No. 8 BU to Begin Home-and-Home Series with Holy Cross Friday Night

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No. 8 BU to Begin Home-and-Home Series with Holy Cross Friday Night

January 16, 2020 | Women's Ice Hockey

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The No. 8 Boston University women's ice hockey team will begin a home-and-home series with Holy Cross on Friday night at Walter Brown Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. The teams will then skate in Worcester on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Friday's game is the Terriers' annual Skating Strides against Breast Cancer game. All ticket proceeds will benefit the Hockey East Skating Strides initiative. Fans can also participate in a chuck-a-puck contest during the second intermission.

In addition, Friday will be another Turnpike Trophy contest between BU and Holy Cross. The Terriers lead the Crusaders, 3-2, in the annual all-sport competition. Each game this weekend will count as a point towards the overall standings.

NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SCHEDULE

BU only has one more scheduled league game against a team ahead of the Terriers in the Hockey East standings.
In fact, the Terriers' next four games are against the bottom two teams in the league.
The Terriers enter the weekend in third, one point ahead of UConn and only one point behind Boston College.
More importantly, the Terriers have two games in hand on the Eagles.
UConn has a game in hand on BU, though the two teams do meet for a weekend series at Walter Brown to close the regular season.
Northeastern is first with 28 points.

WELCOMING AN OLD FRIEND

For the first time, former Terrier assistant coach Katie Lachapelle will be a head coach against BU.
Lachapelle is in her third season at Holy Cross and her first as the Crusaders' bench boss.
Lachapelle helped BU win five Hockey East titles and reach two national title games in her nine seasons with the Terriers.

LAST TIME AGAINST HOLY CROSS

The Terriers completed a season sweep of the Crusaders with a 7-1 triumph on Feb. 9, 2019, at Walter Brown Arena.
Holy Cross took a 1-0 lead at 4:04 of the second stanza, but the Terriers tallied three goals in a span of 1:18 to grab a 3-1 lead.
Fourteen different Terriers notched a point.
Courtney Correia, Sammy Davis and Kristina Schuler each scored twice while Jesse Compher added a goal and an assist.
Emma Wuthrich led the Terriers with a career-high two assists.
Corinne Schroeder made 16 saves to seal the victory.

HISTORY WITH HOLY CROSS

BU won all three meetings with Holy Cross last year, which was the Crusaders' first season in Hockey East.
The Terriers outscored the Crusaders, 18-3, in those three tilts.

BEST OF BU AGAINST THE CRUSADERS

Courtney Correia leads BU with six points against Holy Cross thanks to a team-high two goals.
Jesse Compher has notched five points (2g, 3a), followed by Sammy Davis (3g, 1a) and Kaleigh Donnelly (4a) with four points apiece.
Kristina Schuler has tallied two goals and one assist against the Crusaders.
Eight different Terriers have two points against Holy Cross.
Every BU skater that played all three games against the Crusaders last year tallied a point.
Corinne Schroeder went 2-0-0 with a .944 save percentage and a 1.20 goals-against average.
Kate Stuart made 15 saves in her one start against Holy Cross.
Nicole McGuigan played one period against Holy Cross and stopped all three shots she saw.

HEAR ABOUT HOLY CROSS

The Crusaders are 3-15-4, including a 3-12-1 record in Hockey East.
All three wins came against Merrimack.
Holy Cross most recently skated to a scoreless tie with Maine on Jan. 11, which was the 10th time that the Crusaders have been shut out this year.
Senior Rachel Moore leads the team in goals (3), assists (7) and points (10).
Freshman Mary Edmonds also has three goals this year.
Sophomore goaltender Jada Brendon has recorded two shutouts.
She owns a .917 save percentage and a 3.09 goals-against average.
Brenon started one of the two games she played against BU last year, allowing six goals and making 48 saves.

DUROCHER NEARING A MILESTONE

Head coach Brian Durocher is now just one win away from 300 as the Terriers' bench boss.
He has been at the helm of the program for all 15 seasons.
Combined with his brief stint as the head coach of Colgate's men's team, Durocher has logged 311 victories.

WHERE DOES DUROCHER RANK?

BU head coach Brian Durocher ranks 10th all-time among active head coaches with 299 wins and will become the 15th National Collegiate head coach to reach that milestone
Durocher will be the 11th National Collegiate head coach to win 300 games at one institution and currently ranks seventh among coaches still active at that school.

SPREADING THE WEALTH

Five different skaters scored the Terriers' five goals this past weekend against Providence.
In addition, six different Terriers tallied a point over the weekend.
In the last five games, nine different Terriers have lit the lamp and 16 different BU skaters have notched at least one point.

ELECTRIC ELIA

Junior Nara Elia notched her fifth game-winning goal of the season on Saturday when she broke a 1-1 tie in the Terriers' 4-1 triumph over Providence.
She ranks second in the NCAA and the conference in that category.
Sarah Lefort ('16) owns the single-season program record for game-winning goals with eight in 2013-14; she also scored seven winners as a freshman in 2012-13.
Elia has made a big impact for the Terriers over their last four games.
She has tallied the Terriers' last two game-winners and has a point in three of her last four fixtures.
Elia was the only Terrier to notch a point in each game against Providence this past weekend.
She enters this weekend with 17 points thanks to six goals and a career-high 11 assists.
Elia needs two more points to eclipse last year's career best of 18 points.

DAVIS FINDING HER STRIDE

Redshirt senior Sammy Davis enters the weekend having notched a point in eight of her last nine games.
Davis had her seven-game point streak snapped on Friday but bounced back by scoring an unassisted goal to give BU a 1-0 lead on Saturday.
She has tallied five goals and seven assists for 12 points over the last nine contests.
Davis has notched a point in 13 of the last 16 games; BU is 11-1-1 in those 13 tilts and 0-3-0 in the two games in which she has not found the score sheet.
Davis leads the Terriers with 24 points and 15 assists and is tied for the team lead with nine goals.

MATTIVI MAKES HER MARK

Freshman Nadia Mattivi notched her second goal in the last three games when she scored in Saturday's 4-1 win over Providence.
Mattivi also lit the lamp in a 3-3 tie with Maine on Jan. 5.
Mattivi has secured five points over the last six games and seven points (3g, 4a) since Nov. 19.
That seven points since mid-November ranks third among all rookie defenders.
Mattivi enters this weekend with three goals and five assists for eight points.

SCHROEDER HAS BEEN SENSATIONAL

Junior goaltender Corinne Schroeder ranks third in the NCAA with a .943 save percentage and fifth in the country with a 1.50 goals-against average.
Schroeder has recorded two shutouts this season and has been nearly unbeatable on the road, sporting a .954 save percentage and seven wins away from Walter Brown Arena.
She has allowed three goals just twice this year and has yet to allow more than two even-strength goals this season.

STUART STRONG, TOO

Sophomore Kate Stuart has been sharp in her five starts this year.
She is 4-1-0 with a .940 save percentage and a 1.97 goals-against average.
In her four wins she has posted a .950 save percentage and a 1.46 goals-against average.
Stuart made 27 saves in her last start, a 3-2 OT win over Maine on Jan. 4.

DEFENSE IS STINGY

BU has allowed just 1.67 goals per game, which is fifth-best in the country and second-best in the conference.
At even strength (not including empty-netters), BU gives up just 1.09 goals per game.