MATCHUP: The Bentley University hockey team is set to take on American International in a home and home series this weekend. Friday's game will be at Bentley Arena with a 5:05 pm start, and the series shifts to Springfield and the Mass Mutual Center for Saturday's game at 1:05 pm.

The Falcons were last in action on Dec. 9 when they dropped a close game at Holy Cross in overtime, 4-3, but still earned a point in the standings. AIC played on Tuesday night at recorded a 4-1 win over Army West Point.

FOLLOW THE GAMES: Fans can follow Bentley hockey in a number of ways this season.

The first way is to sign up for FloHockey.TV, either a monthly package ($29.99) or a yearlong package ($150). That will give fans access to every game, home and away. Games can be watched live or on demand.

There are a number of ways to watch on FloHockey.

• Streaming on your desktop, or mobile device by downloading the FloHockey App.
• Stream the games using Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast, and Apple TV.
• Cast to your Smart TV. Supported brands include Vizio, Samsung and LG

Fans can also follow the game action and get exclusive content on social media.

Twitter: @BentleyHockey

Instagram: @BentleyHockey

Live stats for this weekend's games can be found on the Bentley hockey team's schedule page: https://bentleyfalcons.com/sports/mice/2020-21/schedule

LAST TIME OUT: Bentley battled with Holy Cross at the Hart Center in Worcester, but dropped a 4-3 decision in overtime. Junior Jakov Novak scored two goals, and team captain Charlie Marchand lit the lamp as well.

The Falcons led 1-0 after the first period, but Holy Cross started the 2^nd period with three goals over the first 10:52 of the period to take a 3-1 lead. Bentley though fought back, and goals by Marchand at 12:39 and Novak at 17:50 tied the game 3-3 going into the 3^rd period. Neither team scored in the final 20 minutes to send the game to OT, where Holy Cross secured the two points with a goal by Logan Ferguson 46 seconds into the extra session.

SERIES HISTORY: Friday's game will be the 70^th all-time meeting between Bentley and AIC. That makes the Yellow Jackets the opponent Bentley has played the 5^th most times in its history, behind Army (75 games), Sacred Heart (75), Holy Cross (73) and Canisius (71).

Bentley leads the all-time series over AIC 30-25-14. The first ever meeting between the two schools came in the 1980-81 season, a 5-4 Bentley win.

If there is one trend in this series, it's that the games are close. In 12 of the last 15 meetings, the game has either been a tie or decided by one goal.

MILESTONES AHEAD: Two members of the Bentley hockey program are approaching career milestones. Senior center Luke Santerno is 7 points away from 100 for his career, which would make him the 12^th player in program's Division I history to reach that milestone.

Head coach Ryan Soderquist, also the program's all-time leader in points with 173, is two wins away from 250 for his career.

UP NEXT: Bentley's next games will be in 2021. They are scheduled to take on Long Island University on January 2-3 for the first ever meetings between the two programs.