Beanpot Title Defense Starts Tuesday against Terriers

2017 Beanpot | First Round
No. 6 Boston College (19-3-4) vs. Boston University (13-9-5)
Tuesday, Jan. 31 | 5 p.m.
Matthews Arena | Boston, Mass.
Radio: WBNW 1120 AM (Tom Grace, play-by-play)

TROPHY SEASON STARTS NOW

Boston College begins Trophy Season on Tuesday with the start of the 39th Annual Women's Beanpot
BC is the Beanpot's defending champion, winning its sixth 'Pot in 2016
This season, BC is defending the Beanpot and Hockey East Tournament titles and will gun for its first NCAA Championship after falling in the final last year ... the Eagles also successfully re-claimed its Hockey East regular-season title, which they've now won the last four seasons

BEANPOT HISTORY

Boston College has appeared in all 38 editions of the Beanpot, playing the first 16 as a club program (1979-1994) and the last 22 as a varsity program (1995-present)
The Eagles won their first Beanpot in 2006 and have won all six of their titles in the last 11 seasons ... BC was the Beanpot champion in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2016
Boston College has appeared in 11 of the last 15 championship games, missing the final in 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2012
BC's senior class is 5-1 in the Beanpot with a pair of championships: 2014 as freshmen and 2016 as juniors ... the Eagles' seniors are 1-0 against BU, 3-0 against Northeastern and 1-1 against Harvard in the Beanpot
Beanpot Record: 34-37-2 (27-15-2)
Tournament Titles: 6 (6)
Runner-Up Finishes: 9 (7)
Third-Place Finishes: 13 (9)
Fourth-Place Finishes: 5 (0)
Neutral Record: 21-19-2 (15-6-2)
Home Record: 10-5-0 (9-3-0)
Away Record: 3-13-0 (3-8-0)
(Varsity, 1995-present)

EAGLES AND TERRIERS IN THE BEANPOT

All-time, BC and BU have met 27 times in Beanpot play since the tournament's inception, with the Eagles holding an 18-8-1 edge in those games ... since BC has been a varsity program (1995 tournament), BC is 13-1-1 against BU ... since BU became a varsity program (2006 tournament), the Eagles are 3-1-1 against the Terriers in the Beanpot
In the first round, BC is 8-2-0 all-time against BU, and 6-1-0 against the Terriers since becoming a varsity club ... with both teams at the varsity level (2006 to present), BC is 2-1-0 in the first round against BU
After BU topped the Eagles in the 2008 Beanpot first round (4-2 at Walter Brown Arena), the Eagles won in the 2011 first round (2-1 at Kelley Rink) and 2014 first round (4-1 at Kelley Rink)
The 2014 first round was the last time the teams met in the Beanpot

BC IN THE BEANPOT AT MATTHEWS ARENA

Boston College is 11-14-0 all-time in Beanpot games played at Matthews Arena
The Eagles won the 2009 title at Matthews Arena, topping Harvard - 1-0 - in the championship game
The last time the Beanpot was played at Matthews Arena - 2013 - BC defeated Harvard, 2-1, in the first round before falling to host Northeastern, 4-3, in the championship game

EAGLES' STATS IN THE BEANPOT

Andie Anastos leads all current Eagles in scoring in the Beanpot with 7 points (2g, 5a) in 6 games
Megan Keller (3-3-6 in 4 gms,) and Makenna Newkirk (1-5-6 in 2 gms.) are ranked second ... all of their points came in the 2016 tournament as both players posted pairs of three-point performances en route to the title
Kenzie Kent (1-3-4 in 4 gms.) and Kristyn Capizzano (0-4-4 in 6 gms.) follow Keller and Newkirk, while Grace Bizal also has a single assist in 2 games
Katie Burt is 3-1-0 in Beanpot play with a 1.00 GAA and a .942 save percentage ... she has two shutouts in Beanpot action (both in 2016) and was the 2016 Bertagna Award winner as the tournament's top goalie

EAGLES AGAINST THE TERRIERS

Overall: 24-17-6
Home: 10-7-3
Away: 11-7-2
Neutral: 3-3-1
Hockey East: 19-11-5
HEA Tournament: 2-4-0
Beanpot: 3-1-1
Series Notes
- The teams are playing their 48th varsity game on Tuesday ... in varsity contests, BC leads the series 24-17-6
- This season the teams finished the Hockey East regular-season series 1-1-1 marking the first time it was tied since 2012
- BU's win on Nov. 5 snapped Boston College's five-game winning streak against the Terriers, the longest winning streak by either team in the series since both teams were varsity programs (2005-06 to present)
- At neutral sites, the series is tied, 3-3-1 .. .at Kelley Rink, the Eagles are 10-7-3 against BU ... at Walter Brown Arena, the Eagles are 11-7-2
- Since the 2013-14 season, BC is 11-3-2 against Boston University overall, with the Eagles' losses coming in the 2014 and 2015 Hockey East Championship games and in the team's Nov. 5 meeting at Walter Brown Arena
- BC went six seasons without a home win against BU: 2007-08 through 2012-13 ... the Eagles won the Feb. 4, 2014 meeting at Kelley Rink to snap an 0-7-2 run at home against the Terriers ... however, since the 2013-14 season BC is 5-0-1 at home vs. Boston University
- BC and BU have met in the last three Hockey East Tournament championship games, with the Eagles snapping the Terriers two-tournament winning streak (2014, 2015) last season (2016)
Player Notes
- 12 current Eagles have registered at least one point against Boston University
- Andie Anastos has collected 12 points in 16 career games against BU, coming on 6 goals and 6 assists … as a freshman in 2013-14, she posted 8 points (4g, 4a) in 5 games
- Just a freshman, Caitrin Lonergan already has 5 points (2 goals, 3 assists) in three games against BU ... she has at least one point in each meeting this season
- Delaney Belinskas notched a two-goal effort in the teams' first meeting this season
- Makenna Newkirk (4-5-9) recorded her first career hat trick on Nov. 7, 2015 at BU ... her nine points are tied for second among active Eagles in just seven games
- Kristyn Capizzano (4-5-9) scored the Eagles' lone goal in the Jan. 7 meeting, and is now tied with Newkirk for second in active career scoring against the Terriers
- Megan Keller (0-8-8) leads all active Eagles in assists against BU - she missed the teams' first two meetings in November while with Team USA at the Four Nations Cup
- Kenzie Kent (1-5-6) also has multiple points against the Terriers ... Kent picked up three points in the 2016 Hockey East Championship game (1-2-3)
- Katie Burt is 6-2-2 against BU with a 1.97 GAA, 2 shutouts and a .925 save percentage ... this season, Burt has made 82 saves (27.3 saves per game), including a 33-save effort on Nov. 4
- Gabri Switaj is 1-0-0 vs. the Terriers with a 3.00 GAA and a .870 save percentage; her first career start came against BU in a 4-3 win in January 2015
Coaching Notes
- Katie Crowley has an 19-16-5 career mark against Boston University

UNBEATEN RUN NOW THE NATION'S LONGEST

Boston College enters Tuesday game on a 14-game unbeaten run, going 12-0-2 in its last 14 games
The Eagles' 14-game run is now the longest active unbeaten streak in the nation
This current 14-game run is the fourth-longest unbeaten run in program history ... BC has prior unbeaten streaks of 40 (2015-16), 28 (2014-15) and 18 (2012-13) games
BC has now posted unbeaten runs of at least 10 games in each of the last five seasons
The Eagles' current unbeaten run began following a 5-3 loss at Boston University on Nov. 5

HOT STREAK CONTINUES INTO 2017

After starting the season with a 3-2-2 record, Boston College has gone 16-1-2 in its last 19 games dating back to Oct. 22
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 ... since then, BC has gone 14 games undefeated (12-0-2)
During the run that started in late October, the Eagles have played 11 road games, going 9-1-1 in those games, plus its 6-0-1 mark at Kelley Rink and a 1-0-0 mark in a neutral game at Fenway Park
BC's seven wins in 2017 are tied for most in the country with Wisconsin, while the Eagles are one of four teams overall (Wisconsin at 7-0-0, Princeton at 4-0-1 and Minnesota Duluth at 5-0-1) who are undefeated in the new year

STREAKING EAGLES

Several Eagles come into the Beanpot on point- and goal-scoring streaks:
Makenna Newkirk has as six-game point streak (4-4-8), which includes a three-game goal streak (4)
Andie Anastos has a six-game point streak (3-5-8)
Megan Keller has a three-game streak (2-4-6)

SHARE OF HOCKEY EAST REGULAR-SEASON TITLE CLINCHED

With their win over Merrimack last Wednesday night coupled with results on Friday and Saturday around the league, the Eagles claimed at least a share of the 2016-17 Hockey East regular-season title this weekend
BC just need a single point in its final five games to claim the title as its own
BC has now won the last four Hockey East regular-season crowns: 2013-14 with a 18-2-1 record, 2014-15 with a 20-0-1 mark and 2015-16 with a 24-0-0 record ... BC is 15-2-2 in league play so far this season
UNH holds the league's record for consecutive regular-season titles: six from 2003-04 through 2008-09

HOCKEY EAST QUARTERFINAL SERIES ANNOUNCED

Boston College was the first team to claim a top-four seed in the 2017 Hockey East Tournament and hosting rights for the Hockey East Quarterfinals
BC will host the best-of-three series at the end of February at Kelley Rink
Game 1: Thursday, Feb. 23 - 2 p.m.
Game 2: Friday, Feb. 24 - 2 p.m.
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, Feb. 26 - 8 p.m.

CROWLEY COMING UP ON HOCKEY EAST CAREER WINS MARK

Katie Crowley is approaching the Hockey East coaching career wins mark (league games)
Former UNH head coach Mark McCloskey and current Providence coach Bob Deraney currently share the record, but two other current coaches - including Crowley - are not far behind:

                        Coach, School (HEA years at school) - victories
            1.         Brian McCloskey, UNH (2002-13) - 153 wins
                        Bob Deraney, Providence (2002-present) - 153 wins
            3.         Katie Crowley, BC (2007-present) - 151 wins
            4.         Bob Durocher, BU (2005-present) - 148 wins

BURT NOW IN RANGE OF HOCKEY EAST WINS RECORD, NCAA TOP 10

Katie Burt is moving up a host of goaltender career wins charts as she enters the week with 82 career wins and the BC career wins mark already in hand
Burt is in 11th place on the NCAA career wins chart ... with one more win - which will be her 83rd career victory - she will move her into a tie for 10th place with Judy Horak (Minnesota '05)
As a junior, Burt is the second-winningest active goaltender in the NCAA, behind Wisconsin's Ann-Renee Desbiens (90), who is a senior
With 49 career wins in conference play, Burt is also three wins back of the Hockey East career wins record (52), held by UNH's Melissa Bourdon '07 ... she comes into the week in third place and one back of tying BU's Kerrin Sperry '14 in second place (50 wins)
Burt claimed the Boston College wins record as her own on Jan. 21 with a 3-0 shutout at Vermont ... it was her 81st career victory and passed Molly Schaus '11, who had 80 wins in her four seasons
Schaus had 20-, 14-, 22- and 24-win seasons at The Heights to set the record at the end of her career in 2010-11
So far in her two-plus year career, Burt has 30- and 35-win seasons and 17 wins so far this year

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 136-of-232 opportunities this season (58.6 percent)
On the power play, BC ranks second nationally with a 26.1 percent conversion (31-for-119) ... the team's 31 power-play goals are most in the nation by six (Colgate and Robert Morris, 25 each)
On the penalty kill, the Eagles lead the nation with a 92.9 percent success rate (105-for-113) while scoring seven shorthanded goals - tied for most nationally
So far this season, 38 of the Eagles' 92 goals have come via special teams (31 PPGs, 7 SHGs) ... and BC has added an extra-attacker goal, too
BC has tallied at least one special-teams goal (PPG and/or SHG) in 24 of 26 games this year

BURT POWERING THE UNBEATEN RUN

Katie Burt has been stellar in net during the Eagles' 14-game unbeaten run, powering the team from the back
Since the second week in November, Burt is second nationally with a 1.14 goals against average coming in 13 starts in goal
Burt's 11 wins since the second week in November are also second-most nationally, behind Minnesota Duluth's Maddie Rooney (12) ... Burt's .923 winning percentage is the nation's best since the second week in November
Burt's three shutouts in that timeframe are tied for second-most nationally behind Desbiens
In that time, Burt's .945 save percentage is fourth-best nationally while playing at least three more games than the three goalies above her (Wisconsin's Ann-Renee Desbiens' .963, Princeton's Steph Neatby's .952 and Cornell's Paula Voorheis' .946)
Burt also played all but one game of the Eagles' 14 games in that run ... Desbiens played in just 10 of Wisconsin's 15 games ... Neatby played in 10 of Princeton's 16 games ... Voorheis played in 10 of Cornell's 18 games

THE EAGLES' NEXT CENTURIANS

Three different Eagles are making a push for 100 career points this season after passing 75 points last season
Kristyn Capizzano has 97 career points, while Kenzie Kent and Megan Keller each have 96 career points
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

NEWKIRK STEAMROLLING INTO THE LAST PART OF THE SCHEDULE

Sophomore Makenna Newkirk just became the 28th player in program history to record at least 75 points, doing so on Jan. 20 at Vermont
She reached that mark in 65 games
Newkirk comes into Tuesday's game with a six-game point streak intact during which she's collected eight points
Newkirk has at least one point in 16 of the team's last 18 games dating back to Oct. 22
When she scores a goal, BC is 6-1-0 ... the Eagles are 14-1-0 when she tallies an assist
With 30 points (10 goals, 20 assists), Newkirk is the team's leading scorer entering the Beanpot

CAPIZZANO SETS NEW CAREER BEST

With her shorthanded goal against Merrimack on Jan. 25, Kristyn Capizzano scored her 12 goal of the season
With that goal, the senior established her a season-best total, surpassing the 11 goals she netted as both a freshman and sophomore
Capizzano now has 43 career goals, which include eight power-play goals and three shorthanded strikes

Beanpot Title Defense Starts Tuesday against Terriers

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Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Delaney Belinskas

Grace Bizal

Katie Burt

Kristyn Capizzano

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Caitrin Lonergan

Makenna Newkirk

Gabri Switaj

Beanpot Title Defense Starts Tuesday against Terriers

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Andie Anastos

Delaney Belinskas

Grace Bizal

Katie Burt

Kristyn Capizzano

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Caitrin Lonergan

Makenna Newkirk

Gabri Switaj

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