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No. 1 Eagles Prepped for Beanpot Final Redux vs. No. 6 Northeastern
February 11, 2016 | Women's Hockey
Women's hockey looks to extend Hockey East, home winning streaks Friday afternoon
No. 1 BOSTON COLLEGE (30-0-0, 20-0-0 HEA) vs.
No. 6 NORTHEASTERN (25-5-1, 19-2-0 HEA)
Friday, February 12, 2016 | 2 p.m.
Kelley Rink at Conte Forum | Chestnut Hill, Mass.
FRIDAY'S HEADLINES
- Should Boston College win on Friday, the Eagles would secure the No. 1 seed in the Hockey East Tournament, and also claim at least a share of the Hockey East regular-season title ... BC needs a combination of three points gained on NU to win the regular-season crown outright
- The teams are meeting for the second time in four days after the Eagles topped the Huskies, 7-0, in the 2016 Beanpot championship on Tuesday
- Friday's game features two of the top three offenses in the country: BC is No. 1 (5.37 goals per game) and Northeastern is No. 3 (4.42 goals per game) ... the game also features the top three scorers in the land
- Alex Carpenter (36-32-68) is tied for the national lead in points and points per game (2.27), while Haley Skarupa is third in points (25-31-56) and fourth in points per game (1.87)
- Megan Keller is the nation's leading scorer among defenseman with 39 points (12-27-39) ... her 12 power-play assists lead the nation, while her 16 PP points (4-12-16) are third nationally
- With her shutout Tuesday, Katie Burt set a new BC single-season shutout record (11), and also tied the BC career shutout record (21, Molly Schaus '11) in only 60 games
- Alex Carpenter claimed her league-record eighth Hockey East Player of the Week of the season on Monday ... no other player has had more than six in a season
FAMILIAR FRIDAY FOE
Following Tuesday's win against Northeastern in the Beanpot final, the same two teams return to the ice Friday, this time in their final Hockey East conference match-up of the season ... Friday's game will be the fourth meeting between the teams in 2015-16 ... on Nov. 20, No. 2 BC topped No. 5 Northeastern, 4-2, in Chestnut Hill ... on Nov. 28, the No. 2 Eagles defeated the No. 4 Huskies, 6-1, at Matthews Arena ... Tuesday, No. 1 BC earned a 7-0 win over No. 6 Northeastern.
POSTSEASON SCENARIOS SET FOR THE WEEKEND
Friday's game has postseason implications for the Eagles:
- If the Eagles win, they will clinch the No. 1 seed in the Hockey East Tournament by virtue of owning the tie-breaker against Northeastern
- A win would also guarantee BC at least a share of the Hockey East regular-season title
- BC needs to gain three points - in any combination through wins, losses or ties - on Northeastern to claim the regular-season title outright for the third straight season
- The Hockey East Tournament will begin Feb. 26 at campus sites ... the semifinal (March 5) and championship (March 6) will be played at Merrimack's Lawler Rink
CARPENTER'S RECORD-SETTING AWARD HAUL IN HEA
Eight different times this season, Alex Carpenter has been tabbed Hockey East's player of the week - the league's record in a single season ... she's also a two-time conference player of the month this year ... in her career, Carpenter has nabbed a conference-record 20 player of the week recognitions, not including her two rookie of the week awards in 2011-12.
CONFERENCE WIN RECORD MATCHED ...
Boston College returns to league action on Friday with a 20-0-0 record in conference play, having already tied the Hockey East record for league wins in a season ... two teams have collected 20 conference wins before: first New Hampshire did it in 2007-08 going 20-0-1, before BC did it last year in 2014-15, also going 20-0-1.
... OPPORTUNITY TO SET A NEW RECORD
With four more league games on the schedule, Boston College has the opportunity to establish a new Hockey East record for conference wins in a season ... the two teams that previously reached the 20-win mark played 21-game conference seasons ... however, this year - following Merrimack's entry into Hockey East - league members now have 24 conference games on the docket.
RECORDS WATCH: STOPPERS AND SHUTOUTS
- This season, Boston College has recorded 12 shutouts, matching the program's single-season record which it set in 2014-15
- Katie Burt has 11 shutouts in 25 starts, while Gabri Switaj has one in five starts
- Burt's 11 shutouts represent the program's single-season record, passing the 10-shutout single-season mark she shared with Molly Schaus '11 (2008-09) and herself (2014-15)
- Coincidently, Burt and men's hockey goaltender Thatcher Demko (9) both set their respective programs' single-season shutout records on back-to-back nights, by posting shutouts in their Beanpot Championship games on Feb. 8 and 9
BC AGAINST NORTHEASTERN
- Friday's game is the final of the schools' regular-season meetings ... the teams have met in two Hockey East contest: in Chestnut Hill on Nov. 20 with the Eagles winning, 4-2, before BC claimed a 6-1 win at Matthews Arena on Nov. 28 ... Tuesday, BC earned a 7-0 win in the Beanpot championship
- Boston College is 35-34-6 all-time against Northeastern since elevating to Division I status for the 1995-95 season
- BC is 14-15-4 in meetings at Kelley Rink, and 16-17-1 in games played at Matthews Arena ... 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 35-12-4 overall against Northeastern ... all of the Eagles' wins against NU have come in the HEA era
- BC has won the last nine matches between the teams ... the Eagles are also undefeated in their last nine home games (7-0-2) against NU
- BC and Northeastern have met in tournaments 14 times between the Beanpot and Hockey East Tournament ... BC is 7-4-1 against the Huskies in the Beanpot and 1-2-0 in the HEA Tournament ... the teams have met twice in the Hockey East Tournament, with the Eagles claiming their only HEA Tournament title in 2011 with a championship-game win over Northeastern .... in 2013, NU topped BC in the semifinals
- Head coach Katie Crowley has a 26-5-3 career mark against the Huskies
EAGLES vs. THE HUSKIES
Alex Carpenter is the Eagles' active leading scorer against Northeastern with 21 points (8g, 13a) in 15 career games ... she is 1-3-4 this season in three games ... Carpenter shares the BC career lead in assists vs. NU with Kelli Stack '11
- Haley Skarupa has 19 points (8g, 11a) in 15 games, going 1-1-2 this season so far
- Five other current Eagles have 10 or more career points against Northeastern:
- Dana Trivigno: 10-5-15 in 14 games
- Andie Anastos: 3-9-12 in 11 games
- Lexi Bender: 0-12-12 in 16 games
- Kristyn Capizzano: 4-6-10 in 11 games
- Megan Keller: 3-7-10 in 6 games
- Trivigno is ranked second in career goals against Northeastern behind Stack who had 11 ... her 10 goals include Tuesday's hat trick
- Tori Sullivan (3-4-7 in 7 games) picked up a three-point night in the teams' first meeting this season (Nov. 20)
- Kenzie Kent (4-3-7 in 7 games, including two goals on Nov. 28 and one in the Beanpot final) and Meghan Grieves (3-1-4) have also found the back of the net against Northeastern, while Haley McLean (0-1-1) has an assist
- On defense, Kaliya Johnson (2-5-7 in 16 games, including the Nov. 20 game-winning goal and two assists on Tuesday in the Beanpot final), Kali Flanagan (2-3-5 in 7 games) and Toni Ann Miano (0-5-5 in 7 games) have all gotten involved in the offense
- Katie Burt is 5-0-0 with a 1.00 goals against average and a .961 save percentage ... she also has one shutout
KELLER BRUISING FROM THE BLUELINE
Megan Keller has been a rock at the blue line this season, anchoring the Eagles' back line ... defensively, she's helped steady the Eagles defense that has allowed just 1.17 goals per game - third-best in the country - and held opponents to one or fewer goals in 19 of 30 games with 12 shutouts ... offensively, she's collected 39 points (12g, 27a), third on the team and tops nationally among all defensemen ... also, she's a 50 on the season, tied for the best mark on the team and the best mark among all defensemen in the country.
KELLER KICKING DOWN D SCORING RECORDS
Megan Keller's jump from her freshman to sophomore year has been amazing for the Eagles ... as a freshman, she helped BC to its best-ever record at 34-3-2 while recording 24 points (4g, 20a) in 37 games and making her debut with the U.S. Women's National Team ... however, as a sophomore, Keller has dominated along the blueline - both offensively and defensively ... BC is now a perfect 30-0-0 on the year, allowing just 1.17 goals per game and matched its season shutout record (12).
Personally, Keller:
- Has posted 39 points (12g, 27a) in just 30 games to lead all defenders nationally ... her 27 assists are tied for ninth nationally - among all players, not just defensemen
- Is just three points back of Emily Pfalzer's school-record 42 points by a defenseman in a season, which she set in 2014-15 as she led the nation in DMan scoring
- Has scored the second-most goals by a BC defenseman in a season in school history (17, Genevieve Missirlian 1997-98)
- Has recorded the second-most assists by a BC defenseman in a single season in program history (34, Pfalzer in 2014-15)
- Is already ranked seventh in BC defenseman career scoring chart (63 points on 16 goals and 47 assists) after just 67 games ... her 16 goals are ranked fifth among all Eagle defensemen and her 47 assists are seventh
DEFENSE SHUTTING DOWN OPPONENTS' LANES ...
Boston College's defense has allowed just 610 shots on goal this season, the sixth-lowest mark nationally and the fewest in Hockey East (New Hampshire is second with 783, 15th nationally) ... the team's 20.33 shots allowed per game is sixth-fewest nationally ... BC has held opponents under 20 shots in 15 of 30 games ... in seven of the last nine games, Eagles' opponents have failed to hit the 20-shot mark.
... BUT EAGLES OPENING THEM UP
While BC's defense has been on lock-down much of the season, the team's offense has been high-flying ... the Eagles lead the nation in goals (161 - 19 more than the next closest team), goals per game (5.37), goal differential ( 4.20), shots on goal (1,275) and shots on goal per game (42.50).
GAMERS GETTING WINNERS
A pair of BC seniors lead the national charts in game-winning goals this season ... Alex Carpenter and Haley Skarupa each have notched seven game-winning goals, sharing the national lead in the category ... Skarupa, in fact, has recorded three game-clinching goals in the team's last five games ... Carpenter owns the BC career record for GWGs with 26, while Skarupa is third with 21.
TRIVIGNO'S CAREER YEAR
Dana Trivigno is making the most of her senior season ... one of the Eagles' captains, Trivigno has posted 36 points on 13 goals and a career-best 23 assists so far this year - her highest output at The Heights ... her previous high was 34 points (15g, 19a) as a junior in 2014-15.
TIP OF THE HAT
BC players have recorded eight hat tricks this season ... Alex Carpenter (4), Haley Skarupa (2), Makenna Newkirk (1) and Dana Trivigno (1) have all potted at least three goals in a game this season ... the Eagles' eight hat tricks are tied for second-most in program history, and the most in 18 seasons:
| Rank | BC Hat Tricks | Seasons |
| 1. | 10 | 1995-96 |
| 2. | 8 | 2015-16, 1997-98, 1996-96 |
| 5. | 6 | 2012-13, 1998-99 |
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