Eagles and Warriors Prepare for Home-and-Home Series

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College opens a home-and-home series in Hockey East play against Merrimack on Thursday night at Lawler Rink at 7 p.m. The schools close the series on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. on the Heights. Both games will air live on ESPN+ and WEEI 850 AM.

SETTING THE SCENE
• Boston College (2-2-1, 2-1-0 HEA) has won its last three visits to North Andover, including a 4-1 win last season
• The Eagles had a three-game unbeaten run snapped with a 5-1 defeat to No. 10 UConn at the XL Center last Thursday, a game which was tied 1-1 through two periods of play
• The Warriors are 4-3-0 overall and 2-1-0 in league play following an overtime win and overtime loss against UMass in a home-and-home last weekend

LAST TIME OUT
• No. 10 UConn scored early in the third to snap a 1-1 deadlock and extended the lead late for a 5-1 Hockey East victory last Thursday night in Hartford
• Colby Ambrosio netted his team-leading fourth goal of the season in the second period from Lukas Gustafsson and Nikita Nesterenko to give BC a 1-0 lead
• UConn killed off a 5-on-3 later in the period and Harrison Rees stepped out of the box to beat Mitch Benson through the pads on a breakaway to tie the game
• Hudson Schandor had the eventual game-winner for the Huskies at 1:14 of the third
• The Eagles were a perfect 5-for-5 on the penalty kill and scored on the power play for the third consecutive game
• BC out-shot UConn 34-29, registering 34 total shots for the second straight game

WHO'S HOT
• Lukas Gustafsson, who was named the Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 24, has an assist and a point in three straight games
• Nikita Nesterenko is riding a four-game point streak, which is one shy of matching his career-high set during his rookie season in November and December of 2020
• Colby Ambrosio has a team-high four goals, which have all come in his last four games
• Oskar Jellvik had an assist in each of his first three collegiate games before being held scoreless for the first time at UConn last Thursday
• Among league skaters with at least 80 attempts, Cam Burke is second in Hockey East in faceoff percentage (61.7)

SERIES HISTORY
• This week marks the 108th and 109th matchups of the all-time series
• The Eagles have won seven of the last eight meetings overall and are 11-2-0 in their last 13 games against the Warriors over the last five years
• Nine of the last 16 meetings have been decided by a goal or less
• Boston College has won three in a row at Lawler Arena, including a 4-1 victory last season on Nov. 5, 2021 to open a home-and-home series
• The following day on Nov. 6, Merrimack posted its first win at Conte Forum since 2017 with a 4-3 victory to snap BC's seven-game winning streak in the series

NHL NOTES
• Matt Boldy posted his fourth career multi-goal game this past Sunday for Minnesota
• Spencer Knight is 3-0-0 in net to begin the season with Florida
• Alex Tuch scored his first career hat trick on Oct. 20 for the Sabres
• Kevin Hayes collected his 200th career assist on Oct. 19 for the Flyers
• Colin White recorded his 100th career point on Oct. 15 for the Panthers

UP NEXT
• BC faces Northeastern for a home-and-home series next weekend, beginning at Matthews Arena on Friday, Nov. 11

Eagles and Warriors Prepare for Home-and-Home Series

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