Eagles Host Holy Cross on Friday Night

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's hockey team will host Hockey East foe Holy Cross on Friday at 6 pm. at Kelley Rink.

This marks the third meeting this season between the Eagles and Crusaders, with BC taking both of the previous contests. The Eagles won 6-0 in Worcester back on Oct. 3 and earned a 5-1 win at home on Oct. 25. The Eagles are coming off a weekend split with Providence, winning 2-1 in overtime on Friday at home before falling in Providence on Saturday, 5-2. Meanwhile, the Crusaders dropped two games to New Hampshire last weekend, 3-0 on the road and 5-2 at home.

After Friday's game, Boston College will turn its focus to the first round of the Beanpot. The Eagles will face Boston University on Tuesday, Feb. 4 in an 8 p.m. game at the Walter Brown Arena.

GAME 27
RV Boston College (13-10-3, 12-8-2 HEA) vs. Holy Cross (3-19-4, 3-16-1 HEA)
Kelley Rink at Conte Forum | Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 | 6 p.m.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• Boston College and Holy Cross will close out the regular season series on Friday night at Kelley Rink.
• BC is 5-0-0 all-time against the Crusaders, including 2-0-0 this season after a 6-0 win at Holy Cross on Oct. 3 and a 5-1 win at home on Oct. 25 ... the Eagles have an all-time mark of 3-0-0 at the Hart Center and 2-0-0 at Kelley Rink.
• The Eagles were picked to finish third in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll while the Crusaders were tabbed 10th.
• Delaney Belinskas (6-1-7), Kelly Browne (2-4-6) and Hannah Bilka (1-5-6) each have points in three out of the last four games.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• Kelly Browne leads the Eagles with a career-high 30 points on 10 goals and a career-best 20 assists while sitting second in the nation with 345 face-off wins.
• Delaney Belinskas has a team-high 15 goals for BC while Bilka is second in points with 29 (12-17-29).
• Ten total skaters have at least 10 points for BC while 17 of 18 have registered at least one point.
• Maddy McArthur is 10-8--3 in goal with a .909 save percentage, 2.53 goals against average and two shutouts ... Kelly Pickreign is 3-2-0 with a shutout, 3.06 goals against average and .898 save percentage.
• The Eagles snapped a six-game losing streak against Vermont on Jan. 17 with a come-from-behind, 7-5, win.
• BC is 2-2-1 in the last five games and 2-7-1 in the last 10 games.

ABOUT HOLY CROSS
• The Crusaders dropped two games to New Hampshire last weekend, 3-0 on the road and 5-2 at home ... Holy Cross is 0-4-1 in the last five games.
• Rachel Moore leads the team in points with 10 on three goals and a team-leading seven assists ... Moore, Antonia Matzka (3-2-5) and Mary Edmonds (3-2-5) tie for the team lead in goals.
• Katie MacCuaig has a team-leading 68 shots on goal while also putting up four points on two goals and two assists.
• In goal, Jada Brenon has played nearly 82% of the team's minutes, posting a .914 save percentage, 3.22 goals against average and two shutouts to go with her 3-17-3 record.
• The Crusaders' three wins on the year all came against Merrimack, with the team earning 3-1, 4-3 and 1-0 Hockey East wins.
• The Crusaders, who were tabbed 10th in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll, are in their first year under head coach Katie Lachapelle.

SERIES HISTORY vs. HOLY CROSS
• BC is 5-0-0 in the all-time series with a mark of 3-0-0 at the Hart Center and 2-0-0 at Kelley Rink.
• The teams met back on Oct. 3 in Worcester 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.
• In BC's 5-1 win on Oct. 25, five different Eagles scored and 11 different Eagles had points.
• 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.
• Browne has a team-leading 12 points against the Crusaders with five goals and seven assists ... 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.
• BC has 13 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 LAST WEEKEND
• The Eagles are coming off a weekend split with Providence, winning 2-1 in overtime on Friday at home before falling on the road, 5-2.
• Lindsay Agnew opened the scoring late in the first period before Providence tied things up in the second ... Jillian Fey then potted her first goal of the season and first career game-winning goal just over a minute into overtime for a 2-1 win ... Maddy McArthur made 26 saves for BC while Sandra Abstreiter had 18 stops for Providence.
• The Eagles were held without a power-play opportunity for the first time since Feb. 17, 2018 at Maine while the Friars went 0-for-2.
• On Saturday, Providence twice responded to first-period BC goals and then skated to a 5-2 win ... Alexie Guay and Hannah Bilka each picked up two assists each in the loss.

COMEBACK AGAINST THE CATAMOUNTS
• Savannah Norcross scored her fourth game-winning goal of the year with 1:54 to go in the third period on Jan. 17 to complete BC's two-goal comeback for a 7-5 win over Vermont.
• It was BC's first two-goal comeback win this season and the team's first win when trailing after the first period since Dec. 2, 2017, in a 4-2 win at Boston University (0-13-0 over that stretch).
• Delaney Belinskas (3-1-4) and Kelly Browne (1-3-4) each had four point outings while Hannah Bilka (1-2-3) tallied three points and 10 total Eagles found the scoresheet ... Kelly Pickreign made 21 saves for the Eagles, who outshot the Catamounts, 34-26.
• Belinskas became the 23rd player in program history to join the 40 goals, 40 assists club ... it also marked her fourth multi-goal game of the season, her third career hat trick and her third career four-point game.
• Browne's four-point night was her third of the season ... it was her fifth career multi-assist game and 12th career multi-point game.
• Bilka's three-point night marked her eighth career multi-point game.

SHORT HANDED? NOT A PROBLEM
• Boston College is tied for the national lead in short-handed goals with Northeastern with six.
• Delaney Belinskas has potted three short-handed goals, which is tied for second in the nation.
• BC is tied with Colgate for first in the nation with four different players with short-handed goals in Belinskas, Lindsay Agnew, Hannah Bilka and Kelly Browne.
• Twice this season the Eagles have scored two short-handed goals in a game, doing it at Holy Cross on Oct. 3, 2019 and against Minnesota on Nov. 29, 2019.
• BC is the only team to ever score multiple short-handed goals in a single game against Minnesota, doing it on Nov. 29, 2019.
• Agnew has five career short-handed goals, tied with Emily Field for seventh in program history.

BALANCED SCORING
• Through the first 26 games of the season, Boston College has had 13 different players score at least one goal and 17 of 18 skaters total register at least one point.
• BC has 10 players with at least 10 points each and six players with at least 15 points
• Eight different players have scored game-winning goals for the Eagles this season.

SOPHOMORE SLUMPS? NAH.
• BC's sophomore class has contributed 79 points on 29 goals and 50 assists ... that is 40 percent of the team's goals (29/73), 42 percent of assists (50/120) and 41 percent of the team's points (79/1931).
• The 77 points is good for seventh overall in the nation among sophomore classes.
• Of the five skaters, three have produced career-highs in points, goals and assists in Olivia Finocchiaro (3-9-12), Savannah Norcross (10-5-15) and Jillian Fey (1-3-4).
• Kelly Browne (10-20-30) leads the team in scoring and has set a new career-high in assists and points.
• Cayla Barnes (5-13-18) has set a new career-high in goals.
• In 39 games in 2018-19, the then freshmen recorded a total of 58 points (20-38-58).

IT'S WORTH NOTING...
• BC is tied for the national lead with six short-handed goals.
• Kelly Browne is second in the country with 345 face-off wins.
• Cayla Barnes has a Hockey East-leading 70 blocks on the year, a number that also ranks fourth in the country.
• Hannah Bilka leads all rookies in the country in points per game (1.21) and is second overall in rookie scoring with 29 points.
• BC's sophomore class has contributed 79 points on 29 goals and 50 assists ... that is 40 percent of the team's goals (29/73), 42 percent of assists (50/120) and 41 percent of the team's points (79/1931).
• Nineteen of BC's 73 goals scored this season have come in the opening five minutes of a period while five game-winning goals have been scored in the opening five minutes of a period.
• Eight different players have scored game-winning goals for the Eagles this season.
• Kelly Pickreign's penalty shot save against Northeastern on Jan. 12, 2020 marked the first penalty shot for or against BC since Oct. 8, 2016 against Maine ... Katie Burt also made the save on the attempt.
• 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.
• 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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Players Mentioned

Lindsay Agnew

Cayla Barnes

Molly Barrow

Delaney Belinskas

Hannah Bilka

Kelly Browne

Katie Burt

Jillian Fey

Olivia Finocchiaro

Alexie Guay

Maddy McArthur

Savannah Norcross

Kelly Pickreign