Eagles Set for Home-and-Home Against Northeastern

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Third-ranked Boston College plays Northeastern in a home-and-home series this weekend. The Eagles host the Huskies at Kelley Rink on Friday before making the trip to Matthews Arena on Saturday. Puck drop for both games is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the games will be available to stream on ESPN+. Radio coverage on WEEI 850 AM will begin 15 minutes prior to puck drop.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles improved to 8-2-0 overall and 3-1-0 in Hockey East after defeating Providence in overtime on Tuesday night
• Northeastern is 1-5-3 overall and 0-3-3 in the league after skating to a 1-1 tie against New Hampshire on Saturday

THE RANKINGS
• BC is third in the USCHO.com and USA Hockey / The Rink Live polls

BOUNCE BACK WIN
• The Eagles got back in the win column with a 3-2 overtime victory over No. 10/11 Providence on Tuesday evening
• Ryan Leonard and Gabe Perreault were involved in all three goals
• Leonard scored the game-winning and game-tying goals along with having one assist
• Perreault had one goal and two assists
• James Hagens finished with two assists
• Eamon Powell recorded one assist
• Jan Korec made a career-high 24 saves to earn his first win of the season
• Korec moves to 3-0-0 in his career in games started

WEEKLY AWARD
• Following his three-assist performance against UConn, Powell was named the Army ROTC Hockey East Defender of the Week

ABOUT THE EAGLES
• The Boston College penalty kill is a perfect 22-for-22 this season, one of just two teams in Division I to not allow a power play goal this year
• The Eagles boast a 4-0-0 home record this season, including two Hockey East wins
• BC has won three games this season after trailing going into the third period
• Perreault (16), Leonard (14) and J. Hagens (13) are all in double-digits for points
• Jacob Fowler is sixth in Division I in saves percentage (.943) and eighth in goals against average (1.55)

AMONGST HOCKEY EAST
• BC leads Hockey East in goals against (17), saves percentage (.937) and penalty-killing percentage (1.000)
• Fowler leads the league in both saves percentage and goals against average
• Perreault leads the league in points per game (1.60) and is tied for first in points (16)
• J. Hagens is tied for first in assists with 12
• Leonard is tied for the top spot in goals (8) and is third in points per game (1.40)
• Aram Minnetian is third in blocked shots with 19, while Aidan Hreschuk is seventh with 17

A LOOK AT NORTHEASTERN
• Northeastern enters the weekend with a 1-5-3 overall record and 0-3-3 record in Hockey East
• The Huskies are coming off a 0-1-1 weekend against New Hampshire
• Jack Williams leads NU in points this season with 10
• Cam Lund has a team-high five goals, while Vinny Borgesi leads in assists with seven
• Cameron Whitehead has been the lone goaltender for the Huskies this season, posting 274 saves along with a .913 saves percentage

SERIES HISTORY
• The Eagles are 175-60-18 all-time against Northeastern
• The two teams split last season's series with both winning on the road
• Northeastern won the Friday game at Kelley Rink, while BC took the victory the following night at Matthews Arena
• The series has been relatively even over the last few seasons as both teams are 2-2-2 in the last six matchups

NHL NOTES
• Joseph Woll (Toronto) had a 31-save shutout in his fourth win of the season on Wednesday against Vegas
• Matt Boldy (Minnesota) has 10 goals and nine assists through 18 games
• Alex Tuch (Buffalo) has 18 points in 19 games with five goals and 13 assists
• Chris Kreider (NY Rangers) has nine goals through 17 games
• Cutter Gauthier (Anaheim) has two goals in his last three games
• Mike Matheson (Montreal) has three points in his last two games
• Brian Dumoulin, Drew Helleson and Gauthier (Anaheim) were all involved in Gauthier's first career goal, believed to be the first time in NHL history that a player's first goal involved three players from the same college program

UP NEXT
• BC plays host to Dartmouth at Kelley Rink on Black Friday. Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on ESPN+.

Eagles Set for Home-and-Home Against Northeastern

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Players Mentioned

Jacob Fowler

Cutter Gauthier

James Hagens

Aidan Hreschuk

Jan Korec

Ryan Leonard

Aram Minnetian

Gabe Perreault

Eamon Powell