No. 18 New Hampshire Wildcats (9-7-1, 5-3-0 Hockey East) vs. No. 9/9 Boston College Eagles (8-4-2, 4-1-1 Hockey East)
Time: 7:00 PM Eastern
Date: Friday, December 6, 2013
Place: Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Arena: Kelley Rink / Conte Forum
Capacity: 7,884
TV: bceagles.com/allaccess
Audio: WEEI 850 AM, bceagles.com/allaccess
Announcers: Jon Rish (play-by-play) and Andy Powers (analyst)
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Series: BC and New Hampshire have previously met 141 times. Boston College leads the all-time 65-63-13.
First Meeting: Boston College 7, New Hampshire 1 (February 6, 1937)
Last Meeting at Conte: Boston College 4, New Hampshire 4 (February 17, 2013)
Last Five Meetings:
T - Boston College 4, New Hampshire 4 (February 17, 2013)
L - New Hampshire 2, Boston College 1 (January 12, 2013)
W - Boston College 5, New Hampshire 2 (January 11, 2013)
W - Boston College 3, New Hampshire 2 (OT) (January 28, 2012)
W - Boston College 4, New Hampshire 3 (January 27, 2012)
Trends: Boston College is 7-2-1 in its last 10 matchups with New Hampshire. York is two games under .500 vs. UNH with a record of 27-29-10. The Eagles and Wildcats are knotted at 45-45-12 in Hockey East contests. Boston College is the No. 1 ranked offense in all of college hockey, averaging 4.21 goals per game. Johnny Gaudreau leads that charge as the second-highest point scorer in the NCAA with 1.79 ppg while Kevin Hayes is tied for fourth (1.50 ppg).
New Hampshire's Leading Scorers: Sr. Kevin Goumas (7-12-19), Sr. Nick Sorkin (11-7-18), Jr. Trevor van Riemsdyk (3-15-18)
New Hampshire's Leading Goaltender: Jr. Casey DeSmith (7-5-0, 1.84 GAA, .934 SV%)
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