Rich Gagnon

Terriers Trek to Yale for Thursday Tilt

December 6, 2017

Women's Ice Hockey (6-8-3, 3-6-3 WHEA) at Yale (3-7-4, 2-6-2 ECAC)
Date & Time	Thursday, Dec. 7 (7 p.m.)
Venue	Walter Brown Arena - New Haven, Conn.
Live Stats	YaleBulldogs.com
Watch	ESPN3
Game Notes	BU
Twitter	@BUGameDay \| @TerrierWHockey

The Boston University women's ice hockey team will travel to Yale on Thursday night, with puck drop at Ingalls Rink scheduled for 7 p.m.

HISTORY AGAINST YALE

BU is 3-1-1 against Yale, including a 0-1-1 mark at Ingalls Rink.
The Terriers have won all three meetings at Walter Brown Arena, including a 7-1 win on Nov. 3, 2015.

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS

Yale enters Thursday with a 3-7-4 record after earning a 5-4 OT win over Union and suffering a 3-1 setback to RPI last weekend.
Freshman Greta Skarzynski leads Yale in both points (12) and goals (6) while senior Mallory Souliotis is the team's leader in assists with eight.
Sophomore Tera Hoffman has started eight of the nine games in which she has appeared.
Hoffman has posted a 2-4-3 record with a .909 save percentage and a 2.56 goals-against average.

TERRIERS PLAYING WELL ON THE ROAD

BU has played well away from Walter Brown over the last month.
The Terriers are 2-0-2 since Oct. 29 in true road games and are 3-1-2 when neutral site contests are included.
That one loss came against No. 1 Wisconsin.
In all but one of the Terriers' eight games away from Walter Brown Arena, they have scored first.

BACH BEST IN NOVEMBER

Senior Victoria Bach was named the Women's Hockey Commissioners Association National College Player of the Month on Wednesday.
She is the first Terrier to earn this national honor.
This came one day after she received Player of the Month recognition from Hockey East.
Bach led the nation with 21 points thanks to an NCAA-best 13 goals in addition to eight assists.
She was also first among NCAA skaters in goals per game (1.62), points per game (2.62), shots on goal (61), shots on goal per game (7.62) and plus-minus (+17).
An NCAA-high 11 of Bach's 13 goals came at even strength, and Bach also led the nation with 10 goals away from home.
No other player in the country recorded more multi-goal games (4) than Bach, and she was also the only player in the nation to record two hat tricks in November.
A native of Milton, Ontario, Bach was held without a point just once in November and finished the month on a six-game point streak.

WHAT A WEEK FOR LESLIE

Senior Rebecca Leslie was outstanding for the Terriers in three games this past week.
No other NCAA player recorded more goals (5) or more points (8) than Leslie, who also added three assists.
She began her week with two goals and two assists, including a helper on the game-winner, in a 6-4 win over Brown on Nov. 28.
Leslie then tallied a goal and an assist in a 2-2 tie at No. 2 Boston College on Friday before lighting the lamp twice more against the Eagles on Saturday.
Leslie enters Thursday on an eight-game point streak (9g, 11a).

DYNAMIC DUO

Since Nov. 10, seniors Victoria Bach and Rebecca Leslie have been the most prolific point producers in the country.
Both players have recorded 20 points during that eight-game stretch, with Bach leading the NCAA in goals (12) and Leslie leading the nation in assists (11).
They have both averaged an impressive 2.50 points per game during that time, which is best in the NCAA.
Only one other NCAA player recorded a point in as many games (8) as Bach and Leslie did, with that duo having never been held off the scoresheet.

THE THIRD PART OF THE EQUATION

A main reason for Bach and Leslie's success has been the play of their linemate, junior Mary Grace Kelley.
•Skating on the left wing, Kelley has recorded career highs in goals (3), assists (7) and points (10) this season.
That total includes the primary helper on Leslie's first-period strike against BC on Dec. 2.
Kelley's best game came at Vermont on Nov. 17 when she tallied a career-high three assists in a 7-1 victory.

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