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Providence, R.I.
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Perfect Regular Season Completed
February 20, 2016 | Women's Hockey
No. 1 women’s hockey caps a perfect regular season with a 9-1 road win at Providence Saturday afternoon
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The No. 1 Boston College women's hockey team put a punctuation on a perfect regular season - going 34-0-0 - with a 9-1 win on the road at Providence Saturday afternoon.
Andie Anastos picked up her first career hat trick and added an assist and Haley Skarupa added three points on two goals and one assist as the Eagles became the first-ever team in Hockey East, men or women, to post a perfect league season. BC finished with a 24-0-0 mark in conference play.
Six different goal scorers contributed to the win, including three from Anastos, two from Skarupa and single goals each from Kenzie Kent, Lexi Bender, Toni Ann Miano and Ryan Little.
#1 Boston College 9, Providence 1
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Schneider Arena, Providence, R.I.
BC HIGHLIGHTS
QUOTABLES
Boston College head coach Katie Crowley
"It's an amazing feeling (to finish the regular-season with a perfect record). This team has worked so hard this year. They've done everything the coaches have asked them to do. They deserve it. They've worked so hard, competed hard every day when we've asked them to. I'm just really proud of the way my team played all year long."
"I think they're driven right now to do something this program has never done before. And that was the first step. They're so competitive. Not only in games like this, but in practice. Every day when they come to the rink, they're competing against each other and trying to make each other better. They've done a tremendous job at that."
"They go until the last buzzer goes. Today, everyone got in the game and it was a true team effort. I thought that 1 to 22 ... of the skaters played well. I was proud of the way our team handled a physical team, and I was proud of the way they handled that and kept themselves composed."
"Today, Ryan (Little) got her first goal. Every line is chipping in. That's what we need moving forward. Everyone's doing what we're asking of them right now. (Tori Sullivan's) line had some great shifts in this game where they fought through some things and were able to draw penalties on that. For them to be able that hard and create opportunities for others. And our power-play was tremendous. Those other two lines are really talented players and they're finding ways to put pucks in."
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME NOTES
Team Notes
THREE STARS
TEAM RECORDS
Boston College: 34-0-0, 24-0-0 HEA
Providence: 10-22-1, 6-16-1 HEA
UP NEXT
Next week, the Eagles will host eighth-seeded Maine in a best-of-three Hockey East Quarterfinals series at Kelley Rink. Games are set for 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26; 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27; and - if necessary - 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 28. Admission will be free for all games in the series.
Andie Anastos picked up her first career hat trick and added an assist and Haley Skarupa added three points on two goals and one assist as the Eagles became the first-ever team in Hockey East, men or women, to post a perfect league season. BC finished with a 24-0-0 mark in conference play.
Six different goal scorers contributed to the win, including three from Anastos, two from Skarupa and single goals each from Kenzie Kent, Lexi Bender, Toni Ann Miano and Ryan Little.
#1 Boston College 9, Providence 1
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Schneider Arena, Providence, R.I.
BC HIGHLIGHTS
- The Eagles finished the regular season with a perfect 34-0-0 mark, and an unblemished 24-0-0 record in Hockey East play
- Andie Anastos recorded her first career hat trick and had four points on the day
- Haley Skarupa added two goals and one assist for six points on the weekend against the Friars
- Toni Ann Miano added three points from the blue line with one goal and two assists
- Two players collected one goal and one assist on the day: Kenzie Kent and Lexi Bender
- The Eagles converted 3-of-5 power-play opportunities
- All six defensemen picked up at least one point on the day
QUOTABLES
Boston College head coach Katie Crowley
"It's an amazing feeling (to finish the regular-season with a perfect record). This team has worked so hard this year. They've done everything the coaches have asked them to do. They deserve it. They've worked so hard, competed hard every day when we've asked them to. I'm just really proud of the way my team played all year long."
"I think they're driven right now to do something this program has never done before. And that was the first step. They're so competitive. Not only in games like this, but in practice. Every day when they come to the rink, they're competing against each other and trying to make each other better. They've done a tremendous job at that."
"They go until the last buzzer goes. Today, everyone got in the game and it was a true team effort. I thought that 1 to 22 ... of the skaters played well. I was proud of the way our team handled a physical team, and I was proud of the way they handled that and kept themselves composed."
"Today, Ryan (Little) got her first goal. Every line is chipping in. That's what we need moving forward. Everyone's doing what we're asking of them right now. (Tori Sullivan's) line had some great shifts in this game where they fought through some things and were able to draw penalties on that. For them to be able that hard and create opportunities for others. And our power-play was tremendous. Those other two lines are really talented players and they're finding ways to put pucks in."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- 1st, 14:59 // 1-0 - BC GOAL: The Eagles won the faceoff in the PC defensive zone and played it deep. Kaliya Johnson and Andie Anastos combined along the boards, before Makenna Newkirk cycled around, took the feed and played Anastos cutting in to the slot. Anastos wristed a shot top-shelf over Friars goaltender Sarah Bryant.
- 1st, 17:50 // 2-0 - BC GOAL: Grace Bizal played the puck up to Haley Skarupa cutting through the neutral zone. Lexi Bender picked up the play and overlapped with Skarupa, skating in deep and around the net. She threw an angled shot on goal and Kenzie Kent's deflection on the doorstep beat Bryant.
- 2nd, 4:16 // 3-0 - BC GOAL (PPG): The Eagles worked it in deep and Anastos picked up the puck along the far boards and played Toni Ann Miano at the center point. Bender took the space at the top of the face-off circle and one-timed Miano's feed off the pipe and in behind Bryant.
- 2nd, 6:43 // 3-1 - PC GOAL (PPG): Cassidy Carels received the puck on the goal line, just off the crease and fired a bullet to the top corner on a hard angle
- 2nd, 7:08 // 4-1 - BC GOAL: Dana Trivigno dug the puck out deep and came up the halfboards, finding Miano just above the faceoff circle. Miano's one-timer beat Bryant to regain the Eagles' three-goal cushion.
- 2nd, 13:51 // 5-1 - BC GOAL (PPG): Kent and Megan Keller played the perimeter before Keller sent a blast in from just inside the blue line. The Eagles had traffic in front and Haley Skarupa got the tip past replacement goaltender Allie Morse.
- 3rd, 6:02 // 6-1 - BC GOAL: Trivigno intercepted a Friars clearance attempt near the low edge of the faceoff circle, and fed Anastos in front who re-directed the puck behind Morse for her second goal of the game.
- 3rd, 8:26 // 7-1 - BC GOAL: The Eagles won the faceoff in their defensive zone, but the Friars got control high along the boards near the blue line. Skarupa poked the puck away from the defenseman and skated in alone down the right wing, beating Morse by banking her shot between Morse's stick and the post.
- 3rd, 9:09 // 8-1 - BC GOAL: The Eagles' defensive tandem set the play up, with Kali Flanagan playing Miano up ahead. Miano flicked the puck up ahead and out of the zone, where Anastos caught up with it deep in the Friars' zone. She flicked a shot on target, hitting third-string goaltender Madison Myers to bank the goal in for first career hat trick.
- 3rd, 19:40 // 9-1 - BC GOAL (PPG): Grace Bizal's shot from the point deflected and Alex Carpenter collected it behind the goal. She played a pass in front where Ryan Little pocketed her first career goal and the Eagles' third power-play strike of the day
GAME NOTES
Team Notes
- Boston College completed the first perfect regular season in Hockey East history, going 34-0-0 overall and 24-0-0 in Hockey East play
- BC is the first team in Hockey East history to finish the conference season with a perfect mark ... no other team, men or women, has accomplished that feat ... the Eagles also set the conference record for wins in a season with 24
- The Eagles are just the second team in NCAA history to enter the postseason with a perfect mark ... Minnesota finished the 2012-13 season with a 41-0-0 mark en route to the 2013 National Championship
- Boston matched its program record with 34 wins ... the Eagles set the previous record in 2014-15 with a 34-3-2 mark overall
- BC's Hockey East undefeated streak is now 49 games (48-0-1) with the team's last loss in league play coming on Feb. 8, 2014 - more than two years ago
- The Eagles are now 16-0-0 on the road this season, and 18-0-0 overall away from home this year including neutral-site games ... BC has out-scored its hosts 81-16 in true road games this season
- BC went 3-for-5 on the power-play tonight, the fourth time in six games the Eagles have scored at least two goals with the man-advantage ... this is the third time this season BC has scored three power-play goals in a game
- Andie Anastos recorded her first career hat trick, netting one goal in the first and two goals in the third period ... she had four points on the day to push her career scoring total to 99 points ... one the season, she now has 34 points (14 goals, 20 assists)
- This was Anastos' ninth multiple-point game of the season and her first since Jan. 22 when she had one goal and one assist against Vermont
- Anastos' now has 42 career goals ... she now has four goals in the last three games
- Haley Skarupa registered three points (two goals, one assist) to move her career scoring total to 231 points and 16th place on the NCAA career scoring chart
- Skarupa now has 109 career goals on her career and 29 on the season ... she has seven goals in the last six games... she is now two back of her single-season best of 31, which she collected in 2014-15
- Skarupa will finish her career third in Hockey East in conference goals with 73 ... her second-period strike was her 72nd career Hockey East goal, moving her into sole possession of third place and breaking the tie with Jenn Wakefield '12 (BU/UNH) who had 71.
- Skarupa's assist on Kent's first-period goal was her 122nd career assist, and her 37th of the season ... the 37 assists represent the second-highest single-season total of her career, behind the 40 she posted in 2014-15 in 39 games
- Kenzie Kent notched two points (one goal, one assist) to move her season scoring total to 35 points (13 goals, 22 assists) ... it was her 10th multiple-point game of the season and her second in four games
- Kenzie Kent's first-period goal was her fourth goal in the last five games ... it was her 13th goal of the season and her 20th career goal
- Lexi Bender's two points (one goal, one assist) moved her to 91 on her career, which is 17th-most in program history
- Bender's second-period goal was the 19th of her career, fourth most among BC defensemen
- Bender also added an assist in the first period on Kent's goal, which was her 72nd career assist - 10th most in program history and second-most among Eagles defensemen ... she is now just seven assists back of Emily Pfalzer's program record for assists by a defenseman (79)
- Toni Ann Miano notched her second-straight multiple-point game and her sixth of the season ... she now has 26 points (8 goals, 18 assists) on the season
- Today was Miano's second career three-point effort of her career ... her first one was also against Providence, on Oct. 31, 2014
- Miano's second-period blast was third goal in two games ... she now has 12 goals in her career ... her two assists moved her season total to 18 and her career total to 30
- Makenna Newkirk recorded her 22nd assist of the season on Anastos' first-period goal ... it was the 40th point of the season, now the fifth-highest total by a first-year player in program history ... she entered the game tied with Alex Carpenter, who registered 39 points as a freshman in 2011-12
- Kaliya Johnson's assist on Anastos' goal was her 12th of the season, a new single-season best for the blue liner ... she now has 35 career assists
- Dana Trivigno recorded her 27th and 28th assists of the season in the game, moving her career total to 79 ... she is now tied for sixth on the BC career list, matching the 79 assists Emily Pfalzer '15 posted in her career.
- Trivigno also picked up a penalty in the second period, giving her 200 career penalty minutes ... she is currently third in both penalties (96) and penalty minutes (200)
- Megan Keller picked up her 32nd assist of the season with her helper on Skarupa's first goal ... she now has 44 points this season, the best-ever mark by a defenseman in both Boston College and Hockey East season
- Kali Flanagan picked up her 18th assist of the season on the Eagles' eighth goal ... she now has 24 points on the year
- Grace Bizal picked up her 10th assist of the season on the Eagles' final goal ... with her reaching the 10-assist mark, all six of the Eagles' defenseman have recorded double-figure points and assists this season
- Ryan Little scored her first-career goal with 20 second left in the game ... it was also her first-career power-play goal
- Alex Carpenter picked up one assist on the day, pushing her season scoring total to 76 points on the season which leads the nation
- Katie Burt moved her record to 29-0-0 on the season with her 20-save effort in the win
THREE STARS
- Andie Anastos, BC
- Haley Skarupa, BC
- Cassidy Carels, PC
TEAM RECORDS
Boston College: 34-0-0, 24-0-0 HEA
Providence: 10-22-1, 6-16-1 HEA
UP NEXT
Next week, the Eagles will host eighth-seeded Maine in a best-of-three Hockey East Quarterfinals series at Kelley Rink. Games are set for 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26; 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27; and - if necessary - 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 28. Admission will be free for all games in the series.
Team Stats
BC
PC
Shots
44
21
PPG
3
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
3
5
Penalty Mins
6
10
Faceoffs Won
36
33
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
+4
Goals
3
Sh
6
A
1
+/-
+2
Goals
2
Sh
3
A
1
+/-
+3
Goals
1
Sh
5
A
2
+/-
+2
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
1
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