Eagles Renew Rivalry with No. 19 Notre Dame on Black Friday

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College will carry a three-game unbeaten streak (2-0-1) into a Black Friday non-conference matchup against No. 19 Notre Dame at 4 p.m. on the Heights. The game will air live on ESPN+ and WEEI 850 AM. BC will host an autograph session after the game.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles (4-4-2, 4-3-1 HEA) are coming off back-to-back 3-2 Hockey East home victories over No. 15 Northeastern and No. 13 UMass Lowell
• Notre Dame (6-7-2, 3-4-1 B1G) lost 5-2 to Boston University at Agganis Arena on Wednesday night to drop below .500 overall
• The Fighting Irish split a two-game Big Ten series against Ohio State in Columbus last weekend
• The schools are dead even at 10-10-0 in the last 20 matchups dating back to the 2008 NCAA Championship Game in Denver, won by the Eagles 4-1

SERIES HISTORY
• Friday will mark the 48th all-time meeting in the series with Boston College holding a 24-21-2 lead in the "Holy War" against the Fighting Irish
• The Eagles have won the last two meetings at Conte by the combined score of 10-4
• BC fell 8-2 last season on Jan. 19, 2022 at the Compton Family Ice Arena
• Ryder Rolston netted a hat trick for Notre Dame, while Matthew Galajda made 40 saves
• The Eagles swept the Irish in a home-and-home series in December of 2019 by the combined score of 10-1, including a 4-0 shutout at Kelley Rink
• Neither team has won more than two in a row against the other since 2006

LAST TIME OUT
• Freshman forward Oskar Jellvik broke a 2-2 tie against No. 13 UMass Lowell with his first collegiate goal in the third period to deliver Boston College its second straight 3-2 win over a ranked opponent on Tuesday night at Kelley Rink
• The Eagles extended their unbeaten streak to three games and improved to 4-4-2 overall while moving above .500 in Hockey East at 4-3-1
• Cutter Gauthier and Connor Joyce registered first period goals in the victory, while Lukas Gustafsson registered a pair of assists
• Mitch Benson stopped 32 of the 34 shots he faced from the River Hawks

WHAT'S TRENDING
• BC is 9-for-9 on the penalty kill during its three-game unbeaten streak
• Trevor Kuntar has a four-game point streak, one shy of matching his career-high, and has at least one point in seven of his last eight games overall
• Cutter Gauthier is riding a four-game point streak (4-2-6) and has scored a goal in five of his first eight collegiate games
• Oskar Jellvik has a point in seven of his first nine collegiate games
• Lukas Gustafsson has nine points in his last eight contests
• Mitch Benson ranks third in Hockey East in total saves (263)

POWER UP
• After starting the year 0-for-7 on the power play, Boston College has gone 10-for-36 (27.8%) with the man advantage over the last eight games
• The Eagles have scored at least once on the power play in each of those eight games
• Boston College is up to third overall in Hockey East in power play percentage at 22.7%
• 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

AT THE DOT
• Among Hockey East skaters with at least 100 faceoff attempts, Trevor Kuntar (58.5%) and Cam Burke (55.9%) rank third and seventh in the league
• Mike Posma has won 38 of his 59 draws (64.4%), which is 11th overall in the league
• BC is third overall in Hockey East in team faceoff percentage at 52.2%

NHL NOTES
• Pointe-Claire, Quebec native Mike Matheson (Montreal) scored his first goal in his first game for his hometown Canadiens last Saturday
• Kevin Hayes (Philadelphia) is riding a five-game point streak (3-3-6)
• Johnny Gaudreau (Columbus) has nine points in his last six games (2-7-9)
• Patrick Brown (Philadelphia) made his season debut last Thursday in Boston

UP NEXT
• Boston College travels to Providence to face Brown from the ECAC on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Eagles Renew Rivalry with No. 19 Notre Dame on Black Friday

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Players Mentioned

Mitch Benson

Cam Burke

Cutter Gauthier

Lukas Gustafsson

Oskar Jellvik

Connor Joyce

Trevor Kuntar

Mike Posma