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Amherst, Mass. -- Boston College and Massachusetts meet on Thursday at the Mullins Center for the first of a two-game series over the next two nights. The two teams head east to play at Conte Forum on Friday night.
The two teams enter tonight's matchup on two very different ends of a blowout. Boston College erupted for 11 goals on Sunday afternoon against Army while Massachusetts was throttled, 9-0, by New Hampshire, last Saturday.
Boston College will start junior Brian Billett between the pipes while UMass will go with Mac Haight. Steven Mastalerz remains out with an undisclosed injury for the Minutemen.
Breaking Down the Matchup
| Boston College | Massachusetts | |
| Record | 6-2-1, 3-0-0 ECAC | 3-6-1, 1-2-1 HE |
| Road/Home Records | 2-2-1 (Away) | 3-1-1 (Home) |
| Goals Per Game | 5.00 (1st) | 2.10 (10th) |
| Goals Against Per Game | 2.44 (6th) | 3.70 (11th) |
| Power Play Percentage | 20.6 (4th) | 28.6 (1st) |
| Penalty Kill Percentage | 86.4 (3rd) | 78.2 (10th) |
| Top Scorer | Johnny Gaudreau (9-9--18) | Troy Power (4-4--8) |
| Starting Goaltender | Brian Billett (2.93/.897) | Mac Haight (6.29/.826) |
BOSTON COLLEGE
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Johnny Gaudreau | Bill Arnold | Austin Cangelosi |
| Ryan Fitzgerald | Kevin Hayes | Chris Calnan |
| Quinn Smith | Patrick Brown | Adam Gilmour |
| Destry Straight | Michael Sit | Brendan Silk |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Isaac MacLeod | Danny Linell |
| Teddy Doherty | Michael Matheson |
| Ian McCoshen | Scott Savage |
| Goaltenders |
| Brian Billett |
| Brad Barone |
MASSACHUSETTS
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Michael Pereira | Adam Phillips | Conor Sheary |
| Ray Pigozzi | Steven Iacobellis | Troy Power |
| Steven Guzzo | Branden Gracel | Shane Walsh |
| Zack LaRue | Peter DeAngelo | Emerson Auvenshine |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Oleg Yevenko | Joel Hanley |
| Ben Gallacher | Colin Shea |
| Marc Hetnik | Mike Busillo |
| Goaltenders |
| Alex Wakaluk |
| Mac Haight |
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Jeff Cox covers college and junior hockey, NCAA recruiting, NHL Draft prospects and the AHL for SBNation. Follow him on twitter @JeffCoxSBNation.