Battle of Comm Ave on Deck in Hockey East Game of the Week

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's hockey team will face rival Boston University in a Hockey East home-and-home series this weekend.

The Eagles and Terriers will face off at 6 p.m. on Friday at Kelley Rink before a 3 p.m. meeting on Saturday at Walter Brown Arena.

Friday's Battle of Commonwealth Avenue is the Hockey East Game of the Week and will air live on NESN. Additionally, both games will stream live on ESPN+.

GAME 7 | Boston University at RV/RV Boston College
Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 | 6 p.m.
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass. | NESN

GAME 8 | RV/RV Boston College at Boston University
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022 | 3 p.m.
Walter Brown Arena | Boston | ESPN+

WHAT'S ON TAP
• Boston College and Boston University will renew the Battle of Commonwealth Avenue this weekend with a home-and-home series.
• The teams will face off on Friday night at Kelley Rink in the Hockey East Game of the Week and then meet again on Saturday afternoon at Walter Brown Arena.
• The Eagles and Terriers met twice last season with both teams picking up a win on home ice.
• BC is coming off an 0-1-1 weekend against #11 Penn State while BU split a series with New Hampshire.

A WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD . . .
• Move the Eagles to 34-24-7 all-time against the Terriers with a mark of 14-10-4 at Kelley Rink.
• Bump BC to 4-2-1 overall and 3-0-0 in Hockey East play.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• Boston College enters the weekend at 3-2-1 overall and 2-0-0 in Hockey East play.
• The Eagles hosted #11 Penn State this past weekend, dropping a 3-2 game on Friday and battling to a 2-2 tie on Saturday.
• Hannah Bilka and Kate Ham both pushed their point streaks to four games over the weekend.
• Bilka leads the Eagles in points (9), goals (4), assists (5) and shots on goal (29) while Abby Newhook (3-3-6) sits second in scoring with six points and Ham (3-2-5) sits third with five.
• Thirteen Eagles have found the scoresheet over the first six games including nine with multiple points.
• Abigail Levy has gone 2-1-1 with a .939 save percentage, 1.96 goals against average and one shutout while Grace Campbell is 1-1-0 with a .933 save percentage and 2.02 goals against average.

ABOUT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• The Terriers bring an overall record of 2-2-0 and a mark of 1-1-0 in Hockey East play after splitting a series with New Hampshire last weekend.
• Clara Yuhn (2-1-3), Julia Nearis (1-2-3) and Jesse DeVito (0-3-3) lead BU in scoring with three points each while 13 total Terriers have found the box score.
• Andrea Brandli and Callie Shanahan have both seen time between the pipes for BU … Brandli is 2-0-0 after making 45 saves across two shutout performances while Shanahan is 0-2-0 with a 2.95 goals against average and .922 save percentage.
• In addition to a 2-0 win at UNH last Friday, BU skated to a 4-0 win over RPI in the season-opener on Oct. 7.

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• BC maintains the overall lead in the all-time series at 33-24-7 ... the Eagles have a mark of 13-10-4 against the Terriers at Conte Forum and 15-11-2 at Walter Brown Arena ... BC has the edge at neutral sites, 5-3-1.
• The Eagles are 4-6-0 in the last 10 tilts with the Terriers and 2-3-0 in the last five.
• The Terriers took the first meeting of the 2021-22 season, a wild 5-4 affair at Walter Brown Arena on Nov. 21 ... the Eagles then earned a 3-0 win at home in February.
• BC and BU met in three straight Hockey East Tournament championship games (2014-16), with the Eagles snapping the Terriers two-tournament winning streak in 2016.
• The two schools met numerous times in the Beanpot before the two programs' ascension to D1 status (BC in 1994-95 and BU in 2005-06) ... the teams met 10 times while BC was a D1 program and before BU transitioned to D1 status in 2005-06, with the Eagles winning all 10 games.
• Eleven Eagles have at least one point against the Terriers.
• Kelly Browne leads all current Eagles in scoring against BU with eight points ... she has five goals and three assists, with four goals coming on the power play.
• Hannah Bilka has five points on two goals and three assists while Alexie Guay has five points on one goal and four assists.
• Sidney Fess scored her first career goal against the Terriers on Nov. 21, 2021.
• Two of Abigail Levy's four shutouts at Boston College have come against Boston University, doing it with a 35-save performance on Feb. 20, 2021 and a 32-save performance on Feb. 5, 2022.
• Katie Crowley has a 28-23-6 career mark against Boston University

IT'S WORTH NOTING...
• Olivia O'Brien is tied for third in Hockey East with 67 face-off wins and leads all players in the country that have taken over 60 draws with a 72 percent winning-percentage.
• Defender Cailin Flynn currently leads the Eagles and all Hockey East rookies with 11 blocked shots.
• Kate Ham and Hannah Bilka are both riding four-game point streaks ... both players have registered at least one point in five out of six contests this season,

Battle of Comm Ave on Deck in Hockey East Game of the Week

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Bilka

Kelly Browne

Grace Campbell

Sidney Fess

Cailin Flynn

Alexie Guay

Kate Ham

Abigail Levy

Abby Newhook

Olivia O'Brien