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No. 10 Providence On Tap For No. 6/7 Eagles
February 11, 2021 | Women's Hockey
The women’s hockey team will meet Providence for two games this weekend, squaring off at Kelley Rink on Friday and at Schneider Arena on Saturday.
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Friday's game is scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. puck drop while Saturday's tilt is slated for a 3:00 p.m. start. Both contests will be shown live on NESN, and the games will also be made available on CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports app outside of New England.
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GAME 16 | Providence at Boston College
Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 | 2:00 P.M. | NESN
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass.
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GAME 17 | Boston College at Providence
Saturday, Feb. 13 2021 | 3:00 P.M. | NESN
Schneider Arena | Providence, R.I.
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 WHAT'S ON TAP
• Boston College and Providence College will meet for a home-and-home series this weekend, facing off at Kelley Rink on Friday and at Schneider Arena on Saturday.
• The two teams met back in November, with the Friars sweeping the two-game series with a pair of 3-2 wins … the Friars hold the edge in the overall series at 40-38-3 but BC is 6-4-0 in the last 10 meetings.
• The Eagles are riding an eight-game winning streak, the fifth such streak in program history.
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ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• BC enters the weekend at 12-3-0, last having played a two-game series with UConn, Jan. 30-31 ... the Eagles swept the Huskies that weekend, earning a 3-2 win at Kelley Rink and then a 4-0 win in Storrs.
• Kelly Browne leads the team in scoring with 18 points on six goals and 12 assists, good for third in Hockey East ... Browne is also tied for second in the nation with six multi-point game and ranks fifth in points and face-off wins (183).
• Savannah Norcross is fourth in Hockey East with 16 points on nine goals and seven assists ... her nine goals tie for the league lead and fourth in the nation.
• Hadley Hartmetz is second nationally among defenders in scoring with 12 points on one goal and 11 helpers, with her assists tying for tops in the country among blue liners ... additionally she has been on the ice for 26 even-strength goals, which ranks second nationally.
• The Eagles have had 13 different goal scorers so far this season while 16 different players have recorded at least two points and seven players have at least 10 points each.
• Maddy McArthur is 5-1-0 with a .921 save percentage and 2.55 goals against average ... Abigail Levy holds a 4-1-0 mark with a 1.17 goals against average, .961 save percentage and one shutout ... Kelly Pickreign has gone 3-1-0 in net with a 1.76 goals against average and .927 save percentage ... BC is the only team in the country with three goaltenders with multiple wins.
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ABOUT PROVIDENCE
• The Friars enter the two-game series at 10-5-1 after a split of a home-and-home series with New Hampshire last weekend ... Providence fell 1-0 in the first game and then skated to a 5-4 win the next day ... Lindsay Bochna scored two goals over the final 15 minutes of that win and earned Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors for her efforts.
• Sara Hjalmarsson leads Providence with 15 points on five goals and 10 assists, including five points on the power play ... Caroline Peterson has five goals and six assists for 11 points while Bailey Burton (3-7-10) and Brooke Becker (2-8-10) have chipped in 10 points each ... Burton has a team-leading 57 shots on goal.
• Matt Kelly is in his third year as head coach of the Friars ... PC was tabbed fifth in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches' Poll.
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SERIES NOTES
• Boston College is 38-40-3 all-time against Providence since elevating to Division I status for the 1995-96 season.
• BC is 19-18-2 at Kelley Rink and 17-20-1 in games played at Schneider Arena on top of its 2-2-0 mark in neutral-site games.
• The Friars swept the first series of the 2020-21 season with a pair of 3-2 wins on Nov. 27 and 28 ... Savannah Norcross scored in both games while Maegan Beres and Hadley Hartmetz potted BC's other goals on the weekend ... Kelly Pickreign had 17 saves in her start while Abigail Levy had 25 in hers.
• Twelve of BC's skaters have at least one career point against the Friars ... Maegan Beres is the Eagles' leading scorer against Providence, putting up seven points with one goal six assists in 11 career games.
•  Katie Crowley has a 31-9-3 career mark against the Friars
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A WIN WOULD . . .
• Give BC an overall record of 39-40-3 in the series with Providence with a mark of 20-18-2 at Kelley Rink.
• Move BC's all-time program record to 478-353-80.
• Give head coach Katie Crowley an overall record of 334-116-51 and a mark of 32-9-3 against Providence.
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IT'S WORTH NOTING . . .
• Hannah Bilka needs one more points to reach 50 for her career, currently standing at 49 on 20 goals and 29 assists ... the Eagles are 14-0-1 all-time when she scores a goal.
• Kelly Browne needs six more face-off wins to reach 1,000 for her career ... she would be the first BC player to reach 1,000 face-off wins as a junior since Alex Carpenter did it during her 2014-15 junior season.
• BC is 17-3-0 over the last two seasons when Hadley Hartmetz records at least one point.
• Since she arrived on the Heights, the Eagles have a record of 21-1-1 when Willow Corson has a point and are 11-0-0 when she scores a goal.
• Maddy McArthur (5-1-0), Kelly Pickreign (3-1-0) and Abigail Levy (4-1-0) have each registered at least three wins in goal, making the Eagles the only team in the country to have three goaltenders with multiple wins.
• McArthur has 1,550 career saves, needing 450 to reach 2,000 for her career ... she currently sits sixth all-time in program history.
• Over the last three seasons, BC has gone 8-1-0 when Jillian Fey records a goal and 16-2-0 when she has at least one point.
• Bilka has registered at least one shot on goal in all 48 contests that she has played for BC, putting multiple shots on goal in 26 of them.
• The Eagles have three players with multiple game-winning goals in Fey, Gaby Roy and Savannah Norcross ... seven players total have tallied game-winners for BC, the most in Hockey East and tied for second in the nation.
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LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College was last in action on Jan. 30 and 31 in a home-and-home series against UConn.
• The Eagles took the first game at Kelley Rink, 3-1, behind goals from Kelly Browne, Hannah Bilka and Cayla Barnes ... Maddy McArthur made 37 saves for her fifth win of the season.
• Saturday saw Abigail Levy post her first shutout as an Eagle - and the first for BC since Oct. 28, 2019 - with 33 saves while Savannah Norcross scored twice ... Alexie Guay and Willow Corson also scored.
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SCORING SOME GOALS
• Boston College sits fourth in the nation with an average of 3.33 goals scored per game and ranks second in the nation with 42 even-strength goals.
• Junior Savannah Norcross is tied for fourth in the country and first in Hockey East with nine goals.
• Hadley Hartmetz is tied for seventh in the country a plus-15 rating ... additionally she has been on the ice for 26 even-strength goals, which ranks second nationally.
• BC has scored the first goal of the game in 11 of its 15 contests, which ranks third in the country ... in BC's six road contests, the team has scored the first goal of the game in six of them, which is second most in the nation.
• The Eagles have three players with multiple game-winning goals in Jillian Fey, Gaby Roy and Savannah Norcross ... seven players total have tallied game-winners for BC, the most in Hockey East and tied for second in the nation.
CAPTAIN KELLY
• Through the first 15 games of the season, Kelly Browne has racked up a team-leading 18 points on six goals and 12 assists ... her 18 points rank third in Hockey East.
• The junior captain ranks fifth in the country both points and face-off wins (183).
• Browne is also tied for second in the nation with six multi-point game and ranks fifth in both points and face-off wins (183).
• She opened up the season with a career-long six-game point streak and has points in 11 out of 15 contests.
• Browne was named the Hockey East Player of the Week on Dec. 7 for her three goal, one assist weekend against UConn.
• The junior recorded 36 points on 13 goals and 23 assists a season ago while earning Hockey East Third Team All-Star honors.
• Browne currently hast 994 face-off wins, needing six more to reach 1,000 for her career ... her single-game career high for wins is 21, coming in a 3-3 tie with Maine on Oct. 26, 2019.
• Through her first 150 face offs this season, she had a 62% win rate, marking the highest winning percentage for a BC player through the first 150 faceoffs of a season since Alex Carpenter won 69% during the 2015-16 season.
A BALANCED BC ATTACK
• The Eagles have had 13 different goal scorers so far this season while 16 different players have recorded at least two points and seven players have at least 10 points each.
• Eleven players have recorded multi-point games while four players have had multi-goal games.
• BC has three players with multiple game-winning goals in Jillian Fey, Gaby Roy and Savannah Norcross ... seven players total have tallied game-winners for BC, the most in Hockey East and tied for second in the nation.
• Through the first six games of the year, 10 different players scored a goal ... it marked the first time since the 2016-17 season that BC had 10 different goal scorers through the first six games.
