October 29, 2012

ATHLETIC REPUBLIC PLAYER OF THE WEEK #20 NICOLE ANDERSON, PROVIDENCE (Senior Forward; Jordan, Minn.) Anderson tallied five points on the weekend (3g,2a), including a hat trick and an assist in the 4-2 win over St. Cloud State on Sunday. During Saturday's game she tallied an assist on the tying goal with 19.2 seconds left in the game. She finished the weekend with 14 shots on goal and a +3 plus/minus rating. PRO AMBITIONS CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK #22 HALEY SKARUPA, BOSTON COLLEGE (Freshman Forward; Rockville, Md.) Skarupa registered a goal and an assist in Friday night's 3-2 win over Minnesota-Duluth at Conte Forum. PRO AMBITIONS CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK #9 SARAH LEFORT, BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Freshman Forward; Ormstown, Que.) Lefort scored two goals and recorded eight shots on goal with a +2 rating in the Terriers' 3-0 win over Robert Morris on Saturday afternoon. WHEA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK #29 CHLOE DESJARDINS, NORTHEASTERN (Sophomore Goaltender; Saint-Prosper, Beauce, Que.) Desjardins stopped 56 of 59 (.949 save%) shots faced this weekend, including 23 stops to earn her third shutout of the season against Maine on Saturday at Matthews Arena. She also stopped 33 shots in the 3-3 tie with Robert Morris on Friday night. WHEA TEAM OF THE WEEK BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS The Terriers picked up a 3-2 league win vs. Maine on Friday night at Walter Brown Arena and then earned a 3-0 shutout victory vs. Robert Morris on Saturday in Boston. BU notched at least 35 shots in each win and went a perfect 7-for-7 on the penalty kill over the weekend.

Athletic Republic Player of the Week Nicole Anderson of Providence College ARMY ROTC THREE STARS AWARD At the conclusion of each Hockey East game, the " Army ROTC Three Stars of The Game" are selected. Here are the 2012-13 season leaders to date: Rk. Name Cl. Pos. School 1. Nicole Anderson Sr. F PC   Corinne Buie Jr. F PC   Kayla Campero So. F UConn   Jill Cardella Sr. F BU   Alexis Crossley Fr. D UNH   Brittany Dougherty Sr. F Maine   Meghan Huertas So. F UVM   Brianne Kilgour Jr. F Maine   Sarah Lefort Fr. F BU   Klara Myren So. F UVM   Haley Skarupa Fr. F BC

HOCKEY EAST WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS

Blake Bolden, BC (Sr., D, Stow, Ohio) Recorded an assist, a +2 rating, and nine shots on goal in the two game series against Minnesota-Duluth.

Sarah Bryant, PC (Fr., G, Bethleham, Pa.) Recorded a tie and a win over St. Cloud State. She made 22 saves on 24 shots in Sunday's win.

Alex Carpenter, BC (So., F, Reading, Mass.) Recorded three points (2g,1a) and nine shots on goal in BC's two-game series vs. UMD

Kendall Coyne, NU (So., F, Palos Heights, Ill.) Scored four goals last weekend, including the game-winning tally against Maine on Saturday.

Kelly Horan, UConn (Jr., F, Methuen, Mass.) Recorded three points (1g,2a) on the weekend. She scored and dished out a pair of assists on Friday.

Jenelle Kohanchuk, BU (Sr., F, Winnipeg, Man.) Notched two points Friday (1g,1a) and notched her 100th career point with an assist on Saturday.

Kristina Lavoie, UNH (Sr., F, Fonthill, Ont.) Extended her point streak to three games with a goal at Wisconsin.

Rachel Llanes, NU (Sr., F, San Jose, Calif.) Tied a season-high with three points (one goal, two assists) against Robert Morris on Friday.

Marie-Philip Poulin, BU (Jr., F, Beauceville, Que.) Notched four assists in two games, including on Friday night's game-winning goal.

Kerrin Sperry, BU (Jr., G, North Reading, Mass.) Posted 24-save shutout vs. Robert Morris on Saturday in her only appearance on the weekend.

Kayla Tutino, BU (So., F, Lorraine, Que.) Tallied two goals on Friday in 4-2 win vs. Maine and scored the game-winning goal vs. RMU Saturday.

CAREER FIRSTS/MILESTONES/WHO's HOT

Alex Carpenter, BC (READING, MASS.) has registered at least one point in four of five games this season and eight of nine dat ing back to last year

Brittany Dougherty, MAINE (CHESTERFIELD, MICH.) has tallied at least one point in five of the first six games

Kelly Horan, UCONN (Methuen, Mass.) she reached the 50 point mark for her career on Friday with a goal in the win vs. Syracuse

Kaliya Johnson, BC (CHANDLER, ARIZ.) recorded her first collegiate point on Thursday night

Marie-Philip Poulin, BU (BEAUCEVILLE, QUE.) has notched at least one point in every game (3g,12a)

Jenelle Kohanchuk, BU (WINNIPEG, MAN.) notched her 100th career point on Sunday

TEAM NOTES

Boston College: Alex Carpenter has three goals and three assists in three career games vs. Minnesota-Duluth...Blake Bolden is second in the Hockey East in penalty minutes with 20...All three of Ashley Motherwell's goals have come on the power play. She is tied for first in the Hockey East in power play goals...Alex Carpenter's game winning goal on Friday night now gives her four game winning goals in her career.

Boston University: No. 3 Boston University moved to 7-1-0 on the season and 3-0-0 in Hockey East after wins this past weekend against Maine and Robert Morris… Senior Jenelle Kohanchuk notched her 100th point with an assist on Kayla Tutino's game-winning goal on Saturday. Kohanchuk is the sixth Terrier to reach the 100-point plateau and the fourth to tally all 100 points at BU…Junior Kerrin Sperry notched her first shutout of the season on Saturday and now has eight career shutouts…BU has five of the league's top 10 point-getters…Poulin (12) and Isabel Menard (8) and Jill Cardella (8) lead the league in assists…Seven of the league's top eight skaters in plus-minus are Terriers…Freshman Sarah Lefort leads the nation with three game-winning goals…BU has not lost in regulation at Walter Brown Arena since Jan. 15, 2012 (10-0-0)

University of Connecticut: Junior Kelly Horan led UConn with three points on one goal and two assists, all coming in Friday night's win over Syracuse. Horan, UConn's active leader in career points notched the 50th of her career with her first period goal against the Orange...On Friday night, the Huskies did not commit a penalty for the first time this season...Sarah Moses made 38 saves in her home debut on Friday night and added another 34 on Saturday

University of Maine: The Black Bears fell short of the Boston University Terriers on Friday night by a core of 4-2 and lost a tough battle to the Northeastern Huskies on Saturday afternoon by a score of 3-0. Chloe Tinkler scored her first goal of the season against Boston University. Brittany Dougherty picked up another assist as she continues to lead the team in points with seven thus far. Kelsey MacSorely scored her first career goal as a Black Bear against the Terriers. Brittany Ott and Meghann Treacy split time for Maine this past weekend between the pipes as they combined for 65 saves and seven goals against.

University of New Hampshire: New Hampshire dropped a pair of games at Wisconsin over the weekend. Up until the series, the Wildcats had scored a power play goal in each of their first five games of the season. Three Wildcats have tallied 20-plus shots in the year while eight total 'Cats have notched more than 10 shots. First year Sara Carlson leads the Wildcats with a +4 rating.

Northeastern University: Northeastern's tie against Robert Morris on Friday made the Huskies 20-1-2 all-time against current CHA member schools, and hasn't lost to a CHA school since 2007…Saturday's win against Maine extended NU's unbeaten streak against the Black Bears to eight games (6-0-2), the second-longest active streak against any NU opponent this season (Vermont)…Kendall Coyne has at least one point in each of her last three games (4g,1a), and is one of four players in WHEA with double-digit points this year…NU's three shutouts in seven games is the fastest NU has earned three shutouts since 2008-09 season.

Providence College: Providence College moved its overall record to 4-3-1 on the season with a tie and win over St. Cloud State. After going down 2-0 on Saturday, the Friars rallied to score two goals during the third period. Sophomore Beth Hanrahan (Poolesville, Md.) notched her first goal and point of the season. Junior Corinne Buie (Edina, Minn.) put the tying goal in with just 19.2 seconds remaining in the third to send the game into overtime. Sunday's match-up included a hat trick and an assist for senior Nicole Anderson in the 4-2 win over St. Cloud. Anderson is now tied for fourth in goals (6) in Hockey East and is fourth on the overall scoring (10) list...The Friars have had 16 different players notch points on the season thus far.

University of Vermont: Sophomore forward Klara Myren leads the Catamounts in scoring with three goals and six assists in seven games this season…Roxanne Douville has made 35 or more saves in three games this season. She leads the league in saves with 161 this season…The Catamounts top five scorers are all sophomores, they have accounted for 12 of Vermont's 16 goals this season … Vermont completed its longest road trip of the season in Providence last weekend with five games in 10 days.