HOCKEY EAST PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Megan Keller - Boston College
Senior Defenseman; Farmington Hills, Mich.
Megan Keller put up 12 points on five goals and seven
assists in the month of January to tie for the league lead,
lead all defenders nationally and tie for fifth overall in the
country. Keller became the all-time single-season points
and goals leader among defensemen in Hockey East
history, netting her 14th goal and 34th point of the year
in January. No other player in the country was on the ice
for more goals scored in the month of January than Keller
(19) and her plus-14 rating was second in Division I. The
senior also had 12 blocked shots and 22 shots on goal.
Runner-up: Mikyla Grant-Mentis, MC
PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE MONTH
Alina Mueller - Northeastern
Forward; Winterthur, Switzerland
Freshman forward Alina Mueller led all WHEA rookies in
scoring during the month of January with nine points (2g,
7a) in eight games, picking up her second Pro Ambitions
Rookie of the month honor. Mueller tallied points in six
of her eight January games, including five points in four
games against top-10 opponents. Mueller scored two
game-winning goals in January, the most for any league
rookie, and won 86 faceoffs in January, the second-most
among any WHEA player and the most among WHEA
rookies. She also led all freshman in shots on goal with 31.
Runner-up: Kaleigh Donnelly, BU
HOCKEY EAST GOALTENDER OF THE MONTH
Carly Jackson - Maine
Junior; Amherst, Nova Scotia
Junior goaltender Carly Jackson pitched three shutouts
in eight appearances for the Black Bears over the month
of January, posting a 3-3-2 record and leading all of
Hockey East with a 1.23 goal against average and .952
save percentage. Of her five non-win decisions, three
game in games where the Black Bears were shutout and
she allowed a total of three goals in the other two outings.
She began the month with a 26-save shutout in a 1-0 win
over Boston University and closed January with a 21-save
blanking to preserve a scoreless draw against UConn.
Runner-up: Aerin Frankel, NU
