The Eagles are coached by former Olympic gold medallist Katie King-Crowley and play their home games at Conte Forum.

They have won the Hockey East championship three times, and made seven trips to the Frozen Four of the NCAA tournament.

In the early years, the team competed in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) but struggled to build a competitive program, largely due to the school being generally unsupportive financially.

The following year, the team had its best season to-date, finishing 24–20–2, and qualifying for the NCAA championship tournament for the first time.

Shortly after, on April 24, 2007, Tom Mutch resigned as head coach of the women's ice hockey program.

The resignation came in the wake of an inappropriate relationship with Kelli Stack, a freshman who was the Hockey East Player and Rookie of the Year.

[2] The Boston Herald had printed an article earlier that day that detailed the alleged explicit text messaging that occurred between the married Tom Mutch and Stack.

In thirteen seasons with King-Crowley as head coach, the Eagles have won three Hockey East tournament championships, lead the regular conference season four times, played in six NCAA Frozen Four tournaments, and competed in one NCAA championship final.

[5] On March 6, 2011, the Eagles beat the Northeastern Huskies by a 3–1 tally to claim their first Hockey East Tournament championship.

Watts’ end-to-end shorthanded goal against the University of New Hampshire was also recognized among the BC Eagles Athletics’ Top 10 Plays of the 2017–18 season, placing second.