#13/14 Boston University (11-5-1, 9-2-1 HE) vs. Holy Cross (7-9-1, 3-7-1 HE)
 
Date & Time: Friday, Jan. 3 – 6 p.m.
Venue: Hart Center Rink
 
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BOSTON – The No. 13/14 Boston University women's ice hockey team (11-5-1, 9-2-1 HE) returns for the second half of the season when it travels to Holy Cross (7-9-1, 3-7-1 HE) on Friday (Jan. 3). The first Turnpike Trophy game of the season is scheduled for 6 p.m.
 
TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU ended the first half with a 3-1 win at Maine in December.
• Graduate student Tamara Giaquinto, junior Riley Walsh and graduate student Lindsay Bochna all scored in the win.
• Giaquinto's goal came on the power play, bringing her season total of power-play goals to four which leads Hockey East.
• Bochna's goal was scored on a short-handed empty net chance for her first short-handed goal of the season.
• Senior Maggie Hanzel, freshman Keira Healey and junior Maeve Carey all logged assists in the win.
• BU is No. 13 in the USCHO poll and No. 14 in the USA Hockey poll to start off 2025.
• BU leads Hockey East in shorthanded goals with two and is tied for first in power play goals with 10.
• The Terriers are also 11th in the NCAA in penalty killing percentage (0.863).
• Freshman Lola Reid continues to lead BU in points with 13 and boasts a +/- of +12.
• Senior Christina Vote's assists per game value of 0.71 is first in Hockey East and 20th in the NCAA.
• Senior Callie Shanahan has 299 saves this season with a save percentage of .920.
• The Terriers have the second-best scoring offense in the league and the 11th best in the NCAA.
• BU has blocked 165 total shots.
• Over the break, sophomore Alex Law played on Canada's Development Team in the Six Nations Tournament. She scored a goal in the semifinals and another in the gold medal game.

 
SCOUTING THE CRUSADERS

• Holy Cross is 7-9-1 overall with a 3-7-1 record in Hockey East play.
• The Crusaders are 4-2-1 at home.
• Holy Cross ended the first half with a 3-2 overtime loss to Merrimack on Dec. 7.
• The day before, the Crusaders notably defeated then-No. 10 Boston College in overtime, 2-1, at home.
• Holy Cross has a 1-3-1 record against ranked foes, all of which were Hockey East opponents.
• Two of its three Hockey East wins came at home.
• The Crusaders have not scored more than four goals in a league contest.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• The Terriers are 10-6-0 all time against Holy Cross with a 4-3-0 record on the road.
• The teams most recently met in the Hockey East Opening Round when BU fell 4-2.
• In the last regular season meeting, BU dropped a 3-2 result at the Hart Center on Jan. 27.
• The last time BU defeated Holy Cross was on Dec. 8, 2023, in a 2-1 outcome at home.
• BU's last win at Holy Cross happened on Jan. 28, 2022, when it won 4-3.