First-Ever Meetings With Merrimack on Deck

#1 Boston College (21-0-0, 14-0-0 HEA) at Merrimack (3-19-1, 2-11-1 HEA)
Friday, January 15, 2016 | 7 p.m.
Lawler Rink | North Andover, Mass.

Merrimack at #1 Boston College
Saturday, January 16, 2016 | 2 p.m.
Kelley Rink at Conte Forum | Chestnut Hill, Mass.

WEEKEND HEADLINES

Saturday's home game is the team's annual Skating Strides game for breast cancer awareness, and will be followed by Skate with the Eagles | MORE INFO
BC is ranked second nationally in scoring (5.48 gpg) and fourth nationally in scoring defense (1.29 gapg)
Alex Carpenter (27-23-50) is second in the nation in points and leads the country points per game (2.38), while Haley Skarupa is fourth in points (18-25-43) and sixth in points per game (2.05)
BC players have posted back-to-back four-goal efforts after no Eagles player had accomplished that feat in 16 seasons: Alex Carpenter posted four goals at Syracuse on Dec. 10, while Haley Skarupa did so in BC's last game at BU last Saturday.
Megan Keller is the nation's leading scorer among defenseman with 24 points (7-17-24) ... her eight power-play assists are the second-highest total among all players nationally
BC is 10-0-0 on the road this season, has out-scored its hosts 56-10 and has posted four of its seven shutouts away from home

BC AGAINST MERRIMACK

This weekend's games will be the first-ever contests between the two schools
Merrimack will be the Eagles' first brand-new opponent on their schedule since the 2009-10 season when Syracuse came on to the slate for the first time.

TRIVIGNO LATEST TO BREAK INTO TOP 10
Dana Trivigno became the latest Eagle join the program's top 10 scoring chart ... she enters this weekend ranked No. 10 in career scoring at The Heights with 114 career points, leapfrogging Mary Restuccia '12 (113 points) into 10th place with her three-assist effort in the Eagles' 4-3 win at Boston University last Saturday ... earlier this season, she also reached another career milestone against the Terriers as her first-period goal on Nov. 10 against BU was her 100th career point ... she was the 12th player in BC history to reach the 100-point plateau ... Trivigno is the third player of the Class of '16 to reach 100 points and be ranked in the top 10 in career scoring.

ROAD WARRIORS
Boston College is a perfect 10-0-0 away from home this season, winning away contests at No. 9 Cornell (twice), UConn, Boston University (twice), New Hampshire, No. 4 Northeastern, Maine (twice) and Syracuse ... in BC's 10 road games, the Eagles have out-scored their hosts 56-10 and have posted four shutouts (Cornell, UConn, UNH, Maine) ... BC's last road loss was a 3-2 defeat at No. 4 Harvard in the championship game of the 2015 Beanpot ... BC is 23-1-2 in away games since the start of the 2014-15 season.

FINALLY GETTING SOME HOME COOKING ...
Saturday's game against Merrimack will be the Eagles' first home game since Nov. 25 - a span of seven weeks and six away games ... while BC is 10-0-0 on the road this year, the Eagles are 11-0-0 at home.

... BUT NOT MUCH THIS SEMESTER
After playing 11 of their first 16 games at Kelley Rink, BC is playing 13 of 18 on the road to close the regular season ... outside of any postseason games, the Eagles have just five home games in Chestnut Hill remaining on the schedule, but eight road/neutral games.

HOCKEY EAST'S HONORED EAGLES
On Monday, Haley Skarupa was named Hockey East co-player of the week after her four-goal effort at BU last Saturday ... it was her second weekly conference honor this season and her second in as many BC games ... Skarupa's honor was the Eagles' 16th weekly honor from Hockey East this season ... at least one Eagle has been honored every week of the season the team has played, except one(Nov. 2) ... BC has also picked up four monthly honors, with at least one nod each month (Oct., Nov., Dec.).

STREAK'S STILL STRONG IN HOCKEY EAST
BC enters the weekend riding a 39-game undefeated streak in regular-season conference play that dates back to the 2013-14 season ... the Eagles' last loss in league play was Feb. 8, 2014, a 2-0 setback at Connecticut ... since that loss, BC is 38-0-1 in regular-season action, including last year's 20-0-1 season ... since the start of the 2012-13 season (the majority of the senior class' freshman year), BC is 69-4-4 in regular-season conference games.

TIP OF THE HAT
BC players have recorded seven hat tricks this season ... Alex Carpenter (4), Haley Skarupa (2) and Makenna Newkirk (1) have all potted three goals in a game this season ... the Eagles' seven hat tricks this year is the team's highest total since the 1997-98 season when they had eight (after also having eight in 1994-95) ... the program record for hat tricks in a season is 10 in 1995-96.

MOVERS & SHAKERS IN BC HOCKEY HISTORY
Both Alex Carpenter and Haley Skarupa are not only making waves on the BC women's hockey records, but they're also having an impact on BC's overall hockey scoring records ... Carpenter now holds school's overall scoring record - men or women - in BC hockey history with 240 points, passing David Emma '91 (239 points) last Saturday ... Skarupa enters the weekend in seventh place overall, and is just one of seven players who have scored at least 200 career points ... Carpenter is now six goals back of the school's all-time goal scoring record (Brian Gionta '01 - 123 goals), and seven assists shy of the all-time assist record (Mike Mottau - 130 assists).

EAGLES CROWD TOP OF HOCKEY EAST SCORING
BC claims the top two of the top three scorers in Hockey East (league games only) this season, as Haley Skarupa (16-12-28) and Alex Carpenter (10-18-28) are tied for second behind Kendall Coyne (19-14-33) ... additionally, 7 of the top 15 scorers hail from The Heights ... Dana Trivigno (3-15-18) is eighth in scoring, while Kristyn Capizzano (5-12-17) is ninth ... Andie Anastos (6-9-15) and Megan Keller (3-12-15) are all tied for 10th, while Kenzie Kent (7-6-13) is tied for 15th ... Skarupa's 16 goals are second in HEA behind Northeastern's Kendall Coyne (19), while Carpenter's 18 assists lead the league.

HEA CAREER SCORING TITLE WILL BE RACE TO THE FINISH
The Hockey East (only) career scoring chase will stay hot all winter as two current players have traded the lead in recent weeks ... entering the weekend, the HEA career scoring race looks likes this:

       Player, School              Gms. G     A POINTS Gms Left
   1. Kendall Coyne, NU           70    80   65   145 9
   2. Alex Carpenter, BC 75    67   70   137 10
   3. Kelli Stack '11, BC 84    68   65   133 --
   4. Jenn Wakefield '12, BU/UNH 73 71 50 121 --
   5. Haley Skarupa, BC           68    63   57   120 10

Earlier this season, Carpenter broke Stack's HEA career scoring record when she reached 134 points first on Dec. 5 at Maine, then extended the lead the next night ... however, Coyne has played four HEA games, adding 11 points (6-5-11) while BC has played just one league contest ... Northeastern has nine Hockey East games remaining this season, while Boston College has 10.

SKARUPA WILL ALSO HAVE A PLACE AMONG THE TOP
In addition to Alex Carpenter and Northeastern's Kendall Coyne's season-long battle for the conference's career scoring title, BC's Haley Skarupa is also poised to make a major move up the league's career charts ... she is currently ranked fifth in career scoring with 120 points, just 13 points back of third-place Kelli Stack '11 (133 pts.).

HEA CAREER GOALS, ASSISTS FINISHES ALSO UP FOR GRABS
In addition to the Hockey East career scoring marks being contested this year, both Alex Carpenter and Haley Skarupa have shots to finish in the Top 3 in career goals and assists ... entering the weekend, the career charts stand as follows:

       Player, School                  Gms.   GOALS Gms Left
   1. Kendall Coyne, NU               70 80 9
   2. Jenn Wakefield '12, BU/UNH 73 71 --
   3. Kelli Stack '11, BC 84 68 --
   4. Alex Carpenter, BC 75 67 10
   5. Haley Skarupa, BC               68 63 10

       Player, School                  Gms. ASSISTS Gms Left
   1. Sam Faber '09, UNH 80 73 --
   2. Alex Carpenter, BC 75 70 10
   3. Kendall Coyne, NU               70 65 9
       Kelli Stack '11, BC 84 65 --
   5. Lindsay Hansen '06, UNH 75 63 --
   6. Sadie Wright-Ward '10, UNH 79 60 --
       Kelly Paton '10, UNH            82 60 --
   8. Haley Skarupa, BC               68 57 10

First-Ever Meetings With Merrimack on Deck

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Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Kristyn Capizzano

Alex Carpenter

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Makenna Newkirk

Haley Skarupa

Dana Trivigno

First-Ever Meetings With Merrimack on Deck

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Kristyn Capizzano

Alex Carpenter

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Makenna Newkirk

Haley Skarupa

Dana Trivigno

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