking at 22%, which is third in Hockey East (behind Providence and UMass Lowell) and 16th nationally
• Marc McLaughlin (7) and Jack McBain (4) have combined for 11 of BC's 12 power play goals
• The BC man advantage has scored nine power play goals over its last 14 contests
• The Eagles are 8-3-0 when scoring on the power play and 2-5-3 when they don't convert

OUR CAPTAIN
• Captain Marc McLaughlin already has five multi-goal games during his senior season, setting a career-high with a league-leading 16 goals through the first 21 games
• His previous career-high was 10 last season after netting nine combined his first two years
• With 22 points, he is within two of tying his career-high total from last year (24)
• McLaughlin leads Hockey East and ranks fourth in the nation with seven power play goals
• The senior is fourth in the league and 13th nationally with 235 faceoffs won

SCORING IN BUNCHES
• The Eagles currently lead Hockey East and rank ninth nationally with 3.52 goals per game
• Boston College has seven players who rank among the top-20 in Hockey East in points per game
• BC has not been held under two goals all season through 21 games
• The Eagles have seven players with at least four goals and 12 with at least two

UNH RECAP
• New Hampshire swept Boston College in a home-and-home series this past weekend
• On Friday, Colton Huard scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and New Hampshire hung on late for a 3-2 Hockey East victory
• Marc McLaughlin scored both of BC's goals to give the captain a league-high 16 on the season, while Drew Helleson and Marshall Warren assisted on both for multi-point nights
• BC's third period comeback stalled on Saturday night at Kelley Rink as the Eagles dropped a 5-2 decision to the Wildcats to close the series
• UNH scored the game's first four goals, but sophomores Colby Ambrosio and Trevor Kuntar responded in the third period to cut the deficit in half
• Henry Wilder stopped 11 of the 12 shots he faced during 33 minutes in relief of Eric Dop
• BC out-shot UNH 33-23 on the night, including a 12-3 edge in the third period

UP NEXT
• The Eagles will face No. 18 Providence in a home-and-home series beginning on Friday at Conte Forum

Eagles Travel to South Bend to Face No. 13 Notre Dame Wednesday

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Players Mentioned

Colby Ambrosio

Eric Dop

Drew Helleson

Trevor Kuntar

Jack McBain

Marc McLaughlin

Marshall Warren

Henry Wilder