#13 UMass Lowell vs. #5 Boston College vs. Merrimack
- Two home games against conference opponents are on tap for the #13 River Hawks, as they start their weekend hosting #5 Boston College Friday night and welcome the Merrimack Warriors on Saturday.
- Last season, the River Hawks took five of six points from Boston College, taking a 1-0-1 record on Jan. 25-26 and a 3-0 win on Feb. 8. UMass Lowell recently traveled to Merrimack on Jan. 4, where the River Hawks skated away with a 3-1 win.
- UMass Lowell just returned home from a split weekend in a non-league series at RIT. The River Hawks began with a 6-4 victory but couldn't maintain and fell, 3-2, to the Tigers on Saturday. The victory included two goals each from forwards Lucas Condotta (Georgetown, Ont.) and Carl Berglund (Hammaro, Sweden), a career-high showing for each.
- Netminder, Tyler Wall (Leamington, Ont.) made history with Friday's win, as he recorded 25 saves for his 52nd career win. His career total has set a new Division I school record, moving past Dwayne Roloson on the all-time wins list in program history.
- UMass Lowell head coach Norm Bazin is just one win away from 200 career victories behind the River Hawks' bench.
- #5 Boston College split a weekend series against #10 Massachusetts in a rematch of the 2019 Hockey East Tournament semifinal, ending the Eagles' 10-game winning streak. After falling 3-1 at home in the first game, the Eagles rebounded on Saturday for a 6-3 win. Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week Alex Newhook (St. Johns, Newfoundland) scored the lone goal in the 3-1 loss, and contributed a pair of important assists in the 6-3 win.
- Senior defender Ben Finkelstein (Burlington, Vt.) recorded a three-point (1g, 2a) performance in the road victory, including netting the game-winning goal, and has six points in his last three outings (1g, 5a.)
- Warrior freshman blueliner Declan Carlile (Hartland, Mich.) was awarded Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week this week after tallying two assists in the Warriors' 6-2 victory at UConn last Tuesday night.
# 11 Providence vs. New Hampshire (home and home)
- A home and home series for Friars and the Wildcats kicks off Friday night in Providence.
- It's been over a year since the two programs met in a two-game series at the end of November 2018, where the first contest resulted in a 1-1 stalemate and the Friars took a 3-1 win in the second.
- Last weekend, Providence shutout AIC, 5-0, on Thursday night and followed up with a 2-1 conference win over UConn on Saturday.
- Sophomore standout Tyce Thompson (Milford, Conn.) led the way with two goals and two assists on the weekend, earning himself Hockey East Player of the Week honors. Thompson is now tied for the NCAA lead with 17 goals on the year.
- The Wildcats are coming off a victory over #12 Northeastern last Saturday, where they defeated the Huskies, 5-4, in overtime. Sophomore Will MacKinnon (Plymouth, Mich.) ended the game in overtime while Eric MacAdams (Salem, Mass.) extended his point streak to six games (6g, 4) by adding a goal and two assists.
- It marked the Wildcats' fifth overtime victory this season, tying the program mark set in 1972-73. UNH is now 8-1-0 at home and 3-1-0 against nationally ranked opponents.
#10 Massachusetts at Vermont
- The #10 Minutemen travel to Burlington for a two-game set at Vermont this weekend. They last faced off with the Catamounts last January, where they outscored the 'Cats, 9-2, in the two-game series that including 4-1 and 5-1 victories.
- UMass is coming off a split series with Boston College last weekend. They ended a 10-game winning streak of the #5 Eagles, 3-1, on Friday night at Conte Forum, but then fell, 6-3, at home on Saturday. Filip Lindberg (Espoo, Finland) posted a 41-save performance in the Friday victory and John Leonard (Amherst, Mass.) tallied three goals on six shots on the weekend.
- Last weekend, Vermont hosted ECAC opponent Dartmouth for a Friday night contest that ended in a 2-2 draw. It was junior defenseman Christian Evers (Waukee, Iowa) who netted both goals for the 'Cats while Stefanos Lekkas (Elburn, Ill.) had a season-high 46 saves on the night.
#12 Northeastern vs. UConn
- It's Huskies-on-Huskies this coming Saturday afternoon at Matthews Arena, when Northeastern welcomes UConn for a 4:00 p.m. face-off.
- This contest will conclude the regular-season series between these programs, concluding the two-game slate that began with a 5-3 Northeastern win on Jan. 3.
- In Northeastern's most recent outing, a 5-4 overtime loss at UNH, two Huskies recorded multi-point games. Grant Jozefek (Chester, N.J.) and rookie Jayden Struble (Cumberland, R.I.) had a goal and two assists each, marking Struble's first career multi-point performance.
- UConn lined up against Maine on Wednesday night at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the Huskies earned two conference points in a 3-2 win. The Huskies fell behind, 2-0, to the Black Bears in the first period, but then potted three unanswered goals to complete the comeback. The game-winning goal came from rookie Vladislav Firstov (Yaroslavl, Russia) at 6:52 of the third period.
Boston University vs. Merrimack vs. #5 Boston College
- Boston University travels to North Andover on Friday night to face Merrimack, before heading back to Boston for a Saturday edition of the Battle of Comm. Ave with Boston College.
- The Terriers defeated Merrimack last season, 5-1, at Agganis Arena, and last saw the Eagles in November 2018 where BU took a 0-1-1 weekend.
- BU faced two non-league opponents last week, earning a 3-2 overtime victory over Brown on Wednesday and falling, 5-4, to the Big Green of Dartmouth on Saturday.
- Freshman Wilmer Skoog (Tyreso, Sweden), who joined the Terriers in January, made an immediate impact for his new team, netting the overtime game-winner on Wednesday in his collegiate debut and scoring a lacrosse-style goal on Saturday.
