Two white-knuckle weekends against Providence and Boston University have come to a successful conclusion for the Eagles, with BC regaining their footing and moving up in to the top 10 in the pairwise rankings after taking 6 of 8 possible points. The focus now shifts to a pair of games BC will be expected to win: Friday night at UMass, and Saturday night at home vs. UConn.
The Eagles' two opponents this weekend are examples of programs heading in opposite directions.
In 2002-03, the UMass Minutemen put together their first winning season since joining Hockey East, and it looked like Toot Cahoon would have UMass climbing the ranks of the league.