Eagles Set to Face No. 10 Providence in Home-and-Home Series

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College begins a home-and-home Hockey East series with No. 10 Providence on Friday night at Kelley Rink at 7 p.m. The series concludes on Saturday night at Schneider Arena at 7 p.m. Both games will air live on ESPN+ and WEEI 850 AM.

HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE
• Boston College will host its annual Toy Drive over the next two Fridays against Providence and Boston University
• Fans are encouraged to bring a new, unopened toy to place in marked bins around the concourse of Kelley Rink

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles defeated Brown 4-2 on Tuesday in Providence to even their overall record at 5-5-2, and they enter the weekend seventh in the league standings at 4-3-1
• Providence (9-3-3, 6-0-3 HEA) has yet to lose in Hockey East play, but the Friars fell to Brown by a 3-2 final in the Mayor's Cup last Saturday night at Schneider Arena
• Boston College is 3-1-1 over its last five games overall

LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College never trailed on Tuesday night in its first visit to Meehan Auditorium since 2014 and secured a 4-2 non-conference victory over Brown
• The Eagles evened their overall record at 5-5-2 (4-3-1 HEA) and extended their unbeaten streak against the Bears to 12 straight games at 9-0-3
• Freshmen Andre Gasseau and Cutter Gauthier both had two-point performances, including goals to give Boston College a 2-0 cushion
• Junior Nikita Nesterenko potted a pair of empty-netters late in the third period
• Assistant captain Trevor Kuntar contributed two assists, extending his career-high point streak to six games

SERIES HISTORY
• Boston College leads the all-time series with Providence 120-54-15 entering the 190th meeting in series history on Friday night
• The Eagles are 5-2-1 in the last eight meetings between the schools
• Five of the last nine matchups have been decided by a single goal
• The Friars won 7-0 at Kelley Rink last season on Jan. 21, 2022 to open a home-and-home
• The schools tied 1-1 the following night at Schneider Arena with Providence taking an extra point in a four-round shootout
• The teams were set to meet in the 2020 Hockey East Quarterfinals at Kelley Rink in the 1 vs. 8 matchup but it was cancelled due to COVID-19

KUNTAR'S CONTRIBUTIONS
• Trevor Kuntar is riding a career-high six-game point streak after collecting two assists in the road win over Brown on Tuesday
• Kuntar has at least one point in nine of his last 10 games overall
• The junior is tied with teammate Cutter Gauthier for fourth in Hockey East with three power play goals and leads the team in PP scoring with a 3-4-7 line on 17 shots
• Among skaters with at least 150 faceoff attempts, Kuntar leads Hockey East with a 59.4% success rate on faceoffs
• He won 20 of his 32 draws against Brown on Tuesday

AMBRO STREAKIN'
• Colby Ambrosio has matched his career-high with a five-game point streak
• The other came during his rookie year from Nov. 27 to Dec. 11, 2020
• Ambrosio is also riding a career-best three-game assist streak
• He is 15th in the league in both goals per game and points per game

ROOKIE CLASS
• Cutter Gauthier ranks second overall in Hockey East and 10th nationally in goals per game, and he sits seventh in points per game
• Gauthier is coming off his third multi-point game of the season and has at least one point in five of his last six games
• Lukas Gustafsson ranks fourth in Hockey East in assists per game (0.75)
• Andre Gasseau has a point in back-to-back games for the first time in his career
• Oskar Jellvik has a point in seven of his first 11 collegiate games
• Charlie Leddy ranks second on the team with 15 blocked shots

AT THE DOT
• Boston College ranks second in Hockey East and 11th nationally in team faceoff percentage at 53.4%
• The Eagles won the faceoff battle 40-31 over Brown on Tuesday and held a 43-28 edge against No. 19 Notre Dame two games ago
• Centers Cam Burke (122) and Trevor Kuntar (117) are both top-10 in Hockey East in faceoffs won this season
• Mike Posma has won 42 of his 66 draws (63.6%), which is 11th overall in the league

POWER UP
• After starting the year 0-for-7 on the power play, Boston College has gone 11-for-40 (27.5%) with the man advantage over the last 10 games
• The Eagles have scored at least once on the power play in nine of those 10 games, coming up empty in their lone PP chance against Notre Dame on Nov. 25
• Boston College is up to second in Hockey East in power play percentage at 23.4%
• Cutter Gauthier and Trevor Kuntar lead the team with three PPG apiece

THE KILL
• Boston College ranks fourth in Hockey East on the penalty kill at 83.7%
• The Eagles had a streak of 16 consecutive kills snapped late in the third period against Brown on Tuesday night, which was an extra attacker goal
• BC only took two minor penalties against the Bears

NHL NOTES
• Spencer Knight (Florida) had 37 saves on Nov. 23 to hand the Boston Bruins just their third loss of the season
• Alex Tuch (Buffalo) has totaled 11 points over his last eight games
• Johnny Gaudreau (Columbus) has a point in six of his last seven games and multiple points in three of his last four contests
• Matt Boldy (Minnesota) has scored a goal in three straight games and has 16 points in 21 contests overall

UP NEXT
• BC hosts BU in the Battle of Comm Ave on Jerry York Night next Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPNEWS

Eagles Set to Face No. 10 Providence in Home-and-Home Series

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Players Mentioned

Colby Ambrosio

Cam Burke

Andre Gasseau

Cutter Gauthier

Lukas Gustafsson

Oskar Jellvik

Trevor Kuntar

Charlie Leddy

Nikita Nesterenko

Mike Posma