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Boston College leading scorer Matt Boldy is pumped after scoring a goal last weekend against Providence (photo: Boston College Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No one should be terribly surprised Boston College is off to the start it is.<\/p>\n

A 9-0 win over a decent Providence squad, without Alex Newhook, though, tends to stand out.<\/p>\n

For the first time in 18 years, the Eagles are 4-0 to start a season. It\u2019s a weird time to be celebrating anything, especially as more college hockey games have been moved around the schedule than played.<\/p>\n

The vibes surrounding everything in sports is strange, but there\u2019s not much the Eagles as a team can do about it, so they\u2019ve gone out there and performed as well as anyone could hope.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a typical college year,\u201d said Eagles coach Jerry York on a conference call with the media on Tuesday. \u201cThere\u2019s not the things you\u2019d normally do. Most of (the players) don\u2019t go in class or sit in classes, social life, they just have to give up all that to play, and even that doesn\u2019t guarantee you escape COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Eagles have gotten off without a hitch more than most programs, and Boston College is one of a few schools in the country that has competed in most of its regularly scheduled sports since the ACC didn\u2019t shut down field hockey and soccer.<\/p>\n

So as an institution, they\u2019re pretty used to protocols and the like, perhaps moreso than some of the other universities just beginning their sports seasons now.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s scary to imagine it won\u2019t be until January we see a full Eagles squad, and they\u2019ve already lit the lamp in the fashion they have. Newhook, who is with Canada\u2019s World Juniors team, was starting to shine a year ago with 30 points in 19 games after he was snubbed from Canada\u2019s roster this time last year.<\/p>\n

With a Tim Taylor Award behind him, it looks like Newhook can be a dominant force again this year, post-World Juniors.<\/p>\n

This weekend, the Eagles have UConn, and they\u2019ll be shorthanded even more so as goalie Spencer Knight heads to Team USA World Junior camp. It sounds like freshman Henry Wilder will get a look on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s gonna step up,\u201d said York. \u201cHe\u2019s anxious but we\u2019re all excited about him getting in the net. I think he\u2019ll play really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sophomore goalie Jack Moffatt — with 10 minutes of NCAA experience — will also be available.<\/p>\n

Forward Matt Boldy — the Eagles’ early leading scorer — and defenseman Drew Helleson will also be off at camp, but that presence in net is going to be the most noticeable. Along with the 9-0 shellacking of the Friars, Knight had back-to-back shutouts with a 3-0 win the night prior.<\/p>\n

Even without Knight, the Eagles depth is on another level compared to the rest of the conference. UConn has already had to face a tough early season schedule first against UMass and now BC, and the Eagles have shown they can score, if they\u2019re getting a shutout performance or not.<\/p>\n

Either way, this weekend should be a good indicator of how deep the Eagles are.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a small sample size,\u201d said York. \u201c… It\u2019s a great group of guys but who knows who stays healthy, how this works. Right now they\u2019re progressing well.\u201d<\/p>\n

New Hampshire begins anew<\/h4>\n

Like many other programs across the country, it\u2019s been a long time coming for the Wildcats. UNH will finally take the ice — after a two-week delay — against Maine this weekend.<\/p>\n

UNH coach Mike Souza said the team had a couple of positive cases before the scheduled series with Boston College in late November that forced the program to shut down, but since then, things have been going well.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy biggest responsibility was continually just checking in, because we had guys in different scenarios,\u201d Souza said to the media via conference call on Tuesday. \u201cThere were some guys that were positive, other guys who were quarantined, other guys who\u2019ve had it before. We kind of ran the gamut here, so my biggest responsibility was just making sure that the guys were in a good place mentally, or in as good a place as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maine was in a similar spot, having paused before their season, making this series an opener for both squads.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been nine months since both teams have taken to the ice, so perhaps some rust can be expected. For the Wildcats, the added travel element will make it different, as teams are expected to travel on the day-of road games now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the fact that we\u2019re going to play earlier in the day,\u201d Souza said. \u201cThere\u2019s no sense in waiting around. We\u2019ve been waiting around long enough so let\u2019s get up there and play.\u201d<\/p>\n

UNH will stay overnight in Orono before heading back to Durham for the second half of the weekend series.<\/p>\n

Merrimack making moves<\/h4>\n

With their split against UMass last weekend, Merrimack saw some inspired performances from freshman Alex Jefferies and sophomore Zach Vinnell, both earning weekly awards from Hockey East.<\/p>\n

Jefferies scored his first career goal in his first time on the ice for the Warriors, ending the weekend with three points and picking up the Rookie of the Week award.<\/p>\n

Vinnell added two assists to take home the conference\u2019s Defenseman of the Week award.<\/p>\n

BU on pause<\/h4>\n

Boston University was supposed to open against UConn last weekend but COVID protocols within the program have them on pause, now until January.<\/p>\n

They were going to face UMass this weekend.<\/p>\n

The recent outbreak also affects the players who were slated to leave the program for World Juniors, with Robert Mastrosimone, Alex Vlasic and Drew Commesso all being replaced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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