No. 10 Women's Hockey Gear Up For Home Opener
Oct. 4, 2006
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Qunnipiac Bobcats (0-2-0) vs. #10 Boston College Eagles (1-0-0)
Saturday, October 7, 2006
Quinnipiac vs. Boston College
Kelley Rink Chestnut Hill, Mass. 2:00 p.m.
DROPPING THE PUCK
The Boston College women's ice hockey team opened up its 2006-07 season with a 2-1 win on the road against RPI. Three freshmen stepped up early in the season for Head Coach Tom Mutch--Anna McDonald with a goal giving the Eagles a 1-0 lead, Allie Thunstrom with the game-winning goal in the third period, and Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week Molly Schaus who stopped 18 of 19 shots in net, including 13 on the power play. Saturday afternoon is the Eagles' 2006 home opener.
LAST TIME VS. THE BOBCATS
Hamden, Conn.--Qunnipiac handed Boston College a 4-3 loss to even the season series at 1-1. The Bobcats opened up scoring in the first period as Antoinette Maldonado scored on a power play and the Bobcats scored three more unanswered goals over the first two periods.
BC tried to catch up in the third period scoring three times. Sophomore Sarah Feldman opened up the Eagles' scoring drive early in the third for her sixth power play goal of the season. Freshman Maggie Taverna scored her second goal of the season off of a pass from Deborah Spillane and Becky Zavisza.
The Eagles' freshman goaltender Johanna Ellison tallied 16 saves over the course of the game including eight in the second period. Boston College outshot the Bobcats 45-20 but the Bobcats went 3 for 9 on the power play while the Eagles went 2 for 7.
Quinnipiac goaltender Connie Craig had a career-high 42 saves against the Eagles.
THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING...
The Eagles had their best season in program history last year, and with it came lots of firsts. On February 14, 2006, Boston College won its first-ever Beanpot trophy by defeating Harvard, 2-0, in the title game. Next, the Eagles picked up their first win in a Hockey East tournament game since joining the conference in 2002 when they beat Providence in the semifinals, 3-1. When Boston College moved on to play New Hampshire the next night, it marked the first conference title game for the Eagles.
UNDER-22 SELECTS
This summer, three Eagles were invited to participate in the U.S. National Women's Hockey Festival, which served as a try-out for the U.S. Under-22 Select Team. Defenseman Maggie Taverna, and forwards Deb Spillane and Becky Zavisza traveled to Lake Placid, N.Y. for the festival, and Taverna and Spillane were selected to play in the Under-22 series against the Canadian team August 24-27. The Americans were edged, 2-1, by the Canadians in the series. Boston College Assistant Coach Katie King, a three-time Olympian, joined the U-22 Select Team's coaching staff as an assistant.
COACH'S CORNER
In his three years with the Eagles, Mutch has earned Hockey East's Co-Coach of the Year Award and been selected to the All-Star game coaching staff. In 2004-05, three of Mutch's players were selected to a Hockey East All-Star Team, and four were named all-stars last year. Prior to the Heights, Coach Mutch coached the University of Nebraska-Omaha men's team, the Omaha Lancers Hockey Club, and his alma mater, the Northeastern men's hockey program. In 1996, Mutch accepted a position as the U.S. Women's National and Olympic Hockey team assistant in Negano, Japan. During his tenure there, Team USA captured an Olympic gold medal with a 6-0 record in 1998, and the silver medal in the 1997 World Championship in Ontario. |
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