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Photo by: John Quackenbos
Round 1 of Battle of Comm. Ave. Goes to BC
November 07, 2015 | Women's Hockey
Eagles claim an 8-1 win over Boston University on Saturday afternoon
BOSTON – After surrendering its first power-play goal of the season early in the first period, the No. 2 Boston College women's hockey team scored eight unanswered goals to secure an 8-1 win on the road against Boston University on Saturday afternoon.
Alex Carpenter registered five points – one goal, four assists – and factored in five of the Eagles' final six goals as she claimed the BC career assist record, finishing the game with 113 career helpers. Freshman Makenna Newkirk recorded her first career hat trick in the win, scoring BC's final three goals.
Katie Burt saw her 201:12 shutout streak snapped at 6:03 of the first period, but moved to 10-0-0 on the season with her 20-save performance in goal.
Boston College (11-0-0, 5-0-0 HEA) is now undefeated against Boston University (6-5-0, 4-2-0 HEA) in its last 10 regular-season meetings dating back to the 2012-13 season.
#2 Boston College 8, Boston University 1
Walter Brown Arena // Boston, Mass.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
BC HIGHLIGHTS
QUOTABLES
Head coach Katie Crowley
"I thought our kids played really well today, especially after giving up the first goal. We responded well after that and they didn't let that affect them. I thought, overall, it was a great game. Our offense was going on all cylinders. We moved pucks well, shot pucks well, our D-zone was great – Kaliya Johnson was really great today, which doesn't show up on the scoresheet."
"Makenna Newkirk was able to put pucks home. We've been talking about when you get the opportunities to bury the puck, to do it, and there weren't too many opportunities that I can think of that we weren't able to capitalize on. One thing we talked about this week was capitalizing on our opportunities against this team, and I thought our kids did a great job in that today."
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME NOTES
TEAM RECORDS
Boston College: 11-0-0, 5-0-0 HEA
Boston University: 6-5-0, 4-2-0 HEA
UP NEXT
The Eagles and Terriers are set to meet again in the back end of the home-and-home series on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Faceoff is set for 7 p.m. at Kelley Rink. A live stream of the game will be available on bceagles.tv.
Alex Carpenter registered five points – one goal, four assists – and factored in five of the Eagles' final six goals as she claimed the BC career assist record, finishing the game with 113 career helpers. Freshman Makenna Newkirk recorded her first career hat trick in the win, scoring BC's final three goals.
Katie Burt saw her 201:12 shutout streak snapped at 6:03 of the first period, but moved to 10-0-0 on the season with her 20-save performance in goal.
Boston College (11-0-0, 5-0-0 HEA) is now undefeated against Boston University (6-5-0, 4-2-0 HEA) in its last 10 regular-season meetings dating back to the 2012-13 season.
#2 Boston College 8, Boston University 1
Walter Brown Arena // Boston, Mass.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Boston College scored eight goals tonight, matching its single-game high this season … it was the most goals BC has scored against BU since the Terriers became a Division 1 program in 2005-06
- Alex Carpenter recorded her second five-point game of the season with one goal and four assists, claiming the BC career assist record in the process
- Makenna Newkirk collected her first career hat trick, with all of her goals coming in the third period
- Dana Trivigno recorded three assists to push her career scoring total to 99 points
- Defensemen Lexi Bender (one goal, one assist) and Megan Keller (two assists) also recorded multiple points today
- The Eagles scored a pair of shorthanded goals for the second time in five games and scored a power-play goal for the sixth straight game
QUOTABLES
Head coach Katie Crowley
"I thought our kids played really well today, especially after giving up the first goal. We responded well after that and they didn't let that affect them. I thought, overall, it was a great game. Our offense was going on all cylinders. We moved pucks well, shot pucks well, our D-zone was great – Kaliya Johnson was really great today, which doesn't show up on the scoresheet."
"Makenna Newkirk was able to put pucks home. We've been talking about when you get the opportunities to bury the puck, to do it, and there weren't too many opportunities that I can think of that we weren't able to capitalize on. One thing we talked about this week was capitalizing on our opportunities against this team, and I thought our kids did a great job in that today."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- 1st, 6:03 // 0-1 – BU GOAL (PPG): BC couldn't clear the zone and BU's Samantha Sutherland pulled it off the boards, turned and skated toward goal. She found Jordan Juron at the edge of the far face-off circle. Juron got a shot off, but Katie Burt's save trickled out into the crease where Sammy Davis pounced and poked it past Burt for the 1-0 Terrier lead – and the first power-play goal allowed by BC this season.
- 1st, 16:58 // 1-1 – BC GOAL: After BU poked the puck out of its zone, Tori Sullivan picked up the loose puck near center ice and fed Kali Flanagan behind her own blue line. The defenseman skated in through the neutral zone, gained the Terriers blue line and sent a wrist shot in from two strides in which deflected off a Terrier stick, beating Erin O'Neil high on her glove side.
- 1st, 18:26 // 2-1 – BC GOAL: In her own end, Kristyn Capizzano pushed the puck ahead to an on-rushing Dana Trivigno, who skated into the neutral zone. Trivigno banked the puck off the boards to gain the blue line and get around a BU defender, then found Lexi Bender trailing the play for the one-timer past O'Neil.
- 2nd, 14:15 // 3-1 – BC GOAL: The Eagles controlled the face-off of Andie Anastos' win, and Alex Carpenter pushed the puck back to the point. Kali Flanagan returned the puck to Carpenter skating across the circle and Carpenter flicked the puck across to Tori Sullivan, who pulled down the deflected pass and pushed it over to Anastos at the doorstep for the 3-1 lead.
- 2nd, 19:59 // 4-1 – BC GOAL (SHG): BC went into the second intermission with momentum after Haley Skarupa scored her first shorthanded goal of the year. BU tried to dump the puck into the zone on the power play, but Lexi Bender intercepted and fed Skarupa in the Terriers' zone. Skarupa laid it off for Carpenter coming down the left wing, and the Carpenter returned the favor, setting up Skarupa for the open shot after O'Neil and the Terrier defender committed on her.
- 3rd, 00:48 // 5-1 – BC GOAL (SHG): As the BU power play that Haley Skarupa scored on to close the second period continued into the third, Megan Keller cleared the puck out of the Eagles' zone, finding Alex Carpenter along the board at the point. Carpenter turned and skated into the BU zone along the left wall, curled inside with Skarupa coming down the right wing, and released a wrist shot up over Erin O'Neil's stick side shoulder for the Eagles' second shorthanded goal of the game.
- 3rd, 1:44 // 6-1 – BC GOAL (PPG): On their own power play, Dana Trivigno took a pass from he point down below the circle and tried for a shot from close range. Her effort kicked out and in front, where Makenna Newkirk was there on the doorstep. She turned and curled the puck in under Erin O'Neil as she fell to the ground and Andie Anastos crashed in.
- 3rd, 7:12 // 7-1 – BC GOAL: Toni Ann Miano dumped the puck into the Terrier zone and BU tried to clear, but the defenseman's effort was broken up by Alex Carpenter. The puck fell to Makenna Newkirk coming in behind Carpenter, and the freshman's wrister from the slot beat Erin O'Neil for the 7-1 lead.
- 3rd, 16:46 // 8-1 – BC GOAL: BC broke out of the zone and Alex Carpenter played Makenna Newkirk ahead up the near boards. The freshman broke into the Terriers zone and tried to cut inside, but the puck was intercepted by a BU defensemen. Carpenter continued the forecheck, regained control and then skated down low where she threaded a pass through the crease as Newkirk rushed in, re-directing the puck behind Erin O'Neil for the final goal.
GAME NOTES
- Boston College's eight goals against BU marked the most the Eagles have scored against the Terriers since BU elevated to Division 1 status ahead of the 2005-06 season
- Makenna Newkirk collected her first career hat trick with three straight goals to close the Eagles' scoring in the third period.
- Makenna Newkirk is the first freshman to record a hat trick since Dana Trivigno recorded three goals against Maine on Dec. 1, 2012 in a 10-0 win, one day after fellow freshman Haley Skarupa had a hat trick in a 7-2 win over the Black Bears on Nov. 30, 2012
- Makenna Newkirk now has nine goals on the season and is second on the team in goals overall … her three goals pushed her into the national lead for freshman goal, passing BU's Sammy Davis who finished the day with eight
- Alex Carpenter recorded her second five-point game of the season and the fifth game with five or more points in her career
- With her four assists, Alex Carpenter pushed her career total to 113 and claimed the BC career assist record, moving past Kelli Stack '11, who had 111 in her career … Carpenter now holds the BC career points, assists and game-winning goal records
- Dana Trivigno's three assists represented her third career three-assist effort and first since Oct. 31, 2014
- Dana Trivigno's three assists pushed her career total to 57 and her career point total to 99 … she is now one point shy of becoming the 12th player in BC history to reach the 100-point mark
- Kristyn Capizzano has now recorded one point in each of the last four games … she now has 10 points on the season, from three goals and seven assists
- Lexi Bender moved into a tie for second place on the BC defenseman career assist chart, collecting her 56th and 57th career assists today … she is now tied with Carroll McCaffrey '99, who also had 57 … Emily Pfalzer '15 is the Eagles' career assist leader among defensemen, recording 79 in her time at The Heights
- Lexi Bender also claimed fourth place to herself on the BC defenseman career scoring chart, moving to 73 points from 16 goals and 57 points … she is now nine points back of third-place Blake Bolden '13 (26-56-82)
- Haley Skarupa recorded a goal in her fourth straight game, pushing her season total to seven … she claimed sole possession of fourth place on the BC career goal scoring chart with 87 goals, and is now 11 back of third-place Kelli Stack '11 (98 goals)
- Haley Skarupa's shorthanded goal was her 10th of her career … she is third on the BC career chart, behind Allie Thunstrom '10 (12) and Kelli Stack '11 (11).
- Alex Carpenter's shorthanded goal was her second of the season and eighth of her career … she is fourth on the BC career chart
- Freshman Kathleen McNamara made first her first-ever collegiate appearance today
- The Eagles have scored at least four goals in all 11 games this season, averaging 5.45 goals per game – third in the nation
- Sammy Davis' first-period power-play goal marked several firsts against the Eagles this year: first time and opponent scored first in a game, it was the first goal the Eagles allowed in the first period this year and it was the team's first power-play goal allowed this season
- BU's first-period goal marked the first time BC trailed all season … the Eagles were behind BU for 10:55 before knotting the score through Kali Flanagan's goal at 16:58
- BC's four goals in the third period marked the team's highest output in a period yet this season … the Eagles had scored three goals in a period six separate times earlier this season
- BC is undefeated against Boston University in the teams' last 10 regular-season meetings, going 8-0-2 since October 2012 … the Terriers' only two wins overall in that stretch have come in the 2014 and 2015 Hockey East Tournament championship games … BU's last in-season win against BC came at Kelley Rink on Oct. 5, 2012
- BC now has nine players with double-digit scoring totals this season: Alex Carpenter (28), Haley Skarupa (20), Makenna Newkirk (15), Megan Keller (14), Kali Flanagan (12), Andie Anastos (11), Lexi Bender (11), Kenzie Kent (11) and Kristyn Capizzano (10)
- BC went 1-for-2 on the power play, marking the ninth game in 11 this season they've scored with the man advantage
- The Eagles saw their season-opening run of successful penalty kills snapped in the first period … BC had killed off the first 35 opponent power-play attempts this season before the Terriers' PPG in the first period … now at 38-for-39 on the season, the Eagles still lead the nation with a 97.4 PK mark
- Boston College is now 4-0-0 on the road this season and has out-scored its opponents 26-2 in those four games
- The win extended the Eagles' program-best start to 11-0-0 … this is the deepest in a season BC has remained perfect in program history
- BC is now undefeated in its last 30 Hockey East conference games, dating back to the 2013-14 season … in this current run, the Eagles are 29-0-1 since a 2-0 loss at Connecticut on Feb. 8, 2014
TEAM RECORDS
Boston College: 11-0-0, 5-0-0 HEA
Boston University: 6-5-0, 4-2-0 HEA
UP NEXT
The Eagles and Terriers are set to meet again in the back end of the home-and-home series on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Faceoff is set for 7 p.m. at Kelley Rink. A live stream of the game will be available on bceagles.tv.
Team Stats
BC
BU
Shots
45
21
PPG
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SHG
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Penalties
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2
Penalty Mins
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4
Faceoffs Won
27
14
Game Leaders
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+5
Goals
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4
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4
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+2
Goals
3
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5
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+3
Goals
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Sh
2
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2
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+1
Goals
0
Sh
6
A
3
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