CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – No. 4 Boston College hosts New Hampshire on Senior Night at Kelley Rink on Friday (March 6) at 7 p.m. to open a home-and-home series. The regular season concludes on Saturday (March 7) at the Whittemore Center in Durham at 7 p.m. Both games will air live on CBS All-Access with radio coverage on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com.
SETTING THE SCENE
• BC clinched its 17th Hockey East Regular Season Championship outright last Saturday at Boston University
• UNH enters the weekend in ninth place, one point behind Northeastern for the eighth and final playoff spot
• BC has won seven straight games, the second-longest winning streak in the nation behind Cornell (9)
• The Eagles are tied for fourth in the Pairwise rankings with Minnesota Duluth and Denver
CLASS OF 2020
• Prior to the game on Friday, Boston College will honor its 10 seniors in the Class of 2020
• The class is comprised of forwards David Cotton, Ron Greco, Julius Mattila, Mike Merulla, Graham McPhee and Zach Walker, and defensemen Ben Finkelstein, Jesper Mattila, Luke McInnis and Connor Moore
• The senior class has helped lead the program to three Hockey East Regular Season Titles in its four years with nearly 80 total victories to this point
CLINCHER AT AGGANIS
• BC defeated rival Boston University 4-1 in the 282nd Battle of Comm Ave last Saturday at Agganis Arena to clinch its 17th Regular Season Championship in the 36-year history of Hockey East
• The Eagles swept the regular season series from the Terriers, posting their third straight 4-1 victory at BU
• Boston College improved to 5-1-1 in its last seven road trips to BU and 14-4-2 all-time at Agganis
• Rookie Alex Newhook extended his point streak to 10 games with a first period goal for his 40th point
• Senior David Cotton tallied his 15th goal of the year and moved into the top-50 all-time scorers in program history
• Senior Connor Moore netted his second of the year for the eventual game-winner and was plus-3 in the victory
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• New Hampshire enters the final weekend of the regular season just one point out of the eighth and final playoff spot behind Northeastern
• UNH is looking to snap a four-game winless streak following a tight home-and-home series with UMass Lowell last weekend that resulted in a 2-2 tie and 3-2 loss
• Junior defenseman Max Gildon leads the Wildcats with 20 assists and 27 points and will skate in his 100th career game on Friday night
• Sophomore forward Angus Crookshank has scored a team-leading 14 goals
• Junior Mike Robinson has started 24 games between the pipes with a 9-12-3 record, 2.