You wouldn’t really know it looking at their 9-7-2 record, but Boston College Women’s Hockey has really been a pleasant surprise this season.
Let’s get the elephant in the room out of the way early: Hockey East, as a conference, is wayyy down. We kind of saw that coming this year with Northeastern’s massive list of departures, but it doesn’t make it any less frustrating.
Against the top conferences in women’s hockey, the league is a whopping 4-19-1 against the ECAC and 0-4-0 against the WCHA. There’s simply no comparison between Hockey East and these two leagues at the top, and seeing zero (!