Eagles, Terriers Set to Renew Rivalry on Friday Night

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The sixth-ranked Boston College women's hockey team will travel down Commonwealth Avenue on Friday night to face the Boston University Terriers at Walter Brown Arena. Puck drop is schedule for 7 p.m.

BC and BU have squared off as varsity teams 56 times prior to Friday's contest, with the Eagles holding an edge of 30-19-7 in the all-time series. The rivals met four times last season, with BC taking the first meeting at Kelley Rink, 4-3, before BU took a home-and-home series a week later with 3-2 and 4-2 wins. The Eagles and Terriers met again in the Hockey East Tournament semifinal, with BC skating to a 5-1 win in the neutral site meeting.

GAME 12
No. 6/6 Boston College (9-1-1, 8-1-1 HEA) at RV/RV Boston University (7-3-1, 3-1-1 HEA)
Friday, Nov. 15, 2019 | 7:00 p.m.
Walter Brown Arena | Boston

WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• The Eagles and Terriers will meet for the first time this season on Friday night at Walter Brown Arena.
• Boston College is 30-19-7 all-time against BU with a mark of 13-8-2 in road games.
• Seven of the last 10 meetings between the Comm Ave rivals have been decided by one goal or less ... 22 of the 56 meetings in the series have been decided by one goal or less.
• BC's offense is ranked fifth in the country (4.18) while BU boasts the nation's fourth ranked defense (1.55).
• BC is currently ranked sixth overall in both the USCHO and USA Hockey national polls.
• Alexie Guay enters Friday night with an eight-game point streak ... Delaney Belinskas has scored two goals in each of the least two games.
• BC was picked to finish third in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll while BU was tabbed second.

BOSTON COLLEGE IN BRIEF
• Hannah Bilka leads the team in scoring with 18 points on 10 goals and eight assists ... Kelly Browne has a team-high 11 assists and six goals for 17 points while Cayla Barnes has two goals and 10 assists for 12 points.
• Maddy McArthur is 7-1-1 in goal with a .919 save percentage, 1.87 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 19.6 percent of power plays and killing off 86.0 percent of penalties ... BC's offense is averaging 4.18 goals per game, fifth-best in the nation.
• BC opened up the 2019-20 season with seven consecutive wins and a 10-game unbeaten streak overall before falling at UConn on Nov. 9 ... eight of the team's nine wins have come in Hockey East play.
• BC's 7-0-0 start marked the second-ever such start for the program (40-0-0 in 2015-16).
• 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 BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• The Terriers hosted Yale on Tuesday night, skating to a 3-1 win over the Bulldogs ... Nara Elia and Kristina Schuler had a goal and an assist apiece while Jesse Compher added an empty-net goal ... Kate Stuart made 30 saves in the win.
• Sammy Davis has a team-leading 12 points on four goals and eight assists and team-best 41 shots on goal.
• Freshman Julia Nearis has a team-high six goals, with four coming on the power play.
• In goal, Stuart is 2-1-0 in three starts but Corinne Schroeder has gone 5-2-1 with a 1.37 goals against average and a 950 save percentage.
• Schroeder was named the September/October Hockey East Goaltender of the Month ... she has not allowed more than two goals in any of her eight starts.
• The Terriers have 18 players with at least one point while seven players have at least five points.
• Compher has two games under her belt after missing the first nine due to injury ... she was a Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award top-10 finalist last year after recording 61 points on 44 assists and 17 goals.
• Brian Durocher is in his 15th season as head coach of the Terriers
• The Terriers were picked to finish second in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll.

SERIES HISTORY vs BU
• BU won the 2018-19 regular season series at 2-1-0 but the Eagles topped the Terriers, 5-1, in the Hockey East Tournament semifinal game to give each team two wins apiece last season.
• BC maintains the overall lead in the all-time series at 30-19-7 ... this will be the 57th meeting in varsity games ... the Eagles have a mark of 12-8-4 against the Terriers at Conte Forum and 13-7-2 at Walter Brown Arena ... BC has the edge at neutral sites, 5-3-1.
• BC and BU met in three straight Hockey East Tournament championship games (2014-16), with the Eagles snapping the Terriers two-tournament winning streak in 2016.
• Seven of the last 10 meetings have been decided by one goal or less ... 22 of the 56 meetings in the series have been decided by one goal or less.
• Erin Connolly leads all current Eagles in scoring against BU with six points on three goals and three assists ... three Eagles have three points apiece against the Terriers in Willow Corson (1-2-3), Delaney Belinskas (2-1-3) and Lindsay Agnew (2-1-3).
• Seven Eagles have at least two career points against the Terriers ... three Eagles have scored a game-winning goal against BU.

LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College dropped its first game of the season on Saturday, falling on the road at UConn, 5-2 ... the loss snapped a season-opening 10-game unbeaten streak for the Eagles.
• Delaney Belinskas scored twice for her second consecutive two goal game in the loss … she became the 32nd player in program history to hit 75 career points ... the senior moved into a tie for 25th all-time in program history in goals (36) and also broke into the top 30 in points (76).
• Erin Connolly picked up two assists for her first points of the season while Alexie Guay extended her point streak to eight games with a second-period helper.

BALANCED SCORING
• Through the first 11 games of the season, Boston College has had 12 different players score at least one goal and 16 players total register at least one point.
• The Eagles have 11 players with at least five points, tops in Hockey East ... Northeastern and Vermont each have nine players with at least five points.
• BC has five players with at least 10 points each, the most in Hockey East ... UVM has four players with at least 10 points while UNH has three.
• Six different players have scored game-winning goals for the Eagles this season, the most in Hockey East.

IT'S WORTH NOTING...
• Boston College ranks fifth in the country in scoring with an average of 4.18 goals per game.
• The Eagles have scored a nation-leading four short-handed goals this year.
• Kelly Browne is tied for fourth in the country with 151 face-off wins while her .590 winning-percentage ranks third overall among players who have taken at least 200 draws.
• BC's sophomore class has contributed 52 points on 17 goals and 35 assists ... that is 37 percent of the team's goals (17/46), 45 percent of assists (35/78) and 42 percent of the team's points (52/124).
• BC leads the country in second period scoring, racking up 62 points on 23 goals and 39 assists.
• Sixteen of BC's 46 goals scored this season have come in the opening five minutes of a period with 44 (16-28-44) of the Eagles' 124 total points (46-78-124) also coming in that time frame.
• BC scored at least five goals in five of its first 10 games ... the Eagles last did that in the first 10 games of the 2014-15 season.
• Six different players have scored game-winning goals for the Eagles this season, the most in Hockey East.
• Hannah Bilka and Savannah Norcross have each registered at least one shot on goal in all 11 games this season ... Cayla Barnes has registered at least one shot in all 10 contests that she has skated in.
• BC's 7-0-0 start marked the second-ever such start in program history (40-0-0 in 2015-16).

SOPHOMORE SLUMPS? NAH.
• BC's sophomore class has contributed 52 points on 17 goals and 35 assists ... that is 37 percent of the team's goals (17/46), 45 percent of assists (35/78) and 42 percent of the team's points (52/124).
• Of the five skaters, two have already produced career-highs in points, goals and assists just 10 games into the season in Olivia Finocchiaro and Savannah Norcross, while Jillian Fey has already tied her career-high in points while registering a career-best three assists.
• Kelly Browne and Cayla Barnes rank second and third on the team, respectively, in points.
• In the team's 39 games in 2018-19, the then freshman recorded a total of 58 points on 20 goals and 38 assists.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING SURGES
• Boston College leads the country in second period scoring, racking up 62 points on 23 goals and 39 assists.
• The Eagles have also scored a nation-leading three short-handed goals in the second frame and sit tied for first in game-winning goals with four.
• The Eagles scored four goals in the first 9:06 of the second period against Holy Cross on Oct. 3, with Hannah Bilka recording a hat trick in exactly seven minutes ... against Providence on Nov. 2, BC scored four goals in the first 10:12 of the middle frame.
• BC also put in five goals in the second period of an 8-0 win over Merrimack on Oct. 18.

Eagles, Terriers Set to Renew Rivalry on Friday Night

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Players Mentioned

Lindsay Agnew

Cayla Barnes

Delaney Belinskas

Hannah Bilka

Kelly Browne

Erin Connolly

Willow Corson

Jillian Fey

Olivia Finocchiaro

Alexie Guay

Maddy McArthur

Savannah Norcross

Kelly Pickreign