
Balanced Scoring Carries BC Past Holy Cross
January 31, 2020 | Women's Hockey
Molly Barrow made 19 saves for her first win of the season while eight different Eagles scored.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Eight different players found the back of the net while Molly Barrow made 19 saves as the Boston College women's hockey team topped Holy Cross, 8-3, on Friday night at Kelley Rink. Alexie Guay, Hadley Hartmetz and Hannah Bilka each recorded three points while Deirdre Mullowney scored her first career goal.
The Eagles jumped out to a 1-0 lead just over two minutes into the game and had a 3-0 edge at the first intermission. A four-goal second period gave BC a commanding 7-0 lead heading into the third period. In the final frame, Holy Cross would pot three goals to BC's one, but the Eagles owned the final 8-3 edge.
Barrow earned her first win of the season while Jada Brenon made 19 stops before giving way to Julia Pelletier, who made 10 saves. Both teams went 1-for-3 on the power play while BC had the 37-22 lead in shots on goal.
Boston College 8, Holy Cross 3
Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 | 6 p.m.
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass.
SCORING
Holy Cross: 3-20-4, 3-17-1 HEA
Boston College: 14-10-3, 13-8-2 HEA
UP NEXT
Boston College will now 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.
The Eagles jumped out to a 1-0 lead just over two minutes into the game and had a 3-0 edge at the first intermission. A four-goal second period gave BC a commanding 7-0 lead heading into the third period. In the final frame, Holy Cross would pot three goals to BC's one, but the Eagles owned the final 8-3 edge.
Barrow earned her first win of the season while Jada Brenon made 19 stops before giving way to Julia Pelletier, who made 10 saves. Both teams went 1-for-3 on the power play while BC had the 37-22 lead in shots on goal.
Boston College 8, Holy Cross 3
Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 | 6 p.m.
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass.
SCORING
- 1st, 2:14 | 1-0, BC GOAL: Savannah Norcross worked across the offensive zone, turning back up the boards to feed Hartmetz at the point. Hartmetz then floated into the left circle and wristed a shot between the left post and Brenon.
- 1st, 15:42 | 2-0, BC GOAL: Guay's long wrister went left of the post but bounced off the backboards and back past the goal line where Norcross was able to push it into the net through traffic.
- 1st, 16:49 | 3-0, BC GOAL: Cayla Barnes won the puck in the corner and Bilka carried it back up the boards towards the blue line before sending a pass across to Mullowney for a one-timer that beat Brenon's glove.
- 2nd, 8:23 | 4-0, BC GOAL: Bilka's long pass out of the zone found Delaney Belinskas in the neutral zone. Belinskas touched the puck to herself up the right wing, past a defender, and the senior skated in alone on goal for a top-shelf snap shot.
- 2nd, 12:34 | 5-0, BC GOAL: On the power play, Hartmetz fed Barnes up the right wing and the defender skated the length of the ice before wristing a puck towards goal, with Olivia Finocchiaro putting home the rebound at the top of the crease.
- 2nd, 16:50 | 6-0, BC GOAL: Guay stood up a breakout attempt on the halfwall and then took a touch pass from Bilka towards goal before centering a pass to Kelly Browne at the hashmarks for a quick one-timer inside the near post.
- 2nd, 19:45 | 7-0, BC GOAL: Coming off the right side of the zone, Bridget McCarthy's wrister from the right dot was saved but then trickled over the goal line.
- 3rd, 3:40 | 7-1, HC GOAL: Kailey Langefels wristed a shot from the top of the point that beat Barrow inside the left post on the glove side.
- 3rd, 9:02 | 8-1, BC GOAL: Coming down the right side of the zone, Belinskas wristed a hard shot that Pelletier got a piece of but Maegan Beres crashed and pushes the rebound home on the goal line.
- 3rd, 14:47 | 8-2, HC GOAL: On the power play, Carlie Magier potted a rebound near the mouth of the goal.
- 3rd, 16:19 | 8-3, HC GOAL: Emma Lange turned off a defender for space and then fro the high slot placed her wrist shot inside the right post, under the crossbar.
- BC is 6-0-0 in the all-time series with a mark of 3-0-0 at the Hart Center and 3-0-0 at Kelley Rink … head coach Katie Crowley is 6-0-0 against Holy Cross.
- Eight different Eagles found the back of the net ... this marks the first time since at least the 1996-97 season that BC has had eight different goal scorers in a game … this marks the most goal scorers for BC in a game since the Eagles had seven players score in a 9-1 win over Providence on Nov. 25, 2015.
- BC had 13 different players record a point on the night.
- In her second career start, Molly Barrow earned her second career win … both of Barrow's wins have come against the Crusaders … the senior made a career-high 19 saves on the night.
- All three of BC's goaltenders now have at least one win on the season, making it the only Hockey East school to have three goaltenders with at least one win.
- Alexie Guay's three points on three assists marked a career-high … it was her fourth multi-point game of the season … Guay's three helpers marked the first such game for a BC defender since Kali Flanagan '19 recorded three assists against Holy Cross on Feb. 1, 2019.
- Hadley Hartmetz registered a career-high three points on one goal and two assists … Hartmetz now has two multi-point games, with both coming against Holy Cross.
- This marked Hannah Bilka's 10th multi-point game of the season with her three assists … Bilka now has eight career points against Holy Cross with five goals and three assists.
- With her one goal and one assist, Kelly Browne now has a team-leading 14 points in games against the Crusaders with six goals and eight assists.
- Delaney Belinskas tied her single-season career-high in goals by putting home her 16th of the season.
- Deirdre Mullowney scored her first career goal in the first period.
- Abby Volo earned her first career point with an assist on BC's seventh goal of the game … all 18 of BC's skaters now have at least one point on the year.
Holy Cross: 3-20-4, 3-17-1 HEA
Boston College: 14-10-3, 13-8-2 HEA
UP NEXT
Boston College will now 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.
Team Stats
HC
BC
Shots
22
37
PPG
1
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
3
3
Penalty Mins
6
6
Faceoffs Won
19
28
Game Leaders
Players Mentioned
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