CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – No. 2/3 Boston College closes the first semester on Saturday afternoon with a top-10 Hockey East matchup against No. 9/10 Providence at Kelley Rink. Faceoff is set for 4:30 p.m. with live coverage on NESN, ESPN+ and TSN2 in Canada. Radio coverage begins at 4:15 p.m. on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com.
SETTING THE SCENE
• Each of the last three Hockey East meetings between the schools have been ties
• The Eagles have won five of their last six, allowing a goal or less in their last four wins
• Providence has lost three of four (all one-goal games) but was idle last weekend
PACK CONTE
• BC leads Hockey East and ranks fourth nationally in average home attendance with nearly 55,000 total fans through eight games for an average of 6,836 per home date
• Conte Forum has seen four crowds of at least 7,300 fans this season, including three sellouts of 7,884 against Denver (Oct.