Top-Six Showdown Set for Women's Beanpot Final

38th BEANPOT TOURNAMENT
2016 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
#1/1 Boston College (29-0-0, 20-0-0 HEA)
vs. #6/5 Northeastern (25-4-1, 19-2-0 HEA)
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 | 7:30 p.m.
Walter Brown Arena, Boston, Mass.

TUESDAY'S HEADLINES

This is the third time in the last four years that BC and Northeastern will meet for the Beanpot title ... the Huskies claimed the 2013 trophy with a 4-3 win, before BC took the 2014 title with a 3-0 win
The Beanpot final features the teams with the nation's two longest active winning streaks: BC at 29 games and Northeastern at 14 games
Tuesday's game features two of the top three offenses in the country: BC is No. 1 (5.31 goals per game) and Northeastern is No. 3 (4.57 goals per game), and the top three scorers in the land ... defensively, the Eagles are tied for No. 3 (1.21 goals allowed per game) and the Huskies are 11th (2.13 goals per game)
Alex Carpenter claimed her eighth Hockey East Player of the Week award of the season on Monday
Alex Carpenter (34-31-67) is second in the nation in points and points per game (2.31), while Haley Skarupa is third in points (24-31-54) and fourth in points per game (1.90)
Megan Keller is the nation's leading scorer among defenseman with 36 points (11-25-36) ... her 11 power-play assists are tied with Carpenter for the national lead, while 15 PP points (4-11-15) are third nationally
Katie Burt has posted 10 shutouts in her last 21 starts ... she has allowed more than one goal in just eight games this year

FAMILIAR FINAL
The Eagles' attention now shifts to Tuesday's Beanpot championship game at 7:30 p.m. ... BC will face No. 6 Northeastern for the 38th Beanpot at BU's Walter Brown Arena ... it will be the third time in four years that BC and Northeastern face off for the Beanpot title ... in 2013, Northeastern claimed the title with a 4-3 win at Matthew Arena, while the Eagles took the 2014 title with a 3-0 win at Kelley Rink ... the Eagles earned their berth in this year's championship via an 8-0 win over Harvard last Tuesday, while the Huskies topped host BU, 3-2 ... the Eagles are looking for their sixth Beanpot championship in school history.

SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE
Tuesday's game features the two hottest teams in women's hockey as the Eagles and Huskies claim the nation's two longest active winning streak ... BC enters the game having won all 29 games it's plays this season, while Northeastern has won its last 14 games - every game since losing 3-of-4 games in late November, including their last loss, a 6-1 defeat to BC at Matthews Arena.

TWO-GAME, TOP-SIX SET WITH HUSKIES THIS WEEK
In addition to Tuesday's Beanpot championship game, Boston College and Northeastern will also meet Friday, Feb. 12 at Kelley Rink for their third and final Hockey East game of the season ... this week's games will mark the third and fourth times this season the BC-NU match-up has been a Top-6 showdown ... 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.

BC IN THE BEANPOT

Boston College will play for its sixth Beanpot title in program history ... the Eagles won the title in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 and, most recently, 2014
Boston College is 34-37-2 all-time in the Beanpot tournament, which began in 1979 ... as a varsity team (since the 1995 edition), the Eagles are 26-15-2 in the tournament ... the Eagles played as a club team in the first 16 editions of the annual event before ascending to varsity status in 1994-95
- vs. Boston University: 18-8-1 || 14-1-0 since 1994-95
- vs. Harvard: 9-15-0 || 7-10-0 since 1994-95
- vs. Northeastern: 6-14-1 || 6-4-1 since 1994-95
Although BC last won the Beanpot in 2014, only eight members of the current team have won a Beanpot: seniors Lexi Bender, Meghan Grieves, Kaliya Johnson, Dana Trivigno and Haley Skarupa, and juniors Andie Anastos, Kristyn Capizzano and Haley McLean
The Eagles have appeared in 14 championship games, going 5-9-0 in those contests ... as a varsity program, the Eagles have appeared in 11 championships, going 5-6-0
In the first round, Boston College is a combined 15-21-1 all-time, and 12-8-1 as a varsity program
Head coach Katie Crowley has led the Eagles to three Beanpot titles (2009, 2011, 2014) ... she is 11-4-2 in Beanpot play

EAGLES IN THE BEANPOT

Alex Carpenter holds team's active scoring lead in the Beanpot with 7 points (2g, 5a) in 7 games ... Carpenter, who scored her first career Beanpot goals last Tuesday in the first round, picked up at least one assist in each of her first three seasons: 3 in 2012, 1 in 2013 and 1 in 2015
Andie Anastos has 6 career Beanpot points (2g, 4a) in five games ... she scored two goals in the 2015 semifinals against Northeastern and began with three assists as a freshman in 2014, including a pair of helpers in the championship against the Huskies
Haley Skarupa (4-1-5 in 7 games) had two goals in the 2015 tournament, including one in the championship against Harvard
Dana Trivigno has suited up for 6 Beanpot games, notching 4 points (2g, 2a) ... she missed the 2014 championship will an illness
Lexi Bender (1-2-3 in 7 games) scored her first Beanpot goal last Tuesday, while Kenzie Kent (0-3-3 in 3 games) picked up two assists in the Harvard win
Megan Keller (2-1-3 in 3 games), Makenna Newkirk (0-3-3 in 1 game), Kristyn Capizzano (0-2-2 in 5 games), Meghan Grieves (0-2-2 in 7 games), Toni Ann Miano (1-1-2 in 3 games) and Grace Bizal (0-1-1 in 1 game) all recorded their first-ever Beanpot points in last Tuesday's first-round win over Harvard
Tori Sullivan (1-1-2 in 3 games) scored Tuesday's first goal
Katie Burt is 2-1-0 in Beanpot action with a 1.33 GAA and a .915 save percentage ... her shutout last Tuesday was her first in Beanpot play

BC AGAINST NORTHEASTERN

Tuesday's game will be the first non-conference meeting between the two teams since last year's Beanpot first round (BC won 3-0)
The squads will meet again in the final regular-season Hockey East meeting later this week on Friday, Feb. 12 at Kelley Rink ... the teams met 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
Boston College is 34-34-6 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 seven times on neutral ice, with BC leading 4-2-1 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 start of Hockey East in 2002-03, BC is 34-12-4 against Northeastern ... all of the Eagles' wins against NU have come in the HEA era
BC has won the last eight matches between the teams ... the Eagles are undefeated in their last nine home games (7-0-2) against NU
BC and Northeastern have met in tournaments 13 times between the Beanpot and Hockey East Tournament ... BC is 6-4-1 against the Huskies in the Beanpot, and defeated NU at home to win the 2014 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 25-5-3 career mark against the Huskies

EAGLES VS. THE HUSKIES

Alex Carpenter is the Eagles' active leading scorer against Northeastern, picking up 20 points (8g, 12a) in 14 career games ... she is 1-2-3 this season in a pair of games
Haley Skarupa has 18 points (7g, 11a) in 14 games, with an assist in the Nov. 28 meeting
Lexi Bender (0-12-12 in 15 games), Dana Trivigno (7-4-11 in 13 games) and Andie Anastos (3-8-11 in 10 games) all have 10 or more points against the Huskies
Tori Sullivan (3-4-7 in 6 games) picked up a three-point night in the teams' first meeting this season (Nov. 20)
Kristyn Capizzano (4-4-8 in 10 games), Kenzie Kent (3-3-6 in 6 games, including two goals on Nov. 28) 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 D, Kaliya Johnson (2-3-5, including the Nov. 20 game-winning goal), Megan Keller (2-5-7 in 5 games), Kali Flanagan (2-3-5 in 6 games) and Toni Ann Miano (0-4-4 in 6 games) have all gotten involved in the offense
Katie Burt is 4-0-0 with a 1.25 goals against average and a .953 save percentage against Northeastern

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.

DEFENSE SHUTTING DOWN LANES
Boston College's defense has allowed just 588 shots on goal this season, the fifth-best mark nationally and the least in Hockey East (Northeastern is second with 753, 14th nationally) ... the team's 20.28 shots allowed per game is sixth nationally ... BC has held opponents under 20 shots in 15 of 29 games ... in each of the last five games (and seven of the last eight) Eagles' opponents have failed to hit the 20-shot mark ... in fact in the last three games, opponents have failed to generate more than 15 shots.

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Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Lexi Bender

Grace Bizal

Katie Burt

Kristyn Capizzano

Alex Carpenter

Kali Flanagan

Meghan Grieves

Kaliya Johnson

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Haley McLean

Toni Ann Miano

Makenna Newkirk

Haley Skarupa

Tori Sullivan

Dana Trivigno