Boston College Athletics
Friday, September 29
Potsdam, NY
6:00 PM
Boston College
at
Clarkson
Photo by: Meg Kelly
Eagles Set to Open 2023-24 Season at #9 Clarkson
September 28, 2023 | Women's Hockey
BC to begin its 30th varsity season with a pair in Potsdam, N.Y.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's hockey team will begin its 30th season of varsity play this weekend, traveling to Potsdam, N.Y. to take on No. 9 Clarkson.
BC will play a pair at Cheel Arena this weekend, facing off at 6 p.m. on Friday night and 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. Both contests will stream live on ESPN+.
FOR STARTERS
BC will play a pair at Cheel Arena this weekend, facing off at 6 p.m. on Friday night and 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. Both contests will stream live on ESPN+.
FOR STARTERS
- Boston College opens its 30th season of varsity play on Friday night at No. 9 Clarkson.
- The Eagles are 17-11-1 all-time in season openers and 11-4-1 under head coach Katie Crowley.
- The Eagles have won their last four season openers and are 8-1-1 in their last 10 lid lifters.
- Last season, BC earned a 4-1 victory over Franklin Pierce in the 2022 opener on Sept. 24.
- BC has opened its season on the road in four of its last five seasons.
- It marks the first time since 2018-19 that Boston College has opened its season with a top-10 ranked opponent.
- That season, Boston College split a season-opening series at No. 9 Minnesota Duluth on Sept. 28-29, 2018
- The Eagles were picked to finish sixth in the 2023-24 Hockey East preseason poll.
- Entering the weekend, the Eagles and Golden Knights have faced off on the ice on 15 previous occasions.
- BC holds a 7-5-3 advantage in the all-time series between the two teams, including a 2-3-2 mark at Cheel Arena.
- The last meeting between the two schools came in the opening round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, with Clarkson coming away with a 2-1 overtime victory.
- Boston College is 116-120-30 against opponents from the ECAC Hockey League.
- Boston College is 78-165-17 all-time against ranked opponents, including a 9-12-3 mark against teams ranked ninth.
- The Eagles are 75-160-16 against opponents ranked in the top 10.
- The last top 10 victory for BC came on Feb. 1, 2022 - a 3-1 victory at No. 3 Northeastern.
- Head coach and former Team USA standout Katie Crowley has been announced as a member of the Class of 2023 for the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
- The formal Induction Celebration will take place on Dec. 6 in Boston.
- Under Crowley, BC women's hockey has posted 374 wins - an average of 23 victories per season.
- BC is the only Hockey East program - men's or women's - to finish in the top-4 of the league every season since 2010.
- She is a two-time AHCA National Coach of the Year (2015, 2016) and a four-time Hockey East Coach of the Year (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016).
- In her 16 seasons as head coach, Crowley has led the Eagles to six NCAA Frozen Fours, 11 NCAA Tournaments, five Hockey East regular season titles, three Hockey East Championships, and six Beanpot crowns.
- Crowley is among the all-time greats for the U.S. Women's National Team, scoring 265 career points which still ranks third among all players with at least 210 appearances.
- She skated for Team USA in three Olympic Games, winning a gold medal at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, silver at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City and bronze at the 2006 Games in Turin.
- Crowley's 14 career Olympic goals – including a hat trick in the 2006 bronze medal game – are tied for the Team USA lead, and her 23 career Olympic points are third-most among American women.
- Crowley retired after the 2006 Winter Olympics and was named USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year. In 2009, she and her 1998 Olympic teammates were enshrined in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.
- Gaby Roy and Abby Newhook will serve as captains of the 2023-24 Boston College women's ice hockey team
- Roy, a senior forward, appeared in 36 contests a season ago, tying for third on the Eagles in scoring.
- She tied her career-high with nine goals, while registering 10 assists a season ago.
- Boston College was 12-2-0 when she tallied at least one point during the 2022-23 campaign.
- As a sophomore in 2021-22, she posted career-highs with nine goals, 11 assists, and 20 points.
- A 2020-21 Hockey East All-Rookie team selection, she has appeared in 80 games, recording 23 goals and 24 assists.
- Newhook, a junior forward, was honored by Hockey East in 2022-23 as a Third Team All-Star after finishing ninth in the league in scoring, with 33 points.
- Her career-high 19 goals led BC last season, ranking as the seventh-most in Hockey East. Six of her tallies a season ago were game-winners.
- BC was 14-1-1 when she scored a goal and went 17-2-1 when Roy tallied at least one point and she compiled a +22 rating for the season.
- The 2021-22 Hockey East Rookie of the Year has appeared in nearly 70 games, posting 36 goals and 29 assists.
- "Gaby and Abby have both worked extremely hard in their time here at BC. Their consistency day-in and day-out - and their dedication to our team - are what makes them such great leaders. I am confident they will lead our team to a successful season on and off the ice." - Head Coach Katie Crowley
- Boston College earned a 7-0 victory over Stonehill on Sept. 23 in a preseason exhibition tuneup.
- Seven different Eagles lit the lamp, including freshmen Julia Pellerin and Sammy Taber, as well as transfer Sammy Smigliani.
- Abby Newhook led the way, tallying a goal and two assists on the day.
- Grace Campbell saw all 60 minutes in net for the Eagles, stopping all 13 shots she faced.
- Boston College ranked fourth in the country with a penalty kill rate of 89.8 percent.
- Abby Newhook's six game-winning goals was sixth-best nationally (second in Hockey East).
- BC returns three players with more than 100 faceoff wins - Jenna Carpenter (169); Olivia O'Brien (140), and Abby Newhook (118).
- Cailin Flynn was second among Hockey East rookies in blocked shots with 46.
- Boston College posted a 17-1-0 mark when leading after two periods and 13-1-0 when leading after the first.
- The Eagles scored first in 21 games in 2022-23, going 18-3-0 in those contests.
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