Boston College wasted no time making a statement to open the 2026-27 season, and by the end of Saturday night at Warrior Ice Arena, the Eagles had turned that statement into history.
BC rolled past Stonehill 17-0, setting a program record for goals in a single game and posting the largest goal differential in NCAA women's hockey history. The previous Boston College mark was 14 goals, set against RPI on Jan. 19, 1996.
Ava Thomas paced the onslaught with a hat trick and six points, finishing with three goals and three assists. Sammy Taber, Maxim Tremblay, Julian Klein and Callie Rice each scored twice.
Taber also reached the 100-point milestone for her career with her two-goal night. Sarah Powers chipped in a goal and three assists, while Lauren Glaser added a goal and three assists.
The Eagles were in control from the start. Thomas opened the scoring at 5:34 of the first period, with Powers and Penelope Lavoie on the assists.
Just 48 seconds later, Taber made it 2-0. Klein followed at 11:19, and Powers scored 32 seconds later to keep the pressure coming.
BC kept piling it on from there. Rice and Thomas added goals later in the first period, and Glaser finished off a seven-goal opening frame with 2:01 left, sending the Eagles to the first intermission up 7-0.
The second period brought more of the same. Tremblay scored 6:42 into the frame, Thomas completed her hat trick at 8:53, and Sawyer Merrill added another at 16:10 to push the lead to 10-0 heading into the final period.
The third period turned the record-setting night into a runaway. Kiera Dempsey scored 1:46 in, then Klein, Rice and Taber all found the net. Tricia Piku scored at 12:47, Tremblay added another at 14:57, and Mila Advani capped the scoring at 15:21.
Boston College outshot Stonehill 60-20 and finished with a combined shutout from Ava Sedore, Bailey Callaway and Bella Pomarico. Sedore earned the win after stopping nine shots in the opening period.
The scoring came in waves for BC, and the box score reflected it. The Eagles scored seven goals in both the first and third periods, opened the season 1-0, and got multi-point nights all over the lineup. Klein and Rice each had two goals, Tremblay also finished with two goals and one assist, and Glaser, Powers and Thomas all piled up big numbers in the blowout.
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