Northern Bound for a Pair at Vermont

No. 6 Boston College (16-3-4, 12-2-2 HEA) at Vermont (10-7-7, 6-3-5 HEA)
Gutterson Fielhouse | Burlington, Vt.
Friday, January 20, 2017 | 1 p.m.
Saturday, January 21, 2017 | 2 p.m.

AGAINST VERMONT

Overall: 35-3-3
Home: 19-3-1
Away: 16-0-2
Neutral: 1-0-0
Hockey East: 29-1-3
HEA Tournament: 1-0-0
Series Notes
- This weekend marks the first two of three meetings between the teams this regular season ... the clubs will close the regular-season series at Kelley Rink on Sunday, Feb. 12
- The programs have met 41 times since both teams have played as varsity squads, plus once before UVM ascended to varsity status
- The Eagles are 35-3-3 in the series since 1999-2000 when both teams were Division 1 varsity squads (UVM's second year of varsity status)
- At home, BC is 19-3-1 against UVM ... in Burlington, the Eagles are 15-0-2 against the Catamounts ... the teams have met once on neutral ice, with BC winning the lone match
- BC has won the last 11 meetings between the teams, and is 17-0-3 in the last 20 contests dating back to Nov. 2009
- Vermont's first-ever Division 1 win came against BC: a 3-2 OT win on Oct. 18, 2002 in Chestnut Hill ... UVM also won the 2003 meeting (3-1 at Kelley Rink) ... since that loss, BC is 32-1-3 against Vermont with the lone loss in that span coming on Nov. 7, 2009
- The teams have met once in the postseason, with the Eagles claiming a 3-1 win in Hyannis on March 8, 2014 in the Hockey East semifinals
- Katie Crowley is 24-1-3 all-time against Vermont
Player Notes
- Andie Anastos (6-5-11 in 10 games) leads all current Eagles in scoring against UVM ... she had multiple-point games against the 'Cats in each of her three games as a freshman (2013-14) and also tallied a goal at UVM last February
- Kenzie Kent has six points (3g, 3a) in six games ... she has recorded one point in every meeting she's played against UVM, including a goal at Gutterson Fieldhouse last February
- Kristyn Capizzano has 5 points in 10 games, including an assist last February's trip
- Haley McLean (2-3-5 in 10 games) also has five points, all of which came in her freshman season - including a three-point effort in a 5-2 win at Kelley Rink on Jan. 17, 2014
- Makenna Newkirk has three points vs. UVM, including a goal on her only shot against the Catamounts in three meetings last year
- All three of Megan Keller's points came in the two-game series at Kelley Rink last year (1g, 2a)
- Defensemen Grace Bizal (0-2-2) and Kali Flanagan (0-1-1) also have assists against the Catamounts ... Bizal's assists both came on Jan. 23 in the 6-1 win at Kelley Rink
- Katie Burt is 5-0-0 against Vermont in 5 starts, posting an 0.80 GAA with a .956 save percentage and three shutouts ... all three of her shutouts have come in Burlington
- Gabri Switaj is 1-0-0 vs. UVM, winning her lone start last Jan. 23, 2016 while making 17 saves in the 6-1 win

BURT'S WINS ADDING UP TO RECORD MARKS

Katie Burt is moving up a host of goaltender career wins charts as she enters the weekend with 79 career wins
She is now just one win back of Molly Schaus' BC career record of 80
Burt also enters the weekend in 12th place on the NCAA career wins chart ... her 80th win will tie Molly Schaus '11 for 11th on the NCAA chart
She is also six wins back of the Hockey East career wins record (52), held by UNH's Melissa Bourdon '07 ... she comes into the weekend with 46 league wins, tied for third place on the league's win chart

BURT MAKING HOCKEY EAST HISTORY ALREADY

Katie Burt's 12-save shutout of Merrimack last Friday was the 27th shutout of her career overall, and her 19th shutout in Hockey East play
She now holds the Hockey East career shutout record (in league games), passing Melissa Bourdon who had 18 at UNH (2003-07)
Overall, Burt's 27 career shutouts rank eighth in NCAA history ... she is just two back of seventh place (Erica Howe/Clarkson '14) at 29 and three back of a fifth-place tie with Bourdon and Alex Rigsby/Wisconsin '14 (30)

KELLER SET TO TOPPLE LEAGUE RECORDS ... AS A JUNIOR

Megan Keller is on the verge of establishing herself as Hockey East's preeminent defensive scorer, just two-and-a-half years into her collegiate career
Keller is one point away from matching the 59 career points Emily Pfalzer '15 recorded as Hockey East's career scoring leader among defensemen ... Keller enters the weekend with 58 career HEA-only points
Keller also enters the weekend tied with Pfalzer for the league's career assist record among defenseman, coming into the UVM series with 48 ... her next league assist will give her the record for her own
Keller has played 55 career Hockey East games, while Pfalzer played 82 league games in her four-year career

ROAD WARRIORS

Boston College is in the midst of a three-game road swing that started last Saturday at Merrimack
Overall, BC will play five of seven games in this stretch away from home, including a pair of Beanpot games at Northeastern (Jan. 31, Feb. 7)
So far this season, BC has more road wins (8) than home wins despite being undefeated at Kelley Rink (7-0-2)
The Eagles have played 13 away games this season to just nine home games and one neutral-site contest

KENNEDY BACK BEHIND THE BENCH THIS WEEKEND

Associate head coach Courtney Kennedy is back behind the Eagles' bench this weekend after missing the last five games
She was with the U.S. U18 team at the IIHF Under-18 World Championship in the Czech Republic where she served as an assistant coach
The U.S. squad won the gold medal, defeating Canada 3-1 in the final last Saturday ... it was the United States' third-straight gold medal
Former BC All-America goaltender Molly Schaus '11 was the U18's goaltender coach and incoming recruit Cayla Barnes '21 was the team captain, tied for the tournament's scoring lead and won the Directorate Award for the second time as the event's Best Defenseman

NEWKIRK NOW ON THE CLOCK FOR 75

Sophomore Makenna Newkirk should be the next Eagle to hit the 75-point mark
She comes into Friday's game with 74 career points in 64 career games ... she has notched 27 career goals and added 47 career assists
When she reaches the 75-point mark, she will be the 28th player in program history to accumulate 75 points

UNBEATEN RUN AMONG NATION'S CURRENT LONGEST ... AND PROGRAM'S LONGEST

Boston College enters the weekend game on an 11-game unbeaten run, going 9-0-2 in its last 11 games
The Eagles hold the nation's second-longest active unbeaten streak, behind Clarkson's 18-game run (15-0-3)
This current 11-game run is tied for the fourth-longest unbeaten run in program history ... BC has prior unbeaten runs of 40 (2015-16), 28 (2014-15), 18 (2012-13) and 11 (2013-14) games.
BC has now posted unbeaten runs of at least 10 games in each of the last five seasons

HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT BERTH ALREADY CLINCHED

Following last Friday's win against Merrimack, the Eagles clinched a berth in the Hockey East Tournament
BC is the first team to earn a spot in the league's eight-team postseason event, and is its defending champion
This is BC's seventh-straight HEA Tourny berth, and the team's ninth overall in 15 seasons of Hockey East play

HOT STREAK CONTINUES INTO 2017

Boston College has gone 13-1-2 in its last 16 games dating back to Oct. 22 on top of its 11-game unbeaten run (9-0-2)
The Eagles' lone loss in this recent stretch came at Boston University on Nov. 5 when the Terriers stormed back to claim a 5-3 win after entering the third period down 2-0
During this run, the Eagles have played nine road games, going 7-1-1 in those games, plus its 5-0-1 mark at Kelley Rink and a 1-0-0 mark in a neutral game at Fenway Park

EAGLES STILL PACING HOCKEY EAST

Despite notching two league losses and two ties - the team's most non-wins since BC went 17-2-2 in league play in 2012-13 - Boston College still paces the league in practically every statistic, including the standings
The Eagles have a league-best 12-2-2 record and a conference-topping 26 points ... BC leads second-place Northeastern (9-7-2) by six points with two games in hand, and two third-place teams (Vermont, BU) by nine points
In Hockey East games, BC is the conference's top scoring team (3.75 goals per game), has scored the most goals (60), is top defensive team (1.44 goals allowed per game), has the top power play (22.9 percent), best penalty kill (93.8 percent) and best net special teams (+17)
BC is also the only team in Hockey East ranked in every edition of both the USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls this season

SPECIAL TEAMS DOING SPECIAL THINGS

Boston College's special teams have been hot this season ... Eagles are second in the nation in combined special teams, proving successful in 119-for-205 opportunities this season (58.0 percent)
On the power play, BC ranks second nationally with a 26.4 percent conversion (28-for-106) ... the team's 28 power-play goals are most in the nation
On the penalty kill, the Eagles rank third nationally with a 91.9 percent success rate (91-for-99) while scoring five shorthanded goals - third-most nationally
So far this season, 33 of the Eagles' 82 goals have come via special teams (28 PPGs, 5 SHGs)
BC has tallied at least one special-teams goal (PPG and/or SHG) in 21 of 23 games this year

THE EAGLES' NEXT CENTURIANS

Three different Eagles are making a push for 100 career points this season after passing 75 points last season
Kenzie Kent has 96 career points, while Kristyn Capizzano has 94 and Megan Keller 90
When they make it to 100 points, they will be the 14th, 15th and 16th players to reach the 100-point plateau ... Keller will be just the second BC defenseman to reach that mark

Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Grace Bizal

Katie Burt

Kristyn Capizzano

Kali Flanagan

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Haley McLean

Makenna Newkirk

Gabri Switaj

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