Saturday, January 13
Boston, Mass.
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Photo by: Jim Pierce
Miano's Four Goals Lead Eagles to OT Win over Huskies
January 13, 2018 | Women's Hockey
Defenseman has a career day, including the game-winner in the extra session
BOSTON – Senior defenseman Toni Ann Miano scored a career-high four goals – including the game-winning strike in overtime – as the No. 2 Boston College women's hockey team claimed a 5-4 OT win on the road against Northeastern at Matthews Arena on Saturday.
The win was especially emotional for the Eagles as Joe King – father of head coach Katie Crowley and one of the team's biggest and most visible fans – passed away suddenly on Friday night. Crowley coached the Eagles on Saturday.
Miano staked Boston College (19-2-3, 13-1-3 HEA) to an early 2-0 lead with goals at :09 and 6:48 of the first, but Northeastern started to chip away at BC's lead. Shelby Herrington was credited with the first of her two goals on the day at 12:32 when a shot kicked in off her skate, pulling Northeastern (12-10-2, 8-7-1 HEA) within a goal at 2-1. Miano stretched the Eagles' lead back to two at 13:23 and BC took a 3-1 lead into the first intermission.
Former Eagle Tori Sullivan scored at 1:17 of the second to again put Northeastern back within one, and the Huskies thought they had tied it up at 4:06, but after review the goal was disallowed. However, they did end up pulling even at 4:54 through Herrington's second of the day before Kasidy Anderson completed the comeback at 16:43 with her tally, putting the Huskies up 4-3 after two.
BC came out for the third trailing for just the third time this season, and Daryl Watts netted her nation-leading 30th of the season at 1:12 to pull BC even and eventually forced overtime after the Eagles killed off 1:33 of a 5-on-3 power play with under four minutes remaining.
In the added session and skating 4-on-4 because of successive penalties in the waning seconds of the third, Miano capped the win with a slow shot in traffic that beat Aerin Frankel for the win. It was the only shot by either team in the added frame.
Katie Burt made 29 saves for the Eagles, while Frankel stopped 22 shots in relief of starter Brittany Bugalski, who made four saves on seven shots in the first 13:23 of the game.
Boston College returns to the ice on Tuesday, Jan. 16, when the Eagles take a break from Hockey East play to face Harvard in a non-conference game. Faceoff at Kelley Rink is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be streamed live on ESPN3. It can be viewed on WatchESPN.com and via the ESPN app.
No. 2 Boston College 5, Northeastern 4 (OT)
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Matthews Arena | Boston, Mass.
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME NOTES
THREE STARS
TEAM RECORDS
Northeastern: 12-10-2, 8-7-1 HEA
Boston College: 19-2-3, 13-1-3 HEA
UP NEXT
Boston College returns to the ice on Tuesday, Jan. 16, when the Eagles take a break from Hockey East play to face Harvard in a non-conference game. Faceoff at Kelley Rink is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be streamed live on ESPN3. It can be viewed on WatchESPN.
The win was especially emotional for the Eagles as Joe King – father of head coach Katie Crowley and one of the team's biggest and most visible fans – passed away suddenly on Friday night. Crowley coached the Eagles on Saturday.
Miano staked Boston College (19-2-3, 13-1-3 HEA) to an early 2-0 lead with goals at :09 and 6:48 of the first, but Northeastern started to chip away at BC's lead. Shelby Herrington was credited with the first of her two goals on the day at 12:32 when a shot kicked in off her skate, pulling Northeastern (12-10-2, 8-7-1 HEA) within a goal at 2-1. Miano stretched the Eagles' lead back to two at 13:23 and BC took a 3-1 lead into the first intermission.
Former Eagle Tori Sullivan scored at 1:17 of the second to again put Northeastern back within one, and the Huskies thought they had tied it up at 4:06, but after review the goal was disallowed. However, they did end up pulling even at 4:54 through Herrington's second of the day before Kasidy Anderson completed the comeback at 16:43 with her tally, putting the Huskies up 4-3 after two.
BC came out for the third trailing for just the third time this season, and Daryl Watts netted her nation-leading 30th of the season at 1:12 to pull BC even and eventually forced overtime after the Eagles killed off 1:33 of a 5-on-3 power play with under four minutes remaining.
In the added session and skating 4-on-4 because of successive penalties in the waning seconds of the third, Miano capped the win with a slow shot in traffic that beat Aerin Frankel for the win. It was the only shot by either team in the added frame.
Katie Burt made 29 saves for the Eagles, while Frankel stopped 22 shots in relief of starter Brittany Bugalski, who made four saves on seven shots in the first 13:23 of the game.
Boston College returns to the ice on Tuesday, Jan. 16, when the Eagles take a break from Hockey East play to face Harvard in a non-conference game. Faceoff at Kelley Rink is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be streamed live on ESPN3. It can be viewed on WatchESPN.com and via the ESPN app.
No. 2 Boston College 5, Northeastern 4 (OT)
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Matthews Arena | Boston, Mass.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- 1st, 00:09 | BC GOAL, 1-0 – On the game's opening faceoff, Caitrin Lonergan won the draw and Kenzie Kent reached ahead to gain control of the puck in the Northeastern end. At the half boards, she evaded pressure by passing back off the wall to Toni Ann Miano at the point. Miano sent a low shot in that beat Brittany Bugalski through traffic and put the Eagles up 1-0 less than 10 seconds into the game.
- 1st, 6:48 | BC GOAL, 2-0 (PPG) – With the Eagles just getting onto the power play after an almost minute-long 4v4, Makenna Newkirk sprung Lonergan on the move through the neutral zone and Lonergan carried it into NU's end. She got deep and tried to deke around a defender for an open shot on Bugalski, but instead dumped the puck back for an open Miano trailing the play, who potted it in an open net for the two-goal lead.
- 1st, 12:32 | NU GOAL, 2-1 – McKenna Brand skated off the far half boards with the puck and coasted around the back of the goal and coming around on the near side before throwing a shot on goal in traffic. Her effort kicked off Shelby Herrington's skate at the edge of the crease, deflecting in around BC goaltender Katie Burt.
- 1st, 13:23 | BC GOAL, 3-1 – Miano capped the first-period hat trick after leading the rush out of the NU end. Newkirk won the puck along the boards, allowing Miano to pluck it out and skate out and into center ice. At the red line, she fed Daryl Watts to her left, and the freshman took it into the NU end. As she got deeper, the defender followed Watts, which opened a hole for her to drop the puck back to Miano who had curled in behind her. Miano took the feed and fired a snapshot back across past Bugalski's shoulder for her first career three-goal game.
- 2nd, 1:17 | NU GOAL, 3-2 (PPG) – With a carry-over BC penalty close to wrapping up, the Huskies pulled within one. Brand traded passes with Denisa Krizova at the far point before Krizova sent a blast into traffic. Tori Sullivan was down low and cut in to redirect it in to pull Northeastern back within a goal.
- 2nd, 4:06| DISALLOWED NU GOAL – Northeastern appeared to have tied up the score through Kasidy Anderson when she knocked a loose puck into a wide open net. However, after video review, the referees determined two NU players had interfered with Burt on the initial save on the play, pulling her all the way to the back wall and leaving the open net.
- 2nd, 4:54 | NU GOAL, 3-3 – With NU keeping the puck trapped in its own end, Brand got to a loose puck near the far boards and sent a cross-ice pass Skylar Fontaine pinching in low off the point. Fontaine whipped a centering feed into the crease, where Herrington met it on the far post, redirecting it up and over Burt to tie up the game.
- 2nd, 16:43 | NU GOAL, 3-4 – After a BC rush, Northeastern turned the play around and Taytum Clairmont skated out of the Huskies' end, finding Anderson with a cross-ice pass as she entered the Eagles' end. Anderson bobbled the initial pass, but it created space between her and the defender, allowing her room to get off a wrist shot that beat Burt on her glove save.
- 3rd, 1:12 | BC GOAL, 4-4 – Maegan Beres collided with Herrington in the Eagles end, creating a turnover and Newkirk scooped up the puck and skated out. She picked up Watts on the far side, and after cutting inside around a defenseman, sent a pass ahead to Watts at the blue line. Watts took her momentum wide right, opening space around a defender and allowing her to get off a wrist shot back across Frankel for the Eagles' fourth goal of the game, tying it up early in the third.
- OT, 00:28 | BC GOAL, 5-4 – As overtime started, the teams skated 4-on-4 after the squads traded late penalties with under six seconds to play in regulation. As the Huskies gained possession deep in their own zone and behind the net, Newkirk broke up a backpass to another defender and came out to the corner with the puck. She looked up and threaded a pass to the top edge of the circle where Miano came back into the play. Miano received the puck and sent a low shot back on target, beating Frankel through the five-hole for the game-winner and her fourth of the day.
GAME NOTES
- Toni Ann Miano recorded her first career hat trick in the first period and then tallied her fourth goal of the game – the game-winner – in overtime … they were her ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th goals this season, a new single-season high
- Miano is the first BC defenseman to record a hat trick since Lexi Bender did so against Syracuse in the 2014-15 season opener on Oct. 4, 2014 … overall, this was BC's fifth hat trick of the year
- Miano's four goals leapfrogged her into first place on the BC career list for defenseman goals … now with 30 goals, Miano pushed past the 29 posted by Genevieve Missirlian '99 in her four-year career
- Miano also moved into fourth place on the Eagles' career scoring chart for defenseman, again passing Missirlian, who had 83 points in her career … Miano now has 86 career points and is nine back of third-place Bender, who had 95 career points.
- Makenna Newkirk also notched another multiple-point game, picking up four assists to match her career high in the category … this was her 12th multiple-point game of the season and the fourth in the last five games … she has now recorded at least one point in 23-of-24 games this season
- This was Newkirk's second four-assist day in the last four games, and the third of her career overall
- With her four-assist day today, Newkirk joined Caitrin Lonergan (33) and Daryl Watts (33) as the only players nationally with 30 or more assists this season
- Lonergan extended her point streak to a career-long 14 games with her pair of assists in the first period … during this current run, she has recorded at least one assist in all 14 games … Lonergan has posted 34 points (14 goals, 20 assists) during this stretch
- Lonergan has recorded at last one point in 23-of-24 games, with 19 multiple-point efforts and 10 multiple-assist games
- Lonergan's two assists moved her closer to a pair of Alex Carpenter marks on the Eagles' sophomore scoring charts … on the points list – with 57 points – second-place Lonergan is now 13 points behind Carpenter's sophomore record 70 points in 2012-13 … on the assists list, Lonergan's 33 assists are five back of Carpenter's second-place mark (38) and seven back of Megan Keller's sophomore record of 40 in 2015-16
- Daryl Watts also extended her career-long point streak to 14 games with her first-period assist … she now has 36 points (18 goals, 18 assists) in this run
- Watts' third-period assist – the game-tying goal – was her 30th goal of the season … this is the Eagles' 11th 30-goal season in program history and the first since Carpenter (43) and Haley Skarupa (35) each posted 30-goal seasons in 2015-16
- Watts is the first BC freshman to reach 30 goals since Allie Thunstrom did so in 2006-07 … both trail Erin Magee's 39-goal freshman season in 1995-96, which is still the second-highest season goal total in program history
- This was Watts' 20th multiple-point effort of the season – including one in each of the last six games (18 points in that run)
- Watts pushed her nation-leading point total to 63 and her nation-leading goal total to 30 … she and Lonergan share the national lead in assists (33)
- Watts now sits fifth on the all-time NCAA freshman scoring chart, passing Harvard forward Nicole Corriero, who posted 62 points as a freshman in 2001-02 … Watts is 19 points back of the record, held by former Minnesota forward Hannah Brandt '16, who had 82 points in 2012-13
- Kenzie Kent notched her 11th assist of the season and claimed fifth place as her own on the BC career assist chart … she now has 87 career assists to move past Emily Field '15 and Andie Anastos '17 who both had 86 in their careers
- Katie Burt recorded her 110th career win today … she is now just four victories back of tying the NCAA career wins mark, currently held by Noora Raty (Minnesota '13), who had 114 in her career
- This was Boston College's first win in overtime since March 18, 2016, when the top-ranked Eagles defeated No. 4 Clarkson, 3-2, in the NCAA semifinals in the extra session
- This was the Eagles' first win this season when trailing entering the third period … entering today's game, BC was 0-1-1 in those two situations earlier this season
- Going 1-for-6 on the power play today, BC has now notched at least one PPG in six-straight games, matching their longest run of the season … overall, the Eagles lead the nation with 29 power-play goals
- The Eagles improved to 18-0-0 on the season when scoring four or more goals this season, and 9-0-0 when scoring five or more goals
THREE STARS
- Toni Ann Miano, BC
- Makenna Newkirk, BC
- McKenna Brand, NU
TEAM RECORDS
Northeastern: 12-10-2, 8-7-1 HEA
Boston College: 19-2-3, 13-1-3 HEA
UP NEXT
Boston College returns to the ice on Tuesday, Jan. 16, when the Eagles take a break from Hockey East play to face Harvard in a non-conference game. Faceoff at Kelley Rink is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be streamed live on ESPN3. It can be viewed on WatchESPN.
Team Stats
BC
NU
Shots
31
33
PPG
1
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
7
8
Penalty Mins
14
16
Faceoffs Won
30
25
Game Leaders
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+3
Goals
4
Sh
13
A
0
+/-
+2
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
4
+/-
+2
Goals
1
Sh
6
A
1
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
6
A
2
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