No. 3 Northeastern Up Next for Eagles

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's hockey team is set to host third-ranked Northeastern on Tuesday night at Kelley Rink.

Puck drop is set for 7 p.m., with the contest also airing live on NESN+.

All Hockey East 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 21 | No. 3 Northeastern at Boston College
Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022 | 7:00 P.M.
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass. | NESN+

WHAT'S ON TAP
• Boston College and No. 3 Northeastern will close out the regular season series on Tuesday night at Kelley Rink.
• Northeastern took both ends of a home-and-home between these two squads back in October, picking up a 4-2 win at Kelley Rink and a 3-0 victory at Matthews Arena.
• This marks the third consecutive game for the Eagles against a ranked opponent ... it's the second time this season that BC has played three consecutive games against a ranked team.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• Boston College played a two-game series against UConn this past weekend, falling 3-0 on the road Friday night and then dropping an overtime thriller, 4-3, at home on Saturday.
• Abby Newhook led the way for BC on the weekend, tallying her sixth multi-point game of the season on Saturday en route to her fourth Hockey East Rookie of the Week honor of the year.
• BC sits at 10-10-0 overall with a mark of 8-7-0 in Hockey East play ... the Eagles began the season by going 6-0-0 but are 4-6-0 in the last 10 outings.
• Newhook leads the Eagles with 17 points off of nine goals and eight assists ... Hannah Bilka is second with 16 points on eight goals and eight assists while firing a team-high 80 shots on goal.
• Overall, 20 players on the roster have registered at least one point, including goaltender Abigail Levy with an assist.
• Levy is 10-10-0 in goal with a .936 save percentage and 2.50 goals against average ... she has made at least 30 saves in 18 out of 20 contests.
• Katie Crowley, the Jane Rattigan Head Women's Hockey Coach, is in her 15th season at the helm of the Eagles.

ABOUT NORTHEASTERN
• The third-ranked Huskies played a single game this past weekend, eeking out a 3-1 win at Boston University to move to 19-2-1 overall and 14-2-1 in Hockey East play.
• Northeastern is currently on an 11-game winning streak and an 18-game unbeaten streak at 17-0-1.
• Maureen Murphy and Skylar Fontaine are tied for the team-lead in scoring with 26 points each ... Murphy has 13 goals and 13 assists while Fontaine has four goals and 22 helpers.
• Aerin Frankel has seen the majority of time in between the pipes for the Huskies, going 1-1-1 with a .964 save percentage and .890 goals against average ... Gwyneth Philips is 4-1-0 with a 1.01 goals against average and .957 save percentage.

SERIES HISTORY vs NORTHEASTERN
• Boston College is 46-45-7 all-time against Northeastern since elevating to Division I status for the 1995-96 season ... Tuesday night marks the 98th meeting in the series.
• Overall, the Eagles are 19-19-4 at home against the Huskies, 20-21-2 on the road and 7-5-1 in neutral site meetings.
• Northeastern swept the first home-and-home series of the season, picking up a 4-2 win at Kelley Rink on Oct. 29 and a 3-0 win at home the next day ... Hannah Bilka and Kelly Browne scored for BC in the 4-2 loss ... it was the first time BC ever lost with Bilka scoring a goal.
• 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, while the win also marked goaltender Abigail Levy's first at Boston College.
• 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 seven points on three goals and four assist ... 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 four helpers against Northeastern to go with a plus-2 rating.
• Hannah Bilka has two goals and two assists against the Huskies.
• Abigail Levy picked up her first win as an Eagle with a 32-save performance for a 2-1 victory at Northeastern on Dec. 13, 2020.
• Katie Crowley has a 37-17-4 career mark against the Huskies.

A WIN ON TUESDAY WOULD . . .
• Give Boston College an overall mark of 11-10-0 and a record of 9-6-0 in Hockey East.
• Bump BC to 47-45-7 all-time against Northeastern.
• Move head coach Katie Crowley to 38-15-4 all-time against Northeastern and give her an overall career record of 346-127-51.

IT'S WORTH NOTING . . .
• Michaela Boyle joins the BC roster for the second semester after graduating from Robert Morris University.
• Head coach Katie Crowley was named a 2022 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award winner earlier this week.
• Alexie Guay leads all BC players in blocked shots with 37 ... Keri Clougherty has blocked 29 shots and Deirdre Mullowney has blocked 25 ... Kelly Browne leads all BC forwards in blocked shots with 14.
• Abigail Levy leads the nation in saves with 736 while also ranking in the top 10 in save percentage (.936) ... she has stopped 30-or-more shots in 18 of 20 games this season and had made at least 35 stops in 13 contests.
• Abby Newhook is tied for second in the nation and first among freshmen with four game-winning goals ... that number also places her tied for first among Hockey East players.
• Newhook has six multi-point outings this year, including two multi-goal games.
• Hannah Bilka has registered at least one shot on goal in all 73 contests that she has played for BC, putting multiple shots on goal in 65 of them ... BC is 19-2-1 all-time when Bilka scores a goal.
• Browne is third in Hockey East and 18th in the nation with 231 face-off wins ... Willow Corson ranks eighth in the conference with 184 wins.

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Bilka

Michaela Boyle

Kelly Browne

Keri Clougherty

Willow Corson

Jillian Fey

Alexie Guay

Abigail Levy

Deirdre Mullowney

Abby Newhook