The Boston College men’s hockey team opened their season with two wins over UMass Amherst this past weekend, winning their season opener 4-3 at home before going on the road and winning 6-3. Just a quick bit of bookkeeping if you haven’t been following or couldn’t catch either broadcast, but as of now, these games do not count towards the Hockey East standings. This was one of Hockey East’s flex weekends, and will only count towards the actual regular season standings if there are future cancelations or schedule changes as the season continues.
With that out of the way, here’s some of what I thought stood out from BC’s first weekend back on the ice.