| Prd | Time | Team | Score | Type | Scored By | Assists |
| 1st | 12:32 | BC | 1-0 | EV | Erin Connolly (5) | Ryan Little/4, Delaney Belinskas/11 |
| 2nd | 8:04 | VER | 1-1 | EV | Kristina Shanahan (5) | Ali O'Leary/5, Daria O'Neill/5 |
| 2nd | 13:27 | BC | 2-1 | PP GW | Toni Ann Miano (18) | Grace Bizal/10, Caitrin Lonergan/43 |
| 2nd | 14:46 | BC | 3-1 | EV | Kenzie Kent (9) | Makenna Newkirk/37, Toni Ann Miano/23 |
| 2nd | 15:57 | BC | 4-1 | PP | Makenna Newkirk (22) | Daryl Watts/40 |
| 3rd | 9:00 | BC | 5-1 | PP | Grace Bizal (3) | Caitrin Lonergan/44, Toni Ann Miano/24 |
| 3rd | 13:38 | BC | 6-1 | PP | Makenna Newkirk (23) | Maegan Beres/13, Kenzie Kent/22 |
| Scoring | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| Vermont | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boston College | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Shots on Goal | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | SOG |
| Vermont | 12 | 9 | 5 | 26 |
| Boston College | 17 | 17 | 14 | 48 |
| Team Stats and Records | PP | PIM | SHGF |
| Vermont (10-20-5) | 0/4 | 9/29 | 0 |
| Boston College (30-3-3) | 4/9 | 5/10 | 0 |
| Vermont Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Sydney Scobee (L, 9-15-4) | 60:00 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 42 |
| Boston College Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Katie Burt (W, 30-3-3) | 59:36 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| Empty Net | 0:24 | 0 |
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The third-ranked and top-seeded Boston College women's hockey team used three-point days from Makenna Newkirk and Toni Ann Miano to punch its ticket to its eighth-straight Hockey East Tournament semifinal appearance behind its 6-1 win over eighth-seeded Vermont on Saturday afternoon at Kelley Rink.
After staking a one-goal lead after the first period via Erin Connolly's tally, Vermont (10-20-5) evened the scoring through Kristina Shanahan's goal at 8:04 of the second.
However, Boston College (30-3-3) scored three times in two minutes and 30 seconds - from Miano (power play), Kenzie Kent and Newkirk (power-play) - between 13:27 and 15:57 to stake a 4-1 lead after two periods. Grace Bizal and Newkirk added power-play tallies on a UVM five-minute major in the third period to push the final score to 6-1.
With three points today, Miano pushed her career point total to 101 and became the third defenseman in program history to reach the 100-point mark, joining BC All-Americans and U.S. Olympic gold medalists Emily Pfalzer '15 (102 points) and Megan Keller '19 (115 points) in the blue line century club.
Katie Burt made 25 saves in the win, which was her 30th of the season. Vermont's Sydney Scobee stopped 42-of-48 shots for the Catamounts.
BC netted four power-play goals, tying the school's record for man-advantage goals in a game.
Boston College will see its next action in the Hockey East Tournament semifinal round. The Eagles will face the lowest remaining seed in the tournament at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3. That opponent will either be fourth-seeded - and host - Northeastern, who swept fifth-seeded New Hampshire on Saturday, or sixth-seeded Boston University, who will face Maine in the decisive third game of their series on Sunday in Orono. Hockey East's championship weekend is being played at NU's Matthews Arena. Tickets are available at gonu.com.
2018 HOCKEY EAST QUARTERFINALS | Game 2
No. 3 Boston College 6, Vermont 1
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Chestnut Hill, Mass. | Kelley Rink at Conte Forum
HOW IT HAPPENED
1st, 12:32 | BC GOAL, 1-0 - Delaney Belinskas broke up a Vermont pass to the point in the BC and skated the puck out, picking up Erin Connolly and pinging her with a pass at the red line to create a 2-on-1. Connolly unleashed a shot from the edge of the faceoff circle, but it was high and wide. The rebound caromed off the boards right to Belinskas coming around the back of the net, and she picked out Ryan Little in the high slot for a one-timer. UVM goalie Sydney Scobee made the initial save, but the rebound fell right in front of Connolly, who's first shot was short but she got a backhand on the second effort and pushed it past Scobee's extended arm for the first goal of the game.
2nd, 8:04 | UVM GOAL, 1-1 - Off a neutral-zone faceoff, UVM won the draw and Daria O'Neill played the puck up off the boards in front of the BC bench. Ali O'Leary skated on to it and brought it into the Eagles' end, dropping it off to Kristina Shanahan on the front edge of the top of the circle. Shanahan controlled and got off a rising wrist shot as she fell down, finding space over BC goalie Katie Burt's shoulder to tie the game.
2nd, 13:27 | BC GOAL, 2-1 (PPG) - Caitrin Lonergan carried the puck into the zone and behind the net, pushing a centering pass up to Grace Bizal near the inside edge of the faceoff circle. Bizal laid it off for Toni Ann Miano along the boards, and Miano skated out to the blue line and came across centrally before taking space down in the high slot. She ripped a shot into traffic from just above the hashmarks, placing it just over Scobee's glove in the upper right corner.
2nd, 14:46 | BC GOAL, 3-1 - Miano intercepted a UVM clearing pass behind the blue line and dumped it in, where it clipped off the outreached arm of a Catamounts defender. Newkirk won the race to the puck and flicked a backwards pass to Kent coming in behind her on the right side of the goal. Kent took the puck and stickhandled back to her forehand, where she found a sliver of space between Scobee and the post to put BC ahead by a pair.
2nd, 15:57 | BC GOAL, 4-1 (4v3 PPG) - With BC skating with a 4-on-3 advantage, Newkirk was kicked out of the faceoff circle, where Daryl Watts replaced her. Watts won the draw right forward and Newkirk skated onto the puck, putting a quick wrist shot over Scobee's glove hand for the team's second power-play goal of the game.
3rd, 9:00 | BC GOAL, 5-1 (PPG) - With the Eagles gaining a five-minute power-play after UVM's Taylor Flaterty checked Belinskas from behind into the boards and was also given a game misconduct penalty, BC lined up on the ensuing faceoff. Lonergan won the draw and Miano got the puck at the point. She threaded a pass down low to Lonergan, who was just off the goal line. Lonergan looked up and found Bizal in the high slot, and the defenseman put a high wrist shot on target that beat Scobee high over her blocker for BC's third power-play goal of the game.
3rd, 13:38 | BC GOAL, 6-1 (PPG) - Still on the extended five-minute power play, Newkirk won the offensive-end draw and Maegan Beres poked the puck back to Kent coming across the circle. The puck clipped off Kent's stick and back to Beres off to her left, and the freshman got enough on her pass to find Newkirk cutting in off the halfboards. Alone in front, Newkirk deked and cut across the goal after Scobee committed, pocketing her second power-play goal of the game by sliding it past the prone goaltender to wrap up the scoring.
GAME NOTES
- Makenna Newkirk recorded her 17th multiple-point game of the season with her two-goal, one-assist effort
- Newkirk's second goal was her 23rd of the season, setting a new single-season personal best for the junior
- Newkirk now has 60 career goals and moved into a tie for seventh place on the BC career goals chart, matching Deb Spillane '08, who had 60 in her BC career
- Newkirk's assist on Kenzie Kent's goal was her 88th career assist, putting her one back of Megan Keller's fifth-place total of 89 in her first three seasons at BC
- With two power-play goals today, Newkirk moved into a tie for fifth place on the Eagles' career power-play goals chart, matching the totals by Spillane and Emily Field '15 ... she is one goal back of fourth place (20), held by Erin Magee '99 ... the school record is 26 by Alex Carpenter '16
- Miano recorded her 15th multiple-point game of the season with her one-goal, two-assist effort today ...
- With two points in the second period, Miano became the third defenseman in program history to reach the 100-point plateau, following Emily Pfalzer '15 and Megan Keller '19 ... Miano is third BC player this season to reach the 100-point mark (Newkirk, Caitrin Lonergan) ... she now has 101 career points, one back of Pfalzer's second-place mark for blue liners at BC
- Her second-period goal was her 18th goal of the season, a total that lead the nation among defensemen
- Her power-play goal in the second period was also her 10th career power-play goal and her eighth career game-winning goal
- Miano's second-period tally was her fifth game-winning goal of the year, which leads all defensemen nationally and is tied for eighth nationally among all skaters
- Kenzie Kent notched her ninth multiple-point game of the season with her one-goal, one-assist effort ... she moved her career point total to 138 and pushed into a tie for eighth place on the Eagles' career points chart, matching the totals of Dana Trivigno '16 and Field ... Kent is now one point back of seventh place (140, Allie Thunstrom '10) and six points back of sixth (144, Andie Anastos '17)
- Kent's goal was her 40th career goal, and her ninth of the season
- With her assist on Newkirk's first power-play goal - a 4-on-3 tally - in the second period, Daryl Watts pushed her nation-leading point total to 81 ... it is tied as the 17th highest single-season total in NCAA history
- With 81 points this year, Watts is now tied with Alex Carpenter '16 for the second-highest single-season point total in program history ... Carpenter posted 81 points in 2015-16, the same season in which she won the Patty Kazmaier Award as the national player of the year
- Watts' assist was her 40th assist on the season, which is the tied for the fifth-highest single-season assist total in program history
- Caitrin Lonergan's two assists today pushed her season point total to 74, and her nation-leading assist mark to 44 ... she is now tied for the second-highest assist total in program history - matching Carpenter's 2014-15 mark and Haley Skarupa's 2015-16 effort, and is one back of Carpenter's school record of 45 in 2015-16
- This was Lonergan's 25th multiple-point game of the season and her 12th multiple-assist game of the year
- Grace Bizal scored her third goal of the season - and her fifth of her career ... today's goal snapped a 27-game goalless streak ... prior to today, her only two goals this season both came on Nov. 3 against Providence
- With an assist on Miano's power-play goal in the second period, this was Bizal's second multiple-point game of the season and the seventh of her career
- Bizal collected her 10th assist of the season with her set-up on Miano's second-period goal ... it snapped her seven-game pointless streak
- Erin Connolly scored her fifth goal of the season in the first period and her second marker in the last three games ... in that time she has four points
- Delaney Belinskas' assist on Connolly's goal was her third in the last three games, and her fourth point in the last four games ... she now has 11 assists on the season
- Ryan Little collected her third point in the last three games with her helper on Connolly's goal ... with her fourth assist on the season, she tied her single-season high, which she originally set as a sophomore last year.
- Maegan Beres picked up her 13th assist of the season and her 15th point of the year with her assist on Newkirk's second power-play goal of the game
- The Eagles moved to 20-9 all-time in the Hockey East Tournament, and 10-1 in the quarterfinal round ... BC has won 10 straight quarterfinal games dating back to the 2013 season
- Katie Crowley moved to 19-6 all-time in the Hockey East Tournament and her .760 winning percentage is the best mark by a coach in the tournament's history, ahead of Boston University's Brian Durocher (23-8, .741)
- BC's senior class is now 13-1 all-time in the Hockey East Tournament and hold a 10-game winning streak in the event dating back to 2016
- The Eagles are now 43-3-3 all-time against Vermont, including a 4-0-0 mark in Hockey East Tournament play
- BC has won its last 20 games between the two teams dating back to November 2009 ... Boston College went 5-0-0 against UVM after sweeping the regular-season series, as well
- Now with 30 wins on the season, BC has posted its third 30-win season in program history ... this is the third-highest win total in program history behind the team's 40 wins in 2015-16 and its 34 wins in 2014-15
- With four power-play goals today, the Eagles tied their school record originally set on Nov. 25, 2011 with four man-advantage goals against Princeton
- BC did not allow a power-play goal in their quarterfinal series, killing all seven Catamount advantages over the weekend ... the Eagles have gone a perfect 12-for-12 on its last 12 penalty kills dating back to Feb. 13 against BU in the Beanpot championship game.
TEAM RECORDS
Vermont: 10-20-5
Boston College: 30-3-3
UP NEXT
Boston College will see its next action in the Hockey East Tournament semifinal round. The Eagles will face the lowest remaining seed in the tournament at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3. That opponent will either be fourth-seeded - and host - Northeastern, who swept fifth-seeded New Hampshire on Saturday, or sixth-seeded Boston University, who will face Maine in the decisive third game of their series on Sunday in Orono. Hockey East's championship weekend is being played at NU's Matthews Arena. Tickets are available at gonu.com.