December 3, 2012

ATHLETIC REPUBLIC PLAYER OF THE WEEK #29 MARIE-PHILIP POULIN, BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Junior Forward; Beauceville, Que.) Poulin notched five points (3g,2a) in the series sweep of Providence, including her third career hat trick and an assist in a 6-4 win over Providence on Saturday. She also had an assist on Friday night in a 4-3 win over the Friars. Poulin finished the two games with 14 shots on goal. PRO AMBITIONS CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK #22 HALEY SKARUPA, BOSTON COLLEGE (Freshman Forward; Rockville, Md.) Skarupa recorded four goals and three assists in the two game series vs. Maine this weekend including her first career hat trick Friday night. She finished the weekend with 15 shots on goal and a +4 rating for the Eagles. PRO AMBITIONS CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK #8 Dana Trivigno, BOSTON COLLEGE (Freshman Forward; Setucket, N.Y.) Trivigno netted her first career hat trick and added two assists in BC's 10-0 win over Maine on Saturday. She finished the weekend with four shots on goal and +3 rating. WHEA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK #34 ROXANNE DOUVILLE, VERMONT (Junior Goaltender; Beloeil, Que.) Douville made 63 saves to shutout Connecticut in back-to-back games as Vermont earned a sweep in Storrs over the weekend. She made 36 saves in the opening game of the series on Saturday at Freitas Ice Forum and followed that up with a 27-save shutout on Sunday. WHEA TEAM OF THE WEEK BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS The Terriers earned a one-goal win at Providence on Friday (4-3) and came back the next day with a 6-4 win vs. the Friars at Walter Brown Arena to keep pace with Boston College in the league standings.

Athletic Republic Player of the Week Marie-Philip Poulin of Boston University 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. Haley Frade So. F PC   Nicole Anderson Sr. F PC   Casey Pickett Sr. F NU 4. Kendall Coyne So. F NU   Haley Skarupa Fr. F BC 6. Amanda Pelkey So. F UVM

HOCKEY EAST WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS

Nicole Anderson, PC (Sr., F, Jordan, Minn.) Led the Friars on Saturday, Dec. 1 with her second hat trick of the season and third of her career.

Corinne Boyles, BC (Sr., G, Wheaton, Ill.) Stopped 13 of 15 shots faced in the two games against Maine.

Sarah Bryant, PC (Fr., G, Bethlehem, Pa.) Made a career high 35 saves on Friday, Nov. 30 against No. 7 Boston University.

Sara Carlson, UNH (Hutchinson, Minn.) Tallied a power play goal in UNH's 3-1 win over Northeastern on Sunday.

Kendall Coyne, NU (So, F, Palos Heights, Ill.) had four points (2g,2a) and a team-high +5 rating in a weekend set with UNH.

Alexis Crossley, UNH (Fr., D, Cole Harbour, N.S.) Tallied two assists on the week with one in each game of the Northeastern series.

Nicole Gifford, UNH (Ennismore, Ont.) Notched a power play goal against Northeastern in New Hampshire's 3-1 win Sunday.

Jenn Gilligan, UNH (So., G, Maple Ridge, B.C.) Made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969) in a 3-1 win at No. 9 Northeastern on Sunday.

Maggie DiMasi, NU (Jr., D, Burlington, Vt.) Tied a career high with two goals against New Hampshire on Saturday.

Jenelle Kohanchuk, BU (Sr., F, Winnipeg, Man.) Scored three goals this past weekend, including two on Friday night.

Sarah Lefort, BU (Fr., F, Ormstown, Que.) Had five assists, including three on Saturday, in a pair of victories over Providence this past weekend.

Isabel Menard, BU (Sr., F, Ottawa, Ont.) Scored both game-winning goals vs. PC and also had an assist in each game for a four-point weekend.

Arielle O'Neill, UNH (Jr., F, St. Catherines, Ont.) Tallied two points (1g, 1a) in UNH's 3-1 win over ninth-ranked Northeastern Sunday.

Casey Pickett, NU (Sr., F, Wilmington, Mass.) Recorded three assists, including her 100th career point, against New Hampshire on Saturday.

Kerrin Sperry, BU (Jr., G, North Reading, Mass.) Earned both wins this past weekend and made 46 total saves.

CAREER FIRSTS/MILESTONES/WHO's HOT

Corinne Boyles, BC (WHEATON, ILL.) has won her last eight decisions FOR THE EAGLES

Alex Carpenter, BC (READING, MASS.) extended point strea k to 13 games with assist SATURDAY

Marie-Philip Poulin, BU (BEAUCEVILLE, QUE.) has scored a point in all 13 games this season (9g,17a)

Isabel Menard, BU (3g,7a), Louise Warren (5g,4a) each have six-game point streaks

Jenelle Kohanchuk, BU (WINNIPEG, MAN.) has scored a goal in her last four games and earned her 50th career goal on Saturday

CASEY PICKETT, NU (WILMINGTON, MASS.) SCORED HER 100TH CAREER POINT ON SATURDAY VS. UNH

TEAM NOTES

Boston College: BC scored 10 goals for the first time since Feb. 5, 1998... The Eagles are averaging 4.73 goals per game, good for first in the Hockey East and third in the NCAA...The 11 game unbeaten streak (9-0-2) continues to be the longest in program history...Coach Katie King Crowley is one win away from 100 in her career at BC...Alex Carpenter is tied for second in the NCAA with four game-winning goals.

Boston University: BU is now 11-3-1 overall with a 6-2-1 mark in Hockey East play…Junior co-captain Marie-Philip Poulin notched her third career hat trick on Saturday against Providence…It was her first hat trick since Jan. 22, 2011, against Vermont…The Terriers have now won their last five games against Providence…Senior Isabel Menard scored both game-winning goals this weekend and has factored in the Terriers' last three game-winners…Menard has a sixgame point streak (3g,7a)…BU is 4-0-1 when Menard lights the lamp…Poulin has scored a point in every game this season shorthanded goal on Saturday was the 50th goal of her career…Junior Kerrin Sperry earned her 50th career win on Saturday…Junior Louise Warren is currently riding a six-game point streak (5g,4a).

University of Connecticut: UConn was shutout in a weekend series for the first time since November 4-5, 2011 against Northeastern and for the first time at home since November 15-16, 2003 against No. 2 Dartmouth...Freshman Elaine Chuli totaled 52 saves in two games against the Catamounts...Friday's loss snapped a 10-game home winning streak against UVM; UConn's all-time series lead is now 18-4-2.

University of Maine: The Black Bears fell to 2-10-1, 1-8-0 in WHEA with a 7-2 loss on Friday and a 10-0 loss on Saturday. The Eagles were able to quiet freshman forward Audra Richards who is tied for the team lead in goals at five. Dougherty pushes her point's lead to 12 with a first period goal in Friday's 7-2 loss....Maine saw all three goalies in action this weekend with Brittany Ott getting both losses, seeing her record move to 2-5-1. Ott allowed 11 goals while notching 56 saves in the two games.

University of New Hampshire: New Hampshire picked up a pair of points in conference play this weekend after tallying a 1-1-0 record against Northeastern. In Sunday's 3-1 win, UNH notched a pair of power play goals in three opportunities and killed 5-of-6 penalties in the two games. Jenn Gilligan tallied 31 saves in net on Sunday while Arielle O'Neill tallied a pair of points on a goal and an assist. Four different Wildcats scored goals in the two games

Northeastern University: Casey Pickett became the 21st player in program history to record 100 career points (50g,50a). She is also tied for 19th on the NU record list for career goals...The NU power play ranks third in the nation (17-of-56; 30.4%), and has netted at least one power play tally in 10 of its last 12 games…Maggie DiMasi recorded her second career two-goal effort on Saturday…Kendall Coyne has at least one point in nine of her last 10 games, including seven multi-point efforts; she is fifth in the nation in points per game (2.07).

Providence College: The Friars posted two close fought matches that were decided in the final minutes of play. The Friars have posted a 6-2-2 home record and a 2-5-2 away record thus far on the season. Seventeen different players have notched at least one point for the Friars on the season, 16 of those 17 have notched more than one. Though the Friars have been outscored on the season by their opponents, they have outshot their opponents 566-516. The majority of Friar goals have come in the second period, with 23 of their 58 goals scored in the second period.

University of Vermont: Roxanne Douville made 63 saves to shutout Connecticut in back-to-back games as Vermont earned its first sweep of a Hockey East season series … The Catamounts are undefeated in their last five Hockey East contests, the best streak in program history…Junior forward Danielle Rancourt scored her second game-winning goal of the season on Sunday at UConn…Senior captain Erin Wente had two goals and an assist to lead the Catamounts this weekend, her two goals moved her into a tie with 25 career goals, a division I record at Vermont.