Women's Ice Hockey to Host Maine on Friday

Friday, February 9

Boston, MA

6 PM

Boston University

Maine

Photo by: Matt Woolverton

February 8, 2024 | Women's Ice Hockey

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Boston University (12-14-3, 10-11-1 HE) vs. Maine (11-16-2, 7-13-2 HE)
Friday, Feb. 9
Walter Brown Arena - 6 p.m. - ESPN+

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BOSTON - The Boston University women's ice hockey team will aim for a season sweep of Maine when it hosts the Black Bears on Friday (Feb. 9) at Walter Brown Arena. Game time is set for 6 p.m.

In honor of National Pizza Day, fans can enjoy free pizza at Friday's game while supplies last.

BU earned a pair of 4-3 road wins at Maine earlier this season. The Terriers enter the weekend in sixth place in the Hockey East standings, four points behind fifth-place New Hampshire and two points ahead of seventh-place Vermont.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU is coming off a 3-0 road win at No. 15 Boston College to end a four-game skid.
The Terriers are averaging 6.3 shots more per game than their opponents this season. At this time last year, BU had a minus-8.0 shot differential, resulting in a plus-14.3 swing one year later
Senior Lacey Martin leads the team in both goals (13) and points (23) and has a point in five of the past eight games.
Sophomore Clara Yuhn (7g, 11a) and senior Catherine Foulem (10g, 8a) have each recorded 18 points.
Graduate student Nadia Mattii (3g, 13a) and sophomore Sydney Healey (7g, 7a) have added 16 and 14 points, respectively.
Freshman Alex Law, the runner-up for Hockey East Rookie of the Month in December, has 11 points (2g, 8a) in her past 15 games but missed last weekend due to injury.
Graduate student Alexa Matses (5-7-1, 2.54, .898) and freshman Mari Pietersen (5-2-1, 2.85, .864) shared time in goal for the first three months of the season but junior Callie Shanahan (2-4-1, 2.16, .912) returned from injury in January and has started in seven of the past 10 games.
Led by Mattivi and senior Tamara Giaquinto (2g, 9a), BU has five of the top 23 defenders in Hockey East in points this season.
The Terriers are second in Hockey East in penalty kill at 91.0%, which is good for fourth in the nation.
The Terriers are also second in the league in faceoff percentage at 54.0%, which ranks 12th in the country.
BU, Wisconsin and Ohio State are the only teams in the nation to have five defenders with at least nine points apiece.w

SCOUTING THE BLACK BEARS

Maine is 0-5-2 over its past seven games and has just one win since the turn of the new year.
That win was a 1-0 overtime triumph over Northeastern on Jan. 12.
Last weekend, the Black Bears hosted Merrimack and suffered a pair of one-goal losses.
Graduate student Ida Kuoppala leads all Hockey East players in points with 34 on 18 goals and 16 assists.
Fellow graduate student Ann-Frederique Guay has 28 points on the strength of a league-best 19 goals while senior Rachel Enzler has added 23 points (7g, 17a).
Senior Jorden Mattison has started five of the past eight games in goal and leads the team in goals-against average (2.01) and save percentage (.914).

SERIES HISTORY VS. MAINE

BU is 34-21-4 (.610) all-time against Maine, including a 16-11-1 record (.589) at Walter Brown Arena.
The teams are an even 4-4-1 over the past nine meetings.
Nine of the past 13 meetings have taken place at Walter Brown Arena.

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