Eagles Set to Host Holy Cross, Maine

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The No. 6/7 Boston College women's hockey team will host a pair of games at Kelley Rink this weekend. Holy Cross comes to town on Friday afternoon for a 2 p.m. game that will air live on NESN before Maine ventures to Chestnut Hill for a 4 p.m. game on Saturday that will be on NESNplus.

Saturday will be the team's annual Skate with the Eagles as well as the Skating Strides game.

GAME 7
No. 6/7 Boston College (6-0-0, 5-0-0 HEA) vs. Holy Cross (0-5-2, 0-2-0 HEA)
Kelley Rink at Conte Forum | Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 | 2 p.m.

GAME 8
No. 6/7 Boston College (6-0-0, 5-0-0 HEA) vs. Maine (2-3-1, 0-2-0 HEA)*
Kelley Rink at Conte Forum | Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 | 4 p.m.
*records do not include Friday night's results.

BOSTON COLLEGE IN BRIEF
• Hannah Bilka leads the team in scoring with 11 points on seven goals and four assists ... Kelly Browne has a team-high nine assists while Cayla Barnes has two goals and seven assists for nine points.
• Maddy McArthur is 4-0-0 in goal with a .960 save percentage, 1.00 goals against average and two shutouts while Kelly Pickreign is 2-0-0 with a shutout and a 1.00 goals against average and .962 save percentage.
• The Eagles are converting on 24.0 percent of power plays and killing off 91.9 percent of penalties.
• This is the second time in program history that the Eagles have opened up a season with six consecutive wins at 6-0-0 (40-0-0 in 2015-16) ... it is the sixth time the program has started unbeaten in the first six games of a season.
• The Eagles finished the 2018-19 season with an overall record of 26-12-2 and finished second overall in Hockey East regular season standings at 19-7-1 ... the team earned the program's 11th NCAA tournament berth and ninth consecutive.

ABOUT HOLY CROSS
• Holy Cross is coming off a two-game series at St. Lawrence last weekend ... the Crusaders dropped Saturday's contest 5-1 and fell on Sunday, 4-1 to move to 0-5-2 on the year.
• The team's two ties come by way of a two-game home set with Penn State ... the Crusaders fought to 3-3 and 1-1 ties against the Nittany Lions.
• Rachel Moore has a team-high four points on one goal and three assists ... seven different players have scored for the Crusaders.
• Jada Brenon has started five games in goal for Holy Cross, going 0-4-1 while posting a .901 save percentage and 3.81 goals against average ... Julia Pelletier has appeared in three games with two starts, going 0-1-1 with a .919 save percentage and 2.98 goals against average.
• Holy Cross finished the 2018-19 campaign with an overall record of 1-29-3 overall and 1-25-1 in Hockey East play.
• Katie Lachapelle is in her first season as the head coach of the Crusaders ... Holy Cross is in its second season of Division I play.
• The Crusaders were picked to finish 10th in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches poll.

SERIES HISTORY vs HOLY CROSS
• BC is 4-0-0 in the all-time series with a mark of 3-0-0 at the Hart Center and 1-0-0 at Kelley Rink.
• The teams met back on Oct. 3 with the Eagles skating to a 6-0 win at the Hart Center ... Hannah Bilka had four goals in that game, including a short-handed goal, a power-play goal and the game-winning goal, while Olivia Finocchiaro (1-3-4) and Kelly Browne (0-4-4) each had four-point outings as well.
• The Eagles faced off against the Crusaders in the first-ever Hockey East home game for Holy Cross on Oct. 26, 2018 ... BC won, 5-1 ... BC swept the 2018-19 season series, taking two on the road (5-1 and 5-0) before winning a game at Kelley Rink (6-0).
• Browne has a team-leading 10 points against the Crusaders with four goals and six assists ... she notched a career-high four points on four assists in a 6-0 win on Oct. 3, 2019 ... she potted her first career goal with the game-winner at Holy Cross on Oct. 26, 2018 ... Browne had two goals on Nov. 24, 2018.
• Cayla Barnes has put up one goal and six assists against Holy Cross ... Barnes had two assists on Oct. 26, 2018 and then added a game-winning goal and an assist on Nov. 24, 2018 ... she had another two-assist outing on Feb. 1, 2019.
• BC has nine players with at least one point against the Crusaders.
• Goaltender Molly Barrow earned her first career start, win and shutout with a 16-save performance at Holy Cross on Nov. 24, 2018.

ABOUT MAINE
• The Black Bears kicked off the 2019-20 season going 2-3-1 in the first six games of the season ... after a pair of wins at Sacred Heart (4-0 and 7-0), Maine had an 0-1-1 home series against Quinnipiac.
• Maine kicked off conference play last weekend, falling to Northeastern (6-1) and Boston University (3-1) at Alfond Arena.
• Tereza Vanisova leads the team with six points on four goals and two assists while Brittany Colton is second with one goal and a team-high four assists for five points.
• Fourteen different Black Bears have at least one point for Maine.
• Carly Jackson and Loryn Porter have both started three games for Maine ... Jackson is 1-2-0 with a 1.70 goals against average, .932 save percentage and one shutout ... Porter is 1-1-1 with a .911 save percentage, 1.91 goals against average and two shutouts.
• Maine was tabbed eighth in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll ... the Black Bears went 14-15-5 in 2018-19 with a 7-15-5 mark in Hockey East play.
off a two-game series at St. Lawrence last weekend ... the Crusaders dropped Saturday's contest 5-1 and fell on Sunday, 4-1 to move to 0-5-2 on the year.

SERIES HISTORY vs MAINE
• BC holds a 43-16-6 advantage in the all-time series, including a 20-7-4 mark in away games and 23-9-2 at Kelley Rink.
• The Eagles have a six-game winning streak in the series after sweeping the last two regular season series.
• BC earned a 4-1 win in Orono last year before defending home ice with 2-1 and 5-2 wins in the final home weekend of the series.
• The Eagles' 2-1 win last year on Feb. 14, 2019 marked the 300th career win for head coach Katie Crowley ... Crowley is 32-5-2 all-time against Maine.
• Delaney Belinskas netted the then-eighth four-goal game in program history on Oct. 9, 2016, in Chestnut Hill ... Belinskas is BC's leading scorer against the Black Bears, collecting 11 points on six goals and five assists ... she has two game-winning goals against Maine.
• Bridget McCarthy scored her first career goal and the game-winning goal against Maine in a 5-1 win at Kelley Rink on Oct. 9, 2016.

LAST TIME OUT
• The Eagles traveled to Vermont on Sunday and came away with a 3-2 win over the Catamounts.
• Hannah Bilka scored two goals and Kelly Pickreign made a career-high 33 saves in the win ... Savannah Norcross scored her fourth goal of the season late in the second period with Deirdre Mullowney picking up her first career assist on the goal.
• Kelly Browne picked up two assists in the win for her third multi-point game of the season ... Bilka extended her point-streak to five games.
• That win came on the heels of a home-opening 8-0 win over Merrimack on Friday night ... Lindsay Agnew had five points in that game while Pickreign made 18 saves for her first career shutout.

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Players Mentioned

Lindsay Agnew

Cayla Barnes

Molly Barrow

Delaney Belinskas

Hannah Bilka

Kelly Browne

Olivia Finocchiaro

Maddy McArthur

Bridget McCarthy

Deirdre Mullowney

Savannah Norcross

Kelly Pickreign