HOCKEY EAST HEADLINES

UConn continued its best start to a season, improving to 10-1-0 with a pair of victories over Boston University. Samantha Carpentier-Yelle stopped 42 of 43 shots she faced, improving her personal mark to 8-1-0. The Terriers were previously undefeated in league play. On Saturday, Carpentier-Yelle pitched a 15-save shutout, her second of the season.

Northeastern claimed five points in league play over top-contender Providence with a 5-1 win on Friday before earning an extra point with a shootout win after a 1-1 draw on Saturday. Alina Mueller, in her return to the Husky lineup since an off-season injury, scored three points on one goal and two assists, helping Northeastern to a 5-1 win at Providence. She fired eight shots on net across the two games, while going 29-6 at the faceoff dot.

Aerin Frankel broke yet another Northeastern program record this weekend stopping 62 of 64 shots faced against Providence in a 1-0-1 weekend. With her 62 saves, she surpassed the mark of 2,808 career saves, the old program record set in 2015 by Chloe Desjardins, raising the bar to 2,812 saves, and counting. She is now 432 saves away from setting a new career saves record in Hockey East play, having stopped 1,893 in conference action.

Merrimack earned its third consecutive victory with a 5-3 win over Holy Cross on Saturday. Alexa Pongo found the back of the net twice, including for the game-winning tally and her first two goals in a Warriors uniform. Emma Gorski picked up her third consecutive victory with a 26-save performance and now has a 1.00 GAA during that stretch.

HOCKEY EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Skylar Fontaine - Northeastern

Skylar Fontaine (Gr., D; East Greenwich, R.I.) had a career night just minutes from her hometown in Providence as she notched just her second career four-point game, dishing out four assists in NU’s 5-1 win over Providence on Friday. In Saturday’s contest, the program leader for defender points hit another milestone when she tallied her 50th career goal with 0.9 seconds left on the clock in the first period, on the power play. She finished the weekend with a team-high five (1g, 4a) points and seven blocked shots.

PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Alexa Pongo - Merrimack

Alexa Pongo, MC (Fr., F; Midhurst, Ont.) Found the back of the net twice, including for the game-winning tally and her first two goals in a Warriors uniform, to help extend Merrimack’s winning streak to three games in a 5-3 victory over Holy Cross on Saturday

HOCKEY EAST DEFENDER OF THE WEEK

Taylor Wabick - UConn

Taylor Wabick (Sr., D; Winnipeg, Man.) dished out two assists and fired five shots on net to help UConn to a pair of wins over the Boston University Terriers who were previously unbeaten in Hockey East play. She set up the game-winning goal in Friday’s 2-1 home victory just 3:02 into the third period.

HOCKEY EAST GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK

Aerin Frankel - Northeastern

Aerin Frankel (Gr., G; Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.) broke yet another Northeastern program record this weekend stopping 62 of 64 shots faced against Providence in a 1-0-1 weekend. With her 62 saves, she surpassed the mark of 2,808 career saves, the old program record set in 2015 by Chloe Desjardins, raising the bar to 2,812 saves, and counting. Frankel posted a 0.96 GAA and .969 save percentage in her undefeated weekend, and also stonewalled two penalty shot attempts in the game two shootout, allowing the Huskies to pick up the extra point, 2-0. She is now 432 saves away from setting a new career saves record in Hockey East play, having stopped 1,893 in conference action.

HOCKEY EAST TOP PERFORMERS

Samantha Carpentier-Yelle, UConn (Sr., G; Bromont, Que.) Stopped 42 of 43 shots she faced from Boston University over the weekend, earning two wins for UConn and improving to 8-1-0 on the season and pushing the Huskies to 10-1-0 overall. The Terriers were previously undefeated in league play. On Saturday, Carpentier-Yelle pitched a 15-save shutout, her second of the season.

Natalie Snodgrass, UConn (Gr., G; Eagan, Minn.) Netted the lone goal, an unassisted tally, in UConn’s 1-0 victory on the road at Boston University on Saturday.

Allison Reeb, MC (Jr., F; Bellingham, Wash.) Picked up two points, one goal and one assist, to help Merrimack earn its third consecutive win with a 5-3 victory over Holy Cross.

Courtney Maud, MC (Sr., F; Georgetown, Ont.) Dished out two helpers, one coming on the power play to open the game’s scoring 14 minutes into the first , as the Warriors toppled Holy Cross, 5-3, on Saturday.

Emma Gorski, MC (Jr., G; Wallaceburg, Ont.) Picked up her third consecutive victory with a 26-save performance against Holy Cross on Saturday and now has a 1.00 GAA during that stretch.

Alina Mueller, NU (Sr., F; Winterthur, Switzerland) In her return to the Husky lineup since an off-season injury, Mueller scored three points on one goal and two assists, helping Northeastern to a 5-1 win at Providence. She fired eight shots on net across the two games, while going 29-6 at the faceoff dot.

Maureen Murphy, NU (Gr., F; Buffalo, N.Y.) Notched a four-point weekend with two goals and two assists; her first goal came as a response to an early Providence goal in Friday’s game one, her second came as the fifth and final goal in that contest. Her two assists came on Alina Mueller’s first goal of the season, and Skylar Fontaine’s 50th goal of her career.