Keller Returns for UNH Home-and-Home

This weekend Boston College plays its third-straight Hockey East home-and-home series, this time with New Hampshire
BC started the stretch with two against UConn and last weekend faced Boston University two times
Next weekend, the Eagles will play Northeastern once - at Matthews Arena - on Sunday before returning to Huntington Ave. the following Saturday to split a two-game away series by six days and Thanksgiving

SERIES AGAINST NEW HAMPSHIRE

Overall: 19-39-5
Home: 10-19-2
Away: 9-19-3
Neutral: 0-1-0
Hockey East: 18-24-4
HEA Tournament: 1-2-0

Series Notes

Friday's game is the second of three regular-season meetings scheduled this season ... BC won the first meeting, 4-1, on Oct. 14 ... the teams will play the final game tomorrow, Nov. 12 (Chestnut Hill, Mass.)
Friday's meeting will be the 64th all-time between BC and New Hampshire
The Wildcats hold a 39-19-5 advantage in the series, including a 19-9-3 mark in Durham
BC is 18-24-4 against UNH since Hockey East launched its women's league in 2002-03, including a 17-22-4 mark in regular-season action
The Eagles have won the teams' last 10 meetings by a combined 54-8 score line, including five shutouts
Since the start of the 2010-11 season, BC is 15-2-2 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 57 games (55-0-2) at Kelley Rink
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

Player Notes

Kristyn Capizzano is the Eagles' active scoring leader against UNH, notching 15 points from 8 goals and 7 assists in 10 games ... she is fourth all-time in scoring against New Hampshire and her 8 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)
Grace Bizal's first career goal came at UNH in the teams' first meeting this year
Katie Burt is a perfect 6-0-0 all-time against UNH, and has an 0.18 GAA against the Wildcats ... she has posted four shutouts and also collected one of her four 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 16-10-3 in her career against New Hampshire

EAGLES STILL PACING HOCKEY EAST

Boston College may have picked up its second Hockey East loss of the season on Saturday at BU - its most in a season since 2013-14 when the team went 18-2-1 - but the Eagles are still pacing the league in almost every statistic
In Hockey East games, BC is the conference's top scoring team (3.62 goals per game), most goals (29), top defensive team (1.88 goals allowed per game), has the top power play (27.3 percent) and best net special teams (+10)
BC is also the only ranked team from Hockey East in either the USCHO or USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls

GUESS WHO'S BACK, BACK AGAIN ...

Megan Keller has returned to the team after missing the Eagles' last four games while with the U.S. National Team at the Four Nations Cup where the team won gold
In four games at the Four Nations Cup, Keller tallied one goal and one assist
She joined up with Team USA on Friday, Oct. 28, and missed the Eagles' series against Connecticut and Boston University, in which BC went 3-1-0
This was the second time she played in the Four Nations Cup, also helping the U.S. win gold in 2014
She was 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 was one of three collegians on the team and the youngest player on the U.S.' Four Nations Cup roster

FRESHMAN MAKING NOISE NATIONALLY

Two members of the Eagles' freshman class are among the nation's leaders in various scoring categories
Caitrin Lonergan is tied for the national freshman scoring lead (15 points) and leads all freshman nationally in goals (8) ... her 7 assists are tied for fifth-most nationally among freshmen
Delaney Belinskas' seven goals are second-most nationally among freshmen - behind Lonergan
Overall, Lonergan is tied for 11th nationally in points (15) among all players, while she is tied for eighth nationally in goals
Both players have three power-play goals, which is tied for the second-most PPGs scored nationally

EAGLES GRAB THREE-STRAIGHT WEEKLY HONORS

Boston College players have earned Hockey East weekly awards for three-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
Last week, Caitrin Lonergan picked up BC's second Rookie of the Week nod after her stand-out performances against Boston University ... last week she was christened Hockey East's Rookie of the Month for October
Earlier this season, Delaney Belinskas was tabbed Rookie of the Week after her four-goal outing against Maine

SECOND LINE STEAMROLLING

The Eagles' second line of Kristyn Capizzano, Caitrin Lonergan and Makenna Newkirk has been on a roll the last four games, recording a combined 17 points between them
Capizzano has notched 4 points (1 goal, 3 assists), while Lonergan has added 6 points (3 goals, 3 assists) as BC has gone 3-1-0 in that stretch
In the same run, Newkirk has led all Hockey East players with 7 points (1 goal, and a league-high 6 assists)

SPECIAL TEAMS DOING SPECIAL THINGS

Boston College's special teams have been hot to start the season
The Eagles are second in the nation in combined special teams, proving successful in 69-of-117 opportunities this season (59.0 percent)
On the power play, BC ranks first nationally with a 30.0 percent conversion (18-for-60) ... the team's 18 power-play goals are tops nationally, as well ... the next closest team is Colgate (14 in 11 games)
On the penalty kill, the Eagles rank 12th nationally with a 89.5 percent success rate (51-for-57) while scoring one shorthanded goal
So far this season, 20 of the Eagles' 38 goals - more than half - have come via special teams (18 PPGs, 2 SHGs)

NEWKIRK COMING AROUND NICELY

Makenna Newkirk has emerged this season after a slow start following her 49-point freshman campaign
In the last five games, she has 9 points (2 goals, 7 assists) and is now ranked second on the team in scoring with 11 points
She started the season pointless in the first four games before a two-point game at UNH on Oct. 14
Overall this year, she has four multiple-point games

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Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Delaney Belinskas

Grace Bizal

Katie Burt

Kristyn Capizzano

Alex Carpenter

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Caitrin Lonergan

Makenna Newkirk

Haley Skarupa

Gabri Switaj

Dana Trivigno