Friday, September 27
North Andover, Mass.
6:00 PM
Boston College
1-0-0, 1-0-0WHEA
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Merrimack
0-1-0, 0-1-0WHEA
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Boston College
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Merrimack College
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No. 8 Eagles Skate To Season-Opening Win At Merrimack
September 27, 2019 | Women's Hockey
Savannah Norcross scored the game-winning goal while Maddy McArthur earned the 25-save shutout.
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The No. 8/8 Boston College women's hockey team skated to a season-opening 2-0 win over Merrimack on Friday night at Lawler Rink. Maddy McArthur made 25 saves for the shutout while Savannah Norcross scored the game-winning goal. Freshman Caroline DiFiore put home the empty-net goal late in the third period.
Merrimack held the 12-11 edge in shots on goal after the scoreless first period but Norcross broke the deadlock late in the middle frame with her fourth career goal. DiFiore would earn her first career goal with 23 seconds left on the clock for the final score of 2-0.
Lea-Kristine Demers finished with 32 saves for Merrimack to McArthur's 25.
The Eagles went 1-for-5 on the power play and kept the Warriors to 0-for-6. BC had the 34-25 lead in shots on goal.
No. 8/8 Boston College 2, Merrimack 0
Friday, Sept. 27, 2019 | 6 p.m.
Lawler Rink | North Andover, Mass.
SCORING
Merrimack: 0-1-0, 0-1-0 HEA
Boston College: 1-0-0, 1-0-0 HEA
UP NEXT
Boston College and Merrimack will face off again tomorrow afternoon. Puck drop is set for 2 p.m. at Lawler Rink.
Merrimack held the 12-11 edge in shots on goal after the scoreless first period but Norcross broke the deadlock late in the middle frame with her fourth career goal. DiFiore would earn her first career goal with 23 seconds left on the clock for the final score of 2-0.
Lea-Kristine Demers finished with 32 saves for Merrimack to McArthur's 25.
The Eagles went 1-for-5 on the power play and kept the Warriors to 0-for-6. BC had the 34-25 lead in shots on goal.
No. 8/8 Boston College 2, Merrimack 0
Friday, Sept. 27, 2019 | 6 p.m.
Lawler Rink | North Andover, Mass.
SCORING
- 2nd, 16:12 | Cayla Barnes worked towards the right circle before turning and floating a pass to Lindsay Agnew at the high slot. Agnew faked a wrist shot and slipped the puck to the hashmarks where Norcross collected it and lofted a backhand past the glove of Demers.
- 3rd, 19:37 | Merrimack tried to pass the puck back into the neutral zone but DiFiore was able to cause a turnover, skate in and slide a shot through the lone defender's legs for the empty-net goal.
- BC is now 14-1-0 all-time against Merrimack with a mark of 6-1-0 at Lawler Rink.
- The Eagles have now shutout the Warriors six times in 15 meetings.
- BC is now 14-11-1 all-time in season-opening games and 8-4-1 under head coach Katie Crowley.
- This was the first time that BC and Merrimack met in the first game of the season and the first time since the 2013-14 season that BC opened up with a conference game ... the Eagles topped Maine, 5-1, on Oct. 6, 2013.
- Maddy McArthur earned her sixth career shutout with her 25 saves … it was her first shutout of Merrimack.
- This marked the first time that BC has earned a shutout in the season-opener since a 4-0 win over Colgate on Oct. 8, 2010.
- Savannah Norcross' goal marked her first career game-winning goal.
- Caroline DiFiore's score was the first of her career.
Merrimack: 0-1-0, 0-1-0 HEA
Boston College: 1-0-0, 1-0-0 HEA
UP NEXT
Boston College and Merrimack will face off again tomorrow afternoon. Puck drop is set for 2 p.m. at Lawler Rink.
Team Stats
BC
MER
Shots
34
25
PPG
1
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
8
6
Penalty Mins
16
23
Faceoffs Won
27
22
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
1
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
1
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