Tuesday, November 19
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
6:00 PM
Boston College
vs
Northeastern
Photo by: John Quackenbos
Eagles, Huskies to Meet for Top-10 Tuesday Tilt
November 18, 2019 | Women's Hockey
The Eagles and Huskies will meet for the first time this season – and for the first time since Northeastern topped BC in overtime, 3-2, in the 2019 Hockey East Tournament championship game.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The sixth-ranked Boston College women's hockey team will host fourth-ranked Northeastern on Tuesday night at Kelley Rink. Faceoff for the top-10 Hockey East battle is set for 6 p.m.
The Eagles and Huskies will meet for the first time this season – and for the first time since Northeastern topped BC in overtime, 3-2, in the 2019 Hockey East Tournament championship game. Four of the last 10 meetings between the two Hockey East squads have been decided in overtime. BC's offense is ranked fourth in the country (4.17) while Northeastern boasts the nation's second-ranked defense (0.82).
GAME 13
No. 6/6 Boston College (10-1-1, 9-1-1 HEA) vs. No. 4/4 Northeastern (10-1-0, 7-1-0 HEA)
Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019 | 6:00 p.m.
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• The Eagles and Huskies will meet for the first time this season on Tuesday night at Kelley Rink ... this is the sixth consecutive meeting in which both teams are nationally ranked.
• Four of the last 10 meetings between the two Hockey East squads have been decided in overtime.
• BC's offense is ranked fourth in the country (4.17) while Northeastern boasts the nation's second-ranked defense (0.82).
• BC was picked to finish third in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll and Northeastern was picked to win.
• The Eagles are currently ranked sixth overall in both the USCHO and USA Hockey national polls.
• Alexie Guay enters Tuesday night with a nine-game point streak ... Delaney Belinskas has scored a goal in three consecutive games while Maegan Beres also carries a three-game point streak.
BOSTON COLLEGE IN BRIEF
• Hannah Bilka leads the team in scoring with 20 points on 11 goals and nine assists ... Kelly Browne has a team-high 12 assists and six goals for 18 points while Cayla Barnes has three goals and 10 assists for 13 points.
• Maddy McArthur is 8-1-1 in goal with a .919 save percentage, 1.89 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 22.0 percent of power plays and killing off 85.5 percent of penalties ... BC's offense is averaging 4.17 goals per game, fourth-best in the nation.
• Boston College dropped its first game of the season on Nov. 9, falling on the road at UConn, 5-2 ... the loss snapped a season-opening 10-game unbeaten streak for the Eagles.
• BC opened up the 2019-20 season with seven consecutive wins and a 10-game unbeaten streak overall ... nine of the team's 10 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 NORTHEASTERN
• The Huskies are coming off a home-and-home sweep of New Hampshire this past weekend ... Northeastern earned a 5-1 win at home on Friday night and then followed that up with a 1-0 road win on Saturday.
• Alina Mueller leads the team with a league-best 21 points on six goals and 15 assists while Chloe Aurard has six goals and five assists for 11 points.
• Northeastern is allowing just 0.82 goals per game, the second-best mark in the nation ... the Huskies lead the country with a 95.0 percent penalty kill rate.
• Dave Flint is in his 11th year as head coach of the Huskies.
• Northeastern, two-time defending Hockey East Tournament champion, was picked as the favorite in the 2019-20 Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll.
SERIES NOTES
• Boston College is 45-39-7 all-time against Northeastern since elevating to Division I status for the 1995-95 season.
• Overall, the Eagles are 19-15-4 at home against the Huskies, 19-19-2 on the road and 7-5-1 in neutral site meetings.
• The teams met five times last season, with Northeastern taking the series at 3-2-0 ... each team won their respective home games, with the Huskies earning 5-4 overtime and 4-1 wins while the Eagles had a 7-5 victory ... BC won the neutral site Beanpot semifinal meeting, 4-1, and then the Huskies won the Hockey East Tournament title game in overtime, 3-2.
• Delaney Belinskas (3-8-11) is the team's active scoring leader against Northeastern ... last season, she has posted five points in five games against the Huskies ... Belinskas tied a career-high with four points on two goals and two assists in a 7-5 home win on Jan. 12, 2019 ... she picked up four assists in five games as a freshman in 2016-17.
• Kelly Browne has six points (2-4-6) in five career games against the Huskies ... she had two assists in a 5-4 overtime loss on Nov. 27, 2018 and added two points on one goal and one assist in a 7-5 win on Jan. 12, 2019.
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College played a single game this past weekend, topping rival Boston University on the road, 4-2.
• The Eagles trailed by one entering the third period and then scored three unanswered goals for the comeback win ... Alexie Guay tied the game early in the frame and then Delaney Belinskas scored the game-winning goal less than three minutes later ... Cayla Barnes added an empty-net goal.
• Hannah Bilka scored a power-play goal in the first period and added an assist on Guay's game-tying goal ... Guay finished with one goal and one assist to extend her point streak to nine games ... Belinskas scored for the third consecutive game.
• Maddy McArthur made 21 saves, including 13 in the second, for her eighth win of the season.
BALANCED SCORING
• Through the first 12 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.
• BC has eight players with at least 10 points each, the most in the country ... Vermont, Minnesota and Wisconsin each have six players with at least 10 points.
• The Eagles have 11 players with at least five points, tied with Merrimack and Northeastern for tops in Hockey East and second in the country.
• Seven different players have scored game-winning goals for the Eagles this season, tied with Northeastern for most in Hockey East and second in the country.
IT'S WORTH NOTING...
• Boston College ranks fourth in the country in scoring with an average of 4.17 goals per game.
• The Eagles are tied with Clarkson for a nation-leading four short-handed goals this year.
• Kelly Browne is sixth in the country with 162 face-off wins while her .585 face-off winning percentage also sits fifth.
• BC's sophomore class has contributed 55 points on 18 goals and 37 assists ... that is 36 percent of the team's goals (18/50), 44 percent of assists (37/84) and 41 percent of the team's points (55/134).
• BC leads the country in second period scoring, racking up 62 points on 23 goals and 39 assists.
• Sixteen of BC's 50 goals scored this season have come in the opening five minutes of a period with 44 (16-28-44) of the Eagles' 134 total points (50-84-134) 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.
• Seven different players have scored game-winning goals for the Eagles this season, tied with Northeastern for most in Hockey East and second in the country.
• Hannah Bilka and Savannah Norcross have each registered at least one shot on goal in all 12 games this season ... Cayla Barnes has registered at least one shot in all 11 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).
The Eagles and Huskies will meet for the first time this season – and for the first time since Northeastern topped BC in overtime, 3-2, in the 2019 Hockey East Tournament championship game. Four of the last 10 meetings between the two Hockey East squads have been decided in overtime. BC's offense is ranked fourth in the country (4.17) while Northeastern boasts the nation's second-ranked defense (0.82).
GAME 13
No. 6/6 Boston College (10-1-1, 9-1-1 HEA) vs. No. 4/4 Northeastern (10-1-0, 7-1-0 HEA)
Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019 | 6:00 p.m.
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• The Eagles and Huskies will meet for the first time this season on Tuesday night at Kelley Rink ... this is the sixth consecutive meeting in which both teams are nationally ranked.
• Four of the last 10 meetings between the two Hockey East squads have been decided in overtime.
• BC's offense is ranked fourth in the country (4.17) while Northeastern boasts the nation's second-ranked defense (0.82).
• BC was picked to finish third in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll and Northeastern was picked to win.
• The Eagles are currently ranked sixth overall in both the USCHO and USA Hockey national polls.
• Alexie Guay enters Tuesday night with a nine-game point streak ... Delaney Belinskas has scored a goal in three consecutive games while Maegan Beres also carries a three-game point streak.
BOSTON COLLEGE IN BRIEF
• Hannah Bilka leads the team in scoring with 20 points on 11 goals and nine assists ... Kelly Browne has a team-high 12 assists and six goals for 18 points while Cayla Barnes has three goals and 10 assists for 13 points.
• Maddy McArthur is 8-1-1 in goal with a .919 save percentage, 1.89 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 22.0 percent of power plays and killing off 85.5 percent of penalties ... BC's offense is averaging 4.17 goals per game, fourth-best in the nation.
• Boston College dropped its first game of the season on Nov. 9, falling on the road at UConn, 5-2 ... the loss snapped a season-opening 10-game unbeaten streak for the Eagles.
• BC opened up the 2019-20 season with seven consecutive wins and a 10-game unbeaten streak overall ... nine of the team's 10 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 NORTHEASTERN
• The Huskies are coming off a home-and-home sweep of New Hampshire this past weekend ... Northeastern earned a 5-1 win at home on Friday night and then followed that up with a 1-0 road win on Saturday.
• Alina Mueller leads the team with a league-best 21 points on six goals and 15 assists while Chloe Aurard has six goals and five assists for 11 points.
• Northeastern is allowing just 0.82 goals per game, the second-best mark in the nation ... the Huskies lead the country with a 95.0 percent penalty kill rate.
• Dave Flint is in his 11th year as head coach of the Huskies.
• Northeastern, two-time defending Hockey East Tournament champion, was picked as the favorite in the 2019-20 Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll.
SERIES NOTES
• Boston College is 45-39-7 all-time against Northeastern since elevating to Division I status for the 1995-95 season.
• Overall, the Eagles are 19-15-4 at home against the Huskies, 19-19-2 on the road and 7-5-1 in neutral site meetings.
• The teams met five times last season, with Northeastern taking the series at 3-2-0 ... each team won their respective home games, with the Huskies earning 5-4 overtime and 4-1 wins while the Eagles had a 7-5 victory ... BC won the neutral site Beanpot semifinal meeting, 4-1, and then the Huskies won the Hockey East Tournament title game in overtime, 3-2.
• Delaney Belinskas (3-8-11) is the team's active scoring leader against Northeastern ... last season, she has posted five points in five games against the Huskies ... Belinskas tied a career-high with four points on two goals and two assists in a 7-5 home win on Jan. 12, 2019 ... she picked up four assists in five games as a freshman in 2016-17.
• Kelly Browne has six points (2-4-6) in five career games against the Huskies ... she had two assists in a 5-4 overtime loss on Nov. 27, 2018 and added two points on one goal and one assist in a 7-5 win on Jan. 12, 2019.
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College played a single game this past weekend, topping rival Boston University on the road, 4-2.
• The Eagles trailed by one entering the third period and then scored three unanswered goals for the comeback win ... Alexie Guay tied the game early in the frame and then Delaney Belinskas scored the game-winning goal less than three minutes later ... Cayla Barnes added an empty-net goal.
• Hannah Bilka scored a power-play goal in the first period and added an assist on Guay's game-tying goal ... Guay finished with one goal and one assist to extend her point streak to nine games ... Belinskas scored for the third consecutive game.
• Maddy McArthur made 21 saves, including 13 in the second, for her eighth win of the season.
BALANCED SCORING
• Through the first 12 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.
• BC has eight players with at least 10 points each, the most in the country ... Vermont, Minnesota and Wisconsin each have six players with at least 10 points.
• The Eagles have 11 players with at least five points, tied with Merrimack and Northeastern for tops in Hockey East and second in the country.
• Seven different players have scored game-winning goals for the Eagles this season, tied with Northeastern for most in Hockey East and second in the country.
IT'S WORTH NOTING...
• Boston College ranks fourth in the country in scoring with an average of 4.17 goals per game.
• The Eagles are tied with Clarkson for a nation-leading four short-handed goals this year.
• Kelly Browne is sixth in the country with 162 face-off wins while her .585 face-off winning percentage also sits fifth.
• BC's sophomore class has contributed 55 points on 18 goals and 37 assists ... that is 36 percent of the team's goals (18/50), 44 percent of assists (37/84) and 41 percent of the team's points (55/134).
• BC leads the country in second period scoring, racking up 62 points on 23 goals and 39 assists.
• Sixteen of BC's 50 goals scored this season have come in the opening five minutes of a period with 44 (16-28-44) of the Eagles' 134 total points (50-84-134) 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.
• Seven different players have scored game-winning goals for the Eagles this season, tied with Northeastern for most in Hockey East and second in the country.
• Hannah Bilka and Savannah Norcross have each registered at least one shot on goal in all 12 games this season ... Cayla Barnes has registered at least one shot in all 11 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 55 points on 18 goals and 37 assists ... that is 36 percent of the team's goals (18/50), 44 percent of assists (37/84) and 41 percent of the team's points (55/134).
• 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.
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