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Women's Hockey Preview: Providence and Northeastern
January 28, 2011 | Women's Hockey
Jan. 28, 2011
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The eighth-ranked Boston College Eagles will face the ninth-ranked Providence at home on Friday, January 28 in a 7:00 p.m. contest. The Friars lead the all-time series 33-9-2. The Eagles will also host the Northeastern Huskies on Sunday, January 30 at 2:00 p.m. The Huskies lead the series 32-17-3, but the Eagles have won the first two match-ups this season.
LAST TIME vs. PROVIDENCE (January 21, 2011)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Boston College women's hockey team dropped a game to No. 9 Providence, 3-1, on Friday at Schneider Arena. The No. 7 Eagles are now 14-5-4 and 8-3-2 in Hockey East, while Providence improved to 16-8-1 and 7-5-1.
Providence junior goalkeeper stole the show as Genevieve Lacasse stopped a season-high 52 shots.
Boston College took a 1-0 lead when Kelli Stack scored at 12:24 in the second period. It was Stack's 24th goal of the season. Just six minutes later Providence scored on a power play. It was
Providence took the lead just 25 seconds into the third period when Rebecca Morse beat BC goalie Molly Schaus (28 saves). Providence scored again at 19:31 in the game for the win. The Eagles had a number of chances to tie the game in the third period. BC fired 33 shots at the goal in the final stanza.
LAST TIME vs. NORTHEASTERN (January 16, 2011)
BOSTON, Mass. - The Boston College women's hockey team took home a definitive 4-1 win at Northeastern on Sunday, January 16 to collect two more Hockey East conference points.
Kelli Stack lit the lamp for BC at 17:53 in the second period during a power play with assists from defensive duo Blake Bolden and Katelyn Kurth. Mary Restuccia followed with a tally from Ashley Motherwell and Dru Burns at 7:08 in the final frame. Bolden put the puck between the pipes less than 30 seconds later at 7:41, assisted by Restuccia and Stack.
Northeastern responded with a shorthanded goal in the fifteenth minute but Burns and Melissa Bizzari fed Danielle Doherty a pass she was able to slip past Huskies' goaltender Florence Schelling at 15:38 to end the game with a 4-1 score.
Molly Schaus saved a season-high 31 shots.
SKATING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER
On Sunday, January 30, the Boston College women's hockey team will participate in the Fifth Annual Women's Hockey East "Skating Strides Against Breast Cancer" event.
In the spring of 2006, the WHEA Coaches collectively decided to come up with an event that would not only increase awareness in their sport and our conference, but also give the student-athletes a chance to give something back to the communities in which they study and play hockey. Thus "Skating Strides" was born - raising both awareness and dollars in the fight against breast cancer. WHEA's inaugural Skating Strides 2007 raised over $20,000. The second annual event expanded to six games and raised over $36,000. In the first four years of the event, Hockey East has collectively raised over $114,000 for breast cancer charities, while at the same time increased attendance at women's hockey games.
All proceeds are split between the local breast cancer charities, which for Boston College is the Friends of Mel's . Checks made out ahead of time can be made payable to "Friends of Mel" or "WHEA Skating Strides."
BLISTERING PACE
Kelli Stack, who has 39 points - 24 goals, 15 assists - is the top goal scorer in Hockey East and nationally is ranked second in goals per game (1.09) and 11th in points per game (1.77). She returned to the Heights this season after competing with the U.S. Women's team in the Vancouver Winter Olympics last year, where she won a silver medal.
She has tallied at least one point in 19 games, including 12 multiple-point efforts. Three of those games have been three-point contests and on December 5 against Harvard, Stack tallied a four-point game with three goals and an assist.
No stranger to accolades, this season she has twice won Hockey East Player of the Week in November (Nov. 1, 22) and been named Hockey East Player of the Month for October and November.
BROKEN RECORDS RACE
As Stack continues to rack up the points, she inches closer to breaking several records. Here's a look at how close she is to making even more history here at the Heights.
Single Season Goals:
-Record holder Erin Magee: 95-96, 27 games played, 39 goals
-Stack: 10-11, 22 games played, 24 goals
Career Goals:
-Record holder Erin Magee: 95-99, 117 games played, 116 goals
-Stack: 06-11, 127 games played, 86 goals
Single Season Points:
-Record holder Erin Magee: 95-96, 27 games played, 64 points
-Stack: 10-11, 22 games played, 39 points
Career Points:
-Record holder Erin Magee: 95-99, 117 games played, 198 points
-Stack: 06-11, 127 games played, 189 points
