CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College travels to the Whittemore Center in Durham for its Hockey East opener on Saturday night against New Hampshire at 7 p.m. The game will air live on ESPN+ and WEEI 850 AM. BC and UNH meet again on the Heights next Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. to complete their two-game regular season series.
OPENING NIGHT
• Sixth-ranked Quinnipiac spoiled the first game of the Greg Brown era last Friday night with a 4-0 non-conference victory over Boston College at Kelley Rink
• Quinnipiac netminder Yaniv Perets stopped all 16 shots he faced for the shutout
• The Bobcats struck first just three minutes into the night when Zach Metsa one-timed a clean faceoff win by Skyler Brind'Amour blocker side on the power play
• BC couldn't pull even despite breakaways from Lukas Gustafsson and Cam Burke later in the period and Trevor Kuntar hit the post six minutes into the middle frame
• QU added to its lead at 12:48 on a right point wrist shot from Charles-Alexis Legault that snuck inside the left post through traffic
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• UNH earned road wins over Clarkson and St.