Boston College Athletics
Friday, November 17
Chestnut Hill, MA
7:00 PM
Boston College
vs
UConn
Photo by: Alastair Ingram
Third-Ranked Eagles Set to Face UConn in Home-and-Home
November 16, 2023 | Men's Hockey
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – No. 3/4 Boston College faces UConn this weekend in a Hockey East home-and-home series, beginning Friday on the Heights and closing on Saturday in Storrs. Both games against the Huskies will face off at 7 p.m. and air live on ESPN+ and WEEI 850 AM.
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles are 7-2-1 (2-1-1 HEA) after taking two points from a two-game series at Maine last weekend
• UConn sits at 5-6-1 (3-3-0 HEA) following a Hockey East split with Merrimack last weekend
• The schools have combined for 44 total goals in the last five meetings (8.8 per game)
ON A PERR-ROLL
• For the second time in three weeks, freshman Gabe Perreault was named the Pro Ambitions Hockey East Rookie of the Week on Monday
• Perreault had a multi-point performance on both nights of a two-game series against Maine, finishing the weekend in Orono with four points on a goal and three assists
• He also converted in a shootout on Saturday in a must-score situation, helping the Eagles win in eight rounds to earn two points
• Perreault leads Hockey East with 13 assists and his team-leading 15 points rank second in the league and second nationally among all rookies
• He has factored into eight of Boston College's last 10 goals
YOUTH GONE WILD
• Boston College's all-freshman line of Gabe Perreault, Will Smith and Ryan Leonard has combined for 12 goals, 27 assists and 39 points through 10 games
• The trio is averaging 3.9 points per game, including 19 points over the last two weekends
• Perreault (15) and Smith (14) lead the team in scoring while Leonard (10) sits fourth
• The line has a +17 rating with Perreault and Leonard both sitting at +7 individually
FOWLER'S A WINNER
• Jacob Fowler has started all 10 games in net this season and is 7-2-1
• He ranks third in Hockey East and seventh nationally with a .750 winning percentage
• In his first four Hockey East starts, Fowler has posted a .930 save percentage
• The rookie's 2.18 GAA ranks 13th among NCAA goalies with at least six games played
• Fowler was forced to make only 21 saves per game over his first five starts but is averaging 32.6 stops over his last five appearances
AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
• BC is second in Hockey East and ninth nationally in scoring offense with 3.6 goals per game
• Boston College is also ninth in the nation defensively with a 2.30 GAA as a team
• BC ranks second in the league and seventh nationally in scoring margin (+1.30)
• Both of the Eagles' special teams units have excelled with the power play (2nd HEA, 13th NCAA) clicking at 23.8% and the penalty kill (3rd HEA, 5th NCAA) sitting at 90.5%
HOME ICE ADVANTAGE
• BC leads Hockey East and ranks fourth nationally in average home attendance with over 40,000 fans through six games for an average of 6,780 per home date
• Conte Forum has seen three crowds of at least 7,300 fans this season, including a pair of sellouts (7,884) against Denver on Oct. 21 and Michigan State on Oct. 27
• Boston College is 5-1-0 through six home games, out-scoring its opponents 27-14
STREAKY EAGS
• Gabe Perreault is riding an eight-game point streak with a scoring line of 2-13-15
• He has six multi-point games and owns a +8 rating during the point streak
• Ryan Leonard has scored a goal in four straight games and five of his last six
• Will Smith has put together a four-game point streak (1-5-6) since league play began
• Cutter Gauthier had a career-high seven-game point streak (7-3-10) snapped last Saturday in Maine
• He also had a four-game goal streak snapped on Friday night
SERIES HISTORY
• This weekend will mark the 25th and 26th all-time meetings in a series BC leads 15-7-2
• Boston College is 8-2-2 all-time in Chestnut Hill against the Huskies
• BC came back from 3-2 down at the second intermission with three goals in the third period to beat UConn last year on Senior Night at Kelley Rink
• UConn has won four of the last five meetings between the schools after a 10-game stretch in which Boston College went 8-1-1
• Connecticut took the regular season series 2-1-0 a year ago by winning both home games, one of which was at the XL Center and the other at the new Toscano Forum
NHL NOTES
• Mike Matheson (Montreal) ranks eighth in the NHL in average time on ice (24:44), which would be a career-high for a full season
• Thatcher Demko (Vancouver) ranks third in the NHL with a .932 SV% and fourth with a 2.04 GAA (among goaltenders with at least six appearances)
• Chris Kreider (NY Rangers) leads the NHL in power play goals with six and is tied for seventh in the NHL with 10 total goals
• Kreider recently moved into fourth place on the Rangers' all-time goals list and is just five goals away from tying Adam Graves for third place (280)
• Cam Atkinson (Philadelphia) is tied for 16th in the NHL with eight goals
• Alex Tuch (Buffalo) has four goals and nine points over his last seven games
UP NEXT
• Boston College faces Notre Dame on Black Friday at 4 p.m. in South Bend before playing at Harvard on Sunday at 1 p.m.
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles are 7-2-1 (2-1-1 HEA) after taking two points from a two-game series at Maine last weekend
• UConn sits at 5-6-1 (3-3-0 HEA) following a Hockey East split with Merrimack last weekend
• The schools have combined for 44 total goals in the last five meetings (8.8 per game)
ON A PERR-ROLL
• For the second time in three weeks, freshman Gabe Perreault was named the Pro Ambitions Hockey East Rookie of the Week on Monday
• Perreault had a multi-point performance on both nights of a two-game series against Maine, finishing the weekend in Orono with four points on a goal and three assists
• He also converted in a shootout on Saturday in a must-score situation, helping the Eagles win in eight rounds to earn two points
• Perreault leads Hockey East with 13 assists and his team-leading 15 points rank second in the league and second nationally among all rookies
• He has factored into eight of Boston College's last 10 goals
YOUTH GONE WILD
• Boston College's all-freshman line of Gabe Perreault, Will Smith and Ryan Leonard has combined for 12 goals, 27 assists and 39 points through 10 games
• The trio is averaging 3.9 points per game, including 19 points over the last two weekends
• Perreault (15) and Smith (14) lead the team in scoring while Leonard (10) sits fourth
• The line has a +17 rating with Perreault and Leonard both sitting at +7 individually
FOWLER'S A WINNER
• Jacob Fowler has started all 10 games in net this season and is 7-2-1
• He ranks third in Hockey East and seventh nationally with a .750 winning percentage
• In his first four Hockey East starts, Fowler has posted a .930 save percentage
• The rookie's 2.18 GAA ranks 13th among NCAA goalies with at least six games played
• Fowler was forced to make only 21 saves per game over his first five starts but is averaging 32.6 stops over his last five appearances
AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
• BC is second in Hockey East and ninth nationally in scoring offense with 3.6 goals per game
• Boston College is also ninth in the nation defensively with a 2.30 GAA as a team
• BC ranks second in the league and seventh nationally in scoring margin (+1.30)
• Both of the Eagles' special teams units have excelled with the power play (2nd HEA, 13th NCAA) clicking at 23.8% and the penalty kill (3rd HEA, 5th NCAA) sitting at 90.5%
HOME ICE ADVANTAGE
• BC leads Hockey East and ranks fourth nationally in average home attendance with over 40,000 fans through six games for an average of 6,780 per home date
• Conte Forum has seen three crowds of at least 7,300 fans this season, including a pair of sellouts (7,884) against Denver on Oct. 21 and Michigan State on Oct. 27
• Boston College is 5-1-0 through six home games, out-scoring its opponents 27-14
STREAKY EAGS
• Gabe Perreault is riding an eight-game point streak with a scoring line of 2-13-15
• He has six multi-point games and owns a +8 rating during the point streak
• Ryan Leonard has scored a goal in four straight games and five of his last six
• Will Smith has put together a four-game point streak (1-5-6) since league play began
• Cutter Gauthier had a career-high seven-game point streak (7-3-10) snapped last Saturday in Maine
• He also had a four-game goal streak snapped on Friday night
SERIES HISTORY
• This weekend will mark the 25th and 26th all-time meetings in a series BC leads 15-7-2
• Boston College is 8-2-2 all-time in Chestnut Hill against the Huskies
• BC came back from 3-2 down at the second intermission with three goals in the third period to beat UConn last year on Senior Night at Kelley Rink
• UConn has won four of the last five meetings between the schools after a 10-game stretch in which Boston College went 8-1-1
• Connecticut took the regular season series 2-1-0 a year ago by winning both home games, one of which was at the XL Center and the other at the new Toscano Forum
NHL NOTES
• Mike Matheson (Montreal) ranks eighth in the NHL in average time on ice (24:44), which would be a career-high for a full season
• Thatcher Demko (Vancouver) ranks third in the NHL with a .932 SV% and fourth with a 2.04 GAA (among goaltenders with at least six appearances)
• Chris Kreider (NY Rangers) leads the NHL in power play goals with six and is tied for seventh in the NHL with 10 total goals
• Kreider recently moved into fourth place on the Rangers' all-time goals list and is just five goals away from tying Adam Graves for third place (280)
• Cam Atkinson (Philadelphia) is tied for 16th in the NHL with eight goals
• Alex Tuch (Buffalo) has four goals and nine points over his last seven games
UP NEXT
• Boston College faces Notre Dame on Black Friday at 4 p.m. in South Bend before playing at Harvard on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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