CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – No. 8 seed Boston College hosts No. 9 seed New Hampshire in the Hockey East Opening Round on Wednesday night at Kelley Rink on NESN at 7 p.m. Live video is also available for free at Collegesportslive.com with no geographic restrictions. Radio coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com.
TICKET INFO
• All tickets for the Hockey East Opening Round are $10 for general admission
• Fans attending tomorrow night are encouraged to park in the Beacon Street garage
• Gate B will be the only spectator entrance and exit
SETTING THE SCENE
• The schools are meeting on the Heights in the postseason for the second straight season
• Winners of three straight, the Eagles are the 8-seed for just the second time in tournament history and the first time since facing UMass in the opening round of the 1995 tournament
• No 8-seed has ever reached the Hockey East Championship Game and no 8-seed since 2014 has reached the semifinal round at TD Garden
SERIES HISTORY
• The schools will face off for the 162nd meeting in the all-time series on Wednesday
• Boston College leads the all-time series 78-67-16
• Only three of the last 12 meetings between the schools have been decided by more than a goal
• UNH swept Boston College in a home-and-home weekend series on Jan.