Saturday, October 25
North Andover, MA
1:00 PM
Boston College
at
Merrimack College
Women’s Hockey Prepares for Hockey East Showdown Against Merrimack
October 24, 2025 | Women's Hockey
CHESTNUTHILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's hockey team hits the road this weekend for a Hockey East matchup against Merrimack. Puck drop is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Saturday at Lawler Rink, with the game streamed live on ESPN+.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
- Boston College and Merrimack meet for the first time this season in conference play.
- The Eagles are looking to bounce back after dropping two games at No. 4 Cornell last weekend.
Ava Thomas leads the Eagles with 12 points on five goals and seven assists through seven games, averaging over 1.7 points per game. - Kate Ham has added four goals and six points, giving BC a potent one-two punch up front.
- Goaltender Grace Campbell has started all seven games, logging 407:59 minutes with 238 saves, a .898 save percentage, and a 3.97 goals-against average.
- Improve Boston College's record to 4-3-0 overall and 3-0-0 in Hockey East play.
- Get the Eagles back in the win column after two losses on the road at Cornell.
- Merrimack enters the matchup still seeking its first conference win of the season.
- The Warriors finished 10-24-2 overall and 5-19-2 in Hockey East last year.
Merrimack returns top scorers from last season, including Alexa Matses and Samantha Isbell, who combined for over 30 points in 2024–25.
- Boston College is 3–4–0 overall this season, with a perfect 2–0 record in Hockey East play. Both conference wins came against Holy Cross (4–2) and Providence (5–1).
- The Eagles average 2.29 goals per game on 30.6 shots, while opponents are scoring 4.14 per game on nearly 40 shots per night.
- BC has been disciplined but busy defensively, averaging 16.7 blocked shots per game compared to opponents' 12.6.
- The Eagles are 3-for-21 on the power play this season, a 14.3% conversion rate.
- On the penalty kill, BC has held opponents to 5 goals on 29 chances (17.2%), while also scoring one shorthanded goal.
- Faceoffs have been a challenge — BC has won just 39.3% of draws this year, going 163–252 at the dot.
- Ava Thomas is off to a scorching start, leading the team with 5 goals and 12 points through seven games. She's averaging seven shots per game with a .102 shooting percentage.
- Kate Ham has chipped in four goals and six points, highlighted by a strong presence on special teams with both a power-play and shorthanded tally.
Players Mentioned
Women's Hockey Head Coach Katie King-Crowley | The Podcast for Boston
Friday, October 24
Boden Kapke, Chase Forte, Fred Payne, Donald Hand Jr. | BC Men's Basketball Local Media Day
Thursday, October 23
Amirah Anderson, Athena Tomlinson, Lily Carmody, Teionni McDaniel | BC WBB Local Media Day
Thursday, October 23
Joanna Bernabei-McNamee | BC Women's Basketball Local Media Day
Thursday, October 23
