CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College returns to Hockey East play on Friday night with a visit from 14th-ranked and first place UMass Lowell at Kelley Rink with faceoff scheduled for 7 p.m. Live video is available for free at Collegesportslive.com and pre-game radio coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com.
SETTING THE SCENE
• BC is looking to even the two-game regular season series after falling 4-2 at Tsongas Center in November
• The Eagles enter the matchup at 10-12-4 overall and 5-8-3 in Hockey East play, while the River Hawks are first in the league at 11-5-1 with a 14-6-3 overall record
• BC sits in eighth place in Hockey East, six points out of fifth for the final first round bye
• All eight of BC's remaining league games are against teams above it in the standings
SERIES HISTORY
• Boston College has a 68-46-10 advantage over UMass Lowell in the all-time series heading into the 125th meeting on Friday
• The schools are an even 5-5-1 in the last 11 meetings overall
• In 28 meetings since Norm Bazin arrived as head coach, Lowell holds a slim 13-11-4 advantage
• BC swept a home-and-home series against UMass Lowell in mid-February of last season
• The River Hawks stormed back from 4-1 down in the third period and defeated the Eagles 6-5 in double overtime in the Hockey East Semifinal at Conte Forum
• The Eagles thought they had won the game in the first OT when Patrick Giles deflected a point shot from Jack St.