Tuesday, January 26
North Andover, Mass.
7:00 PM
Boston College
27-0-0, 19-0-0HEA
4
at
1
Merrimack
4-22-1, 2-14-1HEA
1
2
3
F
Boston College
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0
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4
Merrimack
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Newkirk’s goal, assist help pace No. 1 Eagles past Merrimack
January 26, 2016 | Women's Hockey
Women’s hockey completes season sweep against league newcomer
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Makenna Newkirk tallied one goal and one assist to help lead the No. 1 Boston College women's hockey team to a 4-1 road win at Merrimack on Tuesday night. Megan Keller collected a pair of assists, while Haley Skarupa, Kenzie Kent and Kristyn Capizzano each added single goals.
BC improved to 27-0-0 on the season and posted its 19th win in Hockey East play. Tonight's game – in which the Eagles out-shot the Warriors 56-15 – is the team's last contest before starting play in the 38th Beanpot next Tuesday night.
#1 Boston College 4, Merrimack 1
Lawler Rink, North Andover, Mass.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
BC HIGHLIGHTS
QUOTABLES
Boston College associate head coach Courtney Kennedy
"I thought our players had a lot of jump in their steps. Merrimack is a good, hard-working team. They're a great program and fun to battle with. Their whole team works hard and their goalie gives them a chance in every game."
"We've had a lot of games in the last two weeks so we're very impressed with our team and very proud of them and we're really excited to start play in the Beanpot next week. It means it's championship hockey time."
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME NOTES
THREE STARS
TEAM RECORDS
Boston College: 27-0-0, 19-0-0 HEA
Merrimack: 4-22-1, 2-14-1 HEA
UP NEXT
Boston College has the weekend off and will return to the ice next Tuesday, Feb. 2, when the team plays Harvard in the first round of the 38th Beanpot. Faceoff is set for 5 p.m. at Boston University's Walter Brown Arena. BU and Northeastern will face off in the other first-round game at 8 p.m.
BC improved to 27-0-0 on the season and posted its 19th win in Hockey East play. Tonight's game – in which the Eagles out-shot the Warriors 56-15 – is the team's last contest before starting play in the 38th Beanpot next Tuesday night.
#1 Boston College 4, Merrimack 1
Lawler Rink, North Andover, Mass.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Makenna Newkirk tallied one goal and one assist, including her 15th goal of the year – most by any freshman in the country
- Megan Keller notched two more assists, pushing her season total to 22 as she leads all defensemen nationally in scoring
- Katie Burt made 14 saves en route to her 21st win of the season
QUOTABLES
Boston College associate head coach Courtney Kennedy
"I thought our players had a lot of jump in their steps. Merrimack is a good, hard-working team. They're a great program and fun to battle with. Their whole team works hard and their goalie gives them a chance in every game."
"We've had a lot of games in the last two weeks so we're very impressed with our team and very proud of them and we're really excited to start play in the Beanpot next week. It means it's championship hockey time."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- 1st, 5:27 // 1-0 – BC GOAL: Kaliya Johnson started the play in the Eagles' zone, playing Makenna Newkirk up at the BC blue line. The freshman then connected with Haley Skarupa at the Merrimack blue line, and Skarupa skated around a Merrimack defender before launching a rising shot that beat Warriors goaltender Samantha Ridgewell for the 1-0 lead.
- 1st, 7:53 // 2-0 – BC GOAL (PPG): A Megan Keller blast from the point kicked around in the crease and Alex Carpenter got a stick on the puck, but Ridgewell pushed it wide where Kenzie Kent banged it home through a small opening between the post and the goaltender with :02 left on the man-advantage.
- 1st, 15:41 // 3-0 – BC GOAL: Andie Anastos came out of a scrum on the wall and skated deeper in the zone, finding Dana Trivigno in the high slot. Newkirk skated off the boards toward the edge of the circle, where Trivigno found her for the snapshot and a 3-0 lead.
- 2nd, 1:25 // 3-1 – MER GOAL (PPG): With :10 left on a Tori Sullivan penalty that carried over from the end of the first period, Felila Manu's shot from the blueline was deflected in off a BC player for a power-play goal to get the Warriors on the board.
- 3rd, 9:36 // 4-1 – BC GOAL: Megan Keller wound up to shoot from the blue line, but instead found Meghan Grieves in the slot. Ridgewell made the initial save on Grieves' shot, but the puck was loose and Capizzano jumped on the rebound and poked it in.
GAME NOTES
- This was BC's 27th straight win this season, extending the team's program-record winning streak
- The Eagles are now 13-0-0 on the road this season … BC has out-scored its hosts 64-11 this season
- BC is now 3-0-0 all-time against Merrimack, including 2-0-0 on the road in North Andover … the Eagles out-shot Merrimack 166-33 in the three games
- The second period – in which Merrimack held BC scoreless and tallied a power-play goal – is just the third period this season in which the Eagles were out-scored
- Makenna Newkirk notched her sixth multiple-point game of the season and her first since the Jan. 16 meeting at Kelley Rink between these two teams … she has 4 points (two goals, two assists) in last three games
- With her first-period goal tonight, Kenzie Kent scored her second goal in as many games and picked up her 16th point in the last 12 games
- Haley Skarupa scored her 22nd goal of the season in the first period … she has eight goals in the last seven games … she is one of six players nationally who has scored at least 20 goals this season
- Kristyn Capizzano's third-period goal was her sixth of the season and her first since Nov. 25 … it was also the 70th point of her career
- Dana Trivigno picked up her sixth point in the last three games with her assist on Makenna Newkirk's first-period goal
- Alex Carpenter recorded her 29th assist of the season on Kenzie Kent's power-play goal in the first period … it was her nation-leading 11th power-play assist of the season and pushed her national-best power-play point total to 18
- Megan Keller recorded her ninth multiple-point game of the season and her second in three games … she now has 31 points on the season to lead all defensemen nationally
- Keller's assist on Kenzie Kent's power-play goal in the first period was her 10th power-play assist of the season, which is tied for second in the nation
- Keller's pair of helpers gave her 42 on her career, moving her into seventh place on the BC defenseman career assist chart, leapfrogging Dru Burns' '13 (41)
- Kaliya Johnson collected an assist on Haley Skarupa's first-period goal, marking the second-straight game in which she picked up a point after a season-long seven-game pointless streak
- Meghan Grieves' assist on Kristyn Capizzano's third-period goal was her eighth of the season – pushing her career-best single-season assist total … it was her first assist since Dec. 6 at Maine
THREE STARS
- Makenna Newkirk, BC
- Megan Keller, BC
- Samantha Ridgewell, MC
TEAM RECORDS
Boston College: 27-0-0, 19-0-0 HEA
Merrimack: 4-22-1, 2-14-1 HEA
UP NEXT
Boston College has the weekend off and will return to the ice next Tuesday, Feb. 2, when the team plays Harvard in the first round of the 38th Beanpot. Faceoff is set for 5 p.m. at Boston University's Walter Brown Arena. BU and Northeastern will face off in the other first-round game at 8 p.m.
Team Stats
BC
MER
Shots
56
15
PPG
1
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
2
2
Penalty Mins
4
4
Faceoffs Won
23
23
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
+2
Goals
1
Sh
6
A
1
+/-
+3
Goals
0
Sh
5
A
2
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
6
A
0
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
5
A
0
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