HOCKEY EAST HEADLINES

No. 4/4 Northeastern swept No. 7/7 Providence, allowing just one goal to the potent Friars offense in a two-game set. Alina Mueller (Winterthur, Switzerland) was third in the nation with five points last week, including scoring three goals. Mueller is currently riding a five-game point streak (4g, 7a) with 11 points, third-most in the nation in that span.

New Hampshire’s Ava Boutilier (Charlottetown, P.E.I.) posted back-to-back shutouts in a weekend sweep of Merrimack, stopping each of the 30 shots she faced from the Warriors to deliver the Wildcats their first consecutive shutouts since Feb. 12 & 18, 2011. Brianna Brooks (Whitby, Ont.) netted a career-high two goals for a personal best of two points to propel UNH to Saturday’s 4-0 win against Merrimack College at the Whittemore Center while firing eight shots on net.

Maine and Boston University dueled in a two-game set, with the Terriers claiming a 1-0 win on Saturday before Maine goaltender Loryn Porter (North Bay, Ont.) pitched a 37-stop shutout Sunday afternoon in a 2-0 road win. Corinne Schroeder (Elm Creek, Man.) made 20 saves, including nine in the third period, to shut out Maine, 1-0, on Saturday night. It was her seventh career shutout, three of which have been 1-0 victories.

In a quickly rescheduled game on Saturday, Boston College earned a 2-1 win over UConn in overtime with a goal off the stick of Jillian Fey (Nantucket, Mass.) It was the junior’s third game-winning goal of the year.

Northeastern’s Skylar Fontaine (East Greenwich, R.I.) reached the 100 career points mark with the Huskies on Saturday with a goal and an assist, becoming just the third defenseman in Northeastern history to reach the milestone. Fontaine already holds NU program records among defensemen in career scoring, career game-winning goals, and single-season assists. The reigning Hockey East Best Defenseman from 2019-20, Fontaine led the country with a plus-49 rating while her 42 points (17g, 25a) were second among NCAA blueliners.

HOCKEY EAST WOMEN'S CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Alina Mueller - Northeastern
Ava Boutilier - New Hampshire

Alina Mueller (Winterthur, Switzerland) was third in the nation with five points last week, including scoring three goals, one on the power-play, and added two assists for five points. She led the nation with two power-play points and fired eight shots on net as she powered Northeastern to a weekend sweep of No. 7/7 Providence. She posted a four-point outing (2g, 2a) with the game-winning assist in Saturday’s 5-0 win.

Ava Boutilier (Charlottetown, P.E.I.) posted back-to-back shutouts in a weekend sweep of Merrimack, stopping each of the 30 shots she faced from the Warriors to deliver the Wildcats their first consecutive shutouts since Feb. 12 & 18, 2011. She denied six power- play opportunities in Friday’s 3-0 road win and three man advantages in Saturday’s 4-0 triumph. Boutilier is now second all time on UNH’s career saves leaderboard with 2,178. She is also fourth in career minutes (4746:04).

PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Brianna Brooks - New Hampshire

Brianna Brooks (Whitby, Ont.) netted a career-high two goals for a personal best of two points to propel UNH to Saturday’s 4-0 win against Merrimack College at the Whittemore Center while firing eight shots on net. Her first goal gave the Wildcats a 1-0 lead 53 seconds into the game and that proved to be the game-winning goal. She struck again 73 seconds into the third period to extend the lead to 4-0.

HOCKEY EAST WOMEN'S DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Loryn Porter - Maine

Loryn Porter (North Bay, Ont.) saved 65 of 66 shots faced on the weekend at BU. The senior goaltender allowed one only goal Saturday night in a 1-0 setback before pitching a 37-stop shutout Sunday afternoon in a 2-0 road win.

HOCKEY EAST TOP PERFORMERS

Jillian Fey, BC (Jr., F; Nantucket, Mass.) Scored her third game-winning goal on Saturday, this tally coming in the overtime against UConn. She also fired five shots on goal.

Abigail Levy, BC (Jr., G: Congers, N.Y.) Made 28 saves on 29 shots in BC’s overtime win over UConn to post a 0.97 goals against average and .966 save percentage.

Nara Elia, BU (Sr., F; Saskatoon, Sask.) Used a terrific individual effort to slide a backhander past Maine goaltender Loryn Porter to lift the Terriers to a 1-0 victory over Maine on Saturday night.

Andi Calderone, BU (Fr., D; Kirkland, Que.) Provided the primary helper on the game-winning goal in the Terriers’ 1-0 triumph over Maine on Saturday night.

Corinne Schroeder, BU (Sr., G; Elm Creek, Man.) Made 20 saves, including nine in the third period, to shut out Maine, 1-0, on Saturday night. It was her seventh career shutout. She then totaled 19 saves in a hard-luck 2-0 loss on Sunday. Three of Schroeder’s seven career shutouts have been 1-0 victories, which are also three of the just four 1-0 triumphs in program history.

Lauren Martin, UNH (Jr., F; Cambridge, Ont.) Scored a goal and added two assists in a weekend sweep of Merrimack, firing six shots on net and winning 19 of 32 faceoffs she took. She set up the game-winning goal in Friday’s 3-0 win.

Jada Christian, UNH (So., F; Caledon East, Ont.) Recorded a career-high two assists Friday at Merrimack to match her personal best and nearly double her career assist total; she had three assists in her first 50 career games. She netted a goal Saturday to finish the weekend with three points (1g, 2a).

Molly Griffin, NU (Fr., F; Arlington, Mass.) Earned her first collegiate goal in 10 games against No. 7/7 Providence on Friday night.

Skylar Fontaine, NU (Sr., D; East Greenwich, R.I.) Reached the 100 career points mark with the Huskies on Saturday with a goal and an assist, becoming just the third defenseman in Northeastern history to reach the milestone. Fontaine already holds NU program records among defensemen in career scoring, career game-winning goals, and single-season assists. The reigning Hockey East Best Defenseman from 2019-20, Fontaine led the country with a plus-49 rating while her 42 points (17g, 25a) were second among NCAA blueliners.