The Matchup: After a weekend off, the Bentley University hockey team is back on the ice Tuesday night to open a midweek series at American International. The second game of the series is Thursday night. Both games begin at 7:05, and take place at the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield.

The Falcons were last in action the weekend of Oct. 28, and suffered a pair of defeats to RIT at the JAR by scores of 4-1 and 6-3. These two games will be the only meetings of the season between Bentley and AIC.

The Yellow Jackets have a quick turnaround after a home-and-away series against Holy Cross that was on Thursday-Friday. AIC won the first game at home 4-2, before battling to a 4-4 tie with the Crusaders on the road Friday night.

Follow the Games: Both games can been seen on the new AtlanticHockey.TV. Click on the link to learn more about the various price options for this season. Live stats for each game will be available as well.

Series Notes:

• This will be Bentley's first games at the Mass Mutual Center, which AIC announced as its new home back in September.
• Senior Max French has huge career numbers against the Yellow Jackets. He has 18 points, 8 goals and 10 assists, in just 8 career games. His career high of 5 points (1g, 4a) came in a 5-2 win over AIC on Dec. 14, 2014. French also had 4 points (2g, 2a) in a 6-1 win at the JAR last season.
• Bentley leads the all-time series 29-21-9. They have an 8 game unbeaten streak going in the series at 5-0-3. Bentley though has tied its last three games played in Springfield, including both games last season, which ended in 5-5 and 2-2 ties.
• The teams also played twice at the JAR last season, in two very different games. Bentley won the first game 1-0 on Dec. 1, as Andrew Gladiuk scored the only goal just 3:07 into the 1^st period. The Falcons then cruised to a 6-1 victory on Jan. 22. Gladiuk had a hat trick, to go along with two goals by French.

McDonald Adds to Shorthanded Tally: Junior Andrew McDonald scored a shorthanded goal last Saturday against RIT. That was Bentley's 5^th of the season already, all scored by different players. That's tied for the most nationally, with Boston University.

Statistical Leaders: Through 7 games, French leads the team with 8 points, and also leads the squad with 6 assists. Defenseman Alexey Solovyev leads the squad with 4 goals, after he began the season with a goal in four straight games. A pair of freshmen, Jonathan Desbiens and Jake Kauppila are both 2^nd on the team with 5 points. Desbiens has 3 goals and 2 assists, and Kauppila 1 goal and 4 assists.

Up Next: Bentley will again have the weekend off after this midweek series. They return to the ice on Friday, Nov. 18 at the JAR to open a weekend series with Mercyhurst. It will be the only series of the season between the two teams.