BOSTON - The No. 14 Boston University women's ice hockey team improved to 20-9-1, 17-5-1 HE with a 4-1 comeback win over Providence (17-10-3, 13-8-2 HE) on Saturday evening at Walter Brown Arena. The victory helped BU sweep the series against the Friars this season.
BU is the first team in Hockey East to reach 20 wins on the season. The last time the Terriers earned 20 or more wins in a single season was in 2019-20 when they went 24-8-4. It also marks the ninth time in program history BU has hit that mark.
After a scoreless first frame, Providence got on the board and maintained a 1-0 lead headed into the third. BU found its footing in the final 20 minutes to score three unanswered goals, one of which coming shorthanded, before adding another on an empty net to earn the 4-1 win.
Junior Sydney Healey scored twice while junior Maeve Carey and sophomore Alex Law each scored once. Senior Christina Vote, graduate student Lindsay Bochna, Law and freshman Kaileigh Quigg all recorded assists. Carey's goal was not only the game-winner, but also her first as a Terrier.
Sophomore Mari Pietersen made a career best 36 saves in between the posts for the win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Providence was called for hooking with 12:18 to play in the first, but nothing came on the power play for BU.
- Both teams put pressure on net throughout the opening 20 minutes with the Friars outshooting the Terriers 12 to seven.
- Providence rushed the BU net and scored at the 9:49 mark in the second to take a 1-0 lead.
- BU was called for body checking at the 15:27 mark and successfully killed off the penalty.
- Pietersen made a key save on a breakaway with 40 seconds to go in the middle stanza as BU trailed 1-0 headed into the third.
- The Friars went to the box for tripping just 27 seconds into the third.
- BU did not find the back of the net on the power play.
- Passes from Bochna and Vote made their way to S. Healey, who chipped the puck in at the crease for BU's first goal of the day at the 7:48 mark.
- Momentum stayed in BU's favor as Quigg and Law set up Carey, who lifted the puck in at the crease to give BU a 2-1 lead.
- The Terriers went on the penalty kill due to an elbowing call at the 9:47 mark.
- Law stole the puck off a Providence pass and broke away to score a shorthanded, unassisted goal, putting BU up 3-1.
- Providence pulled its goaltender with 3:08 to play.
- Carey gained control of the puck and passed to S. Healey, who took it up the ice and scored on the empty net to solidify BU's lead at the 17:08 mark.
- The Friars put their netminder back in following the goal, but BU held on through the remaining 2:52 to earn the 4-1 win.
GAME NOTES
- Providence outshot BU 37 to 21.
- Both teams were 0-for-2 on the power play.
- BU won 24 of 42 faceoffs.
- The Terriers blocked 23 shots compared to Providence's seven.
- Prior to tonight, BU had not won a game when it was trailing headed into the third frame this season.
- Carey, Law and S. Healey each had two points in the game.
- Bochna was +3 on the day to lead the Terriers.
UP NEXT
- BU continues Hockey East play with a trip to New Hampshire on Friday (Feb. 14).
- Puck drop against the Wildcats is set for 6 p.m.
