HOCKEY EAST HEADLINES

Boston University and UConn are set for a two-game series that will decide the 2024-25 Hockey East regular season champion, as the Terriers and Huskies are separated by just five points entering the final weekend of the season. UConn looks to repeat as regular season champions for the first time in program history while BU seeks its first crown since 2012-13 and third all time.

Holy Cross completed the first-ever season sweep of Vermont in program history, using two game-winning goals from Reghan Chadwick and 52 saves from Abby Hornung to stay in the hunt for home ice in the Hockey East Opening Round. The Crusaders need at least one point and some help to secure the eight seed.

UConn, Boston College, Providence, and Northeastern are all locked in a battle for positioning in the quarterfinals. While UConn has secured home ice, the other trio are jockeying for the final two hosting spots and are separated by just three points.

Maine and New Hampshire are in the running for a bye into the quarterfinals, separated but only one point with two games to go. If Maine can secure the at least an equal number of points as UNH this weekend, the Black Bears secure a spot out of the Opening Round.

Tickets to the 2025 Hockey East Women’s Championship game can be purchased online at UConnHuskies.evenue.net/events/WHE. The game is set for Saturday, March 8 at Toscano Family Ice Forum and will be broadcast live nationally on ESPNEWS.

HOCKEY EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Reghan Chadwick - Holy Cross
Reichen Kirchmair - Providence

Reghan Chadwick (So., F; Port Hope, Ont.) scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win in game one of a weekend sweep over Vermont. In game two, she netted her second game-winner of the weekend on a breakaway in the second period to help Holy Cross to a 3-1 victory and regular season series sweep over the Catamounts. She also blocked four shots on the weekend.

Reichen Kirchmair (Jr., F; Oakville, Ont.) dished out four assists in a weekend sweep of No. 14 UConn, including the primary helper on both game-winning goals. The two wins launched Providence into third place in the Hockey East Standings.

PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Kiia Lahtinen - Maine

Kiia Lahtinen (Fr., G; Porvoo, Finland) pitched a 19-save shutout in a 3-0 win at Merrimack as part of a 1-0-1 weekend with 40 stops on 41 shots. She led the Black Bears to a four-point weekend while earning her second career shutout in as many weeks.

HOCKEY EAST DEFENDER OF THE WEEK

Kendall Sundby - Maine

Kendall Sundby (Fr., D; Hammond, Wis.) scored the game-winning goal in Saturday’s 3-0 win at Merrimack and added an assist. She had four shots on net, four blocks, a plus-three rating and now leads rookie defenders in game-winning goals with three.

STOP IT GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK

Abby Hornung - Holy Cross

Abby Hornung (Jr., G; Ashland, Mass.) backboned Holy Cross to a sweep of Vermont with 52 saves, including a 23-save shutout in Saturday’s 1-0 victory. She then made 29 saves on 30 shots in game two for a 0.50 goals-against average with a .981 save percentage.

HOCKEY EAST TOP PERFORMERS

Julia Pellerin, BC (So., F; Windham, N.H.) Led the Eagles in points with three in a four-point weekend against No. 15 Northeastern. Pellerin had one goal and two assists over the course of the weekend. On Sunday’s game against the Huskies, Pellerin scored the game-winning goal and has now recorded at least one point in BC last 10 games (6g, 7a).

Tricia Piku, BC (Fr., F; Harrison Township, Mich.) Ended the weekend with two points for the Eagles. Piku scored a goal on Friday in the first period and an assist during Sunday’s victory over No. 15 Northeastern.

Grace Campbell, BC (Jr., G; Kensington, Md.) Posted a save percentage of .916 in a 1-1-0 weekend with No. 15 Northeastern. Over the course of two games Campbell made a total of 76 saves.

Christina Vote, BU (Sr., F; Arlington, Mass.) Had two points in a 1-0-1 weekend with UNH off one goal and one assist. She scored the lamplighter at UNH and assisted on BU’s second goal in Saturday’s 2-2 draw.

Keira Healey, BU (Fr., D; Arthur, Ont.) Dished out an assist in Saturday’s 2-2 tie with UNH and added two blocks.

Tamara Giaquinto, BU (Gr., D; Toronto, Ont.) Potted both of BU’s goals in Saturday’s 2-2 tie with UNH, her second multi-goal game of the year. She added two blocked shots on the weekend.

Callie Shanahan, BU (Sr., G; Commerce, Mich.) Went 1-0-1 this weekend making 27 saves on Saturday and 21 saves on Friday. She helped BU compete through 10 rounds of a shootout, making stops in rounds 1, 3-7 and 9 and backed BU to the 21st win of the season on Friday.

Kenzee Hope, HC (Fr., D; Kelowna, B.C.) Earned a point on an assist to teammate Reghan Chadwick’s game-winning goal in the second period of game two of a sweep of Vermont. She also made two blocks on the weekend.

Emma Min, HC (Sr., D; London, Ont.) Led the Holy Cross defense with nine blocks on the weekend in a sweep of Vermont. She helped to shut out the Catamounts on the power-play during the series.

Alyssa Wruble, Maine (Sr., F; Bethlehem, Pa.) Scored one goal and added one assist in a 3-0 win at Merrimack, helping Maine to a four-point weekend in league play.

Sage Babey, MC (Fr., F; Saskatoon, Sask.) Scored the tying goal in Merrimack’s 1-1 draw with Maine on Friday.

Calli Hogarth, MC (Jr., G; Barrie, Ont.) Made 56 saves on 59 shots, and made three shootout saves to seal the extra point for the Warriors on Friday against Maine.

Alyson Hush, UNH (Jr., F; Scarborough, Ont.) Netted all three UNH goals, including a power-play tally, in a two-game series against 12th-ranked BU. Her other numbers included three blocks and an even plus-minus rating. In a 2-2 tie on the road, Hush leveled the score 1-1 and again tied the game at 2-2. In a 2-1 home loss last Friday, Hush scored a pow- er-play goal at 7:32 of the third period.

Sedona Blair, UNH (So., G; Eden Prairie, Minn.) Stopped 58 of 62 shots for a .935 save percentage in the two-game series against 12th-ranked BU. She recorded 40 saves, including four in overtime, in a 2-2 road tie and then kept the Terriers out of the scoring column in 8 of 10 rounds in the shootout to help UNH earn the shootout win and extra point in the standings. Blair kept BU scoreless on all five power plays in the weekend series. Saturday marked Blair’s third 40-plus save effort of the season.

Éloïse Caron, NU (Fr., F; Saint-Hyacinthe, Qué.) Scored three goals in two games as the Huskies split a weekend series with the Eagles. In NU’s 5-4 overtime victory, Caron potted two goals, marking her second multi-goal game.

Tuva Kandell, NU (Fr., D; Leksand, Sweden) Netted one goal and added two assists in a split weekend against Boston College. Kandell posted her second career multi-point game in the loss to BC. She now has 18 points on the season, second-most among all rookie defensemen in the nation.

Hope Walinski, PC (Sr., G; Lincoln, R.I.) Made 53 saves on 57 shots in a two-win sweep of No. 14 UConn.