Friday, February 16
Amherst, MA
7:00 PM
Boston College
at
UMass
Photo by: Meg Kelly
Home-and-Home Series Between BC and UMass Starts Friday
February 16, 2024 | Men's Hockey
No. 1 Eagles host No. 11/10 Minutemen Sunday at 1 p.m.
GAMEDAY INFO
Boston College:Â No. 1/1, 21-5-1, 13-3-1 HEAMassachusetts:Â No. 11/10, 16-7-3, 9-5-2 HEA
Friday, February 16:Â 7 p.m. at Mullins Center (Amherst, Mass.)
ESPN+: Friday | Sunday
 Eric Gallanty (play-by-play), Mike Mottau (analyst)
Radio: WEEI 850 AM, Varsity App, BCEagles.com/Watch
 Jon Rish (play-by-play), Andy Powers (analyst)
Live Stats: Friday | Sunday
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Top-ranked Boston College takes on No. 11/10 Massachusetts in a home-and-home series this weekend. Game one is Friday in Amherst at 7 p.m. with the finale Sunday at 1 p.m. at Kelley Rink inside Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill. The Eagles are fresh off a 5-0 shutout over Harvard in the Beanpot Consolation Game on Monday at TD Garden with freshman Jan Korec earning a 19-save shutout in his first start. BC and UMass last took the ice against each other in the first round of the 2023 Hockey East Tournament; a 5-2 home win for the Eagles. Boston College is has won 10 of 11 against the Minutemen and won five straight meetings at UMass' Mullins Center.
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KID LINE
• Boston College's all-freshman line of Gabe Perreault, Will Smith and Ryan Leonard has combined for 45 goals, 77 assists and 122 points through 27 games.
• The trio is averaging 4.52 points per game, including 82 points in Hockey East play.
• Perreault (45) and Smith (41) lead the team in scoring while Leonard (36) sits fourth.
• The rookies combined for eight points in the BU series last month.
• The line has a +54 rating with Leonard (+23) and Perreault (+18) leading the team.
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TRULY SPECIAL TEAMS
• Boston College's penalty kill is the top-ranked unit in the nation at 90.3%.
• BC also ranks first in Hockey East on the power play, clicking at 27.2%.
• The PP ranks sixth nationally and has converted in all but seven games this season.
• BC has scored 19 power play goals over its last 15 games, including a season-high four PPG against New Hampshire (2/9).
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PACK CONTE
• Friday, Jan. 26 vs. BU marked the fifth sellout at Kelley Rink this season; the first season of five or more sellouts since BC also sold out five games in 2012-13.
• BC leads Hockey East and ranks fourth nationally in average home attendance with more than 91,000 total fans through 13 games for an average of 7,015 per home date.
• Conte Forum has seen seven crowds of at least 7,300 fans, including five sellouts.
• The game against Massachusetts on Feb. 18 has already been announced as a sellout.
• Boston College is 11-2-0 at home, outscoring its opponents 63-32.
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BC-UMASS SERIES
• Friday marks the 96th matchup of all-time between the schools.
• Boston College leads the all-time series, 74-23-4.
• The first-ever meeting was a 5-4, triple overtime win for Massachusetts A.C. on Jan. 17, 1919.
• BC is 10-1 in its last 11 match-ups with UMass.
• Boston College won the last meeting, a 5-2 decision in the Hockey East first round at Kelley Rink. The Eagles' top line of Nikita Nesterenko, Cutter Gauthier and Andre Gasseau combined for nine points in the win.
• BC swept the season series last year with wins of 7-3 and 3-1 in a February home-and-home.
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