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No. 4/5 BC, No. 6/8 Northeastern Set to Meet for Top-10 Series
October 27, 2021 | Women's Hockey
No. 4/5 Boston College and No. 6/8 Northeastern are set to play a home-and-home series this weekend.
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GAME 7 | Northeastern at Boston College
Friday, Oct. 29, 2021Â | 6:00 P.M.
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass. | SportsLive
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GAME 8 | Boston College at Northeastern
Saturday, Oct. 30 2021Â | 2:00 P.M.
Matthews Arena | Boston | SportsLive
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WHAT'S ON TAP
• No. 4/5 Boston College and No. 6/8 Northeastern are set to play a home-and-home series this weekend, facing off on Friday night at Kelley Rink and then again on Saturday afternoon at Matthews Arena.
• Northeastern and BC met twice during the 2020-21 season, with both teams picking up a road win.
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ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• The Eagles have opened up the 2021-22 campaign with a mark of 6-0-0 overall and 4-0-0 in Hockey East play.
• Last weekend, BC played a single game against Maine, picking up at 5-2 win at Kelley Rink.
• Hannah Bilka leads the team in points (3-4-7) while Abby Newhook (4-2-6) has a team-high four goals.
• Abigail Levy is 6-0-0 in goal with a .960 save percentage and 1.33 goals against average ... Levy's save percentage ranks first in the nation among goaltenders who have played at least six games while her 1.33 goals against average is third.
• Katie Crowley, the Jane Rattigan Head Women's Hockey Coach, is in her 15th season at the helm of the Eagles.
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ABOUT NORTHEASTERN
• Northeastern enters Friday's game at 5-2-0 after defeating Holy Cross, 3-1, on Sunday at Matthews Arena ... the win moved the Huskies to 4-2-0 in Hockey East Play.
• The Huskies have picked up three wins over Holy Cross and one each against Maine and Saint Anselm, while falling to Boston University and Providence.
• Maureen Murphy leads Northeastern with 10 points on seven goals and three assists ... Chloe Aurard (3-5-8) and Katy Knoll (3-3-6) have both chipped in three goals ... in all, the Huskies have five players with multiple goals.
• The 2021 Patty Kazmaier Award winner Aerin Frankel has started five games between the pipes, going 4-1-0 with a .963 save percentage, 0.83 goals against average and two shutouts ... Gwyneth Phillips is 1-1-0 with a .952 save percentage, 1.01 goals against average and one shutout.
• Northeastern went 22-2-1 overall in 2020-21, including a mark of 17-1-1 in Hockey East play, while winning the Hockey East Tournament and advancing to the national championship game.
• This season, the 2020-21 national runner-up returns 26 players from that roster.
• The Huskies were picked to finish first in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll.
SERIES NOTES
• Boston College is 46-43-7 all-time against Northeastern since elevating to Division I status for the 1995-96 season ... Friday marks the 96th meeting in the series.
• Overall, the Eagles are 19-18-4 at home against the Huskies, 20-20-2 on the road and 7-5-1 in neutral site meetings.
• The Eagles and Huskies split last year's two-game set, with each team winning on the road ... a then No. 2 Northeastern took a 4-1 win at Kelley Rink on Dec. 11, 2020 before a No. 9 BC squad earned a 2-1 win at Matthews Arena ... Jillian Fey scored in both of the games, including the game-winning goal ... Abigail Levy picked up her first win as an Eagle with a 32-save performance.
• Northeastern took the regular season series in 2019-20, winning 3-0 and 6-0 at Kelley Rink in addition to a 3-0 win at Matthews Arena.
• Northeastern went 22-0-2 in the teams' first 24 meetings once BC became a D1 program ... the Eagles won their first-ever game against the Huskies on Feb. 4, 2003.
• Kelly Browne is the team's active scoring leader against Northeastern with six points on two goals and four assists, all coming during her freshman season ... she had two assists in a 5-4 overtime loss on Nov. 27, 2018 and added two points on one goal and one assist in a 7-5 win on Jan. 12, 2019.
• Willow Corson has three helpers against Northeastern to go with a plus-3 rating.
• Hannah Bilka has one goal and one assist for two points against the Huskies.
• Maddy McArthur picked up her first career point with an assist on Jan. 12, 2019 in a 7-5 BC win.
• Jillian Fey has two career goals against Northeastern.
• Give Boston College an overall mark of 47-43-7 in the all-time series against Northeastern with a record of 20-18-4 at Kelley Rink
• Move BC's all-time program record to 486-356-80.
• Mark the third time in program history that the Eagles opened up a season with seven consecutive wins.
• Give head coach Katie Crowley an overall record of 342-119-51.
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LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College topped Maine, 5-2, on Saturday in its lone game of last weekend.
• The Eagles scored four goals in the first period and then capped the game's scoring with a third period tally.
• Hannah Bilka had a three-point game with two goals and one assist for her fourth career multi-goal game.
• Abby Newhook had one goal and one assist while goaltender Abbey Levy picked up her third career assist.
• Gaby Roy scored her first career short-handed goal, with it also counting as her third career game-winning goal.
• Nine total Eagles finished with a point.
• Levy stopped 35 saves for her fifth game this season of 30-or-more saves.
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MILESTONE WATCH...
• Kelly Browne needs 13 more points to become the 21st player in program history to reach 100 career points ... with seven more points, she can move in to sole possession of 25th all-time in points ... with five more goals, she can move in to 25th all-time in goals.
• Hannah Bilka needs one more goal to reach 30 for her career.
• Willow Corson sits eight points away from 50 for her career.
• BC is 15 wins away from reaching 500 wins as a program.
• Head coach Katie Crowley is nine wins from reaching 350 wins in her career.
IT'S WORTH NOTING . . .
• The Eagles return three of the top five and seven of the top 10 scorers from last year
• Kelly Browne has led Hockey East each of the last two seasons in face-off wins, winning 451 as a sophomore and 250 as a junior.
• Hannah Bilka has registered at least one shot on goal in all 59 contests that she has played for BC, putting multiple shots on goal in 51 of them ... BC is 17-0-1 all-time when she scores a goal.
• For the second consecutive year, Gaby Roy scored the first goal of the season for BC (and both goals happened in second period of the season opener).
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