The Boston College women’s hockey team starts post-season play today at 2 PM as the Hockey East Tournament quarterfinals commence. The Eagles, who were Hockey East regular season champs, will face eighth place Merrimack in a best of 3 series.
The Eagles ended the regular season with a 23-5-5 record overall and a 17-4-3 record in Hockey East play. In their second season as a D1 team, Merrimack went 11-20-3 overall and 7-17 in Hockey East, an improvement over last year’s 3-18-3 Hockey East record.
The Warriors and the Eagles have faced each other 3 times already this season, with BC earning 3 wins.