Friday, March 1
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
6:00 PM
Boston College
vs
Providence College
Eagles Set to Face Friars in Hockey East Tournament Quarterfinal
February 29, 2024 | Women's Hockey
For only the second time, BC and Providence will clash at Kelley Rink in the Hockey East Tournament quarterfinal round
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – For the second time ever, the Boston College Eagles will face the Providence Friars in the Hockey East Tournament quarterfinal round.
The single elimination game between the fourth-seeded Eagles and the fifth-seeded Friars is set for 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 1 at Kelley Rink. The contest will air live on NESN.
Semifinals will take place on Wednesday, March 6 and the championship game will be held on Saturday, March 9, to determine the winner of the Bertagna Trophy.
GAME 35 | Providence at Boston College | Hockey East Tournament Quarterfinal
Friday, March 1, 2024 | 6:00 P.M.
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass. | NESN
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• Boston College and Providence will meet in the Hockey East Tournament quarterfinal round on Friday at Kelley Rink ... this is the second time that the Eagles and Friars will clash in the quarterfinal round.
• The Friars won one of the three regular season meetings, picking up a 3-1 win on the Heights.
• The Eagles are coming off a two-game setback against UNH, falling 1-3 on the road and a 4-6 setback at home ... the Friars swept a home-and-home series with Merrimack with a 4-1 home victory and a 3-0 road win.
A WIN ON SATURDAY WOULD . . .
• Advance Boston College to the program's 15th Hockey East Tournament semifinal.
• Move BC to 25-16 all-time in the Hockey East Tournament and 14-4 in the quarterfinal round.
ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
ABOUT PROVIDENCE
SERIES HISTORY VS PROVIDENCE
HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT HISTORY
GOING FOR THE FOURTH
The single elimination game between the fourth-seeded Eagles and the fifth-seeded Friars is set for 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 1 at Kelley Rink. The contest will air live on NESN.
Semifinals will take place on Wednesday, March 6 and the championship game will be held on Saturday, March 9, to determine the winner of the Bertagna Trophy.
GAME 35 | Providence at Boston College | Hockey East Tournament Quarterfinal
Friday, March 1, 2024 | 6:00 P.M.
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass. | NESN
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• Boston College and Providence will meet in the Hockey East Tournament quarterfinal round on Friday at Kelley Rink ... this is the second time that the Eagles and Friars will clash in the quarterfinal round.
• The Friars won one of the three regular season meetings, picking up a 3-1 win on the Heights.
• The Eagles are coming off a two-game setback against UNH, falling 1-3 on the road and a 4-6 setback at home ... the Friars swept a home-and-home series with Merrimack with a 4-1 home victory and a 3-0 road win.
A WIN ON SATURDAY WOULD . . .
• Advance Boston College to the program's 15th Hockey East Tournament semifinal.
• Move BC to 25-16 all-time in the Hockey East Tournament and 14-4 in the quarterfinal round.
ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
- Boston College finished the regular season at 14-13-7 overall and went 13-9-5 in Hockey East play to clinch home ice through the quarterfinal round.
- BC is the only Hockey East school, men's or women's, to finish in the top four yearly standings since the 2010-11 season.
- Sammy Taber leads the Eagles in points (30), goals (12) and assists (27)... Sammy Smiglinai (11-15-26) is second on the team in scoring ... Abby Newhook (10-12-22), Gaby Roy (12-8-20), Kaite Pyne (12-7-19), Julia Pellerin (12-6-18), Molly Jordan (4-14-18), Caroline Goffredo (8-9-17), Sidney Fess (4-11-16) and Jade Arnone (4-8-12) have all hit double-digit points for the Eagles.
- Smigliani is second in Hockey East and 17th in the nation with 375 face-off wins.
- Grace Campbell sits at 14-13-7 with a .952 save percentage, 2.26 goals against average and three shutouts ...
ABOUT PROVIDENCE
- Providence finished the regular season at 13-16-5 overall and went 12-10-5 in Hockey East play to finish fifth in the conference.
- In the second half of the season, the Friars finished with a record of 7-4-4.
- Rachel Weiss leads Providence in points with 19 off of five goals and a team-high 14 assists … Audrey Knapp has a team-leading 13 goals and has added four assists for 17 points.
- Hope Walinski has started 25 games between the pipes, going 11-10-4 with a .915 save percentage, 2.07 goals against average and four shutouts.
SERIES HISTORY VS PROVIDENCE
- The Eagles lead the all-time series between the teams, 44-43-4 ... BC has a mark of 23-20-3 against the Friars at Kelley Rink ... BC is 18-21-1 against the Friars in Providence.
- In 2023-24, the Huskies split a home-and-home series in January, a 1-1 tie with BC winning the shootout in Providence and a 3-1 loss at Kelley Rink, and then won another 5-1 game at Providence in December.
- This is only the second time that BC and Providence have met in the quarterfinal round. The first time was back in 2015.
- The Eagles are 23-7-3 at home vs. Providence since the 2007-08 season.
- Katie Crowley has a 38-14-3 career mark against Providence.
HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT HISTORY
- Boston College is playing in its 19th Hockey East Tournament.
- The Eagles have won three titles (2011, 2016, 2017) and have advanced to five out of the last 11 championship games ... BC's eight championship game appearances are tied for the most in league history.
- BC is 25-16 all-time in the Hockey East Tournament, third only to Boston University's 25-15 mark and Northeastern's 33-11 mark.
- The Eagles hold a record of 14-4 in the quarterfinal round.
- BC has a mark of 2-5 in the tournament as the fourth overall seed.
- BC is 4-0 against Providence in the Hockey East Tournament, including a mark of 2-0 in the quarterfinal round.
GOING FOR THE FOURTH
- Boston College is in search of its fourth Hockey East Tournament title.
- The Eagles broke a five-year drought in 2016 with a 5-0 win over Boston University and repeated in 2017 with a 2-1 victory over Northeastern.
- BC won its first championship in 2011, topping fifth-seeded Northeastern, 3-1, while seeded second.
- BC's eight championship game appearances are tied for the most in league history.
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