Boston College Athletics
Women's Hockey Preview: Maine
January 06, 2011 | Women's Hockey
Jan. 6, 2011
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -
The sixth-ranked Boston College Eagles will travel to Orono to take on the Maine Black Bears on Saturday, January 8 at 7:00 p.m. BC leads the all-time series 19-13-5.
LAST TIME vs. MAINE (February 13, 2010)
ORONO, Maine - The Boston College women's hockey team defeated Maine, 4-1 at the Alfond Sports Arena in Orono, Maine.
Maine would grab the initial edge in the contest as the Black Bears managed to net a goal at 8:08 of the first, but the Eagles would come soaring back in the second period.
Caitlin Walsh notched her sixth goal of the season at 3:04 of the middle frame off assists from Mary Restuccia and Ashley Motherwell. Allie Thunstrom tallied the go ahead goal just less than four minutes later thanks to Kristina Brown's fifth assist of the season.
Restuccia scored a late goal at 19:41 of the second period with Motherwell tallying her second assist on the day and Alison Szlosek adding her seventh assist of the year. Restuccia later put home a short-handed, empty net score at 3:29 of the third period to seal the victory for the Eagles. Goalie Kiera Kingston made 36 saves.
EARLIER THIS WEEK
The Eagles started the New Year with a solid 3-1 win at Yale on Monday, January 3. Blake Bolden scored first for the Eagles, pushing the puck between the pipes at 3:09 in the first period. Kelli Stack assisted on the goal.
Danielle Welch followed with an early second period goal off a pass from Mary Restuccia at 1:16. Yale narrowed the gap soon after at 2:56 to end the middle frame down 2-1.
The Eagles tallied the final score in the last minute of the final frame to secure a 3-1 win as Taylor Wasylk netted a pass from Stack.
BC outshot Yale 52-18 and Molly Schaus stopped 17 shots in her return to goal for the Eagles.
HOCKEY FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Five members of the Boston College women's ice hockey team participated in the USA Hockey Women's Holiday Camp in Blaine, Minn. from December 26-31 to try out for the National Team.
Seniors Kelli Stack and Molly Schaus, sophomore Blake Bolden, and freshmen Meagan Mangene and Taylor Wasylk were among the 40 players tried out for the National Team.
Stack and Schaus are veterans of the camp, having been invited and named to the National Team in 2007, 2008, and 2009 as well. Last year they participated in the Qwest Tour that led them to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, where they won silver medals.
It was the first invitation for Bolden, Mangene, and Wasylk.
In other USA Hockey news, four incoming players were named to the U.S. Women's National U-18 Team. Alex Carpenter, Emily Field, Megan Miller, and Emily Pfalzer traveled to Stockholm, Sweden this month for the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's U18 Championship. Team USA has dominated the playing field so far, defeating Sweden twice, the Czech Republic, and Japan.
BLISTERING PACE
Kelli Stack, who has 34 points - 21 goals, 13 assists - is the top points and goals scorer in Hockey East and nationally is ranked first in goals per game (1.17) and eighth in points per game (1.89). 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 15 games, including 10 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.
