HOCKEY EAST HEADLINES
#5 Northeastern and #13/12 Providence battled in a two-game set of top-ranked Hockey East programs, with the Huskies earning five of six league points with a win and a tie with a shootout victory. Gwyneth Philips made 46 saves over a 1-0-1 weekend for the Huskies. Philips posted 13 saves in Friday’s 4-1 win over #13 Providence. She followed up that performance with a career-high 33 saves in a 2-2 tie with Providence.
#14/13 Vermont took four league points from #15 Boston College in a two-game home stand. Freshman Lara Beecher scored Friday’s game-winning goal with just 7:05 left in the third period while Theresa Schafzahl scored twice in Saturday’s 4-3 overtime setback. BC’s Hannah Bilka collected three points (2g, 1a) and 11 shots on goal.
Maine and UConn traded shutouts in a split series in Storrs. Friday’s 1-0 tilt went the way of the Black Bears as Luisia Welcke buried the lone goal with a helper from twin sister Lilli Welcke. The next day, Tia Chan stopped all 41 shots she faced to earn the shutout in a 2-0 win.
Merrimack and Boston University split a series as Merrimack earned the first league win of the season with a 5-2 win on Friday. Warriors captain Katie Kaufman recorded four points (2g, 2a) including two goals, one the game-winner, and one assist in the win. Terrier rookie Sydney Healey scored a goal in both ends, including the game-winner on Saturday in a 5-2 victory.
Nicky Harnett stopped 36 of 37 shots to backbone UNH to a weekend
sweep of Holy Cross as she went 2-0-0 with a 0.50 GAA, .973 save percentage and one shutout. The lone Crusaders goal came courtesy of a
power-play strike.
HOCKEY EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Katie Kaufman - Merrimack
Katie Kaufman (Sr., F; Lake Elmo, Minn.) recorded four points (2g, 2a) last
weekend in a home-and-home split series against Boston University. Her
output included two goals and one assist against the Terriers in Friday’s 5-2
victory, the Warriors first in league play this season. Her second tally proved
to be the game-winning strike.
PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Sydney Healey - Boston University
Sydney Healey (Fr., F; Arthur, Ont.) scored a goal in both ends of a home-and-home, split series with Merrimack, including the game-winner on Saturday in a 5-2 victory.
HOCKEY EAST DEFENDER OF THE WEEK
Rae Breton - New Hampshire
Rae Breton (Jr., D; Brighton, Ont.) recorded a goal and an assist, as well
as four blocked shots and a plus-two rating, in UNH’s home-and-home
sweep of Holy Cross. Her goal proved the be the game-winning tally in
Friday’s 2-0 win. Breton scored her first goal of the season to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead late in the first period and then set up the next tally to propel
UNH to a 2-0 road win on Oct. 28. She blocked two more shots and had an
even rating in Saturday’s 4-1 win to move into a tie atop the league leader
board in blocks for the season.
STOP IT GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK
Tia Chan - UConn
Tia Chan (So., G; Hamilton, Ont.) in two games against the University
of Maine, Chan allowed just one goal and made 80 saves. Chan shutout
Maine on Saturday afternoon, following a 39-save performance in a 1-0
setback on Friday.
HOCKEY EAST TOP PERFORMERS
Hannah Bilka, BC (Sr., F; Coppell, Texas) Collected three points (2g, 1a) over a weekend split at #14 Vermont. She added 11 shots on goal.
Kate Ham, BC (Fr., F; Hingham, Mass.) Scored a goal and added four shots on net in a split series at #15 Vermont.
Cayla Barnes, BC (Sr., D; Eastvale, Calif.) Netted one goal and blocked 10 shots over the weekend split at #14 Vermont.
Abigail Levy, BC (Gr., G; Congers, N.Y.) Posted back-to-back 40-save outings as she went 1-1-0 at #14 Vermont, posting a .931 save percentage on 81 saves.
Julia Nearis, BU (Sr., F; Beverly, Mass.) Registed two goals, both on the power-play, in a 5-2 win over Merrimack on Saturday. She added an assist in Friday’s 5-2 setback.
Jada Habisch, UConn (Jr., F; Buffalo, Minn.) Netted the game-winning goal in Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Maine, helping the Huskies earn a home split in Hockey East play.
Claire Peterson, UConn (Sr., D; San Jose, Calif.) Was a part of a UConn defense that held Maine to just one goal across two games. Peterson also pitched in four total blocked shots over the weekend.
Teghan Inglis, MC (Sr., D; Okotoks, Alta.) Found the back of the net against Boston University on Saturday in a 5-2 setback.
Emma Gorski, MC (Sr., G; Wallaceburg, Ont.) Recorded 48 saves on the weekend including 22 in Merrimack‘s victory over Boston University on Friday, a 5-2 triumph.
Brianna Brooks, UNH (Jr., F; Whitby, Ont.) Tallied a goal and two assists, a plus-three rating, and blocked one shot in New Hampshire’s sweep of Holy Cross last weekend. She set up both goals in New Hampshire’s 2-0 road win on Friday and scored just 1:23 in Saturday’s 4-1 win. She won 21 of 35 faceoffs on the weekend.
Nicky Harnett, UNH (Sr., G; Plymouth, Minn.) Stopped 36 of 37 shots to backbone UNH to a weekend sweep of Holy Cross as she went 2-0-0 with a 0.50 GAA, .973 save percentage and one shutout. The one goal against was on a Crusaders’ power play. This marked the first time this season Harnett started back-to-back-games. Harnett made 13 saves to record her first shutout of the season in the 2-0 road win on Friday. She followed that with a 23-save effort in the 4-1 home win; she stopped the first 19 shots of the game before Holy Cross spoiled her shutout bid with a power-play goal at 12:54 of the third period.
Peyton Anderson, NU (Sr., F; Arvada, Colo.) Posted one goal and two assists in a 1-0-1 weekend for Northeastern against #13 Providence. Anderson tallied her second multi-point game of the season, potting a goal and an assist in Friday’s 4-1 victory.
Abbey Marohn, NU (Jr., D; Saint Joseph, Mich.) Tallied one goal and five blocks over a 1-0-1 weekend for the Huskies. Marohn’s goal on Saturday was the game-tying goal after Northeastern fell behind 1-0 early and the second tally of her career.
Gwyneth Philips, NU (Sr., G; Athens, Ohio) Made 46 saves over a 1-0-1 weekend for the Huskies. Philips posted 13 saves in Friday’s 4-1 win over #13 Providence. She followed up that performance with a career-high 33 saves in a 2-2 tie with Providence. In the shootout on Saturday, Philips made two saves to secure an extra Hockey East point for Northeastern, additionally, the senior also made a key stop on a PC penalty shot attempt in the first period.
