No. 13 Terriers Welcome Princeton for Wednesday Tilt

Wednesday, November 27

Boston, MA

2 PM

Boston University

Princeton

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No. 13 Terriers Welcome Princeton for Wednesday Tilt

November 26, 2024 | Women's Ice Hockey

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#13 Boston University (10-4-1, 8-2-1 HE) vs. Princeton (5-5-0, 3-5-0 ECAC)

Date & Time: Wednesday, Nov. 27 – 2 p.m.
Venue: Agganis Arena

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BOSTON – The No. 13 Boston University women's ice hockey team (10-4-1, 8-2-1 HE) is prepped to host Princeton (5-5-0, 3-5-0 ECAC) on Wednesday (Nov. 27) at Agganis Arena. Puck drop against the Tigers is set for 2 p.m.

Tickets for the game can be found here. Wednesday's game will air on ESPN+ and TSN+.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU is No. 13 in the USCHO and USA Hockey polls for the second consecutive week.
Thirteen Terriers have scored this season while 17 have recorded an assist.
BU is second in the NCAA Hockey East in penalty killing percentage (.930).
The Terriers lead Hockey East in power play goals with nine and total goals with 45.
Freshman Lola Reid continues to lead BU in points with 13 and boasts a +/- of +11.
BU split its weekend series with No. 11/12 Boston College, losing in overtime 3-2 at home and winning 3-1 on the road.
Graduate Student Julia Shaunessy led BU with four points off one goal and three assists. She had two points in each game with her first goal of the season helping BU reach overtime.
In addition to Shaunessy, junior Sydney Healey, graduate student Lindsay Bochna and senior Ani FitzGerald all scored over the weekend.
Junior Clara Yuhn and freshman Kaileigh Quigg each had two assists while juniors Lilli Welcke and Riley Walsh and Bochna each picked up one.
Reid, Yuhn and Healey are tied for the most goals for BU this season with seven.
Senior Christina Vote owns 12 points this season, all of which are assists.
Vote's assists per game value of 0.80 is first in Hockey East and 12th in the NCAA.
Callie Shanahan has 250 saves this season with a save percentage of .936 which is third in the league. She owns eight wins between the posts which also leads Hockey East.
Li. Welcke is ranked 25th in the NCAA and fourth in Hockey East in faceoff wins with 143.
Graduate student Tamara Giaquinto and Healey are tied for first in the league in power play goals with three apiece.
BU defenders have blocked 79 shots while forwards have blocked 63 for 142 total. Giaquinto has blocked 23 herself.
Shaunessy logged her 100th career game in the win at BC, joining Vote in the 100 games club this season.

SCOUTING THE TIGERS

Princeton is 5-5-0 overall and 3-5-0 in ECAC play.
The Tigers most recently lost to No. 8 Cornell, 4-3.
Princeton's most recent win came in overtime against No. 5 Colgate, 4-3.
Princeton has a 1-3 record against ranked foes with its two other losses coming against then-No. 7 St. Lawrence and then-No. 5 Clarkson.
The Tigers largest margin of victory this season occurred against RMU in an 11-1 win.
Princeton's power-play percentage of 0.387 is second in the NCAA and its 12 power play goals is third in the NCAA.
The Tigers were receiving votes this week in both the USCHO and USA Hockey Polls.

SERIES HISTORY VS. PRINCETON

BU is 6-3-1 overall against Princeton with a 4-1-0 record at home.
The Terriers and the Tigers most recently tied 1-1 on New Years Eve in 2017. Assistant coach Reagan Rust scored BU's lone goal in the game.
The last time BU defeated Princeton was on Nov. 26, 2016, in a 4-3 overtime win.
BU last played Princeton on Nov. 27 in 2010 when the Terriers won 2-1 at Agganis Arena.
The Terriers have never lost back-to-back games against the Tigers.
The most goals BU scored against Princeton in a game came in the 8-2 win on Nov. 26, 2010.