Weekly Release: Coyne, Skarupa Have Historical Outings in Team Wins
Providence Takes A Pair; UConn, Vermont Enjoy Three-Point Weekends
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Warrior Hockey Co-Players of the Week Kendall Coyne and Haley Skarupa

AROUND HOCKEY EAST: Kendall Coyne (Palos Heights, Ill.) became the highest-scoring hockey player in Northeastern history (211 points) in the sweep over New Hampshire last weekend as she netted four goals and added two assists. The UNH Wildcats are coached by Hilary Witt who formerly held the Huskies' record of 208 career points. Coyne notched six points in three games, including her fourth hat trick of the season and 11th of her career. She holds two Hockey East records with 140 career points and 78 goals. Junior Paige Savage (Johns Creek, Ga.) recorded an impressive five points in three games (3g, 2a) and a plus-five rating for the week ... Boston College's Haley Skarupa (Rockville, Md.) notched all four goals and led the No. 1 Eagles to a 4-3 victory at Boston University Saturday, pushing their record to 21-0-0. Skarupa's hat trick was her second on the season and sixth of her career. Dana Trivigno (Setauket, N.Y.) helped on three of Skarupa's four goals ...UConn's Justine Fredette (Winnipeg, Man.) scored two goals and added the game-winning assist in a 4-3 victory over Merrimack on Saturday. Fredette leads the Huskies with 18 points (6g, 12a) ... Maine sophomore Brooke Stacey (Kahnawake, Qué.) tallied one goal and one assist in the 3-3 tie with Vermont on Saturday. Stacey, along with Audra Richards (Maplewood, Minn.), currently lead the Black Bears with 15 points apiece ... Merrimack has picked up three points in its last four games, including a 2-1 overtime decision against Vermont last Monday (Jan. 4). Warrior scoring leader Paige Voight (St. Michael, Minn.) scored the game-winning goal in the tilt and finished the week with three points (2g, 1a). Freshman Katelyn Rae (Courtice, Ont.) recorded five points in four games for the Warriors (2g, 3a). One of Rae's goals came in the 2-2 tie to UConn, a tilt in which she picked up a plus-two rating ... UNH fell to No. 8 Northeastern in 4-2 and 5-2 decisions. Wildcat scoring leader Jonna Curtis (Elk River, Minn.) recorded three points (2g, 1a) in two games. Curtis now has a point in 16 of 25 games this season ... Providence swept RIT in a 5-1 decision Friday and by a 3-1 final on Saturday. Captain Lexi Romanchuk (San Jose, Calif.) and Friar scoring leader Christina Putigna (Grimsby, Ont.) each tallied a goal and an assist in two games. Romanchuk and Putigna are riding point streaks of three and four games, respectively. Goaltender Madison Myers (Colchester, Vt.) denied 33 of 35 shots in two games to lead the Friars to a 2-0-0 weekend ... Vermont captain Dayna Colang (Fairbanks, Alaska) led the Catamounts to a 1-0-1 record in a two-game road series at Maine. Colang scored two goals and added two assists, extending her point streak to five games. Junior Bridget Baker (Los Gatos, Calif.) notched two of the three goals in Saturday's 3-3 tilt. Baker added a game-winning assist on Sunday for a weekend total of three points. Daria O'Neill (Cochrane, Alb.) contributed one goal and two assists for the Catamounts, her first collegiate goal on Saturday and her first multi-point game on Sunday.




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Kendall Coyne - Northeastern
Coyne (4g, 2a) became Northeastern's all-time leading scorer over the weekend with 211 career points. Her stat line included two game-winning tallies, a hat trick and a plus-eight rating.

Haley Skarupa - Boston College
Skarupa netted all four goals in BC's come-from-behind victory over BU last week. It was her second hat trick this season and highest single-game goal total in her career. She now has 98 goals, third most in BC history.


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Daria O'Neill - Vermont

O'Neill picked up her first goal as a member of the Catamounts and added two assists in a three-point weekend against Maine. Saturday's shorthanded tally was part of a rally to help Vermont earn a 3-3 tie with the Black Bears while she dished out two assists in Sunday's 4-1 win.


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Jordan Krause - Northeastern

Krause picks up her second consecutive weekly award after netting a goal and adding three assists in a pair of Northeastern wins. The blueliner also finished the two-game weekend with a staggering plus-10 rating. She also set up the game-winning tally Jan. 9 against New Hampshire.

HOCKEY EAST WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS

Sarah Lefort, BU (Sr., F; Ormstown, Qué) Extended her point streak to 10 games with two assists in a 4-3 setback to BC.

Erin O'Neil, BU (So., G; Minnetonka, Minn.) Made 26 saves against No. 1 BC, including all 11 shots she saw in the third period.

Katelyn Rae, MC (Fr., F; Courtice, Ont.) Tallied five points in four games (2g, 3a) to extend her current point streak to four games.

Jonna Curtis, UNH (Jr., F; Elk River, Mich.) Matched her career high of two goals Saturday at No. 8 Northeastern to record her third multiple-goal game of the season and sixth of her career.

Brittany Bugalski, NU (Fr., G; Boynton Beach, Fla.) Backboned the Huskies to a 2-0-0 record on the weekend and picked up a 1.50 goals against average and .935 save percentage, stopping 43 of 46 shots.

Lexi Romanchuk, PC (Sr., D; San Jose, Calif.) Led the Friars to a weekend sweep of RIT with an assist and a game-winning goal in Saturday's outing.

Christina Putigna, PC (Fr., F; Grimsby, Ont.) Contributed one goal and one assist in a weekend sweep to extend her point streak to four games.

Madison Myers, PC (Fr., G; Colchester, Vt.) Made 33 saves while collecting back-to-back victories, allowing only one goal per game.

Dayna Colang, UVM (Sr., F; Fairbanks, Alaska) Extended her point streak to five games with two goals and two assists; led Vermont to a three point weekend against Maine.