Terriers Up Next for Eagles in Battle of Comm Ave

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The RV/RV Boston College women's hockey team and Boston University will close out the Hockey East regular season series on Saturday night at Walter Brown Arena. The Battle of Commonwealth Avenue is set for a 6 p.m. puck drop.

The Hockey East contest will stream live on ESPN+.

GAME 31 | RV/RV Boston College at Boston University
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 | 6 p.m.
Walter Brown Arena | Boston | ESPN+

WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• Boston College and Boston University will close out the Hockey East regular season series on Saturday at Walter Brown Arena.
• The Eagles took both ends of a home-and-home back in October, 3-0 at Kelley Rink and 5-4 at Walter Brown.
• BC topped Harvard, 3-0, on Tuesday night in the Beanpot semifinal round while BU fell to #5 Northeastern, 4-1, in the other semi.

A WIN ON TUESDAY WOULD . . .
• Move Boston College to 18-12-1 overall and 15-10-0 in Hockey East.
• Bump the Eagles to 36-24-7 all-time against the Terriers and 17-11-2 on the road.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• Boston College sits at 17-12-1 overall with a mark of 14-10-0 in Hockey East play ... BC earned a 3-0 win over Harvard in the Beanpot semifinal round on Tuesday night and topped #11 Providence, 3-0, in its last Hockey East action on Friday, Feb. 3.
• Hannah Bilka leads the Eagles in points (34), assists (23) and shots on goal (114) and ranks fifth in Hockey East with a 1.21 point per game average ... Abby Newhook (16-13-29) is second on the team in scoring and first in goals ... Gaby Roy (7-10-17), Kelly Browne (6-10-16), Cayla Barnes (6-9-15) and Katie Pyne (8-4-12) have all hit double-digit points for BC.
• Browne is second in Hockey East and 10th in the nation with 313 face-off wins.
• Barnes was named the Hockey East Defender of the Month for January.
• Abigail Levy, who is the reigning the Hockey East Goaltender of the Week, has posted back-to-back shutouts, making 42 saves against Providence and 30 saves against Harvard ... she sits at 13-10-1 with a .948 save percentage, 1.70 goals against average and five shutouts ... her 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 90.9 percent ranks second in Hockey East and fourth overall in the nation.

ABOUT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• The Terriers bring an overall record of 10-16-3 along with a Hockey East mark of 9-12-3 into Saturday's tilt … BU is 3-1-1 in the last five games and had a six-game unbeaten streak snapped by #5 Northeastern on Tuesday night in the Beanpot.
• Julia Nearis leads BU in scoring with 20 points on 10 goals and 10 assists, with five of her goals coming on the power play … Lacey Martin (5-11-16) and Christina Vote (3-13-16) have chipped in 16 points each.
• Andrea Brändli has gone 7-10-2 in between the pipes while posting a 2.09 goals against average, .937 save percentage and two shutouts … Callie Shanahan is 3-6-1 with a 3.07 goals against average and .906 save percentage.

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• BC maintains the overall lead in the all-time series at 35-24-7 ... the Eagles have a mark of 14-10-4 against the Terriers at Conte Forum and 16-11-2 at Walter Brown Arena ... BC has the edge at neutral sites, 5-3-1.
• The Eagles are 5-5-0 in the last 10 tilts with the Terriers and 4-1-0 in the last five.
• Boston College won the first meeting of the 2022-23 season at Kelley Rink on Oct. 21, 2022, 3-0, behind two goals from Olivia O'Brien and a 29-save shutout from Abigail Levy ... Hannah Bilka (2-2-4) and Abby Newhook (0-4-4) had four-point outings on Oct. 22, 2022 in leading BC to a 5-4 win at Walter Brown.
• 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.
• BC went six seasons without a home win against BU: 2007-08 through 2012-13 ... the Eagles won the Feb. 4, 2014 meeting at Kelley Rink to snap an 0-7-2 run at home against the Terriers.
• Fourteen Eagles have at least one point against the Terriers.
• Bilka leads all current Eagles in scoring against BU with 10 points ... she has four goals and six assists.
• Kelly Browne is second with nine points ... she has five goals and four assists, with four goals coming on the power play.
• Alexie Guay has seven points on three goals and four assists while Newhook (2-5-7) also has seven points against the Terriers.
• Sidney Fess scored her first career goal against the Terriers on Nov. 21, 2021.
• Three of Levy's eight shutouts at Boston College have come against Boston University, doing it with a 35-save performance on Feb. 20, 2021, a 32-save performance on Feb. 5, 2022 and a 29-save game on Oct. 21, 2022 ... the netminder has posted a shutout in three consecutive games against BU.
• Katie Crowley has a 30-23-6 career mark against Boston University.

UP NEXT
• Boston College will host #5 Northeastern in the 44th Beanpot Championship Game at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14 at Kelley Rink.
• Boston University and Harvard will face off in the 4 p.m. consolation game.

Terriers Up Next for Eagles in Battle of Comm Ave

Players Mentioned

Cayla Barnes

Hannah Bilka

Kelly Browne

Sidney Fess

Alexie Guay

Abigail Levy

Abby Newhook

Olivia O'Brien

Katie Pyne

Gaby Roy

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