Women's Hockey Preview: Harvard
December 03, 2010 | Women's Hockey
Dec. 3, 2010
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -
DROPPING THE PUCK
The sixth-ranked Boston College Eagles will host the Harvard Crimson on Sunday, December 5 in a 2:00 p.m. contest. The Crimson lead the all-time series 23-4-0.
LAST TIME vs. HARVARD (February 2, 2010)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Boston College women's hockey team lost to Harvard 5-0 at the Bright Hockey Center in Cambridge, Mass.
The first period started with a great deal of energy and excitement as each team fought to grab the ever important first goal of the contest. The Crimson skaters took control early with consistent pressure in the Eagles' zone to start the game. BC managed to stand strong in their defensive end, blocking shot after shot before they could reach the BC goalie and pushing the puck up ice to start an attack of their own.
Both Harvard goalie Laura Bellamy and BC netminder Corinne Boyles were up to the task of aiding their teams, as the two nets remained empty for the duration of the period with the Crimson holding a 13-6 lead in shots.
The two teams continued to battle evenly with one another through the second period as well with neither team managing to gain an edge. Not until the 18:26 mark of the second period did a team find the back of the net as Liza Ryabkina snuck a power-play goal by Boyles to give the Crimson a 1-0 lead.
Harvard would add to their total in the third, notching another four tallies to finish the game 5-0. Goalie Corinne Boyles made a career high 46 saves on the night as Harvard outshot BC 51-15.
LAST WEEK
On November 24 the Eagles hosted Dartmouth and took home a 4-2 victory the night before Thanksgiving. The Eagles came out on a mission, scoring three goals before the end of the first frame. Melissa Bizzari made the first mark, nailing a shot at 4:43 from Meagan Mangene and Caitlin Walsh. Kelli Stack followed with two more goals, first at
6:07 with assists from Bizzari and Alison Szlosek and again at 19:03 from Dru Burns and Mangene to close out the opening period with a resounding 3-0 start.
The Big Green responded at 15:12 in the second, recording a late period tally to get on the board and narrow the score to 3-1. Taylor Wasylk added another insurance goal at 14:08 in the third, off passing from Mary Restuccia and Ashley Motherwell. The Big Green scored its second goal of the game with under a minute left, but it was not enough to snatch a win away from the Eagles. BC earned another victory on Sunday at New Hampshire, scoring three goals in the last three minutes of the game for a 3-1 Hockey East win. Kelli Stack scored her first at 17:12 in the final frame, with an assist from Meagan Mangene. Forty-six seconds later at 17:58 Stack scored again to take a 2-1 lead over the Wildcats, this time assisted by Danielle Welch.
Then with five seconds left in the contest, Mary Restuccia added a final tally from Katelyn Kurth to finish the game ahead 3-1. BC outshot New Hampshire 40-13, with an impressive 23 in the third period alone.
Molly Schaus picked up her ninth and tenth wins with 27 saves and 12 saves, respectively.
PLAYER OF THE MONTH. . . AGAIN!
For the second consecutive month, Kelli Stack was named Pure Hockey Player of the Month for November. Stack finished the month with 12 points on nine goals and three assists. Overall, Stack has 28 points on 18 goals and 10 assists in 16 games.
This is Stack's fourth league award this season. She was named Player of the Week twice in November (11/1 and 11/22) and received the October Player of the Month honor as well.
Stack continues to lead the offense as she has all season with the most goals (18) and points (28). She is also second in assists (10). She scored points in six of the eight November games, including five multi-point efforts.
Nationally, she is ranked second in Power Play Goals and Game Winning Goals as well as fifth in Goals Per Game. She leads the Hockey East conference in almost every category, including Points and Goals. .
