CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The No. 15/15 Boston College men’s hockey team plays host to Notre Dame at Kelley Rink this Friday for the first time since the 2022-23 season. Friday’s game is slated for a 1:00 p.m. puck drop on NESN and ESPN+ along with a radio broadcast on WEEI 850 AM.
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles moved to 7-5-1 overall and 5-3-0 in Hockey East after a weekend split against No. 10/11 Maine
• The Fighting Irish are 4-8-1 overall and 0-6-0 in B1G
• BC stayed put at No. 15 in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey national polls
SPLIT WEEKEND
• BC split with Maine this past weekend, picking up a 7-3 win win on Friday before falling 3-0 on Saturday
• Ryan Conmy and Teddy Stiga both finished with three points in the win
• It was the second-straight game Conmy had finished with three points
• James Hagens scored two goals
• Dean Letourneau had one goal and one assist
• Lukas Gustafsson, Luka Radivojevic, and Jake Sondreal all posted two assists
• Louka Cloutier finished with a career-high 35 saves
THE EAGLES
• J. Hagens and Sondreal are tied for the team lead in points with 13 apiece
• J. Hagens and Conmy both have a team-high six goals
• Radivojevic and Sondreal are tied for the most assists with eight
• Letourneau and Stiga are both in double digits for points with 11 and 10, respectively
• Cloutier has played in 11 games and has posted a 2.11 goals against average and a .914 save percentage
A LOOK AT NOTRE DAME
• The Fighting Irish are coming off a road win over Merrimack on Wednesday afternoon, defeating the Warriors by a score of 5-4
• Sutter Muzzatti and Paul Fischer are tied for the team lead in points with 12
• Muzzatti leads the team in goals with six
• Fischer with a team-high nine assists, while Cole Knuble has eight
• Nicholas Kempf has played all 13 games between the pipes, posting a .906 save percentage and a 3.07 goals against average
SERIES HISTORY
• The Eagles are 25-22-3 all-time against the Fighting Irish
• The two teams last met on Nov. 24, 2023 in South Bend, which ended in a 6-1 win for BC
• The last meeting at Kelley Rink ended in a 5-2 win for Notre Dame back on Nov. 25, 2022
NHL NOTES
• Alex Tuch (Buffalo) scored his eighth goal of the season on Sunday
• Mike Matheson (Montreal) had two assists on Saturday
• Cutter Gauthier (Anaheim) scored his 13th goal of the year on Saturday, tallying the overtime game-winner against the Golden Knights
UP NEXT
• BC closes out the semester with a home-and-home series against UMass Lowell next weekend. The two teams play at the Tsongas Center on Friday at 7:15 p.m. before closing out the season series on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. at Kelley Rink. Both games will be available to watch on ESPN+.
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Eagles moved to 7-5-1 overall and 5-3-0 in Hockey East after a weekend split against No. 10/11 Maine
• The Fighting Irish are 4-8-1 overall and 0-6-0 in B1G
• BC stayed put at No. 15 in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey national polls
SPLIT WEEKEND
• BC split with Maine this past weekend, picking up a 7-3 win win on Friday before falling 3-0 on Saturday
• Ryan Conmy and Teddy Stiga both finished with three points in the win
• It was the second-straight game Conmy had finished with three points
• James Hagens scored two goals
• Dean Letourneau had one goal and one assist
• Lukas Gustafsson, Luka Radivojevic, and Jake Sondreal all posted two assists
• Louka Cloutier finished with a career-high 35 saves
THE EAGLES
• J. Hagens and Sondreal are tied for the team lead in points with 13 apiece
• J. Hagens and Conmy both have a team-high six goals
• Radivojevic and Sondreal are tied for the most assists with eight
• Letourneau and Stiga are both in double digits for points with 11 and 10, respectively
• Cloutier has played in 11 games and has posted a 2.11 goals against average and a .914 save percentage
A LOOK AT NOTRE DAME
• The Fighting Irish are coming off a road win over Merrimack on Wednesday afternoon, defeating the Warriors by a score of 5-4
• Sutter Muzzatti and Paul Fischer are tied for the team lead in points with 12
• Muzzatti leads the team in goals with six
• Fischer with a team-high nine assists, while Cole Knuble has eight
• Nicholas Kempf has played all 13 games between the pipes, posting a .906 save percentage and a 3.07 goals against average
SERIES HISTORY
• The Eagles are 25-22-3 all-time against the Fighting Irish
• The two teams last met on Nov. 24, 2023 in South Bend, which ended in a 6-1 win for BC
• The last meeting at Kelley Rink ended in a 5-2 win for Notre Dame back on Nov. 25, 2022
NHL NOTES
• Alex Tuch (Buffalo) scored his eighth goal of the season on Sunday
• Mike Matheson (Montreal) had two assists on Saturday
• Cutter Gauthier (Anaheim) scored his 13th goal of the year on Saturday, tallying the overtime game-winner against the Golden Knights
UP NEXT
• BC closes out the semester with a home-and-home series against UMass Lowell next weekend. The two teams play at the Tsongas Center on Friday at 7:15 p.m. before closing out the season series on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. at Kelley Rink. Both games will be available to watch on ESPN+.
