Eagles Set for Weekend Series Against UMass

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – No. 18/16 Boston College returns to Massachusetts this weekend for a home-and-home weekend series against No. 12/13 UMass, beginning Friday night at Kelley Rink before heading to the Mullins Center on Saturday. Both games this weekend are scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN+ as well as on WEEI 850 AM, while Friday's game will also air on NESN.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles improved to 4-4-1 overall and 2-2-0 in Hockey East with two wins over Vermont
• The Minutemen are 7-4-0 overall and 1-2-0 in league play
• BC remained at 18th in the USCHO.com poll and moved up to 16th in the USA Hockey poll
• UMass is 12th in the USCHO poll and tied for 13th in the USA Hockey poll

WEEKEND SWEEP
• BC picked up its first two league wins of the season with a weekend sweep of Vermont
• The Eagles won 2-1 on Friday night before capping the weekend with a 5-0 victory
• Louka Cloutier stopped 50 of the 51 shots he faced over the two games and earned his first collegiate shutout with a 21-save performance on Saturday
• Landan Resendes scored his first career goal on Friday to put BC back in the lead with 90 seconds remaining
• Nolan Joyce tallied the first goal of his career in Saturday's win
• Five different players finished with two points on Saturday

HOCKEY EAST WEEKLY AWARD
• Cloutier was named the Hockey East Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week on Monday morning
• This is his second weekly award this season, having been named the Hockey East Stop It Goaltending Goaltender of the Week in mid-October

THE EAGLES
• James Hagens leads the Eagles in points (9) and assists (6)
• Dean Letourneau and Jake Sondreal are tied with Hagens for most goals with three apiece
• Luka Radivojevic has a team-high 12 blocks while Nolan Joyce and Will Skahan both have 11
• Cloutier has played in seven games and has a .914 save percentage and a 2.01 goals against average

A LOOK AT UMASS
• The Minutemen are coming off a split weekend at home against Maine
• The Black Bears won the Friday matchup 6-2, but UMass responded with a 4-0 win on Saturday
• Jack Musa is tied for the league in points with 15, and leads UMass in assists with nine
• Václav Nestrašil has a team-high seven goals
• Michael Hrabel has played in nine games between the pipes, boasting a .911 save percentage and 2.68 goals against average
• Jackson Irving played the last two games in goal, earning Hockey East Goaltender of the Week recognition after posting a .934 save percentage for the weekend

SERIES HISTORY
• The Eagles are 78-17-4 all-time against the Minutemen
• The two teams split last season's series with each team winning on the road
• UMass claimed a 3-2 victory at Kelley Rink, but BC bounced back the next night with a 4-1 win at the Mullins Center
• Boston College is 9-1-0 in the last 10 meetings

NHL NOTES
• Gabe Perreault (NY Rangers) made his season debut on Monday night and recorded his first NHL point with an assist
• Matt Boldy (Minnesota) scored his ninth goal of the season on Tuesday
• Will Smith (San Jose) tallied his seventh goal of the year Tuesday evening
• Ryan Leonard (Washington) recorded his fifth assist of the campaign on Tuesday night

UP NEXT
• BC hosts Maine next weekend for games on Friday and Saturday. Both contests will be broadcasted live on ESPN+ as well as on WEEI 850 AM. Friday's game will also be available to watch on NESN.

Eagles Set for Weekend Series Against UMass

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Players Mentioned

Louka Cloutier

James Hagens

Nolan Joyce

Ryan Leonard

Dean Letourneau

Gabe Perreault

Luka Radivojevic

Landan Resendes

Will Skahan

Jake Sondreal