Eagles Trek to Maine for Pair Against Black Bears

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's hockey team will head to Maine this weekend for two key Hockey East contests against the Black Bears. Puck drop for both games is set for 2 p.m. at Alfond Arena, and both will also be streamed live on College SportsLive.

All games this season will be made available across the U.S. and internationally on SportsLive, while all games televised on NESN and NESN+ and other select matchups will also be made available on CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports app outside of New England.

GAME 16 | Boston College at Maine
Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 | 2:00 P.M.
Alfond Arena | Orono, Maine | SportsLive

GAME 17 | Boston College at Maine
Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021 | 2:00 P.M.
Alfond Arena | Orono, Maine | SportsLive

WHAT'S ON TAP
• Boston College will head to Maine for two games against the Black Bears this weekend, facing off at Alfond Arena on Friday and Saturday afternoon.
• The Eagles took the first meeting between these two schools back in October, 5-2.
• BC enters Friday 2-3-0 in its last five tilts and 8-7-0 overall while Maine is 6-10-1 overall after going 2-2-1 in the last five games.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• Boston College sits at 8-7-0 overall and 6-4-0 in Hockey East play ... the Eagles began the season by going 6-0-0 but have gone 2-7-0 in the nine games since.
• Abby Newhook leads the team in scoring with 14 points on a team-high eight goals and six assists ... Hannah Bilka (4-7-11) and Gaby Roy (5-6-11) sit tied for second with 11 points each ... Willow Corson (2-7-9) and Bilka are tied for the team lead in helpers.
• Abigail Levy is 8-6-0 in goal with a .939 save percentage and 2.41 goals against average ... Levy has made at least 30 saves in 14 out of 15 contests this season.
• Katie Crowley, the Jane Rattigan Head Women's Hockey Coach, is in her 15th season at the helm of the Eagles.

ABOUT MAINE
• Ida Kuoppala leads Maine in scoring with 12 points on four goals and eight assists while Ally Johnson has a team-high six goals and four assists for 10 points ... three of Johnson's goals have come on the power play.
• Maine hosted Clarkson for two games last weekend, falling 4-1 and 5-2 to the Golden Knights.
• Loryn Porter has gone 4-7-1 between the pipes while posting a .919 save percentage, 2.63 goals against average and one shutout ... Jorden Mattison is 2-3-0 with a 3.04 goals against average and .894 save percentage.
• The Black Bears, who were tabbed seventh in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll, finished the 2020-21 season at 8-9-1 overall and 7-8-1 in Hockey East play ... Maine advanced to the Hockey East Tournament semifinal, falling to Providence in overtime, 1-0.
• Maine put together a four-game Hockey East unbeaten streak picking up wins over UConn, Boston University and Providence and a tie against Providence.

SERIES HISTORY VS MAINE
• BC holds a 45-17-7 advantage in the all-time series, including a 21-8-4 mark in away games and 24-9-3 at Kelley Rink.
• Boston College took the first meeting of the series this year, picking up a 5-2 win at Kelley Rink ... Hannah Bilka scored two goals and had an assist while Abby Newhook had two points on one goal and one assist ... Abigail Levy had 35 saves in the win.
• The teams did not meet during the 2020-21 season ... prior to the first meeting in the 2021-22 season, the last meeting came on Feb. 15, 2020 at Alfond Arena, with Maine picking up a 2-1 overtime victory ... BC had won in overtime the previous day, 3-2.
• The Eagles' 2-1 win on Feb. 14, 2019 marked the 300th career win for head coach Katie Crowley ... Crowley is 34-6-3 all-time against Maine.
• The teams also met twice in 1994-95 - BC's first varsity season - before Maine elevated to varsity status ... in fact, Maine was the Eagles' first-ever opponent as a varsity team, playing its first-ever D1 game on Oct. 30, 1994.
• Hannah Bilka is the active scoring leader against Maine with six points on four goals and two assists ... Bilka has a pair of two-goal games against the Black Bears, doing it on Oct. 26, 2019 and then as part of a three-point game (2-1-3) on Oct. 23, 2021.
• Kelly Browne is second wth five points on three goals and two assists followed by Willow Corson with four career assists against Maine.
• Goaltender Abigail Levy has one career assist against Maine, doing it in a 5-2 in on Oct. 23, 2021.
• Twelve active Eagles have at least one career point against Maine
• Gaby Roy's father, Jean-Yves Roy, played three seasons at Maine (1989-92) and holds the career program records for goals (108) and game-winning goals (19) and is fifth all-time in career scoring (203) ... Roy scored her first career short-handed goal against Maine on Oct. 23, 2021.
• Katie Crowley is 34-6-3 all-time against Maine

A WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD . . .
• Give Boston College an overall mark of 46-17-7 in the all-time series with Maine, including a record of 22-8-4 at Alfond Arena.
• Give head coach Katie Crowley a record of 35-6-3 against the Black Bears and an overall career record of 344-126-51.

SMASHVILLE SHOWDOWNS
• Last week, the Eagles took part in the Smashville NCAA Women's Collegiate Hockey Showcase at the Ford Ice Center in Nashville.
• The Eagles opened up the tournament against then-No. 8 Colgate, falling 2-1 to the Raiders ... Abigail Levy made a career-high 55 saves in the loss while Maddie Crowley-Cahill scored her first career goal.
• In Saturday's consolation game against Mercyhurst, Levy made 47 stops and Jillian Fey and Gaby Roy found the back of the net but the Lakers pulled out the win.

IT'S WORTH NOTING . . .
• Keri Clougherty and Alexie Guay lead the Eagles in blocked shots with 23 each ... Gaby Roy leads all BC forwards with nine blocked shots.
• Abby Newhook is second in the nation and first among freshmen with four game-winning goals.
• Newhook has five multi-point outings this year, including two multi-goal games.
• Hannah Bilka has registered at least one shot on goal in all 68 contests that she has played for BC, putting multiple shots on goal in 60 of them ...
• BC is 17-1-1 all-time when Bilka scores a goal.
• Kelly Browne is second in Hockey East with 181 face-off wins while Willow Corson is seventh with 141 wins ...
• Browne's 57.1 face-off winning percentage is second among Hockey East players who have taken more than 300 draws while Corson's 57.3 winning percentage is fourth among players that have taken at least 245 draws.

Eagles Trek to Maine for Pair Against Black Bears

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Bilka

Kelly Browne

Keri Clougherty

Willow Corson

Maddie Crowley-Cahill

Jillian Fey

Alexie Guay

Abigail Levy

Abby Newhook

Gaby Roy