Tuesday Tilt at Harvard Up Next for BC

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The seventh-ranked Boston College women's hockey team and the tenth-ranked Harvard Crimson will meet for a single game on Tuesday night at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center.

The non-conference tilt is scheduled for a 7 p.m. puck drop and will be broadcast on ESPN+ and Harvard's international platform.

GAME 9 | No. 7/7 Boston College at No. 10/10 Harvard
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021 | 7 p.m.
Bright-Landry Hockey Center | Cambridge, Mass. | ESPN+

WHAT'S ON TAP
• Boston College and Harvard will meet for a single non-conference game on Tuesday night at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center.
• The teams met twice during the 2019-20 season, with Harvard skating to a 7-1 win at Kelley Rink on New Year's Eve and BC earning a third-place finish in the Beanpot with a 3-1 win in the consolation game.
• The Eagles were off this past weekend while Harvard played two games in the North Country, topping RV/RV St. Lawrence, 2-0, and falling to No. 10/RV Clarkson, 4-3, on overtime.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• The Eagles have opened up the 2021-22 campaign with a mark of 6-2-0 overall and 4-2-0 in Hockey East play.
• BC last played Oct. 29-30, falling in both games of a home-and-home series to a sixth-ranked Northeastern squad.
• Hannah Bilka leads the team in points (4-5-9) while Abby Newhook (4-2-6) and Willow Corson (2-4-6) have chipped in six each.
• Abigail Levy is 6-2-0 in goal with a .948 save percentage and 1.87 goals against average.
• Katie Crowley, the Jane Rattigan Head Women's Hockey Coach, is in her 15th season at the helm of the Eagles.

ABOUT HARVARD
• Harvard enters Tuesday's tilt at 4-2-0 overall after going 1-1-0 this past weekend with a swing through the North Country ... Harvard topped St. Lawrence, 2-0, on Friday night and then on Saturday, battled No. 10 Clarkson into overtime before falling, 4-3.
• Keely Moy leads the Crimson with nine points on five goals and four assists ... Moy has scored two short-handed goals and one game-winning goal.
• Becca Gilmore (4-2-6) and Dominique Petrie (3-3-6) have chipped in six points each.
• Becky Dutton and Lindsay Reed have both seen time between the pipes ... Dutton is 3-1-0 with a 1.49 goals against average and .935 save percentage while Reed is 1-1-0 with a 3.47 goals against average and .914 save percentage.
• Katey Stone is in her 27th season as head coach at Harvard.

SERIES NOTES
• BC and Harvard have met 44 times in varsity play since the Eagles elevated to Division 1 status in the 1994-95 season.
• The Eagles trail the all-time series, 16-27-1 ... BC is 7-9-0 at home against Harvard and 3-15-1 on the road at the Bright-Landry Center ... BC leads 6-3-0 on neutral ice ... the Eagles are 8-11-0 against Harvard in the Beanpot.
• The teams met twice during the 2019-20 season ... Harvard came out on top, 7-1, in a New Year's Eve tilt at Kelley Rink on Dec. 31, 2019 while BC took a Beanpot third-place game, 3-1, on Feb. 11, 2020 ... Kelly Pickreign made a career-high 36 saves for the win in that game.
• Boston College is 6-4-0 in the last 10 meetings and has gone 15-6-1 against Harvard since Feb. 14, 2006.
• Alexie Guay and Kelly Browne are tied for the active scoring lead against Harvard ... Guay has one goal and one assist while Browne has two assists.
• Hannah Bilka and Willow Corson have chipped in one goal each against Harvard.
• Eleven active Eagles have played at least one game against the Crimson.
• Head coach Katie Crowley is 13-6-1 all-time against Harvard

A WIN ON TUESDAY WOULD . . .
• Give Boston College an overall mark of 17-27-1 in the all-time series with Harvard, including a record of 4-15-1 on the road.
• Move head coach Katie Crowley to 14-6-1 all-time against Harvard ... give Crowley an overall career record of 342-121-51.
• Bump BC's overall program record to 486-358-80.

LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College last played Oct. 29-30 with a home-and-home series against a sixth-ranked Northeastern squad.
• On Oct. 29 at Kelley Rink, the Huskies skated to a 4-0 advantage by the middle of the final frame before Hannah Bilka and Kelly Browne scored four minutes apart to put BC back in the game ... Northeastern would hold on for the final 4-2 win ... Abigail Levy finished with a career-high 47 saves ... Bilka registered her 15th career multi-point game ... it was also the first time BC had ever lost when Bilka scored a goal (17-1-1).
• On Saturday, a scoreless first period gave way to the Huskies sandwiching power-play goals around an even-strength goal for a 3-0 lead by the midway point of the third ... Levy finished with 35 saves.

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Bilka

Kelly Browne

Willow Corson

Alexie Guay

Abigail Levy

Abby Newhook

Kelly Pickreign