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Providence Series Presents History-Making Opportunity
February 17, 2016 | Women's Hockey
Eagles could become the first-ever team in Hockey East to finish with a perfect conference record
#1 BOSTON COLLEGE (32-0-0, 22-0-0 HEA)
vs. PROVIDENCE (10-20-2, 6-14-2 HEA)
Friday, Feb. 19 | 4 p.m.
Kelley Rink at Conte Forum | Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Saturday, Feb. 20 | 1 p.m.
Schneider Arena | Providence, R.I.
WEEKEND HEADLINES
- This weekend, Boston College has the opportunity to do what no other program in Hockey East history has done: post a perfect record in league play ... two women's teams have gone undefeated, but no team has been perfect
- Alex Carpenter (37-33-72) holds the national scoring lead, while Haley Skarupa is third in points (26-34-60)
- Megan Keller is the nation's leading scorer among defenseman with 40 points (12-28-40) ... her 13 power-play assists share the national lead with Carpenter and one other player, while her 17 PP points (4-13-17) are tied third nationally
- Alex Carpenter is now tied with Hilary Knight (Wisconsin '13) for seventh all-time on the NCAA career scoring list with 262 career points
- Alex Carpenter has been the Hockey East Player of the Week a record eight times this season ... no other player has ever won more than six in a season
- Earlier this week, Makenna Newkirk was named the Hockey East rookie of the week for the third time this season
- Katie Burt has set the program's season shutout record with 12, and its career shutout record with 22 in just 62 starts
THIRD-STRAIGHT REGULAR-SEASON TITLE
With its 3-0 win at Vermont on Sunday, the Eagles officially claimed their third straight Hockey East regular-season title outright ... BC won the 2013-14 crown with an 18-2-1 mark and the 2014-15 title with a 20-0-1 record ... so far this season, the Eagles are 22-0-0 in league play.
A PERFECT FIRST?
Boston College has two Hockey East games left in the season and enters the weekend with a 22-0-0 mark in league play ... no team in Hockey East history - on either the men's or women's side - has ever completed a perfect season in league play ... two women's teams have gone undefeated with 20-0-1 marks: UNH in 2007-08 and BC last year in 2014-15 ... on the men's side, the best-ever conference mark was Maine's 22-1-1 record in 1992-93.
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.
NEW CONFERENCE WIN RECORD ESTABLISHED
Boston College has established a new Hockey East record for conference wins in a season with 22 ... prior to this season, the record was 20, held by the 2007-08 UNH team and the 2014-15 BC team which both went 20-0-1 in their 21-game seasons ... however, this year - following Merrimack's entry into Hockey East - league members now have 24 conference games on the docket.
HOCKEY EAST QUARTERFINAL SERIES SET
Boston College already knows its opponent for the quarterfinal round of the 2016 Hockey East Tournament ... the Eagles, who have claimed the No. 1 seed, will host Maine in a best-of-three series at Kelley Rink starting Friday, Feb. 26 ... all the games will be free admission ... the Black Bears finished the season in eighth place with a 6-17-1 mark in league play ... they have scored 40 goals and allowed 75 ... BC is currently 22-0-0 in Hockey East, out-scoring opponents 111-25 through 22 games.
- SERIES INFO | Kelley Rink at Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
- Friday, Feb. 26 - 2 p.m.
- Saturday, Feb. 27 - 7 p.m.
- Sunday, Feb. 28 - 2 p.m. (if necessary)
BC AGAINST PROVIDENCE
- Friday's game will be the second of three scheduled regular-season meetings between the teams ... the squads will meet for the final time on Saturday at Schneider Arena in a 1 p.m. game ... BC earned a 9-1 win in the first meeting on Nov. 25 at Kelley Rink
- Boston College is 27-35-3 all-time against Providence since elevating to Division I status for the 1995-95 season
- BC is 12-17-2 in meetings at Kelley Rink, 13-16-1 in games played at Schneider Arena and 2-2 against PC in game on neutral ice
- BC has won the last 12 meetings between the two teams (eight at BC, four at PC) ... the Eagles are 17-1-0 in the last 18 meetings
- Providence won the teams' first 16 meetings once BC became a D1 program and went 25-1-0 in the first 26 contests ... the Eagles won their first-ever game against the Friars - on the road - on March 3, 2002
- Since the start of Hockey East in 2002-03, BC is 22-17-4 against PC ... the teams have played six times in the Hockey East Tournament, with BC leading, 4-2-0 in those contests
- Head coach Katie Crowley has a 20-4-3 career mark against the Friars
EAGLES VS. FRIARS
- Alex Carpenter and Haley Skarupa share the Eagles' career lead in scoring against Providence with 22 points each
- Carpenter leads all players with 12 goals while adding 10 assists in 11 games ... in four games last year, she recorded 10 points (5g, 5a) ... in the teams' first meeting this year, she had four points (1g, 3a)
- Skarupa has 11 goals and 11 assists in 10 games ... she has recorded 7 points in each of the last two seasons against PC ... in the teams' earlier meeting this year, she recorded a hat trick and added two assists for a five-point outing
- Dana Trivigno has collected 13 points (5g, 8a) against the Friars ... she had two assists in the Nov. 25 meeting
- Kristyn Capizzano (4g, 6a) has 10 points vs. PC, while Andie Anastos (4g, 5a) and Lexi Bender (1g, 8a) each have 9 points
- Seniors Meghan Grieves (6-2-8), Kaliya Johnson (0-5-5) and have also found the scoresheet against Providence
- The sophomore class has been productive against PC, including Kenzie Kent (1-8-9 in 6 games) and Tori Sullivan (3g, 3a), while Megan Keller (0-5-5), Toni Ann Miano (1-2-3) and Kali Flanagan (0-1-1) have added points from the blue line
- Haley McLean (2-2-4) scored her lone goal this season against PC on Nov. 25 while freshmen Ryan Little and Molly Slowe each recorded their first-career points with assists on McLean's goal in that game
- Grace Bizal (0-2-2) and Makenna Newkirk (0-1-1) also picked up points in the teams' first meeting in November
- Katie Burt is 5-0-0 with a 1.09 goals against average and a .928 save percentage with one shutout against Providence
- Gabri Switaj has played 83:17 vs. the Friars - including one start - with a .955 save percentage and a 0.72 GAA, going 1-0-0
RECORDS WATCH: STOPPERS AND SHUTOUTS
- This season, Boston College has recorded a program-record 13 shutouts, passing the previous mark of 12 set in 2014-15
- Katie Burt has 12 shutouts in 27 starts, while Gabri Switaj has one in five starts
- Burt's 12 shutouts represent the program's single-season record, which was previously 10, held by Molly Schaus '11 (2008-09) and Burt (2014-15)
- Coincidently, Burt and BC 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
DEFENSE SHUTTING DOWN OPPONENTS' LANES ...
Boston College's defense has allowed just 656 shots on goal this season, the fifth-lowest mark nationally and the fewest in Hockey East (New Hampshire is second with 844, 15th nationally) ... the team's 20.50 shots allowed per game is also fifth-fewest nationally ... BC has held opponents under 20 shots in 16 of 32 games ... in eight of the last 11 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 (169 - 14 more than the next closest team), goals per game (5.28), goal differential (+4.09), shots on goal (1,361) and shots on goal per game (42.53).
BC'S BEEN STREAKING
- Boston College holds both the nation's longest current winning and unbeaten streaks at 32 games
- BC's current winning streak is the second-longest streak in NCAA history behind Minnesota's 62 games won from February 2012 through November 2013
- The Eagles' current 32-game undefeated run is tied for second in NCAA history with a pair of Wisconsin teams (2006-07, 2010-11), behind the Gophers' 62-game streak from February 2012 through November 2013
- After the Eagles' 32-game run, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Clarkson all have 13-game runs in tact
- BC is the only remaining team nationally with a perfect 1.000 winning percentage this season.
STREAK'S STILL STRONG IN HOCKEY EAST
BC enters Friday's game riding a 47-game undefeated streak in regular-season Hockey East play that dates back to the 2013-14 season ... the Eagles' last loss in league play was Feb. 8, 2014, a 2-0 setback at Connecticut ... since that loss, BC is 46-0-1 in regular-season action, including last year's 20-0-1 season ... since the start of the 2012-13 season (the majority of the senior class' freshman year), BC is 77-4-4 in regular-season conference games.
NCAA-RECORD HOME STREAKS STRETCH ON
The Eagles will return home Friday afternoon riding an NCAA-record 48-game home unbeaten run that dates back to Oct. 20, 2013 … in this current stretch, BC has gone 47-0-1 and won the last 42 games played at Kelley Rink - also an NCAA record ... BC's 48-game unbeaten streak and its 42-game home winning streak passed Minnesota's 31-game streaks (undefeated and winning) earlier this season ... the Eagles have out-scored their opponents 258-63 during the current unbeaten run, averaging 5.38 goals per game while allowing just 1.31 goals per game ... the last time BC lost at Kelley Rink was Oct. 16, 2013, a 3-1 defeat by New Hampshire.
ROAD WARRIORS
Boston College is a perfect 17-0-0 away from home this season, including a 15-0-0 record in true away games ... BC has won road contests at No. 9 Cornell (twice), UConn (twice), Boston University (twice), New Hampshire, No. 4 Northeastern, Maine (twice), Syracuse, Merrimack (twice), Harvard and Vermont ... additionally, BC has defeated Harvard and No. 6 Northeastern again on neutral ice.
MIGHTY MAROONS
The Eagles' maroon road uniforms have brought BC luck this season ... BC has donned the dark unis in 17 games, going 17-0-0 in those games while out-scoring opponents 87-15 and shutting them out a combined nine times in non-home games ... in the team's 15 true road contests, the Eagles have out-scored their hosts 72-15 and have posted seven of the team's 13 shutouts (Cornell, UConn, UNH, Maine, Merrimack, Harvard, Vermont).
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