No. 3 Eagles Host RPI and No. 2 Denver This Weekend

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Third-ranked Boston College continues a six-game homestand at Kelley Rink on Friday night when it plays host to RPI at 7 p.m., then faces No. 2 Denver on Saturday at 7 p.m. Both games will air live on ESPN+ with radio coverage on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com. Tickets are available at BCEagles.com or by calling 617-552-GoBC.

THE RANKINGS
• Boston College has moved up to No. 3 nationally in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey / The Rink Live polls after starting the year sixth in each poll
• Saturday night will mark the first top-3 matchup at Conte Forum since No. 3 Denver defeated top-ranked BC 4-2 on Oct. 14, 2011 before a sellout crowd of 7,884
• Boston College went on to win the national championship that season

HOME SWEET HOME
• Boston College scored four unanswered goals and came back to beat Long Island 4-2 last Friday night in front of more than 7,300 fans in its home opener at an electric Kelley Rink
• The Eagles won the shot battle 38-12 over the Sharks in the first meeting in series history
• 11 different BC players had at least one point in the win
• Graduate Jack Malone and freshman Drew Fortescue each scored his first goal as an Eagle in the first period, while sophomores Andre Gasseau and Oskar Jellvik tallied in the second
• Rookies Will Smith and Aram Minnetian each posted his first career point with an assist
• BC went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill, improving to 11-for-11 on the young season

FULL TANK OF GAS
• Andre Gasseau has started his sophomore season with a team-high three points in two games
• In 21 games since New Year's of last season, Gasseau is better than a point-per-game producer with 23 points and seven of his nine career multi-point performances
• As a freshman last season, Gasseau ranked tied for third on the team with 29 points and was sixth among Hockey East freshmen in points per game
• Gasseau was honored with the team's Bernie Burke Outstanding Freshman Award

CUT IT OUT
• Cutter Gauthier leads the team with 19 shots on goal through two games, including a career-high 11 shots last time out against Long Island
• Voted team MVP as a freshman, Gauthier was a Hockey East Third Team All-Star and a unanimous selection to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team
• Gauthier led the team with 37 points on 16 goals and 21 assists in 32 contests
• He was tied for second in Hockey East with seven power play goals and closed the regular season ranked third in the league in goals per game

THE CENTURY MARK
• Seniors Colby Ambrosio and Eamon Powell both played in their 100th career games on the exact same night last Friday in the home opener at Kelley Rink
• In 200 total games on the Heights, the duo has combined for 103 points
• The pair was drafted just two picks apart in the fourth round of the 2020 NHL Draft
• Cornell transfer Jack Malone is just five games away from hitting the century mark

RPI SERIES HISTORY
• Friday marks the 37th all-time meeting in the series, which BC leads 20-15-1
• Boston College and RPI are meeting for the first time since the 2015-16 season
• In the most recent meeting, the Eagles dropped a 2-1 final to the Engineers on Oct. 11, 2015 at Houston Field House in Troy, New York
• The last matchup on the Heights was a 7-2 Boston College victory on Oct. 13, 2013
• BC and Rensselaer first met in men's hockey on Dec. 18, 1954

DENVER SERIES HISTORY
• The Eagles and Pioneers will meet for the 36th time on Saturday night in Chestnut Hill
• Denver has a slim 19-16-0 edge in the series, which began at the 1968 NCAA Tournament
• BC beat then-No. 8 Denver 5-1 at Kelley Rink two seasons ago; Drew Helleson (1-2-3) and Jack McBain (1-1-2) each had goals as part of multi-point performances
• Boston College was swept in October at the start of the 2019-20 season at Magness Arena while the Pioneers were ranked No. 1 nationally
• During the 2014 NCAA Tournament at the DCU Center in Worcester, the Eagles beat the Pioneers 6-2 behind a hat trick from Johnny Gaudreau

NHL NOTES
• Alex Newhook (Montreal) scored twice in his Canadiens debut against Toronto on opening night and has scored three times in his first two games
• Chris Kreider (NY Rangers) has four goals and an assist in his first three games, including a two-goal outing on opening night against Buffalo
• Noah Hanifin (Calgary) has posted four assists in his first three contests
• Thatcher Demko (Vancouver) owns a .953 save percentage after two starts, including a 42-save performance in Philadelphia on Tuesday
• Cam Atkinson (Philadelphia), who missed the entire 2022-23 campaign due injury, returned to the Flyers lineup on Oct. 12 and scored at Columbus

UP NEXT
• Boston College welcomes No. 8 Michigan State to the Heights next Thursday and Friday night

No. 3 Eagles Host RPI and No. 2 Denver This Weekend

Players Mentioned

Colby Ambrosio

Drew Fortescue

Andre Gasseau

Cutter Gauthier

Oskar Jellvik

Jack Malone

Aram Minnetian

Eamon Powell

Will Smith

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