#14 Catamounts, #15 Eagles Set to Meet in Burlington

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The #15 Boston College women's hockey team will hit the road this weekend to face #14 Vermont in two Hockey East tilts at Gutterson Fieldhouse.

The Eagles and Catamounts will face off at 3 p.m. on Friday and again at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Both games will stream live on ESPN+.

GAME 9 | #15 Boston College at #14 Vermont
Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 | 3 p.m.
Gutterson Fieldhouse | Burlington, Vt. | ESPN+

GAME 10 | #15 Boston College at #14 Vermont
Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022 | 3 p.m.
Gutterson Fieldhouse | Burlington, Vt. | ESPN+

WHAT'S ON TAP
• Boston College and Vermont will meet for two games this weekend at Gutterson Fieldhouse, facing off at 3 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday.
• The Catamounts won the 2021-22 Hockey East series with a 2-0-1 record, picking up one win at home and then a win and a tie at Kelley Rink.
• The Eagles are coming off a weekend sweep of Boston University while Vermont dropped a pair of games at #6 Colgate.

A WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD . . .
• Move the Eagles to 50-5-5 all-time against the Catamounts including a mark of 22-1-2 on the road.
• Bump BC to 6-2-1 overall and 5-0-0 in Hockey East play.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• Boston College enters Friday at 5-2-1 overall and 4-0-0 in Hockey East play after sweeping rival Boston University in a home-and-home series last weekend.
• Hannah Bilka pushed her point streak to seven games over the weekend in putting up five points, including a four-point game with two goals and two assists on Saturday … Abby Newhook (1-4-6) had six points in the two wins while Alexie Guay (2-0-2) blocked eight shots and had eight shots on goal … Bilka was named the Hockey East Player of the Week and Guay was named the Defender of the Week for their performances.
• Bilka leads the Eagles in points (14), goals (6) and shots on goal (38) while tying with Newhook for the team lead in assists (8).
• Newhook (4-18-12) is second on the team in scoring while Kate Ham (3-2-5) and Olivia O'Brien (3-2-5) are tied for third.
• Fourteen Eagles have found the scoresheet over the first seven games including 12 with multiple points.
• Abigail Levy has gone 2-1-1 with a .950 save percentage, 1.58 goals against average and two shutouts while Grace Campbell is 2-1-0 with a .908 save percentage and 2.68 goals against average.

ABOUT VERMONT
• Vermont brings a 4-3-1 overall record and a 2-1-1 Hockey East mark into Friday's contest.
• The Catamounts traveled to Colgate last weekend, falling 4-1 and 3-2 to the sixth-ranked Raiders.
• Reigning Hockey East Player of the Year Theresa Schafzahl leads Vermont with 12 points off of seven goals and five assists … Natalie Mlynkova sits second with 10 points off of three goals and seven helpers.
• Vermont picked up Hockey East wins over Holy Cross and UConn while also losing to Holy Cross and tying UConn.

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST VERMONT
• Friday marks the 60th meeting between the two teams as varsity squads ... BC and UVM played one game before the Catamounts ascended to varsity status ... the Eagles hold an overall record of 49-5-5 in the all-time series.
• Vermont won the 2021-22 Hockey East series with a 2-0-1 record, winning 3-1 in Burlington in December and then picking up a 4-2 win and a 2-2 tie at Kelley Rink in February.
• BC had a 25-game winning streak in the series from Feb. 24, 2013 to Jan. 18, 2020, when the teams battled to a 2-2 overtime tie at Kelley Rink ... Vermont's 3-1 win on Dec. 10, 2021 snapped BC's 35-game unbeaten streak in the series.
• Vermont's first-ever Division 1 win came against BC: a 3-2 OT win on Oct. 18, 2002 in Chestnut Hill ... UVM also won the 2003 meeting (3-1 at Kelley Rink).
• Kelly Browne is BC's active scoring leader against Vermont with nine points on two goals and seven assists.
• Hannah Bilka is second with eight points on five goals and three assists ... Bilka has two, two-goal games against Vermont ... she potted two goals against the Catamounts, including the game-winner, in a 3-2 win at Vermont on Oct. 20, 2019 and two goals in a 3-3 tie on Feb. 18, 2022 at Kelley Rink ... Bilka also had three points with one goal and two assists in a 7-5 win on Jan. 17, 2020.
• Deirdre Mullowney earned her first career point with an assist at Vermont on Oct. 20, 2019.
• Eight current Eagles have at least one point against Vermont.
• Vermont is the only Hockey East team that Abigail Levy has not earned a win in net against.
• Katie Crowley has a 38-3-5 career mark against Vermont

#14 Catamounts, #15 Eagles Set to Meet in Burlington

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Bilka

Kelly Browne

Grace Campbell

Alexie Guay

Kate Ham

Abigail Levy

Deirdre Mullowney

Abby Newhook

Olivia O'Brien