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BOSTON COLLEGE #2/2 2015-16 WOMEN’S HOCKEY NEW HAMPSHIRE 12-0-0, 6-0-0 HEA Friday, November 13 | 2 p.m. | Game #13 2-9-0, 2-5-0 HEA Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass. WHERE TO WATCH 2015-16 SCHEDULE • Live stream: bceagles.tv • Live stats: bceagles.com/wihlivestats DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME FRIDAY’S HEADLINES September 25 GUELPH (exhib.) W 5-1 • The Eagles are third nationally in both scoring offense (5.45 GPG) and scoring defense (1.25 GAPG) October • Alex Carpenter leads the nation in goals (17) and points (30), while Haley Skaru- 2 MINNESOTA-DULUTH W 4-1 pa is tied for the national lead in assists (15) 3 MINNESOTA-DULUTH W 4-2 • Haley Skarupa enters the game with a team-best 10-game point streak during 11 ST. LAWRENCE W 7-4 which time she’s recorded 21 points 12 ST. LAWRENCE W 7-3 17 MAINE* W 4-0 BC AGAINST UNH 18 NEW HAMPSHIRE* W 6-0 23 at #9 Cornell W 4-1 • Friday’s match is the second of three Hockey East contests between the two 24 at #9 Cornell W 8-0 teams this year ... on Oct. 18, BC earned a 6-0 win at Kelley Rink ... the teams 30 CONNECTICUT* W 4-0 will wrap up the three-game series in Durham on Saturday 31 at Connecticut* W 4-0 • Boston College is 16-38-5 all-time against New Hampshire ... BC has made in- roads in the series mark in the last two years, winning the last seven meetings November ... 14 of BC’s wins have come since the 2009-10 season. 7 at Boston University* W 8-1 • Overall, BC is 9-19-2 at home against UNH (8-11-1 in HEA play) and 7-18-3 in 10 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* W OT 4-3 Durham (7-11-3 in HEA) ... included in those totals are one home win apiece in 13 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 2 p.m. 14 at New Hampshire* 3 p.m. the Hockey East tournament ... the teams met once at a neutral site - in the 20 NORTHEASTERN* 7 p.m. HEA tournament - with UNH winning 25 PROVIDENCE* 4 p.m. • The teams have meet three times in the Hockey East postseason, with UNH 28 at Northeastern* 2 p.m. holding a 2-1 edge in those contests ... BC took the last meeting with an 8-1 win in the 2014 Hockey East quarterfi nals December • BC has won their last fi ve home matches overall against the Wildcats - includ- 5 at Maine* 2 p.m. ing the ‘14 HEA tournament meeting and the game earlier this season 6 at Maine* 2 p.m. 10 at Syracuse 4 p.m. • Since the start of Hockey East in 2002-03, BC is 16-24-4 against UNH ... all of the Eagles’ wins against New Hampshire have come in the HEA era ... BC was January 0-14-1 against UNH before the formation of Hockey East 9 at Boston University* 3 p.m. • The teams’ fi rst-ever meeting came in the Eagles’ fi rst-ever varsity season of 15 at Merrimack* 7 p.m. 1994-95, with UNH winning 8-1 at Kelley Rink 16 MERRIMACK* 3 p.m. • The Eagles’ fi rst-ever win against UNH came on Nov. 5, 2005 when BC earned 19 at Harvard 7 p.m. a 3-2 win at home in overtime against the No. 5 Wildcats 22 VERMONT* 7 p.m. • Head coach Katie Crowley has a 13-10-3 career mark against New Hampshire 23 VERMONT* 2 p.m. 26 at Merrimack* 7 p.m. EAGLES VS. THE WILDCATS February • Haley Skarupa is both the Eagles’ active leading scorer and career leading 2 vs. Harvard^ 5 p.m. scorer against New Hampshire ... she has 20 points on 9 goals and 11 assists ... 6 at Connecticut* 3 p.m. Skarupa’s nine goals are the most by an Eagle against UNH 9 Beanpot Champ./Consol. TBA • Alex Carpenter has 19 career points against UNH, including 7 goals and 12 as- 12 NORTHEASTERN* 2 p.m. sists ... 12 of her points have come since the start of the 2014-15 season (4g, 8a) 14 at Vermont* 2 p.m. • Dana Trivigno has recorded 14 points - 5 goals, 9 assists - against the Wildcats 19 PROVIDENCE* 4 p.m. 20 at Providence* 1 p.m. • Kristyn Capizzano has 9 career points against UNH (7g, 2a) ... her two 26-28 HOCKEY EAST Quarterfi nals game-winning goals and three power-play strikes lead all Eagles • Andie Anastos, Lexi Bender and Kenzie Kent have each collected six points March against UNH, while Megan Keller (1-4-5), Tori Sullivan (2-2-4), Meghan Grieves 5 HOCKEY EAST Semifi nals (2-1-3) and Toni Ann Miano (0-3-3) all have three or more points vs. UNH 6 HOCKEY EAST Championship • Katie Burt is 4-0-0 with an 0.00 goals against average - with three shutouts - 11-12 NCAA Quarterfi nals against the Wildcats 18 NCAA Frozen Four Semifi nals 20 NCAA Frozen Four Championship FAMILY REUNION WEEKEND FOR EAGLES’ MICHIGANDERS * Hockey East game Two members of the women’s hockey team will have a family reunion this week- ^ Beanpot end when the Michigan State men’s hockey team faces the BC men on Friday night HOME game ... Andie Anastos’ dad, Tom, is the Spartans’ head coach, while Megan Keller’s older brother Ryan is a senior forward on the team. BC ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS TOP STREAKERS Contact: Lizz Summers Boston College holds the nation’s longest winning streak at 12 games ... Wisconsin 617-552-8841 | [email protected] is second with a 10-game winning streak after a bye weekend in the schedule last bceagles.com | #BCEagles weekend ... both BC and Wisconsin are the only two remaining teams with a per- @bc_whockey fect 1.000 winning percentage this season. CROWLEY’S WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE USCHO POLL (11/9) Head coach Katie Crowley conducts a weekly press conference on Rank Team (fi rst-place votes) Points Mondays, generally at 10:15 a.m., in the Conte Forum Media Suite (gen- 1. Wisconsin (8) 143 erally Tuesdays when Monday is a holiday). All media are welcome to 2. BOSTON COLLEGE (7) 140 attend, and video of the press conference is available later that day on 3. Minnesota 122 bceagles.com. 4. Clarkson 88 5. Bemidji State 83 To be added to the list to receive notifi cations about press conferences 5. North Dakota 77 or other BC women’s hockey news, please contact the Athletic Commu- 8. Northeastern 61 nications offi ce. 7. Quinnipiac 47 9. Harvard 46 10. Princeton 13 WIN LEADERS RV: Dartmouth 3, Colgate 2 Boston College’s 12 wins so far this season lead the nation ... Clark- son (11-1-2) is second with 11 wins, followed by Wisconsin (10-0-0) and Bemidji State (10-2-2) ... in 2014-15, the Eagles led the nation USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY MAGAZINE POLL (11/10) in wins (34) in their best-ever season that resulted in a fi nal 34-3-2 record. Rank Team (fi rst-place votes) Points 1. Wisconsin (12) 182 MAKING WAVES ON NATIONAL CHARTS 2. BOSTON COLLEGE (7) 175 Boston College players are prominent on the national scoring 3. Minnesota 155 charts so far this season: 5. Bemidji State 118 4. Clarkson 109 • Eight (8) players are ranked in the top 52 in points per game, 6. North Dakota 98 tied with Minnesota for most in the country 8. Northeastern 73 • Five (5) Eagles are ranked in the top 51 in goals per game (Alex 7. Quinnipiac 60 Carpenter, Makenna Newkirk, Haley Skarupa, Andie Anastos 9. Harvard 53 and Megan Keller) 10. Princeton 13 • Six (6) players are ranked in the top 45 in assists per game, and RV: Dartmouth 5, Colgate 1, Minnesota Duluth 1, Robert Morris 1 11 are ranked among the top 100 players • Three (3) defensemen are ranked in the top 6 in DMan scoring (Megan Keller, Kali Flanagan and Lexi Bender) as Keller leads BC IN THE POLLS the nation in the category • Alex Carpenter leads the nation in power-play goals and Week of USCHO USA Today game-winning goals, and is tied for second in shorthanded Preseason 2 2 goals Oct. 5 2 2 Oct. 12 T-2 3 Oct. 19 2 3 BEST-EVER START STRETCHES ON Oct. 26 2 2 Boston College enters the weekend 12-0-0, marking the fi rst time Nov. 2 2 2 the Eagles have maintained a perfect record this late into the sea- Nov. 9 2 2 son ... last year in 2014-15, even as the Eagles set a program record going undefeated through the fi rst 29 games, the team earned a tie at St. Lawrence in the third game of the season to start 2-0-1 EAGLES GET OUT OF THE GATES WELL ... ... before this year, the longest Boston College had gone into the BC has scored 21 goals in the fi rst period this year, most among season with a perfect record was four games (4-0-0) in 2010-11. Hockey East teams ... the Eagles have also allowed just one fi rst-period goal this year, the best mark in HEA ... the Eagles’ 21 TWO MORE WEEKLY WINNERS THIS WEEK fi rst-period goals are more than or equal to four conference teams’ On Monday, Boston College drew two more weekly honors from overall totals so far this season (Merrimack - 20, UConn - 17, UVM - Hockey East, pushing the team’s season total to eight weekly hon- 12, Providence - 11).