Date & Time: Friday, Jan. 10 – 6 p.m.
Venue: Gutterson Fieldhouse
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Date & Time: Saturday, Jan. 11 – 6 p.m.
Venue: Gutterson Fieldhouse
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BOSTON – No. 13 Boston University women's ice hockey (12-5-1, 10-2-1 HE) travels to Vermont (4-15-2, 3-9-2 HE) for a pair of games on Friday (Jan. 10) and Saturday (Jan. 11). Puck drop for both games is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
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TERRIER TIDBITS
- BU started the second half with a 3-0 shutout at Holy Cross.
- Senior Christina Vote, junior Riley Walsh and graduate student Tamara Giaquinto scored in the win with Vote and Giaquinto's goals occurring on the power play.
- Juniors Sydney Healey, Clara Yuhn, Luisa Welcke, Giaquinto, sophomore Neely Nicholson and senior Maggie Hanzel all had assists in the game.
- Vote's goal was her first of the season, bringing her points total this year to 13.
- Her assists per game value of 0.67 is first in Hockey East as the senior boasts 12 assists this season.
- Nicholson's assist was also her first of the season.
- BU is No. 13 in the USCHO and USA Hockey polls, marking the sixth consecutive week BU is No. 13 in the USCHO poll.
- BU is tied for first in Hockey East in shorthanded goals with two and is first in the league in power play goals with 12.
- The Terriers are also 7th in the NCAA and 5th in Hockey East in penalty killing percentage (0.879). BU killed all seven penalties it accrued in the game at Holy Cross.
- Freshman Lola Reid, Yuhn and Healey are tied for the most goals for BU this season with seven each.
- Graduate student Julia Shaunessy has the most points of any BU defender with 12, eight of which occurred in the month of November.
- Senior netminder Callie Shanahan's three shutouts are a season best, bringing her career total to six.
- Junior Lilli Welcke leads the Terriers in faceoff wins with 187.
- Giaquinto leads the league and the BU squad in power play goals with five.
- The Terriers have the second-best scoring offense in the league and the third-best scoring defense in the league.
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SCOUTING THE CATAMOUNTS
- Vermont is 4-15-2 overall with a 3-9-2 record in Hockey East play.
- The Catamounts are also 1-8-0 at home.
- Vermont is 1-4-0 against ranked opponents with its sole win coming against then-No. 7 St. Lawrence in a 1-0 decision
- That win on Oct. 18, 2024, was Vermont's one home win.
- The Catamounts last won on Dec. 6, 2024, at Merrimack, 2-1.
- Vermont has not won back-to-back games this season.
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SERIES HISTORY
- The Terriers are 42-11-8 all time against Vermont with a 19-7-2 record on the road.
- In the last meeting, BU defeated Vermont in a 4-1 decision at Gutterson Fieldhouse on Feb. 16, 2024.
- BU has not lost a game to the Catamounts since Nov. 11, 2022, when it fell on the road, 2-1. It is currently on a five-game winning streak.
- Twelve of the games in the series have gone to overtime.