Early Outlook on Boston College

It’s that time of the year when teams are releasing incoming classes and schedules for the upcoming season. It seems as though half of the Hockey East schools have release their incoming class, while everyone else has released the 2013-2014 schedule. This “Early Outlook” posts will mainly be seeing how teams left off and where they could be heading with the new additions to their teams.

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Next year, Boston College will have six new faces join their already strong squad, replacing the seven graduating seniors who helped lead the Eagles to their third straight frozen four appearance. Going into next season, the Eagles will be without senior defenseman, and captain, Blake Bolden. Bolden was the driving force of that defence, and was a tremendous role model for her teammates. Thanks to her, the Eagles have become a very strong defensive minded team. Boston College will always be a threat because Coach Crowley has established a defensive system that works, and has recruited players who thrive in that system. The Eagles will be welcoming two new defenseman to the team this upcoming season.

Alex Carpenter is one of the most powerful and dominating forwards who currently competes at the collegiate level. The Eagles could potentially lose their three most powerful forwards to the USA Olympic team: Carpenter, Emily Field and Haley Skarupa. Even if these players make the US National Team, Crowley has made sure to bring in four forwards to help ensure the depth of the Eagles offense. Were it not for the Olympics, the Eagles would be returning all five of their top scores.

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Next season, the Eagles will also be left without their starting goaltender Corinne Boyles. Her backup, Megan Miller, played in 10 games last season, earning a 2.39 save percentage. She seems ready to step up into the starting spot, and should be a tough barrier to break through.

The Eagles are in a good position to repeat their Frozen Four appearance, even if it is without their top three scorers. Their defensive corps is strong enough to handle their Hockey East opponents, as well as the out of conference teams they will play. With the US training camp only five days away, it will be interesting to see what decisions are made, and which teams will take the bigger hits. 

The official announcement of the BC class of 2017 can be found here.