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North Andover, Mass.
2:00 PM
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Eagles Complete Weekend Sweep with 3-1 Win at Merrimack
January 09, 2021 | Women's Hockey
Cayla Barnes, Olivia Finocchiaro and Jillian Fey scored while Kelly Pickreign made 18 saves
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Cayla Barnes, Olivia Finocchiaro and Jillian Fey scored while Kelly Pickreign made 18 saves for the win as the eighth-ranked Boston College women's hockey team topped Merrimack, 3-1, on Saturday afternoon at Lawler Rink.
Barnes potted her first of the year late in the opening stanza for the 1-0 lead at the first break. Finocchiaro then found her second of the season – and the eventual game-winning goal – 6:33 into the middle frame before Fey potted her fifth eight minutes later.
Merrimack pulled a goal back late in the third, but the BC defense killed off a penalty and the extra-attacker over the final 75 seconds.
The Eagles held the 32-19 lead in shots on goal while going 0-for-3 on the power play and keeping Merrimack 0-for-6. Pickreign finished with 18 saves for BC while Emma Gorski stopped 29 for Merimmack.
No. 8 Boston College 3, Merrimack 1
Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021 | 2:00 p.m.
Lawler Rink | North Andover, Mass.
SCORING
Merrimack: 1-5-0
Boston College: 7-3-0
Barnes potted her first of the year late in the opening stanza for the 1-0 lead at the first break. Finocchiaro then found her second of the season – and the eventual game-winning goal – 6:33 into the middle frame before Fey potted her fifth eight minutes later.
Merrimack pulled a goal back late in the third, but the BC defense killed off a penalty and the extra-attacker over the final 75 seconds.
The Eagles held the 32-19 lead in shots on goal while going 0-for-3 on the power play and keeping Merrimack 0-for-6. Pickreign finished with 18 saves for BC while Emma Gorski stopped 29 for Merimmack.
No. 8 Boston College 3, Merrimack 1
Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021 | 2:00 p.m.
Lawler Rink | North Andover, Mass.
SCORING
- 1st, 19:06 | 1-0, BC GOAL: Alexie Guay fed Cayla Barnes in the neutral zone on the right wing, and Barnes carried the puck into the right circle where she faked a shot to get around the defender and then put the puck inside the near post.
- 2nd, 6:33| 2-0, BC GOAL: Savannah Norcross and Olivia Finocchiaro entered the zone with a 2-on-1 advantage, with Finocchiaro finishing off the final pass just up and off from the left post.
- 2nd, 14:51 | 3-0, BC GOAL: From deep in the BC zone, Maddie Crowley-Cahill banked a shot off the glass to the far blue line. Jillian Fey beat two Warriors to the puck and then drove to the net, shoveling a one-handed, backhand shot five-hole as a defender converged.
- 3rd, 15:40 | 3-1, MC GOAL: Grace Karunakar took a wrist shot from the right point that Courtney Maud tipped high, over the right shoulder of Kelly Pickreign.
- BC now holds a 18-1-0 mark in the all-time series with Merrimack … the Eagles have a mark of 8-1-0 at Lawler Rink … head coach Katie Crowley is now 18-1-0 in her career against the Warriors
- Hannah Bilka and Olivia Finocchiaro led the Eagles with four shots on goal apiece.
- Hadley Hartmetz and Cayla Barnes both blocked four shots while Maegan Beres blocked three…the Eagles had 17 blocked shots as a team.
- The Eagles have now won three consecutive games for the first time since October 2019 … those three consecutive wins were part of a season-opening 9-0-1 run.
- Over the last three seasons, BC is 7-1-0 when Jillian Fey scores a goal and 14-2-0 when she has at least one point.
- Fey finished with one goal and one assist … she also led BC with nine face-off wins on the day.
- Barnes scored her first goal of the season ... she now has 52 career points on 11 goals and 41 assists, moving her in to a tie for 10th all-time in program history for scoring by a defender.
- Finocchiaro's goal marked the first game-winning goal of her career ... she marks the fifth different player to score a game-winning goal for the Eagles this season.
- Kelly Pickreign picked up her second win of the season ... she is now 2-1-0 all-time against the Warriors.
- BC finished the two-game weekend with eight different goal scorers … 13 different players have now registered at least one goal this season.
Merrimack: 1-5-0
Boston College: 7-3-0
Team Stats
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MERW
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19
PPG
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0
SHG
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0
Penalties
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4
Penalty Mins
14
8
Faceoffs Won
26
22
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Skaters
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Goals
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Goals
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3
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1
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