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March 2008 Monthly Honors |
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Sam Faber – New Hampshire
Junior Forward; Mt. Sinai, N.Y.
Faber recorded four goals, including two game-winners and two assists for
six points in six March games. She was named the Hockey East Tournament
MVP and was TPS Hockey Player of the Week following her efforts at the 6th
annual tournament. Faber scored three goals in the Hockey East Championship
Tournament and that included the only goal scored in the title game
vs. Providence. Faber opened the month with a one-goal, one-assist effort
against eighth-ranked UConn that included the game-winning tally. In addition
to the offensive numbers, Faber had a +6 rating. |
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Kayley Herman – New Hampshire
Freshman Goaltender; Weyburn, Sask.
Herman whose March honors included All-Tournament Team, Mission Rookie
of the Week (3/10) and Pure Hockey Defensive Player of the Week (3/17),
went 5-1-0 with a 0.99 GAA, .939 save percentage and three shutouts in
playing all 362:21 during the month of March. Herman recorded back-to-back
shutouts against Boston U. and Providence in the Hockey East Tournament as
part of a shutout streak of 149:20. She also blanked UConn in the month’s
opener and stopped 21 of 22 shots the next day vs. the Huskies. Three of the
six goals scored vs. Herman were on the opponent’s power play. |
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Jenn Wakefield – New Hampshire
Freshman Forward; Pickering, Ont.
Wakefield, who was the Mission Rookie of the Week on March 24 as well as
a selection to the All-Tournament Team, recorded eight points (6g,2a) in six
March games; those numbers led UNH in both goals and points. She tallied
1-2-3 in two Hockey East games as well as 4-1-5 in four games against nationally-
ranked teams. Wakefield scored a goal in five of six games, including
both NCAA tourney games, with two multiple-point efforts. Wakefield’s other
statistics included a .214 shooting percentage and +7 rating. |
February 2008 Monthly Honors |
| TPS HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE MONTH |
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Kelli Stack – Boston College
Sophomore Forward; Brooklyn Heights, Ohio
Stack recorded 13 points (10g,3a) in the month of February for BC. She
scored the last four game-winners in Eagles’ victories. She had a +11 rating
and scored at least one point in nine of the 10 games, which included
four two-point efforts for the Eagles. Stack posted two goals on Feb. 1 vs.
Vermont, Feb. 17 at Maine and Feb. 29 vs. Providence. |
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Brittany Wilson – Connecticut
Junior Goaltender; Nepean, Ont.
Wilson played in all eight games posting a 6-1-1 mark for the Huskies in
the month of February. She recorded 1.54 GAA and a .934 save percentage
for the month. In 468:23 minutes played, the junior allowed 12 goals while
picking up three shutouts in goal for UConn. Against Maine on Feb. 24, Wilson
recorded 26 saves, a game-high for the month of February as she picked up
her sixth win of the month, 16th of the season and 36th of her career. She
amassed 169 saves in February. |
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Jenn Wakefield – New Hampshire
Freshman Forward; Pickering, Ont.
Wakefield recorded 12 points (7g,5a) in seven February games, all vs.
Hockey East teams, to lead UNH in both goals and points. She also recorded
a team-best +11 rating and had a .259 shooting percentage. She helped
lead the Wildcats to a sweep of PC with an assist on the second of two goals
in a 25-second span that turned a scoreless tie into a 2-0 first-period lead,
then the next day pulled the ‘Cats even at 1-1 and set up the game-winning
goal. She recorded a point in six of seven games with four multiple-point
efforts that included back-to-back 2-1-3 games at Maine. |
January 2008 Monthly Honors |
| TPS HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE MONTH |
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Kathleen Smith – Providence
Senior Defenseman; Waterloo, Ont.
Smith led the Friars to a 6-2-1 mark in January. She had six goals and five assists for
11 points, as well as a +7 plus/minus ranking. Smith had three games in which she
scored multiple points in January and she notched a point in five of the nine games in
the month. She had four points (2g,2a) in the 7-3 victory against then No. 4 ranked
Merychurst and tallied three points in the 3-1 win vs. Boston University on Jan. 20. |
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Brittany Wilson – Connecticut
Junior Goaltender; Nepean, Ont.
In four games played, Wilson played 249:55 minutes with a 0.96 goals
allowed average. She made 115 stops in goal and allowed only four goals
in the month, while recording a .966 save percentage to lead the Huskies
to a 2-0-2 record in the month of January. Wilson picked up her 10th win of
the season and 30th of her career with the 3-2 victory over Boston University
on Jan. 19. She totaled 71 saves in the Princeton series on Jan. 4 and 5,
making 36 saves in the series opener against the Tigers. |
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Kayley Herman – New Hampshire
Freshman Goaltender; Weyburn, Sask.
Kayley Herman, who was honored as Mission Rookie of the Week on Jan.
21, went 4-0-1 with a 0.99 GAA, .938 save percentage and one shutout in
playing all five January games for UNH. In three league games, Herman
was 2-0-1 with a 0.97 GAA. .919 save percentage and one shutout. She was
victorious in her only action vs. a nationally-ranked team by stopping 22 of
23 shots (.957 save percentage) at Dartmouth. |
December 2007 Monthly Honors |
| TPS HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE MONTH |
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Sam Faber – New Hampshire
Junior Forward; Mt. Sinai, N.Y.
Sam Faber tallied four goals and three assists for a total of seven points in five December
games. Faber recorded 3-1-4 in three games against nationally-ranked teams as well
as 1-2-3 in two Hockey East games. Faber scored one game-winning goal and assisted
on two others as she recorded a point in every game to extend her point-scoring streak
to eight. Her highlights in the month included a two-goal game against then-No. 1
Harvard in which she scored the (shorthanded) game-winning goal. Faber also set up
the (shorthanded) game-winning goal at sixth-ranked Mercyhurst. Faber led UNH in
goals, points, plus/minus and shots (24) in the month of December. |
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Kayley Herman – New Hampshire
Freshman Goaltender; Weyburn, Sask.
Kayley Herman, who was honored as Mission Rookie of the Week on Dec.
17, went 4-1-0 with a 1.78 GAA, .918 save percentage and one shutout in
playing all five December games; she recorded 20+ saves each of the last
four games of the month. Herman recorded her third career shutout with a
then- career-high 24 saves at Northeastern. She compiled a 0.96 GAA and .941
save percentage in two league games. Herman went 2-1-0 with a .920 save
percentage against nationally-ranked teams and compiled a personal-best
26 saves in a 5-2 win at sixth-ranked Mercyhurst College as well as a 22-save
effort in which she yielded just one goal to defeat then-No. 1 Harvard. |
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Leah Sulyma – Northeastern
Freshman Goaltender; Inuvik, N.W.T.
Sulyma was largely responsible for the Huskies’ success, as she led them
to a 2-1-0 record in December. She posted an impressive 2.00 GAA and a
sparkling .941 save percentage in the month. She held Vermont to one goal,
stopping 20 shots, for a 2-1 win on December 1. The following day she made
a career-high 43 saves against No. 1 New Hampshite and on December 8
stopped 32 of 33 shots for a 3-1 win over then-No. 9 Boston College. |
October 2007 Monthly Honors |
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Dominique Thibault - Connecticut
Sophomore Forward; L’Orignal, Ontario
Thibault was named Hockey East Player of the Week in three of the four weeks in the month, posting a league-high 19 points (10g, 9a) with a +13 plus/minus rating leading the Huskies to a 8-1-0 record in nine games. She has recorded a point in eight of nine games this season and has seven mutiple point efforts to her credit with four three-point performances and three two-goal efforts. Thibault has helped the Connecticut program to a No. 8 national ranking, the highest ranking in the history of the Huskies’ program. Thibault scored the game-winning goal in overtime against Rensselaer on Oct. 31 to cap off an amazing month of October. |
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Brittany Wilson- Connecticut
Junior Goaltender; Nepean, Ontario
Wilson owns a 6-1-0 record in the month in seven starts with a 1.72 GAA, .939 save percentage and 185 saves for the Huskies. Wilson eanred two wins against nationally ranked opponents vs. Ohio State on Oct. 5 and St. Lawrence on Oct. 19. Wilson tallied 25 or more saves in five of her seven starts and she posted two shutouts and also had three other starts where she allowed only two goals. She has won six straight decisions for UConn and four of those games have been one goal games. |
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Jenn Wakefield – New Hampshire
Freshman Forward; Pickering, Ontario
Wakefield compiled eight points (5g,3a) in six games in October with a +7 plus/minus rating. She has been named Hockey East Rookie of the Week on two ocassions and she has registered seven points (4g,3a) in three league games. She also has four points (3g,1a) in three games against nationally ranked opponents. She has notched a point in four of six games for the Wildcats in her freshman campaign, which included two three-point games vs. Boston College and Boston University. Wakefield, who is UNH’s top goal scorer to date, potted the game-winning goal in the Oct. 21 victory vs. the Terriers. |
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