SETTING THE SCENE
Second-ranked Boston College opens the second half against New Hampshire at 7 p.m. on Friday (Jan. 8) at Kelley Rink on NESN. The series concludes on Sunday (Jan. 10) at the Whittemore Center in Durham at 4 p.m.
The Eagles are 5-1-0 through six games, while the Wildcats enter the series at 2-3-1. BC hasn't lost at home to New Hampshire in more than nine years (Nov. 5, 2010) and is unbeaten in its last 11 home meetings in the series (9-0-2).
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• UNH traveled to face UMass on Wednesday afternoon and was shut out 4-0 at the Mullins Center, falling to 2-3-1 overall on the season
• The Wildcats split a home-and-home with UConn on Jan.