CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – No. 8 seed Boston College and No. 9 seed UMass are set to clash in the Hockey East Opening Round on Wednesday night at Kelley Rink live on NESN+ and ESPN+ at 7 p.m. The winner advances to the Hockey East Quarterfinal on Saturday to face either Boston University, Merrimack or Northeastern on the road. Tickets are available at (617) 552-GoBC or BCEagles.com.
SETTING THE SCENE
• The schools will meet for the 11th time in Hockey East Tournament history
• BC is 9-1-0 in the 10 previous matchups, including four quarterfinal sweeps all played at Conte Forum
• The Eagles' only tournament loss to the Minutemen came in a play-in game at the end of the 1994-95 season between the No.