No. 5 Eagles Host UConn Thursday Night

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The No. 5/5 Boston College women's hockey team will host the UConn Huskies on Thursday night in a Hockey East battle at Kelley Rink. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be streamed on ESPN3, which is available on WatchESPN.com or the ESPN app.

Boston College (7-2-0, 4-0-0 HEA) is coming off a two-win conference road weekend. On Friday night, the Eagles topped Holy Cross, 5-1, in the first-ever meeting between the two programs. BC trekked north to Maine on Sunday and came away with a 4-1 win over the Black Bears. The Eagles displayed balanced scoring over the two wins, with all nine goals coming from a different player. Megan Keller (3-7-10) and Caitrin Lonergan (4-6-10) are tied for the team lead in scoring thus far.

UConn (5-3-1, 2-2-1 HEA) beat Union, 7-0, on Saturday afternoon on the strength of a Savannah Bouzide hat trick. The Huskies started the season with three straight wins and have gone 2-2-1 in the last five contests. Natalie Snodgrass has a team-leading 11 points on two goals and nine assists, with four of her helpers coming on the power play.

Boston College will travel to Providence on Saturday, Nov. 3 for another Hockey East road test.

GAME 10
No. 5/5 Boston College (7-2-0, 4-0-0 HEA) vs. UConn (5-3-1, 2-2-1 HEA)
Kelley Rink at Conte Forum | Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 | 7 p.m.

BOSTON COLLEGE IN BRIEF
• The Eagles come into Thursday's contest with a seven-game unbeaten streak after topping Maine, 4-1, on Sunday afternoon at Alfond Arena … that win came on the heels of a 5-1 win at Holy Cross on Friday night.
• All nine of the Eagles' goals over those two games came off the stick of a different player.
• BC started the season at No. 9 Minnesota Duluth, falling in both games, before returning home and topping Syracuse and St. Lawrence before starting Hockey East play.
• Megan Keller (3-7-10) and Caitrin Lonergan (4-6-10) are tied for the team lead in scoring ... Daryl Watts has a team-high five goals and Makenna Newkirk joins Keller atop the team's assist leader board with seven.

ABOUT CONNECTICUT
• UConn, which started the season with three straight wins and is 2-2-1 in the last five contests, is coming off a 7-0 win at Union on Oct. 27.
• Savannah Bouzide recorded a hat-trick in the non-conference win that saw the Huskies score five goals in the first frame.
• Fifteen different Huskies have registered at least one point while 13 of them have scored at least one goal.
• Natalie Snodgrass has a team-leading 11 points on two goals and nine assists ... four of her helpers have come on the power-play.
• Morgan Wabick leads UConn with six goals, five of which have come on the power-play.
• Morgan Fisher has gone 4-2-1 in seven starts, posting a 1.85 goals against average and a .933 save percentage.

IT'S WORTH NOTING
•BC has started Hockey East play 4-0-0 for the first time since the 2015-16 season ... the team finished league play a perfect 24-0-0 that year.
• Freshman Kelly Browne is second amongst Hockey East rookies in faceoff wins with 75 and tied for fifth overall.
• Daryl Watts is averaging 4.78 shots on goal per game, which is fourth overall in Hockey East.
• Cayla Barnes leads BC with 16 blocks, which also ties her for fourth in the conference.
• Five different players have scored game-winning goals for the Eagles, which ties with Northeastern for the most in Hockey East.
• The Eagles have 13 players with at least one point and eleven players have scored at least one goal.

STINGY DEFENSE
• Boston College has limited opponents to one goal or less in each of the last seven games.
• It's tied for the longest streak in the NCAA since the start of the 2017-18 season, matching Cornell's from last season.
• It ties for the longest stretch in program history for the Eagles, matching one during the 2015-16 season.
• On a seven-game streak from Oct. 17, 2015 to Nov. 7, 2015, BC limited opponents to just two goals total (putting up five shutouts and allowing just one goal each in the other two contests).

HOME SWEET HOME
• Boston College reeled off five straight wins during its five-game homestand Oct. 6-20.
• It marked the fifth consecutive unbeaten start through the first five home games of a season for the Eagles.
• BC is the only team in the nation to start each of the last five seasons unbeaten in the first five home games.

MILESTONE CHECK
• Caitrin Lonergan needs one goal to hit 50 for her career.
• Megan Keller registered her 125th career point with her second assist at Maine on Oct. 28.
• With three more, Daryl Watts will hit 50 career goals ... she needs six assists for 50 career helpers ... Watts is nine points away from 100 career points.
• Makenna Newkirk is five assists away from 100 in her career.
• In a three-point outing against Syracuse on Oct. 6, Newkirk became the fifth player in program history to reach 150 career points.

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Players Mentioned

Cayla Barnes

Kelly Browne

Megan Keller

Caitrin Lonergan

Makenna Newkirk

Daryl Watts