Feb. 18, 2007

Box Score

Chestnut Hill, Mass. - For the second consecutive day, No. 9 Boston College took advantage of four first period goals and went on to beat the Friars by a score of 6-2. Providence now stands at 13-15-4, and 10-6-3 in HOCKEY EAST play, while Boston College improves to 22-8-2 and 14-6-0 in HOCKEY EAST play.

Boston College struck first, at 4:04 of the first period, as freshman Anna McDonald put the Eagles up 1-0 with a power-play goal when she jammed in a loose puck in front of PC goaltender Jana Bugden (Corner Brook, Newfoundland). Classmate Allie Thunstrom, who had taken the original shot, was credited with an assist on the goal as well as freshman goaltender Molly Schaus. Kelli Stack scored the next BC goal at 6:35 with assists from Meghan Fardelmann and Erin Blood. Thunstrom put the Eagles up 3-0 just over a minute later, at 7:55, when she converted on a pass from Becky Zavisza. Stack scored her second of the period less than a minute later, at the 8:27 mark, to put the Eagles up 4-0, with Fardelmann assisting on the goal. Providence got on the board while skating short-handed, as junior Jenna Keilch (Clinton Township, Mich.) forced a turnover at the BC blue line, took control of the puck and fired it high to beat Schaus on the glove side.

BC was able to add two goals in the second period, while the Friars scored one of their own to make the score 6-2, after two periods of play. Fardelmann and Thunstrom scored unassisted goals for the Eagles at 2:01 and 8:24 respectively. Senior Sonny Watrous (Albuquerque, N.M.) added the second Friar goal, with an assist from Kristin Gigliotti (Barrie, Ont.). Neither side was able to score in the third period. Schaus made 25 saves in net for BC, while Bugden and Lauren Florio (North Providence, R.I.) combined to stop 28 shots for the Friars, including 22 saves by Florio.

The Friars close out the regular season next weekend with a home-and-home series versus HOCKEY EAST rival Connecticut. The first game will be played at Schneider arena at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 24.