#9 Boston University (4-3-0, 1-0-0 HE) vs./at #17/16 UMass Lowell (5-1-0, 1-0-0 HE)
Date & Time: Friday, Nov. 8 - 7 p.m. | Saturday, Nov. 9 - 6:05 p.m.
Venue: Agganis Arena - Boston, Mass. | Tsongas Center - Lowell, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey

The No. 9 Boston University men's ice hockey team will return to Hockey East play this weekend when the Terriers face No. 17/16 UMass Lowell in a home-and-home series that begins Friday night at Agganis Arena before concluding on Saturday at Tsongas Center. Puck drop on Friday is set for 7 p.m., with Saturday's showdown slated to start at 6:05 p.m.

Fans can purchase tickets to Friday's by clicking here. In addition to the games being streamed on ESPN+, an audio-only broadcast for both games will be located here.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• The Terriers are facing a top-20 foe for the third straight weekend, having most recently dropped a pair of home games to then-No. 11 Michigan on Nov. 1 and 2.
• Freshman Alex Zetterberg recorded the first two-point night of his young collegiate career on Saturday night, scoring a goal and assisting on senior Matt Copponi's first goal as a Terrier.
• Freshman Cole Eiserman lit the lamp in Friday's game for his fifth goal of the season.
• No other league rookie has more goals than Eiserman, who is the reigning Hockey East Player of the Month.
• Eiserman (5g, 2a), junior Quinn Hutson (1g, 6a) and sophomore Shane Lachance (2g, 5a) are all tied for the team lead in points with seven apiece.
• BU is the only school in Hockey East that boasts three freshmen with five or more points this season.
• Zetterberg (3g, 2a) and classmate Cole Hutson (1g, 4a) have notched five points apiece.
• BU enters the weekend with the seventh-best power play in the country, clicking at 28.6%.

SERIES HISTORY

• BU is 81-36-12 (.674) in 129 all-time meetings with the River Hawks.
• That includes a 13-11-3 record against UML since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
• BU has won three straight games against UMass Lowell, including a weekend sweep last November.
• Eight of the last 11 contests have either been decided by one goal or finished even.
• BU is 15-8-3 (.635) against Lowell at Agganis and 18-18-5 (.500) at Tsongas Center 
• In 18 overtime games, BU is 6-0-12 versus Lowell.

SCOUTING THE RIVER HAWKS

• After going just 8-24-4 last season, UMass Lowell is off to a 5-1-0 start.
• The River Hawks dropped their season opener to Minnesota Duluth but have won five straight games, including a 5-4 overtime win at Holy Cross last Friday.
• UML has given up the first goal in each of its last four wins; the River Hawks trailed Holy Cross, 3-0, until midway through the second period.
• Senior Owen Cole leads UMass Lowell with eight points on four goals and four assists.
• Graduate defender Ben Meehan leads the team with six assists while freshman Chris Delaney paces UML with five goals.
• Both Meehan and Delaney are tied for second on the squad with seven points apiece.
• Graduate student Henry Welsch has won all five of his starts, posting a .919 save percentage and a 1.85 goals-against average in the process.
• Welsch has not needed to make more than 24 saves in any of his five wins.

• BU will travel to Maine to face the No. 5 Black Bears in a weekend series at Alfond Arena.
• Puck drop on both Nov. 15 and 16 is scheduled for 7 p.m.