BC to Host Harvard in First Round of 44th Beanpot

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The RV/RV Boston College women's hockey team will host Harvard on Tuesday night in the first round of the 44th Women's Beanpot at Kelley Rink. Puck drop of the second semifinal is set for 7:30 p.m., following the conclusion of the Boston University-Northeastern semifinal at 4 p.m.

Both games on Tuesday, Feb. 7 will air live on NESN while the championship and consolation games on Tuesday, Feb. 14 will air line on NESN+. All four contests of this year's Beanpot will stream live on ESPN+.

Tickets, which are are $10 for adults and $5 for seniors and youth, are available online and will also be available at the Conte Forum Ticket Office on gameday. Students and staff from the four participating schools will receive free entry to the 2023 Women's Beanpot with a school ID at the Conte Forum gates.

GAME 30 | Harvard at RV/RV Boston College
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023 | 7:30 P.M.
Beanpot Semifinal
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• Boston College will host Harvard in the first round of the 44th Women's Beanpot on Tuesday night.
• The Eagles and Crimson faced off back in November, with BC picking up a 5-1 win at Kelley Rink.
• Tuesday night marks a rematch of the 2022 title game, which Harvard took 5-4 ... it will be the 27th overall meeting between BC and Harvard in the Beanpot ... the Eagles are 8-18-0 overall and 8-12-0 as a varsity squad against Harvard in the Beanpot.

A WIN ON TUESDAY WOULD . . .
• Move Boston College to 17-12-1 overall.
• Bump the Eagles to 18-29-1 in the all-time series against the Crimson.
• Give BC an overall mark of 35-18-2 in the Beanpot since becoming a varsity program. and 42-40-2 overall.
• Advance the Eagles to the program's 17th Beanpot title as a varsity squad and 20th overall.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• Boston College sits at 16-12-1 overall with a mark of 14-10-0 in Hockey East play after topping #11 Providence, 3-0, on Friday night.
• Abigail Levy made 42 saves for her 15th career shutout and 50th career win while Abby Newhook scored two goals and Hannah Bilka had two assists.
• Bilka leads the Eagles in points (34), assists (23) and shots on goal (107) and ranks fourth in Hockey East with a 1.26 point per game average ... Newhook (16-13-29) is second on the team in scoring and first in goals ... Kelly Browne (6-10-16), Gaby Roy (7-8-15), Cayla Barnes (5-8-13) and Katie Pyne (8-4-12) have all hit double-digit points.
• Browne is second in Hockey East and 13th in the nation with 301 face-off wins.
• Levy is 12-10-1 with a .946 save percentage, 1.78 goals against average and four shutouts ... Levy's .946 save percentage is third best in the country and leads all goaltenders who make at least 20 saves per game.
• BC's penalty kill-rate of 90.5 percent ranks second in Hockey East and fourth overall in the nation.

ABOUT HARVARD
• Harvard enters Tuesday night's tilt with an overall record of 7-14-3 after falling to Princeton, 3-2, at home on Friday … the team is 2-3-0 in the last five games, earning a 7-6 win over #10/9 Cornell and 3-1 win over RPI.
• Anne Bloomer leads the Crimson in scoring with 13 goals and nine assists for 22 points … Bloomer has two power-play goals and two short-handed goals on the year … Kristin Della Rovere has chipped in 18 points on five goals and a team-high 13 assists to go with three game-winning goals.
• Alex Pellicci has started all 24 contests between the pipes, going 7-14-3 with a .923 save percentage, 2.88 goals against average and three shutouts.

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST HARVARD
• BC and Harvard have met 47 times in varsity play since the Eagles elevated to Division 1 status in the 1994-95 season.
• The Eagles trail the all-time series, 17-29-1 ... at home, BC is 8-9-0 against Harvard, and 3-16-1 on the road at the Bright-Landry Center ... BC leads 6-4-0 on neutral ice ... the Eagles are 8-12-0 against Harvard in the Beanpot.
• The teams met back on Nov. 22, with the Eagles skating to a 5-1 win at Kelley Rink ... eight total Eagles had points, including Hannah Bilka and Jenna Carpenter with one goal and one assist each ... Bilka's game-winning goal came on a penalty shot conversion ... Abigail Levy finished with 29 saves in the win.
• Harvard and BC played twice during the 2021-22 season ... Harvard took a 5-2 game at the Bright-Landry Center on Nov. 9, 2021 and then eeked out a 5-4 win in the Beanpot championship game on Feb. 8, 2022 ... the Beanpot contest saw BC battle back to tie the game four separate times.
• Boston College is 6-4-0 in the last 10 meetings and has gone 16-8-1 against Harvard since Feb. 14, 2006.
• Harvard's 17-2 win at Kelley Rink on Jan. 28, 2003 set several NCAA records: most goals by a team in a game (17), most combined goals by two teams in a game (19) and largest margin of victory (15 goals).
• Gaby Roy is BC's active scoring leader against Harvard with five points on five assists.
• Alexie Guay has two goals and two assists for four points while Abby Newhook has three goals and one assist for four points.
• Bilka (2-1-3) and Kelly Browne (0-3-3) both have three points.
• Caroline Goffredo tallied a career-high three points (1-2-3) against Harvard in the 2022 Beanpot Championship game.
• Maddie Crowley-Cahill scored two goals against Harvard in the 2022 Beanpot title game.
• Jenna Carpenter scored her first career goal as part of a multi-point (1-1-2) game against Harvard on Nov. 22, 2022.
• Fourteen Eagles have at least one point against the Crimson.
• Katie Crowley is 14-8-1 all-time against Harvard.

BEANPOT HISTORY
• Boston College has appeared in all previous 43 editions of the Beanpot, playing the first 16 as a club program (1979-1994) and the last 27 as a varsity program (1995-present; this marks BC's 28th Beanpot as a varsity squad).
• The Eagles won their first Beanpot in 2006 and has won a total of eight times (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018).
• BC has appeared in seven of the last 10 championship games and 14 of the last 20, missing the final in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2019 and 2020.
• This marks the 27th overall meeting between BC and Harvard in the Beanpot tournament and the 21st with both teams at varsity status ... BC is 8-18-0 overall and 8-12-0 as a varsity squad against Harvard in the Beanpot.
• Harvard and BC faced off in last year's Beanpot championship game, with the Crimson holding on for a 5-4 win at Matthews Arena.

THE LAST BEANPOT BATTLE
• Boston College and Harvard met on Feb. 8, 2022 in the Beanpot title game, a nail-biter that saw a #6 Crimson squad pulled out a 5-4 win.
• Harvard took an early 1-0 lead but BC went on to tie the game on four separate occasions ... it was the first time since at least the 1996-97 season that BC fought back to tie a game four different times.
• Maddie Crowley-Cahill scored twice while Caroline Goffredo had a career-high three points on one goal and two assists ... Abby Newhook also scored.
• Abigail Levy finished with 50 saves for BC in the loss ... Levy went on to be named the Bertagna Award winner as the tournament's top goaltender.

UP NEXT
• Boston College will close out the Hockey East regular season series with Boston University on Saturday, Feb. 11.

BC to Host Harvard in First Round of 44th Beanpot

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Players Mentioned

Cayla Barnes

Hannah Bilka

Kelly Browne

Jenna Carpenter

Maddie Crowley-Cahill

Caroline Goffredo

Alexie Guay

Abigail Levy

Abby Newhook

Katie Pyne

Gaby Roy