Top-Ranked Eagles at UMass Lowell Friday Night

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- • Boston College returned to the top spot in college hockey rankings at No. 1 by USCHO and USA Hockey. It marks the ninth week this season that BC is No. 1 in at least one poll and sixth time in both. The No. 1 Eagles are on the road Friday at UMass Lowell for a 7:15 p.m. faceoff on ESPN+. Friday night's game marks the third and final regular season match-up between BC and Lowell. BC has won 11 of its last 13 games overall with back-to-back sweeps of Merrimack and BU.

BATTLE OF COMM AVE RECAP
• No. 2 BC swept No. 1 BU in a home-and-home series with a 4-1 win at home and 4-3 win on the road in two sold-out arenas.
• The game-one win marked BC's first over the No. 1 team in the nation since taking down Miami in the 2010 National Semifinal.
• The series sweep was the Eagles' first weekend sweep of the Terriers since December 2010 and first in seven tries.
• Jacob Fowler (.935 save pct., 58 saves) was named Hockey East Goaltender of the Week and Ryan Leonard (1g, 2a, 3pts) was named the Rookie of the Week.

CUT TO THE CHASE
• Cutter Gauthier is riding a career-best 13-game point streak with a 9-10-19 scoring line.
• His 13-game streak is tied with Maine's Josh Nadeau for the longest in the country this season, which is also tied for the longest in Hockey East since 2018-19.
• Gauthier scored his first career hat trick at Merrimack (1/19).
• Gauthier has scored 19 goals in 23 games as the sophomore ranks first in Hockey East in goals and first and second in the league and nationally in goals per game (0.83).
• Gauthier is third nationally in game-winning goals (5) and 11th in power play goals (7).

WORKHORSE IN NET
• Jacob Fowler posted his 17th and 18th wins against BU last week and is now 18-4-1 in net.
• He is first in Hockey East and in the country in winning percentage (.804).
• Fowler is second in the league and ranks sixth nationally with a .924 save percentage.
• The rookie's 2.25 GAA ranks 10th among NCAA goalies.
• He has played the third-most minutes among Hockey East goalies (1386:42).

KID LINE
• Boston College's all-freshman line of Gabe Perreault, Will Smith and Ryan Leonard has combined for 36 goals, 63 assists and 99 points through 23 games.
• The trio is averaging 4.3 points per game, including 69 points in Hockey East play.
• Perreault (36) and Smith (34) lead the team in scoring while Leonard (29) sits fourth.
• The rookies combined for 12 points in the Merrimack series.
• The line has a +43 rating with Leonard (+18) and Perreault (+15) leading the team.

Top-Ranked Eagles at UMass Lowell Friday Night

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Players Mentioned

Jacob Fowler

Cutter Gauthier

Ryan Leonard

Gabe Perreault

Will Smith