Eagles and Friars Meet This Weekend for Top-10 Series

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College men's hockey is set for a national top-10 series with Providence this weekend. Friday's game will be played at Kelley Rink with Saturday's game taking place at Schneider Arena. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+. Friday's game will be available on WEEI 850 AM. An audio broadcast for Saturday's game will be available through BCEagles.com.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles sit at 14-4-1 overall after dating Harvard, 3-1, on Tuesday night and boast a 7-3-1 record in Hockey East
• Providence is 15-3-2 overall with a 5-2-2 league record. The Friars last played on Jan. 7, defeating Brown in the Mayor's Cup, 2-0

THE RANKINGS
• BC sits at No. 2 in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey / The Rink Live polls
• Providence is No. 6 in the USCHO.com poll and No. 4 in the USA Hockey / The Rink Live poll

MID-WEEK WIN OVER HARVARD
• The Eagles picked up a 3-1 win over Harvard on Tuesday evening
• Nine different players earned a point
• Brady Berard scored for the third-straight game
• Teddy Stiga and Will Vote both scored their sixth goal of the season
• Jacob Fowler made 20 saves to earn his 13th win of the campaign

FOWLER NAMED TO RICHTER AWARD WATCH LIST
• On Wednesday, Fowler was one of the 35 goaltenders named to the Mike Richter Award Watch List, presented annually to the top goalie in NCAA Division I since 2014

ABOUT THE EAGLES
• Boston College leads the country in penalty killing percentage at 92.0%
• BC is 9-1-0 on home ice this season
• The Eagles have outscored their opponents 61-37 this season, including 22-8 in the third period

AMONGST HOCKEY EAST
• BC leads Hockey East in penalty-killing percentage (92.0) and is second in saves percentages (.924)
• Leonard leads HEA game-winning goals (5) and is tied for second in goals (13)
• Gabe Perreault is fourth in the league in points per game (1.26), while James Hagens is tied for ninth with 1.11
• Fowler leads Hockey East in shutouts (4), and is second in goals against average (1.83) and saves percentage (.928)

A LOOK AT PROVIDENCE
• Providence enters the weekend with a 15-3-2 overall record and a 5-2-2 Hockey East record
• PC is currently on an eight-game winning streak
• The Friars have not played a Hockey East game since falling to the Eagles on Nov. 19
• Tanner Adams has a team-high nine goals
• Logan Will leads the Friars in points with 18, and is tied for first with Andrew Centrella for assists with 11
• Philip Svedeback boasts an 11-2-1 record between the pipes. He has a 2.24 goals against average and a .918 saves percentage

SERIES HISTORY
• The Eagles are 124-55-17 all-time against the Friars
• BC claimed a 3-2 overtime victory over Providence back in November in the first meeting between the two teams this season
• The Eagles have won three of the last four matchups

NHL NOTES
• Oliver Wahlstrom (Boston) scored his first goal for the Bruins on Saturday in the 4-3 overtime victory against Florida
• Cutter Gauthier (Anaheim) scored two goals, including the overtime game-winner, in the Ducks' 3-2 win over Carolina
• Mike Matheson (Montreal) scored his third goal of the season in Montreal's 5-3 over Utah on Tuesday
• Matt Boldy (Minnesota) scored on the power-play Wednesday night, bringing his season total to 17 in 45 games

UP NEXT
• BC and BU meet next weekend for the Battle of Comm Ave. Friday's game will be played at Agganis Arena before Saturday's matchup at Kelley Rink. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m. and can be watched regionally on NESN or streamed on ESPN+.

Eagles and Friars Meet This Weekend for Top-10 Series

Players Mentioned

Brady Berard

Jacob Fowler

Cutter Gauthier

James Hagens

Gabe Perreault

Teddy Stiga

Will Vote

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