DENVER – No. 6 Boston College travels to Magness Arena for a two-game series against top-ranked Denver this weekend with faceoff set for 9 p.m. (ET) on Friday (Oct. 18) and Saturday (Oct. 19). Both games will have pay-per-view video via NCHC.TV and the Saturday game will be televised live on NESNplus and the NESN app. Pre-game radio coverage on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.TV begins at 8:45 p.m. (ET) each night with Alastair Ingram and Kevin Collins on the call.
SETTING THE SCENE
• Two of college hockey's most successful programs, the Eagles and Pioneers are a combined 6-0-0 to begin the season as the schools meet for the eighth time in the last seven years
• BC and Denver have combined for 13 NCAA titles and 42 Frozen Four appearances
• Boston College is 2-0 for the first time since 2011 when it beat Michigan State (5-2) and North Dakota (6-2) at the Ice Breaker Tournament in Grand Forks, before falling to Denver 4-2 at home in game 3
• That 2011-12 season ended with the school's fifth NCAA Championship in Tampa Bay
OPENING NIGHT VICTORY
• Behind three-point nights from senior linemates David Cotton and Julius Mattila, BC skated past No.