Eagles Set for Home-and-Home Series with UConn

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The fourth-ranked Boston College women's hockey team is set to face UConn for two games this weekend to wrap up the regular season series. Friday's 2 p.m. game will take place at Kelley Rink while Saturday's 3 p.m. puck drop will be at the Freitas Ice Forum in Storrs, Conn.

GAME 14
No. 6/6 Boston College (10-2-1, 9-2-1 HEA) vs. UConn (7-4-1, 4-2-1 HEA)
Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 | 2:00 p.m.
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass.

GAME 15
No. 6/6 Boston College (10-2-1, 9-2-1 HEA) at UConn (7-4-1, 4-2-1 HEA)*
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 | 3:00 p.m.
Freitas Ice Forum | Storrs, Conn.
*records do not include Friday night results.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• The Eagles and Huskies will close out the regular season series this weekend with a home-and-home series...BC will host UConn on Friday afternoon before heading to Storrs for a Saturday matinee.
• UConn took the first meeting of the season, 5-2, back on Nov. 9 ... BC took the 2018-19 regular season series at 3-0-0 and then swept a Hockey East Tournament quarterfinal series, 2-0-0.
• Boston College is 36-16-10 all-time against UConn with a mark of 13-9-8 against the Huskies in Storrs and 21-6-2 at Kelley Rink.
• BC's offense is ranked fifth in the country (3.85) while UConn is 10th in both team offense (3.00) and team defense (1.83).
• BC was picked to finish third in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll and UConn was tabbed sixth.

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 8-2-1 in goal with a .917 save percentage, 1.99 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 21.2 percent of power plays and killing off 84.8 percent of penalties ... BC's offense is averaging 3.85 goals per game, fifth-best in the nation.
• BC started the season 9-0-1 before falling on the road at UConn, 5-2, on Nov. 9 ... the Eagles are now 3-2-0 in the last five games after topping rival BU, 4-2, Nov. 15 and falling to Northeastern, 3-0, on Tuesday night.
• 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).

ABOUT UCONN
• The Huskies carry a four-game unbeaten streak into the weekend, going 3-0-1 since a Nov. 5 win against Brown ... the streak includes a 5-2 win over BC on Nov. 9 as well as a 2-2 tie with Vermont and a 3-2 win over Maine.
• UConn is led in scoring by Natalie Snodgrass who has 15 points on a team-high seven goals and eight assists ... Catherine Crawley has a team-best 10 assists and four goals for 14 points.
• The Huskies sit 10th in the country in both team offense (3.00) and team defense (1.83).
• Chris Mackenzie is in his eighth year has head coach of the Huskies in 2019-20.
• The Huskies were picked to finish sixth in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll.

SERIES NOTES
• The Eagles lead the all-time series between the teams, 36-16-10 ... BC has a mark of 21-6-2 against the Huskies at Kelley Rink ... BC is 13-9-8 against UConn in Storrs and 2-1-0 in neutral site meetings.
• UConn took the first meeting of the 2019-20 season back on Nov. 9, skating to a 5-2 win in Storrs ... it was the first loss of the season for BC ... UConn scored 55 seconds into the game and went on to have three, two-goal leads before the final 5-2 score ... Delaney Belinskas scored twice for the Eagles in the loss to become the 32nd player in program history to reach 75 career points.
• BC swept the 2018-19 regular season series at 3-0-0 ... Maddy McArthur shutout the Huskies in all three regular season meetings ... the Eagles put up 3-0 and 4-0 wins at home as well as a 3-0 road win.
• Twelve current Eagles have registered at least one point against UConn.
• Belinskas has a team-high seven points on three goals and four assist against the Huskies while sporting a plus-6 ... she scored two goals in a loss at UConn on Nov. 9, 2019.
• Erin Connolly collected the first point in her BC career on Oct. 29, 2016 with an assist on the first goal of the game ... she also had the game-winning goal on Nov. 17, 2017 ... she added two goals in BC's 5-4 overtime win the the Hockey East Tournament quarterfinals on March 2, 2019 ... she added two assists in a loss at UConn on Nov. 9. 2019.
• Olivia Finocchiaro potted her first career goal against UConn on Nov. 16, 2018.
• McArthur shutout the Huskies in all three regular season meetings in 2018-19.

LAST TIME OUT
• Sixth-ranked Boston College hosted fourth-ranked Northeastern on Tuesday night, falling 3-0 to the Huskies.
• Northeatern opened the scoring midway through the first period and then Aerin Frankel shut down the Eagles' offense, making 15 saves in a BC-dominated second period en route to her 31-save shutout.
• The Huskies added two goals in the final 10 minutes for the 3-0 final.
• Maddy McArthur finished with 27 saves while BC had the 31-30 edge in shots on goal.
• It marked the first time this season that Boston College was shutout … it was the first time BC was kept off the scoreboard since a 1-0 loss at Merrimack on Dec. 8, 2018 (32 games) … the Eagles have only been held scoreless five times since the beginning of the 2016-17 season (129 games).

BALANCED SCORING
• Through the first 13 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 fifth in the country in scoring with an average of 3.85 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 173 face-off wins while her .585 face-off winning percentage sits fifth among players who have taken at least 200 draws.
• 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).

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