November 5, 2010

Brittany Dougherty and the Maine Black Bears travel to UConn and PC this weekend

Maine at Connecticut (Sat.), at Providence (Sun.)

- Maine was idle last weekend, but are set to play five Hockey East opponents, with the next two on the road and the last three at home.

- Maine's Brittany Dougherty is in the midst of a five-game point streak, with four goals in her last five games.

- The Connecticut freshman class leads the Huskies with six goals (50% of the Huskies' total), six assists (30%), and 12 points (37%).

Vermont at New Hampshire (Sat.) at Boston College (Sun.)

- The Eagles nine-game unbeaten streak to start the season is the longest among Div. I teams. They are one of four undefeated teams remaining in Div. I women's hockey (Dartmouth, Harvard and Wisconsin).

- Vermont senior Peggy Wakeham recorded two goals last weekend at Northeastern, she is currently is the midst of a four game goal-scoring streak.

- UNH goaltender Lindsey Minton has notched one goal or less in five of six games this season.

- BC senior forward Kelli Stack has a point in her first nine games this season with four multi-point efforts so far this year. She has also buried a goal in six of nine games this season.

Providence (Sat.), New Hampshire (Sun.) at Boston University (at Walter Brown Arena)

- Boston University is in the midst of a seven game unbeaten streak (6-0-1), the third longest current streak in the nation. The tie occurred against Providence last weekend.

- WHEA Goaltender of the Month Genevieve Lacasse recorded six wins in the month of October for Providence, while boasting a 1.64 GAA and .949 save percentage.

- UNH and BU split the season series last year, but the Terriers were victorious in the last meeting in the WHEA semifinals, a 4-0 Terriers shutout on March 6 at PC's Schneider Arena.

- BU's next six games are against Hockey East opponents, and five of those six games are at home.

Yale at Northeastern (Sat.) at Matthews Arena

- In their lone match up last season, Northeastern snapped a four-game losing streak against Yale with a 3-0 win on New Year's Day.

- NU's Julia Marty has nine points (1g,8a) this season, which ranks third among WHEA defenseman.

- Huskies' freshman Katie MacSorley leads the team with six goals on the season.