#4/5 Boston University (15-6-0, 11-4-0 Hockey East) vs./at Boston College (9-7-5, 5-4-4 Hockey East)
Date & Time: Friday, Jan. 27 - 7 p.m. | Saturday, Jan. 28 - 7 p.m.
Venue: Agganis Arena - Boston, Mass. | Conte Forum - Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey

FRIDAY PARKING ADVISORY

The No. 4/5 Boston University men's ice hockey team will conclude its five-game homestand this weekend when the Terriers begin a home-and-home series with rival Boston College on Friday night at Agganis Arena. The two teams will then head to Chestnut Hill on Saturday. Puck drop for both games is scheduled for 7 p..m

Friday's tilt will be televised live on NESN while Saturday's game will air on NESN+. Additionally, both games will be streamed on ESPN+, with an audio-only broadcast of both contests located here.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU remains in the top five of both polls after a weekend sweep of Maine on Jan. 21-22.
• The Terriers won the first game, 5-1, before earning a 9-6 victory the next night.
• Hockey East Player of the Week Matt Brown totaled four (1g, 3a) of his league-leading six points last weekend in the first period of Saturday's victory.
• It was Brown's third four-point effort of the season.
• Hockey East Rookie of the Week Lane Hutson scored one goal and had four primary assists in the sweep.
• Brown ranks second nationally with 23 assists and is fourth nationally with 34 points; both those totals lead Hockey East.
• He also leads BU and is fifth in the league with 11 goals.
• Hutson enters the weekend first among all NCAA defensemen with 27 points on nine goals and 18 assists.
• He leads all Hockey East blue liners in goals, assists and points.
• BU is 17-4-2 in its last 23 games at Agganis Arena, with three of the four losses coming in OT.
• The Terriers average 4.17 goals per game, which is tops in Hockey East and second-most in the NCAA.
• They have averaged 5.16 goals per game en route to a 5-1-0 January record.
• BU also averages 36.6 shots on goal per game, which ranks second in the country and first in Hockey East.

SERIES HISTORY

• The Comm. Ave. rivals have met 288 times and the Terriers lead the series, 137-130-21 (.512).
• No other opponent has appeared on BU's schedule more often.
• Northeastern is the next closest, having faced BU 247 times since the 1930-31 season.
• The first game in BU Hockey history was on Feb. 6, 1918, against Boston College at Boston Arena.
• The Terriers and the Eagles have played 46 overtime games and BC holds a 16-10-20 edge.
• BU has 11 of the 21 shutouts in the series history.
• The Terriers are 2-0-1 in their last three home games against BC.

SCOUTING THE EAGLES

• BC enters the Battle of Comm. Ave. at 9-7-5 overall after a loss and a tie against Vermont last weekend.
• The Eagles are 4-2-3 since the beginning of December.
• Freshman Cutter Gauthier leads BC with 12 goals and 20 points while junior Nikita Nesterenko is second on the squad with 18 points and paces the Eagles with 13 assists.
• Eight different Eagles have at least 10 points but only Gauthier has reached double digits in goals.
• Graduate student Mitch Benson has started all 21 games for BC, posting a 9-7-5 record with a 2.64 goals-against average and a .,905 save percentage.