Eagles Play Host to No. 13 UMass Lowell on Tuesday Night

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College hosts No. 13/14 UMass Lowell on Tuesday night at Kelley Rink in a Hockey East contest that begins at 7 p.m. The game will air live on both NESN and ESPN+ with radio coverage on WEEI 850 AM.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles are coming off a four-point weekend against No. 15 Northeastern, including a 3-2 home victory on Saturday night at Conte Forum
• The River Hawks (7-3-0, 4-1-0 HEA) were idle over the weekend after blanking Vermont 4-0 and 2-0 to sweep a Hockey East series in Lowell on Nov. 4-5
• UMass Lowell holds a slim 6-5-1 lead in the last 12 meetings between the schools

SERIES HISTORY
• Boston College has a 68-47-10 advantage over UMass Lowell in the all-time series heading into the 126th meeting on Tuesday
• The River Hawks swept the 2021-22 regular season series, winning 4-2 at Tsongas Center on Nov. 13, 2021 before pulling out a 3-2 win on Feb. 4, 2022 on the Heights
• In the meeting at Kelley Rink, Zach Keiser scored the winner with 1:45 left in regulation
• Trevor Kuntar led Boston College with a goal and an assist, while classmate Gentry Shamburger posted his first collegiate goal

NORTHEASTERN WEEKEND
• No. 15 Northeastern came back from 4-1 down in the third period, tying the game in the final second of regulation, before winning a shootout over Boston College for an extra Hockey East point on Friday night at Matthews Arena
• Cam Lund had a hat trick for Northeastern and scored the lone goal in the shootout to secure the extra league point
• Cutter Gauthier posted his first career multi-goal game and added an assist for a three-point performance, while Trevor Kuntar registered a goal and an assist
• On Saturday, senior captain Marshall Warren broke a 2-2 tie near the midway point of the third period and BC earned a 3-2 Hockey East victory at Kelley Rink
• Colby Ambrosio and Kuntar netted goals in the first period for BC, which out-shot NU 36-21 including a 26-11 advantage in the opening 40 minutes

POWER UP
• After starting the year 0-for-7 on the power play, Boston College has gone 9-for-34 (26.5%) with the man advantage over the last seven games
• The Eagles have scored at least once on the power play in each of those seven games
• Trevor Kuntar is tied for third in Hockey East with three power play goals and leads the team in PP scoring with a 3-3-6 line on 15 shots

WHO'S HOT
• Coming off a four-point weekend, Cutter Gauthier is riding a three-game point streak and has scored a goal in four of his first seven NCAA games
• Christian O'Neill posted his first two assists in a BC sweater last weekend
• Lukas Gustafsson has seven points in his last seven contests
• Oskar Jellvik has an assist in six of his first eight collegiate games

AT THE DOT
• Among Hockey East skaters with at least 100 faceoff attempts, Trevor Kuntar (58.5%) and Cam Burke (55.9%) rank fourth and eighth in the league
• Mike Posma has won 31 of his 44 draws (70.5%), which is second overall in the league
• BC is fourth in Hockey East in team faceoff percentage at 52.9%, while Lowell is first

UP NEXT
• BC hosts Notre Dame on Black Friday (Nov. 25) at 4 p.m. on the Heights

Eagles Play Host to No. 13 UMass Lowell on Tuesday Night

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Players Mentioned

Colby Ambrosio

Cam Burke

Cutter Gauthier

Lukas Gustafsson

Oskar Jellvik

Trevor Kuntar

Christian O'Neill

Mike Posma

Gentry Shamburger

Marshall Warren