Boston College Women’s Hockey opened the second half of the season with a nice, stress-free win on Friday afternoon. After taking three weeks off for the holiday break, the Eagles returned to Conte Forum and cruised to a 5-3 win over Merrimack in the first game of a home-and-home against the Warriors.
Merrimack sits at the bottom of the Hockey East standings — and ended last season in last place as well — so BC knew going into this game that they had a bit of wiggle room if they didn’t play at the top of their game.