No. 5 Eagles Heads North for Two; Friday at UNH

No. 5 Boston College (2-1-1, 2-0-0 HEA) at New Hampshire (0-4-0, 0-1-0 HEA)
Friday, October 14 | 7 p.m. ET
Whittemore Center Arena, Durham, N.H.

EAGLES AGAINST THE WILDCATS
Series Notes

Friday's game is the first of three regular-season meetings scheduled this season ... the teams will play a home-and-home weekend on Nov. 11 (Durham, N.H.) and Nov. 12 (Chestnut Hill, Mass.)
Friday's meeting will be the 63rd all-time between BC and New Hampshire
The Wildcats hold a 39-18-5 advantage in the series, including a 19-8-3 mark in Durham
BC is 17-24-4 against UNH since Hockey East launched its women's league in 2002-03, including a 16-22-4 mark in regular-season action
The Eagles have won the teams' last nine meetings by a combined 50-7 score line, including five shutouts
Since the start of the 2010-11 season, BC is 14-2-2 against UNH
The Eagles' last loss home loss - in any game - came at the hands of the Wildcats on Oct. 16, 2013 ... BC has since gone undefeated in its last 54 games (53-0-1)at Kelley Rink, winning the last 48 contests
The teams' first-ever meeting came in the Eagles' inaugural varsity season of 1994-95, with UNH winning 8-1 at Kelley Rink
The Eagles' first win against UNH came on Nov. 5, 2005, when BC earned a 3-2 overtime win against the Wildcats
UNH's home rink – the Whittemore Center Arena – was the site of the Eagles' first-ever win in the NCAA Frozen Four when the team topped Clarkson in overtime last March. Two days later, BC faced Minnesota for the 2016 NCAA Championship, ultimately falling, 3-1

Player Notes

Kristyn Capizzano is the Eagles' active scoring leader against UNH, notching 13 points from 7 goals and 6 assists in 9 games ... she is tied for fifth all-time in scoring against New Hampshire and her 7 goals are third-most all-time
Capizzano had a still-career best 4 points (2 goals, 2 assists) in a game against UNH in the team's 2014 Hockey East Tournament quarterfinal game (Feb. 28, 2014)
Megan Keller collected the first of her 64 career assists in the Eagles' Oct. 19, 2014 meeting at UNH ... she also notched the first multiple-point game of her career against the Wildcats (Nov. 15, 2014)
Kenzie Kent scored the first goal of her BC career against New Hampshire (Oct. 19, 2014)
Makenna Newkirk registered her first-career three-assist game against UNH (Nov. 13, 2015)
Katie Burt is a perfect 5-0-0 all-time against UNH, and has yet to allow a goal to the Wildcats in almost 280 minutes of action ... she has posted four shutouts and also collected one of her three career assists at New Hampshire on Nov. 14, 2015
Burt's first career shutout came against UNH on Oct. 19, 2014
Gabri Switaj's career-best 22 saves came on Nov. 13, 2015 in a 6-1 win over New Hampshire

Coaching Notes

Katie Crowley is 15-10-3 in her career against New Hampshire

Crowley on Friday's Game

"I think UNH is going to be a good team. Their coach, Hillary Witt, really gets her team motivated to play and they have quite a few younger players from last year who are now sophomores and juniors and have a little experience under their belts. I think they're going to play a little bit harder, they're going to play a little bit more hungry and we're going to have to certainly be ready for them."

TOP-5 STREAK MAINTAINED

This week Boston College is again ranked No. 5 in both the USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls
This marks the 54rd straight USCHO poll that the Eagles have been ranked in the Top 5, the longest streak in program history
The Eagles were ranked No. 5 on Feb. 17, 2014 and have been in the Top 5 since then, including the final five polls of the 2013-14 season, all 23 polls in both 2014-15 and 2015-16 and all of this year's editions

HOCKEY EAST'S RECORD WIN MARK TO EXTEND?

The Eagles come into Friday's game riding a 51-game undefeated streak in regular-season league play that dates back to the 2013-14 season
The Eagles' last loss in regular-season HEA play was Feb. 8, 2014, a 2-0 setback at Connecticut
Since that loss, BC is 50-0-1 in regular-season action, including league marks of 20-0-1 in 2014-15 and 24-0-0 in 2015-16
BC's 26 straight wins in Hockey East play is also the conference's record for consecutive wins
Since the start of the 2012-13 season, BC is 81-4-4 in the HEA regular season

FRESHMEN MAKING YOU TAKE NOTICE

Boston College has played five of its seven freshmen in all four games, with strong results
Delaney Belinskas leads all Eagles - and is tied for third nationally among all players and first among freshmen - in goals with five
Caitrin Lonergan shares the team lead in points (3-2-5) with Belinskas, and is tied for second nationally among freshmen
Bridget McCarthy has two points (1g, 1a) in four games, while Kate Annese has one assist playing on the third or fouth lines
Caroline Ross has played all four games along the blue line

THE B-C-D LINE LEADS TO BOSTON COLLEGE

After captain Andie Anastos went off injured in the team's second game of the season at Minnesota Duluth on Oct. 1, head coach Katie Crowley pieced three freshmen together on a line
The trio of Bridget McCarthy - Caitrin Lonergan - Delaney Belinskas combined for two goals and an assist in the latter part of the third period
Crowley re-united the trio last weekend in the two-game series against Maine, and the B-C-D line combined for six goals and two assists in the sweep
In the team's second game, Belinskas and McCarthy combined for all five of the team's goals, while Lonergan had a pair of assists
CONTEXT: Three of the MBTA's subway/trolly lines - the B, C and D lines - are all routes to or through Boston College from downtown Boston

BELINSKAS PICKS UP WEEKLY NOD

Delaney Belinskas copped the Eagles' first weekly conference honor of the season this week
After her four-goal outing against Maine on Sunday, she drew Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week honors
It was the first conference honor of her career

DELANEY DOES THE RARE FEAT

Delaney Belinskas' four-goal effort against Maine on Sunday was a rarity for the Eagles
It was just the eighth time in program history that a player score four or more goals
It also marked the first time a BC freshman scored four goals in 21 years, since Erin Magee '99 did so on Jan. 7, 1996
Belinskas' four-goal day was the Eagles' third such game in the last 10 months after the team had gone 17 years without one
Alex Carpenter had four goals at Syracuse (12/10/15) and Haley Skarupa potted four at Boston University (1/9/16) last season, the first occasions since Jen Buckley '01 did so on Dec. 29, 1999

ANASTOS MAKING RUN FOR TOP-10

Andie Anastos comes into the weekend with 104 career points and sits in 12th place on the Eagles' career scoring chart
On Friday, Sept. 30, in the season opener, she collected two points to move into sole possession of 12th place after entering the season tied with Emily Pfalzer '15 with 102 points
Anastos is now 11 points back of 10th-place Laura Traynham '97, who finished her career with 125 points
Anastos was the 13th player in program history to break the 100-point plateau

EAGLES AMONG HOCKEY EAST'S ACTIVE CAREER SCORING LEADERS

Andie Anastos is Hockey East's active career scoring leader in conference games with 70 points (29g, 41a)
She sits atop all returning HEA players, ahead of Northeastern's duo of Denisa Krizova and Hayley Scamurra with 60 points each in league action
Megan Keller is tied for fifth with 50 points, while Kenzie Kent is seventh with 49 career points in HEA play and Kristyn Capizzano tied for 12th with 48

KELLER TO DON THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE

Megan Keller has been called in to the U.S. National Team for the 2016 Four Nations Cup, which will be played Nov. 1-5 in Finland
Keller is one of three collegians on the squad and is USA Hockey's youngest player on the tournament roster
She is one of six BC Eagles on the 23 player roster set to represent the U.S., joining Alex Carpenter '16, Emily Pfalzer '15, Haley Skarupa '16, Kelli Stack '11 and Dana Trivigno '16
Keller will join the national team on Oct. 28, and is expected to miss four games: Oct. 28 vs. UConn, Oct. 29 at UConn, Nov. 4 vs. BU and Nov. 5 at BU

WHAT'S A GOALIE TO DO TO GET SOME RESPECT?

Katie Burt is Hockey East's back-to-back Goaltending Champion, but has yet to be voted to the conference's All-Star First Team in either of her collegiate seasons
Burt has never lost a game in regular-season conference play, but was a second-team honoree as a freshman and honorable mention last year
She is now 39-0-1 in league play with a career GAA of 0.91 with a .952 save percentage and 16 conference shutouts - second most in league history with almost two full seasons left to play
Burt's 39 conference wins are just 13 shy of the league's record of 52, held by Melissa Bourdon, UNH '07
She has backed Hockey East's top defense the last two years and led the conference in GAA, wins, save percentage and shutouts in both of her collegiate seasons

BURT IMPACING NCAA CAREER MARKS ALREADY

Despite being just a junior, Katie Burt already appears in the NCAA career goaltender records
She is tied for 17th in career wins (67) – 13 wins back of the top 10 (BC's own Molly Schaus '11 with 80)
Additionally, she is ranked 12th on the career shutouts list with 23, just two back of the top 10 (25 by two players)
Three records she is not ranked in – because they are only determined once a player is done playing – are career winning percentage, GAA and save percentage
Burt's .913 career winning percentage (67-5-3) would be the NCAA record if her career ended today (current record: .897 by Minnesota's Amanda Leveille '16)
Also, her career 1.25 GAA would rank third in NCAA history, while her .939 career save percentage would rank ninth in NCAA history.

NATIONAL LEADERS JUST A WEEK IN

Several Eagles are among the national leaders just two weeks into the season
Delaney Belinskas is tied for third nationally in goals (5), a total that also leads all freshmen in the country ... Belinskas' three power-play goals are tops in the nation overall
Caitrin Lonergan is tied for second in freshman goals (3), and is tied for second - with Belinskas - for freshman points (5) ... Lonergan's two PPGs are tied for second nationally among all players
Belinskas and Lonergan are tied for third among freshmen in points per game (1.25)
Megan Keller is tied for fourth nationally in defenseman points (4) and defenseman points per game (1.00), while Kali Flanagan is tied for 12th (0.75)
Boston College's eight power-play goals lead the nation, as does its 36.4 power-play conversion ... BC's combined special teams mark of 63.6 percent is also tops nationally

UP NEXT

Following Friday's game at New Hampshire, the Eagles will continue north to Auburn, Maine, where they'll face Maine on Saturday, Oct. 15
Saturday's faceoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Norway Savings Bank Arena

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Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Kate Annese

Delaney Belinskas

Katie Burt

Kristyn Capizzano

Alex Carpenter

Kali Flanagan

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Caitrin Lonergan

Bridget McCarthy

Makenna Newkirk

Caroline Ross

Haley Skarupa

Gabri Switaj

Dana Trivigno