CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – No. 5 Boston College closes its three-game regular season series against No. 7 UMass on Friday night (Jan. 31) in a battle for first place in Hockey East at the Mullins Center. Faceoff in Amherst is set for 7 p.m. The game can be viewed via CBS All-Access ($) and heard on both WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com.
WHAT'S AT STAKE
• The teams split a home-and-home series three weeks ago, giving the winner of Friday's rubber match a potential tiebreaker heading into the Hockey East playoffs in March
• Massachusetts currently leads the league by two points over the trio of BC, Providence and UMass Lowell
• The Eagles have two games in hand on the Minutemen, who have played the most games (16) in the league
• Boston College was swept at home by Maine last weekend in a pair of overtime games, but still enters the UMass matchup with a 13-3-0 record in its last 16 games
FIRST TWO MEETINGS
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