BC Set to Face Harvard in Beanpot Championship Game

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's hockey team will look to win the program's ninth Beanpot Tournament title when it faces sixth-ranked Harvard on Tuesday night in the championship game of the 43rd Women's Beanpot. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. at Northeastern's Matthews Arena.

The game will air live on NESN+, and fans outside of New England can stream the game on SportsLive.

GAME 29 | Boston College vs Harvard
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
Beanpot Championship
Matthews Arena | Boston

WHAT'S ON TAP
• Boston College and Harvard will meet in the 43rd Beanpot Tournament championship game on Tuesday night at Matthews Arena.
• BC advanced to the title game by topping a third-ranked Northeastern squad, 3-1, in the semifinal round while Harvard took down Boston University, 4-1, in the other semifinal.
• This marks the ninth time that BC and Harvard will square off for the Beanpot title, with the Eagles winning three of those games and Harvard five.
• The Eagles will be the visiting team in the game.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• The Eagles played two Hockey East games this past weekend, picking up a 5-3 win at New Hampshire on Friday night and then blanking rival Boston University, 3-0, at home on Saturday.
• BC sits at 17-11-0 overall on the year and is currently on a seven-game winning streak.
• Abby Newhook leads the Eagles with 29 points off of 16 goals and 13 assists ... Kelly Browne (8-19-27) and Hannah Bilka (11-15-26) sit second and third ... Browne has a team-leading 19 helpers while Bilka has fired off a team-high 113 shots on goal.
• Overall, 21 players on the roster have registered at least one point, including Levy with two assists.
• Levy is 16-11-0 in goal with a .939 save percentage and a 2.33 goals against average ... she has made at least 30 saves in 23 out of 27 contests that she has played.
• Katie Crowley, the Jane Rattigan Head Women's Hockey Coach, is in her 15th season at the helm of the Eagles.

BEANPOT HISTORY
• Boston College has appeared in all 43 editions of the Beanpot, playing the first 16 as a club program (1979-1994) and the last 26 as a varsity program (1995-present; this marks BC's 27th Beanpot as a varsity squad).
• The Eagles won their first Beanpot in 2006 ... BC was the Beanpot champion in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
• This marks BC's 16th appearance in the Beanpot title game, with the Eagles going 8-7 in the title game ... BC won its first-ever Beanpot title with a 2-0 win over Harvard in 2006.
• BC has appeared in seven of the last 10 championship games and 13 of the last 20, missing the final in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2019 and 2020.
• This marks the 26th overall meeting between BC and Harvard in the Beanpot tournament and the 20th with both teams at varsity status ... BC is 8-17-0 overall and 8-11-0 as a varsity squad against Harvard in the Beanpot ... the Eagles are 3-5-0 in the title game against Harvard.

ABOUT HARVARD
• Harvard enters Tuesday night's title game at 17-6-0 overall after going 1-1 over the weekend … on Friday at No. 7/8 Colgate, the Crimson fell, 6-2, before responding for a 6-3 win at Cornell on Saturday.
• Becca Gilmore leads Harvard with 33 points on 14 goals and 19 assists … Kristin Della Rovere has also hit 30 points, putting up 11 goals and 19 helpers … Anne Bloomer has a team-leading 18 goals and has added 10 assists for 28 points.
• Becky Dutton has gone 11-3-0 in goal, posting a 1.78 goals against average, .930 save percentage and three shutouts.
• Harvard is 8-2-0 in its last 10 games … Harvard had a seven-game win streak snapped with this past weekend's loss at Colgate … all six losses have come against teams either ranked or receiving votes at the time of the contest.

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST HARVARD
• BC and Harvard have met 45 times in varsity play since the Eagles elevated to Division 1 status in the 1994-95 season.
• The Eagles trail the all-time series, 16-28-1 ... BC leads the series at 6-3-0 on neutral ice ... the Eagles are 8-11-0 against Harvard in the Beanpot … BC is 7-9-0 at home against Harvard and 3-15-1 on the road at the Bright-Landry Center.
• Harvard and BC met earlier this season, with the Crimson earning a 5-2 home win.
• Boston College is 6-4-0 in the last 10 meetings and has gone 15-7-1 against Harvard since Feb. 14, 2006.
• Alexie Guay is BC's active scoring leader against Harvard, putting up three points on two goals and one assist in three games.
• Abby Newhook had a one-goal, one-assist outing against Harvard back on Nov. 9 while Gaby Roy had two assists … Kelly Browne has two assists against Harvard.
• Hannah Bilka and Willow Corson have chipped in one goal each.
• Head coach Katie Crowley is 13-7-1 all-time against Harvard

A WIN ON TUESDAY WOULD . . .
• Give Boston College the program's ninth Beanpot Tournament championship and the seventh under head coach Katie Crowley.
• Give Boston College an overall mark of 18-11-0.
• Push BC's winning streak to eight games.
• Bump BC to 17-28-1 in the all-time series against Harvard with a mark of 14-7-1 under head coach Katie Crowley.
• Give BC an overall mark of 35-17-2 in the Beanpot since becoming a varsity program (1995-present) with a mark of 9-11-0 as a varsity team and 9-17-0 overall against Harvard in the tournament.

HOW WE GOT HERE...
• Boston College topped No. 3 Northeastern, 3-1, last Tuesday in the 43rd Women's Beanpot Tournament semifinals to advance to the program's 16th-ever title game as a varsity squad and 19th overall.
• The win also marked the 350th career win for head coach Katie Crowley ... she is the third female coach and eighth coach overall to reach 350 career wins at the DI level.
• Alexie Guay gave BC a 1-0 lead in the first period and then in the third, responded to a Northeastern equalizer with her second of the night ... Abby Newhook added an empty-net goal in the final minute.
• Abigail Levy made 49 saves for the win ... it was her 22nd time this season making 30-plus saves and the eighth time she's made 40-plus stops.
• Guay's two goals marked her second career multi-goal game and her first career game-winning goal.
• Kelly Browne had two assists for her 16th career multi-assist game and assisted on the game-winning goal for the 18th time in her career.
• Newhook also had an assist for a two-point night and her ninth multi-point game of the year.
• As a team, BC blocked a season-high 22 shots ... Keri Clougherty blocked a game-high seven.
• BC is now 10-17-2 all-time against teams ranked third in the nation.

IT'S WORTH NOTING . . .
• Abby Newhook leads Hockey East, is second in the nation and tops among all rookies with six game-winning goals ... she is the first Hockey East rookie to score at least six game-winning goals in a season since Boston University's Sarah Lefort scored seven during the 2012-13 season.
• Newhook has 10 multi-point outings this year, including two multi-goal games, and has scored in seven consecutive games.
• Alexie Guay leads all BC players in blocked shots with 49, a number that also ranks third in Hockey East and tied for 24th in the nation ... Keri Clougherty has blocked 45 shots and Deirdre Mullowney has blocked 37 ... Kelly Browne leads all BC forwards in blocked shots with 20.
• Abigail Levy leads the nation in saves with 968 while also ranking tied for ninth in save percentage (.939) ... she has stopped 30-or-more shots in 23 of 27 games she has played this season.
• Hannah Bilka has registered at least one shot on goal in all 81 contests that she has played for BC, putting multiple shots on goal in 73 of them ...
• BC is 22-2-1 all-time when Bilka scores a goal.
• Browne is second in Hockey East and 12th in the nation with 323 face-off wins ... Willow Corson ranks seventh in the conference with 243 wins.
• Head coach Katie Crowley was named a 2022 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award winner in January ... she is one of just two former women's collegiate hockey players to earn the award and one of three hockey coaches to do so.

BC Set to Face Harvard in Beanpot Championship Game

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Bilka

Kelly Browne

Keri Clougherty

Willow Corson

Willow Corson

Alexie Guay

Abigail Levy

Deirdre Mullowney

Abby Newhook

Gaby Roy