First of Two This Week at Northeastern Comes Sunday

TOP-10 BATTLE ON DECK

Sunday's game will be the Eagles' third game against a ranked team so far this season as the Huskies come into the contest ranked No. 10 in both polls
BC is 1-0-1 against ranked teams this year after tying then-No. 3 Quinnipiac 0-0 at home and defeating the Bobcats in Hamden, Conn., 4-1, on Oct. 21-22
This will be the sixth-straight meeting between BC and Northeastern in which both programs are ranked, including all five contests in 2015-16

AGAINST NORTHEASTERN

Overall: 37-34-6
Home: 16-13-4
Away: 16-17-1
Neutral: 5-4-1
Hockey East: 29-11-0
HEA Tournament: 1-1-0
Beanpot: 7-4-1
NCAA: 1-0-0
Series Notes
- Sunday's game will be the first of three scheduled meetings this season, and the teams could also meet in the Beanpot in February
- Boston College is 37-34-6 all-time against Northeastern since elevating to Division I status for the 1995-95 season
- Last year, BC won all five meetings between the teams, including a 7-0 win in the Beanpot final and a 5-1 win in the NCAA Quarterfinals
- BC is 16-17-1 in games played at Matthews Arena and 16-15-4 in meetings at Kelley Rink ... the teams have met eight times on neutral ice, with BC leading 5-2-1 in those games
- Northeastern went 22-0-2 in the teams' first 24 meetings once BC became a D1 program ... the Eagles won their first-ever game against the Huskies on Feb. 4, 2003
- Since the launch of Hockey East in 2002-03, BC is 37-12-4 overall against Northeastern ... all of the Eagles' wins against NU have come in the HEA era
- BC has won the last 11 matches between the teams ... the Eagles are also undefeated in their last 11 home games (9-0-2) against NU
- BC and Northeastern have met in tournaments 15 times between the Beanpot and Hockey East Tournament
- BC is 7-4-1 against the Huskies in the Beanpot, 1-1-0 in the HEA Tournament and 1-0-0 in the NCAA Tournament
- The teams have met twice in the Hockey East Tournament, with the Eagles claiming the title in 2011 with a championship-game win over Northeastern ... in 2013, NU topped BC in the semifinals
Player Notes
- Megan Keller is the Eagles' active leading scorer against Northeastern ... in 8 career games, she's recorded 13 points on three goals and a team-high 10 assists
- Keller's first career three-point game (1-2-3) came against the Huskies on Jan. 10, 2015
- Last year, Keller notched eight points (1-7-8) in five meetings
- Andie Anastos ranks second with 12 points in 13 games (3 goals, 9 assists) ... Anastos is also a team-best +18 in her career against Northeastern ... in 2014-15, Anastos recorded at least one point in each of the teams' four meetings
- Kenzie Kent's 10 points in nine games is tied with Kristyn Capizzano's 10 points in 13 games for third on the team
- Kent's five goals are the team's active lead against NU
- Makenna Newkirk posted all six of her points in two games against the Huskies last year: 1-2-3 in the Beanpot final and 2-1-3 the following game at Kelley Rink
- Katie Burt is a perfect 7-0-0 against Northeastern, including a 1.29 GAA and a .950 save percentage ... her single-game high of 36 saves came in the teams' Nov. 28 meeting last year at Matthews Arena - a 6-1 BC win
Coaching
- Katie Crowley has a 28-5-3 career mark against the Huskies

LET'S NOT GET HOME SICK

After defeating New Hampshire, 7-1, last Saturday, the Eagles will not play another home game until after the new year - Jan. 4 to be exact
While BC will only play a total of four games between home contests, it will span seven-and-a-half weeks between games at Kelley Rink
The Eagles will play a pair at Northeastern (Nov. 20, 26) before rounding out 2016 at Providence (Dec. 3) and at Dartmouth (Dec. 7)
BC returns home on Jan. 4 against Syracuse

EAGLES STILL PACING HOCKEY EAST

Despite notching two league losses already - the team's most since 2013-14 when they had two in the 21-game season - Boston College is still pacing the league in almost every statistic, including the standings
After last Saturday's win, the Eagles now have an 8-2-0 record in league play and a conference-topping 16 points
In Hockey East games, BC is the conference's top scoring team (4.10 goals per game), has scored the most goals (41), is top defensive team (1.70 goals allowed per game), has the top power play (27.8 percent)and best net special teams (+13)
BC is also the only team in Hockey East ranked in every edition of both the USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls this season

LUCKY SEVENS

Boston College has gone 6-1-0 in its last seven games, with the lone loss coming at Boston University when the Terriers stormed back to claim a 5-3 win at Walter Brown Arena after entering the third period down 2-0
In the last seven games, BC has averaged 4.56 goals per game while surrendering just 1.71 goals per game

STREAKERS

Several Eagles enter Sunday's game with scoring streaks intact
Caitrin Lonergan has a team-best and season-best seven-game streak in place (5-9-14 points)
Makenna Newkirk has a four-game streak going (3-5-8)
Kristyn Capizzano is sitting on a five-game point streak (3-4-7)

LONERGAN STORMING ON THE COLLEGIATE SCENE

Caitrin Lonergan has stormed onto the collegiate hockey scene in her freshman season
A member of the U.S. Under-22 team this summer before arriving at The Heights, Lonergan is the ONLY freshman in the nation to rank in the top 20 in every major offensive category: points, goals, assists, power-play goals and shorthanded goals
She's the top-scoring freshman in the country with 20 points

BELINSKAS IS THE EAGLES' GOLDEN GIRL

Boston College debuted new third sweaters this fall - gold jerseys with a circular shield on the chest featuring the Eagles' secondary flying Eagle logo ... and one player certainly enjoys wearing them
BC has won the jerseys twice and in those two games, Delaney Belinskas has a combined seven goals
On Oct. 9, the sweaters made their first-ever appearance and Belinskas scored four goals - the first BC freshman to do so in 21 years
On Nov. 14, the Eagles wore them again and Belinskas had a hat trick

FRESHMAN MAKING NOISE NATIONALLY

Two members of the Eagles' freshman class are among the nation's leaders - both among freshman and all players - in various scoring categories
Caitrin Lonergan leads all freshman nationally in scoring (20 points), points per game (1.43), assists (11), power-play assists (6) and power-play points (10)
Delaney Belinskas' 11 goals lead all freshman nationally, while Lonergan is second behind her (9 goals)
Overall among all skaters, Lonergan is tied for seventh nationally in points (20), tied for 10th nationally in goals (9), tied for ninth nationally in assists (11), tied for the national lead in power-play points (10), tied for fourth in power-play goals (4) and tied for second in power-play assists (6)
Belinskas is tied for second nationally in goals (11) and tied for fourth in power-play goals (4)

HOCKEY EAST MAKES IT FOUR WEEKS IN A ROW

Boston College players have earned Hockey East weekly awards for four straight weeks
Katie Burt kicked off the run by earning Player of the Week honors on Oct. 24 after her performance in the Eagles' series against No. 3 Quinnipiac
Andie Anastos then was co-Player of the Week on Oct. 31 for her efforts in the Eagles' sweep of Connecticut
On Nov. 7, Caitrin Lonergan picked up BC's second Rookie of the Week nod after her stand-out performances against Boston University ... she was then christened Hockey East's Rookie of the Month for October
Last week, Lonergan repeated as the ROTW while Toni Ann Miano picked up her first career weekly honor as the co-Defensive Player of the Week
Earlier this season, Delaney Belinskas was tabbed Rookie of the Week after her four-goal outing against Maine in early October

BURT'S NEXT HEA SHUTOUT WILL TIE THE RECORD

Katie Burt's next Hockey East shutout will lift her into a tie for the conference's career shutout record
Currently, the mark is held by Melissa Bourdon (UNH '07) who had 18 in her career
Burt enters the weekend with 17 career league shutouts
BC's Molly Schaus '11 ranks third on the list with 14

First of Two This Week at Northeastern Comes Sunday

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Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Delaney Belinskas

Katie Burt

Kristyn Capizzano

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Caitrin Lonergan

Toni Ann Miano

Makenna Newkirk

First of Two This Week at Northeastern Comes Sunday

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Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Delaney Belinskas

Katie Burt

Kristyn Capizzano

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Caitrin Lonergan

Toni Ann Miano

Makenna Newkirk

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