Men’s Hockey Travels to Vermont for Two-Game Series with the Catamounts

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – No. 2 Boston College makes the trip to Vermont this weekend for a pair of Hockey East contests against the UVM Catamounts. Friday's game is slated for a 7 p.m. start and Saturday's game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Both games will be available to watch on ESPN+ and a radio broadcast will be available on WEEI 850 AM.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles sit at 22-6-1 overall with a 14-4-1 conference record
• BC snapped a two-game losing streak with its win on Saturday
• Boston College has outscored its opponents 99-52 this season, including 39-13 in the third period
• The Eagles are 9-3-1 in true road games this year

SPLIT WEEKEND AGAINST UMASS
• The Eagles split its weekend series against UMass, falling 3-2 at home Friday before picking up a 4-1 victory on the road Saturday
• Gabe Perreault and Ryan Leonard each lit the lamp in Friday's contest
• Perreault also tallied an assist to the finish with two points
• Eamon Powell, Andre Gasseau, James Hagens and Leonard each scored in Saturday's victory
• Leonard added two assists to finish with a game-high three points
• Jacob Fowler posted 21 saves to earn the one and also had an assist, his second of the year

HEADING INTO THE FINAL STRETCH
• The Eagles have just five games remaining in the regular season
• Boston College enters the weekend tied for first atop the league standings with Maine on 41 points
• Boston University trails in third with 35 points

AMONG HOCKEY EAST
• BC leads Hockey East in penalty-killing percentage (91.7) and save percentages (.933)
• In conference play, Leonard (30) and Perreault (24) sit one and two in points in the league
• Leonard leads Hockey East in goals (25) and game-winning goals (8)
• Perreault leads the league in assists with 27
• Perreault and Leonard are both tied for second in points per game with 1.34
• J. Hagens leads all freshmen in points per game with 1.07
• Fowler leads Hockey East in wins (20), shutouts (6) and save percentage (.936), and is second in goals against average (1.71)
• Aidan Hreschuk is eighth in blocked shots with 44

A LOOK AT VERMONT
• Vermont enters the weekend with an 11-14-3 overall record and a 6-10-2 Hockey East record
• The Catamounts are coming off a split weekend at Merrimack, picking up a 4-2 win on Friday before falling 4-3 on Saturday
• Joel Määttä leads the team in scoring with 22 points on eight goals and 14 assists
• Colin Kessler and Timofei Spitserov each have 10 goals, while Sebastian Törnqvist has a team-high 15 assists
• Axel Mangbo has played the majority of minutes as the netminder of UVM, posting an .899 save percentage and 2.73 goals against average

SERIES HISTORY
• The Eagles are 52-18-8 all-time against the Catamounts, including a 12-2-1 record in the last 15 meetings
• BC swept last season's series, picking up 7-1 and 4-2 victories at Kelley Rink
• Boston College's last trip to Gutterson Fieldhouse resulted in a split weekend back on Oct. 29-30, 2021

UP NEXT
• BC plays New Hampshire in a home-and-home weekend series with Friday's game being played at Kelley Rink before making the trip to the Whittemore Center. Both games will be available to stream on ESPN+, while Friday's game will also be on NESN.

Men’s Hockey Travels to Vermont for Two-Game Series with the Catamounts

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Players Mentioned

Jacob Fowler

Andre Gasseau

James Hagens

Aidan Hreschuk

Ryan Leonard

Gabe Perreault

Eamon Powell