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2011-12 Boston College Hockey: UMass Game Thread (7:00 PM ET)

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Massachusetts Minutemen (1-1-1, 0-1-1 Hockey East) vs. No. 1 Boston College Eagles (3-1-0, 0-0-0 Hockey East)

Time: 7:00 PM Eastern
Date: Friday, October 21, 2011
Place: Chestnut Hill, Ma.
Arena: Kelley Rink, Conte Forum
Capacity: 7,884

TV: Nope
Radio:
FM 98.5 Sports Hub
Radio Announcers: Ryan Johnston (play-play-play) and Ken Hodge (analyst)
Online Audio: BCEagles.com 

Series: BC and UMass have previously met 62 times. Boston College leads the all-time series 49-10-3.
Last Meeting: Boston College 4, Massachusetts 2 (March 12, 2011)

Last Five Meetings:

W - Boston College 4, Massachusetts 2 (March 12, 2011)
W - Boston College 4, Massachusetts 1 (March 11, 2011)
W - Boston College 2, Massachusetts 1 (February 26, 2011)
W - Boston College 4, Massachusetts 3 (February 25, 2011)
W - Boston College 5, Massachusetts 0 (February 4, 2011)

Trends: Boston College is 11-0-0 in their last 11 games against the Minutemen. BC is 46-9-3 under head coach Jerry York, including a 26-5-2 record inside Conte Forum. The Eagles played before its fourth straight regular season sellout crowd against Denver (7,884 fans).

UMass's Leading Scorers: Sr. T.J. Syner (1-6-7), Sr. Daniel Hobbs (3-2-5), So. Michael Pereira (3-2-5)
UMass's Leading Goaltender: Fr. Kevin Boyle (1-1-1, 4.11 GAA, .851 SV%)

 

Leave your thoughts on the game below. Go Eagles!

Prediction: Boston College 4, UMass 0
Record-to-date: 3-1-0