Date & Time: Saturday, Jan. 18 – 1 p.m.
Venue: Whittemore Center
 
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BOSTON – No. 14 Boston University women's ice hockey (14-6-1, 11-3-1 HE) is prepped to travel to New Hampshire (11-11-1, 7-9-0 HE) for a Saturday tilt. Puck drop against the Wildcats is set for 1 p.m.
 
TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU played in the Beanpot semifinal game against Harvard at Matthews Arena on Tuesday and earned a 2-1 overtime win to advance to the title game.
• Junior Sydney Healey scored with 55 seconds left in the third period while graduate student Lindsay Bochna scored the game winner in overtime.
• Graduate student Julia Shaunessy logged two assists in the game and junior Riley Walsh tallied one.
• This marked BU's first overtime win at a neutral site since March 4, 2012, when BU defeated Providence in the Hockey East Championship 2-1 in double overtime.
• BU is No. 14 in both the USCHO and USA Hockey polls.
• BU owns the most shorthanded goals in Hockey East with three and is first in the league in power play goals with 13.
• The Terriers are third in the NCAA and second in Hockey East in penalty killing percentage (0.887).
• BU has the third-best scoring offense and scoring defense in the league.
• S. Healey owns the most goals for BU this season with nine and leads in shots on goal with 61.
• Thanks to her two assists against Harvard, Shaunessy leads BU in +/- with a +13.
• The graduate student now also leads the Terriers in points with 14 and her assists per game value of 0.62 is second in Hockey East.
• Graduate student Tamara Giaquinto leads the league and the BU squad in power play goals with five.
• Senior Callie Shanahan has 344 saves this season with a save percentage of .925.
• Her GAA of 1.668 is third in Hockey East and 11th in the NCAA.
• Junior Lilli Welcke leads the Terriers and is third in Hockey East in faceoff wins with 217.
• BU has blocked 192 total shots.

 
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS

• The Wildcats are 11-11-1 overall with a 7-9-0 Hockey East record.
• UNH is 6-7-1 at home.
• Most recently, the Wildcats defeated Merrimack 5-3 on the road.
• UNH is 0-4-0 against ranked opponents this season with three losses to UConn and one to Boston College.
• Before the Merrimack game, UNH was on a six-game losing streak.
• The Wildcats' last win at home was on Nov. 16, 2024, when they defeated Holy Cross, 2-0.
• Former Terrier Andi Calderone is a graduate student at UNH and leads the team in blocks with 40.

 
SERIES HISTORY VS. NEW HAMPSHIRE

• The Terriers are 38-20-6 overall against UNH with a 16-9-4 record on the road.
• In the most recent meeting, BU fell to UNH in a 4-1 decision.
• BU last won at the Whittemore Center on Nov. 11, 2023, in a 5-3 decision.
• The Terriers and Wildcats have traded wins and losses the last six meetings.