No. 2 Eagles Open Up Hockey East Play Against No. 5 Maine

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Second-ranked Boston College welcomes No. 5 Maine to Kelley Rink this weekend on Friday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. for the Eagles' first Hockey East games of the 2024-25 season. Both games will be available to stream on ESPN+ with Friday's game also available regionally on NESN. Radio coverage on WEEI 850 AM for both games will begin 15 minutes prior to puck drop.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles improved to 5-1-0 after a two-game sweep over No. 10 St. Cloud State this past weekend
• Maine is 6-0-1 overall and is coming off a weekend sweep of Merrimack in Hockey East play

THE RANKINGS
• BC remains second nationally in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey / The Rink Live polls
• Saturday marks a top-five matchup as Maine sits fifth in both polls

WEEKEND SWEEP
• The Eagles traveled out to Minnesota this past weekend, picking up 4-1 and 2-1 victories over No. 10 St. Cloud State for a weekend sweep
• Gabe Perreault tallied two goals in the Friday victory with a power-play goal and an empty net goal
• Will Vote scored the opening goal, while Teddy Stiga registered the Eagles' first short-handed goal of the campaign
• BC's 2-1 triumph on Saturday was its second come-from-behind win of the season
• Eamon Powell scored the game-tying goal in the second period before Perreault scored the game-winning goal in the third
• James Hagens finished the weekend with four assists, two in each game
• Jacob Fowler made 44 saves over the course of the two games to pick up both wins

WEEKLY AWARDS
• Following the weekend sweep over St. Cloud State, Perreault was named the Hockey East Co-Player of the Week and J. Hagens was named the Rookie of the Week

ABOUT THE EAGLES
• Special teams has been key for the Eagles early on, having gone a perfect 13-13 on the penalty kill through the first games
• BC has tallied three power-play goals along with a short-handed goal
• Fowler is sixth nationally in goals against average (1.34) and seventh in saves percentage (.943)
• J. Hagens and Perreault sit seventh in Division I in points per game with 1.67

A LOOK AT MAINE
• Maine enters the weekend with a 6-0-1 overall record and a 3-0-1 record in Hockey East
• The Black Bears completed a sweep over Merrimack at home this past weekend, picking up 5-0 and 6-0 victories
• Harrison Scott leads the nation in points per game with 2.14, totaling 15 points on five goals and 10 assists
• Albin Boija has played the majority of minutes between the pipes, making 143 saves with a saves percentage of .941
• Scott was named the Hockey East Co-Player of the Week after scoring three goals with four assists in the two-game series against Merrimack
• Maine defenseman Brandon Holt was recently named the league's Defender of the Month

SERIES HISTORY
• The Eagles and Black Bears have played each other 139 times over the course of the years, with BC posting a 72-56-11 record
• Maine has held the edge in recent years however as Boston College is looking for its first win in the series since a 6-2 victory on Nov. 18, 2021, having gone 0-5-2 in the last seven meetings
• The last matchup ended in a 2-2 tie at Alfond Arena with the Eagles claiming the extra point in the standings with a win in the shootout

NHL NOTES
• Matt Boldy (Minnesota) has six goals and seven assists through 12 games
• Alex Tuch (Buffalo) has 11 points in 13 games with four goals and seven assists
• Chris Kreider (NY Rangers) has seven goals through 11 games
• Noah Hanifin (Vegas) scored two third period goals, including the game-winner, in Thursday's victory for Vegas over Edmonton
• Spencer Knight has a 3-1-0 record with four starts in five games and a .902 saves percentage
• Will Smith (San Jose) scored his first two professional goals in last Thursday's game against Chicago

UP NEXT
• BC travels to UConn next Friday for its first road Hockey East game of the season. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be available to stream on ESPN+.

No. 2 Eagles Open Up Hockey East Play Against No. 5 Maine

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Players Mentioned

Jacob Fowler

James Hagens

Gabe Perreault

Eamon Powell

Will Smith

Teddy Stiga

Will Vote