North Andover, Mass. - The Merrimack women's hockey team was defeated in their first game of Hockey East play by Boston College who also earned their 500th victory in program history with a 4-1 result, Thursday night at Lawler Rink.
The Basics
Merrimack: 1 (1-2-0 0-1-0) Boston College: 4 (2-1-0, 1-0-0)
Rapid Recap:
- The Warriors found themselves down early in the first period when they lost possession in the Eagles zone during a power play and Hannah Bilka beat goaltender Calli Hogarth on the subsequent short-handed breakaway to give Boston College the lead at 7:39
- The Eagles doubled their lead just past the halfway point in the game when the puck squirted out from the end boards following a scrum, finding Katie Pyne wide open in the slot to make the score 2-0. The Warriors had 17 shots in the period but were unable to find the back of the net.
- Boston College scored their third of the game at 8:45 of the period when Abby Newhook scored on a powerplay taking the pass across the crease and rounding the goalie to put the Eagles up 3-0.
- Merrimack got on the board only thirteen seconds later on the powerplay when Katie Kaufman scored her second goal of the season off the faceoff with a little help from a deflection off a BC player.
- The Warriors comeback effort was ended when Gaby Roy scored on a shot in close to put the game away.
Top performer/Notable stats
- Kaufman scored her second goal of the season and second in two games.
- Tara Blackburn continues her fantastic start to the season with her fourth point in three games, she's also had a point in all three.
- Teghan Inglis picked up her first point of the season with an assist on the Kaufman goal, and led the team in blocks with four.
- Celine Tedenby led the Warriors in shots with five.
UP NEXT
The Warriors head on the road to try to earn the split against Boston College at Conte Forum, Friday afternoon at 2 p.m.
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