Rematch with Huskies Set for Friday

No. 6 Boston College (21-3-5, 15-2-3 HEA) vs. Northeastern (18-10-3, 13-7-2 HEA)
Friday, February 10, 2017 | 2 p.m.
Kelley Rink at Conte Forum | Chestnut Hill, Mass.

2-FOR-2 THIS TROPHY SEASON

Boston College has already claimed its first two trophies of "Trophy Season"
The Eagles won the 2016-17 Hockey East regular-season title last Friday with their 4-4 tie against UConn ... this was BC's fourth-straight regular-season crown
Tuesday night, BC claimed their seventh Beanpot title with a 2-1 win over Northeastern at Matthews Arena
The next trophy up for grabs will be the 2017 Hockey East Tournament title ... BC has won it twice (2011, 2016) and will be defending its title later this month when the tournament starts

FAMILIAR FRIDAY OPPONENT POST-BEANPOT

On Friday, Boston College and Northeastern will meet again, just three days after the teams vied for the 2017 Beanpot
This is the second straight year that the teams meet days after playing for the Beanpot title
In 2016, BC topped 6 No. Northeastern 7-0 to win the Beanpot on Feb. 9 at BU's Walter Brown Arena, then defeated the sixth-ranked Huskies 5-3 at Kelley Rink on Feb. 12
On Tuesday, BC came from behind to top Northeastern, 2-1, in the Beanpot final at the Huskies' Matthews Arena

AGAINST NORTHEASTERN

Overall: 39-34-7
Home: 16-13-4
Away: 18-17-2
Neutral: 5-4-1
Hockey East: 30-11-5
HEA Tournament: 1-1-0
Beanpot: 8-4-1
NCAA: 1-0-0
SERIES NOTES
- Friday's game will be the fourth meeting between the teams this season and the final regular-season Hockey East game of the season ... earlier this year, the teams played to a 2-2 tie on Nov. 20 before the Eagles won 4-2 on Nov. 26, both at Matthews Arena ... on Tuesday, BC earned a 2-1 win at Matthews Arena to take the 2017 Beanpot title
- Boston College is 39-34-7 all-time against Northeastern since elevating to Division I status for the 1995-95 season
- Last year, BC won all five meetings between the teams, including a 7-0 win in the Beanpot final and a 5-1 win in the NCAA Quarterfinals
- BC is 16-15-4 in meetings at Kelley Rink and 18-17-2 in games played at Matthews Arena ... the teams have met eight times on neutral ice, with BC leading 5-2-1 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 launch of Hockey East in 2002-03, BC is 39-12-5 overall against Northeastern ... all of the Eagles' wins against NU have come in the HEA era
- BC is undefeated in its last 16 meetings with Northeastern, including a 14-0-2 record ... the Eagles are also undefeated in their last 11 home games (9-0-2) against NU
- BC and Northeastern have met in tournaments 16 times between the Beanpot, Hockey East Tournament and NCAA Tournament
- BC is 8-4-1 against the Huskies in the Beanpot, 1-1-0 in the HEA Tournament and 1-0-0 in the NCAA Tournament
- The teams have met twice in the Hockey East Tournament, with the Eagles claiming the title in 2011 with a championship-game win over Northeastern .... in 2013, NU topped BC in the semifinals
PLAYER NOTES
- Andie Anastos is the Eagles' active leading scorers against Northeastern with 14 points in 16 games ... Anastos' 14 points have come from 3 goals and 11 assists ... Anastos is also a team-best +20 in her career against Northeastern ... in 2014-15, Anastos recorded at least one point in each of the teams' four meetings
- In 11 career games, Keller's recorded three goals and 10 assists ... her first-career three-point game (1-2-3) came against the Huskies on Jan. 10, 2015 ... last year, Keller notched eight points (1-7-8) in five meetings
- Kristyn Capizzano has 13 points (7-6-12) in 16 games ... Capizzano's seven goals lead all active Eagles, ahead of Kenzie Kent (6-6-12 in 12 gms.)
- Both Capizzano and Kent have tallied shorthanded goals at Matthews Arena against NU this season ... Kent's SHG was the first of her career
- Makenna Newkirk (3-4-7) posted six of her points in two games against the Huskies last year: 1-2-3 in the Beanpot final and 2-1-3 the following game at Kelley Rink
- Katie Burt is 9-0-1 against Northeastern, including a 1.39 GAA and a .944 save percentage ... her single-game high of 36 saves came in the teams' Nov. 28 meeting last year at Matthews Arena - a 6-1 BC win
COACHING NOTES
- Katie Crowley has a 30-5-4 career mark against the Huskies

UNBEATEN RUN NOW THE NATION'S LONGEST

Boston College enters Friday's game on a 17-game unbeaten run, going 14-0-3 in that span
The Eagles' 17-game run is the longest active unbeaten streak in the nation
This current 17-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
Should BC win or tie on Friday, the streak will push to 18 games and match the third-longest unbeaten stretch in program history
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

KELLER SITTING ATOP NATIONAL DMAN STATS ... AGAIN

Junior All-America defenseman - and U.S. National Team member - Megan Keller is once again sitting atop the national defenseman scoring charts
Her 0.98 points per game and 0.76 assists per game marks both lead all defensemen nationally
Keller has 24 points in 25 games from five goals and 19 assists ... her 19 assists are the most nationally among defensemen
Keller missed four games in October and November while helping the U.S. win the gold medal at the Four Nations Cup ... despite that fact, her 24 points are still second-most among all defensemen nationally, behind Clarkson's Savannah Harmon who has 26 points in 30 games

FABULOUS FRESHMEN

Boston College has two freshman who have each scored at least 25 points this season: Caitrin Lonergan (28) and Delaney Belinskas (27)
BC is one of five programs in the country with a 25-point (or more) freshman scorer
Additionally, the Eagles are the only team nationally that has TWO freshmen who have both scored at least 20 points … the 13 freshmen nationally who have reached the 20-point plateau come from 12 schools
Of the 12 freshmen 20-point scorers, seven are from Hockey East, two from the ECAC, one from the CHA and two from the WHCA

WINNING WAYS HOME AND AWAY

In an odd scheduling quirk, BC has more road wins (11) than home games played this season (8-0-2)
BC's 16 road games this season are tied for most in the nation with six other programs
BC's 11 road wins are tied with Clarkson for third-most nationally, behind Wisconsin's 14 and St. Lawrence's 13
BC's 11 home games are tied for the least by any team nationally, and are tied for the fewest among the nation's top 10 teams with St. Lawrence
Despite being one of two undefeated teams at home this year - along with Minnesota (11-0-1) - BC's eight home wins are only tied for eighth-most nationally

THE EAGLES' NEXT CENTURIANS

Two more Eagles are making a push for 100 career points this season after passing 75 points last season
Kristyn Capizzano and Kenzie Kent both come into Friday's game with 99 career points each
When they make it to 100 points, they will be the 15th and 16th players to reach the 100-point plateau

HOMETOWN SCENE-STEALER

Erin Connolly has relished playing in big games in her hometown this season
The South Boston product has had stand-out performances in the Eagles' Frozen Fenway game against Harvard and in the title run to the 2017 Beanpot
At Fenway Park, Connolly scored a career-high two goals in BC's 3-1 win over the Crimson
Connolly was also voted the MVP of the Beanpot after her one-goal, two-assist effort to lead the tournament in scoring ... in the first round against BU, she set up both of Makenna Newkirk's goals ... in the championship game, she netted the game-winning goal in the third period to cap the come-from-behind victory

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Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Delaney Belinskas

Katie Burt

Kristyn Capizzano

Erin Connolly

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Caitrin Lonergan

Makenna Newkirk