2015-16 MERRIMACK COLLEGE WOMEN’S GAME NOTES

GAME #5 | H OCKEY EAST GAME #1 MERRIMACK COLLEGE WARRIORS (0-4-0, 0-0-0 WHEA) VS . N EW HAMPSHIRE WILDCATS (0-3-0, 0-1-0 WHEA) SATURDAY , O CTOBER 15, 2015 | 3:00 P.M. | L AWLER RINK | N ORTH ANDOVER , M ASS . REFEREES: M ICHAEL KOMICH , D EAN GILBERT | LINESMEN: D OUGLAS PLACE , P AUL SACCO

2015-16 S CHEDULE /R ESULTS MULTIMEDIA I NFORMATION 0-4-0 (0-0-0 HEA, Picked 9th) TV: WBIN Classics/ ESPN3 (Steve Degler & Nate Bridges) Webcast: www.MerrimackAthletics.TV SEPTEMBER Live Stats: PrimeTime (www.MerrimackAthletics.com) Fri. 25 WHITBY WOLVES (E X.) . . . .W, 4-2 Twitter: www.Twitter.com/MerrimackWIH

OCTOBER (0-4-0) SETTING THE STAGE Fri. 2 ST. C LOUD STATE (ESPN 3) . . .L, 6-4 LET’S DROP THE PUCK After over two years of roster-building, recruiting, scheduling and planning, the Merrimack College Sat. 3 ST. C LOUD STATE ...... L, 6-2 women's ice hockey team will play its first-ever game when they host the University of Fri. 9 at Robert Morris ...... L, 6-1 New Hampshire Wildcats on Saturday afternoon during Homecoming Weekend. Sat. 10 at Robert Morris ...... L, 4-2 Sat. 17 NEW HAMPSHIRE * ! (ESPN 3/ WBIN )3:00 p.m. SCOUTING THE WILDCATS New Hampshire enters Saturday’s contest with a record of 0-3-0, including 0-1-0 in Hockey East ac - Sun. 18 MAINE * ! ...... 2:00 p.m. tion and all three losses coming at home. UNH fell to Maine in its season-opening game, and was Fri. 23 COLGATE ...... 2:00 p.m. swept by CHA representatives Lindenwood University and Syracuse University last weekend at the Sat. 24 COLGATE ...... 2:00 p.m. . Through three games this season the Wildcats are led by sophomore defense - man Amy Schlagel in scoring with a current line of 1-2-3. New Hampshire has played three different Fri. 30 NORTHEASTERN * ...... 2:00 p.m. goalies in three games this season, with the three posting a combined 3.33 goals-against average.

NOVEMBER MEET THE WARRIORS Sat. 7 at Connecticut * . . . . .2:00 p.m. Goaltenders: All three goaltenders on the team's roster saw the ice in their exhibition win on Friday, each playing a period in the game. Chaislyn Burgio , one of the original four recruits, was a five-year Fri. 13 NORTHEASTERN * ...... 7:00 p.m. letterwinner at Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts where she was named Team MVP. As a Sat. 14 at Northeastern * . . . .2:00 p.m. senior with the Bay State Breakers, she posted a .969 save percentage and a 0.67 goals-against av - erage at the 2013 North American hockey Academy Labor Day Tournament and helped the Breakers Fri. 20 BOSTON U. * ...... 7:00 p.m. win the 2010 USA Hockey Tier II National Championship. Freshman Samantha Ridgewell comes to Sat. 21 at BoSToN U. * ...... 3:00 p.m. Merrimack from the Notre Dame Junior Women's Team (JWHL) where she played as a senior and for Fri. 27 at YALE $ ...... TBA one year post-grad, earning Top Goaltender honors as a senior. Prior to that, she played with the Sat. 28 vs. TBA $ ...... TBA Midget AAA Saskatoon Stars where she earned the Second-Team All-Star Award for league season, posting a 15-5-1 record with a 1.70 goals-against average and .930 save percentage. Freshman Kate Kowalchuk spent her last two years at the Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy in Kelowna, DECEMBER British Columbia, a premiere hockey academy in North America. She was ranked a top-three - Fri. 4 at New Hampshire * . .7:00 p.m. tender twice in two years of playing Bantam AA men's hockey and was voted Top Goaltender at the Waterloo U.S./Canada Cup. Sat. 5 NEW HAMPSHIRE * . . . . .4:00 p.m. Fri. 11 at Providence * ...... 7:00 p.m. Defense : While this team is uniformly young throughout, the youngest area of the roster in undoubt - edly the defense, made up entirely of freshman. The blue line figures to be highlighted by assistant JANUARY captains Paige Sorensen and Dominique Kremer . Sorenson had a great career as a four-year letter - winner at Wayzata High School, where she led the team to a sectional runner-up finish as a junior Mon. 4 at Vermont * ...... 7:00 p.m. and was named team captain as a senior. Kremer spent her last three years playing at Shattuck-St. Wed. 6 at St. Lawrence ...... TBA Mary's, one of the most renowned hockey prep-schools in the U.S. There, she led her team to the na - tional championship as a sophomore and junior. She also participated on the USA U-18 Select Team Sat. 9 CONNECTICUT * ...... 2:00 p.m. in 2014, helping her team finish as USAH Tier I National Runner Ups as a senior, finishing with 22 Sun. 10 at Connecticut * . . . . .2:00 p.m. points (7g, 15a). The lone Canadian of the defense, Beatrice Dufour was a four year member of the Fri. 15 BOSTON COLLEGE * . . . . .7:00 p.m. girls' ice hockey team at Northern Collegiate Institute in ontario where she twice earned the Gold Sat. 16 At Boston College * . . .3:00 p.m. Award for an above-85% average in academics. She was also a member of the London Jr. Devilettes club team. Also from up north, Felila Manu was a standout at East High School in Anchorage, Tue. 19 BROWN ...... 6:00 p.m. Alaska, where she was an all-conference selection and helped her team win the State Cook Inlet Tue. 26 BOSTON COLLEGE * . . . . .7:00 p.m. Conference (CIC) Tournament. She was also a member of the Alaska All-Stars U-19 AA club team. Sat. 30 at Boston U...... 3:00 p.m. Rounding out the defense is a pair of New Englanders in Meghan Martin and Baye Flanagan . Martin played her last three years at the North American Hockey Academy in Stowe, Vermont on scholar - ship. There, she was named captain as a senior and helped the team to a JWHL and Challenge Cup FEBRUARY Championship. In her final year, she was selected to the JWHL All-Star Game. Flanagan spent last Sat. 6 at Maine * ...... 7:00 p.m. year putting together a nice career as the captain of the Northern Cyclones travel team, being voted Sun. 7 at Maine * ...... 4:00 p.m. one of two defensemen to the NEWJHL All-Star Team. Sat. 13 PROVIDENCE * ...... 2:00 p.m. Forwards : As the only returning skaters, Marie Delarbre , Jackie Pieper and Jillian Battista will look Sun. 14 at Providence* ...... 2:00 p.m. to highlight the team's offensive system. Delarbre is already quite accustomed to women's Division I hockey, playing the last two seasons at the University of Minnesota Duluth before transferring to Fri. 19 VERMONT * ...... 7:00 p.m. Merrimack. Prior to UMD, she played for Germany's U-18 National team for three years earning Sat. 20 VERMONT * ...... 4:00 p.m. fourth-place finishes at the World Championships in 2010 and 2012, when she also was named 26-28 WHEA Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) Team MVP. Delarbre also won a gold medal as the youngest player on Germany's senior national team for the 2011 Division I World Championship. Pieper, one of four Minnesotans in the offensive group, was a four year letterwinner at Edina High School prior to Merrimack. There, she helped her MARCH team post double-digit win totals all four years and was a two-time all-conference selection. Battista comes to Merrimack from Kenmore East High School in New York where she was team captain all Sat. 5 WHEA Semifinals ^ four seasons and recipient of the Most offensive Award. She also played juniors for the Burlington Sat. 7 WHEA Championship ^ Barracudas (PWHL). Rounding out the forwards from Minnesota are freshmen Paige Voight , Annie Boeckers , and Jessica Bonfe . Boeckers and Voight both come to Merrimack from Cretin-Derham Hall in Minnesota, where they helped the team go undefeated en route to a conference title as seniors. * = Hockey East Game | ! = Homecoming Weekend Boeckers would earn all-conference, all-academic conference, and A-Honor Roll recognition in her $ = Nutmeg Classic at Yale (New Haven, Conn.) final season. She also participated on the USA U-18 National team twice. Voight would post 47 points (32g, 15a) in her junior season, earning all-conference and all-state recognition. She was also ^ = at Merrimack College (North Andover, Mass.) named one of the Top 20 Metro Players to Watch in 2014-15. As a senior she would lead her confer - HOME GAMES IN CAPS ence in goals, earned all-conference and all-state honors, and was named Ms. Hockey Runner-up for ALL TIMES EASTERN AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE Athletic Communications • Women’s Ice Hockey Contact: Casey Johnston• www.merrimackathletics.com Department of Athletics • 315 Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA 01845-5806 ph (978) 837-5053 / (508) 517-0158 • fax (978) 837-5032 • e-mail: [email protected] 1 2015-16 MERRIMACK COLLEGE WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

the state of Minnesota. Bonfe played her high school hockey at the Hill-Mur - M

ray School in Minnesota where she led her team to sectional titles in her GENERAL INFORMATION e

sophomore, junior and senior seasons. Her team would also win back-to-back r k

state titles in her final two years there, being named the player of the game Location: North Andover, Mass. r c in the state final as a junior. She was also an All-State Honorable Mention as i m a Founded: 1947 a senior. The remaining six forwards are made up of three Canadians and a

M three Americans. Two of the Canadians hail from Whitby, ontario in freshmen Enrollment: 3,051 c

o Emily Volpe and Katelyn Rae . Volpe put together a strong career with the

Whitby Wolves, leading the team to an ontario Winter Games silver medal, Nickname: Warriors k G

oWHA Provincial Championship and LLFHL League Championship in the Colors: Navy Blue and Gold A # same year. She also attended the Team ontario U-18 Selection Camp as a sen - t

ior. Rae was a four year member of the hockey team at Courtice Secondary, Conference: Hockey East h

where she was named Team MVP as a freshman, junior and senior. She at - l tended the Team Canada U-18 August Camp (2014), and was selected as Fe - Affiliation: NCAA Division I e male Athlete of the Year as a senior. She also played on the Whitby Wolves t Home Rink: J. Thom Lawler Rink i

with Volpe. Freshman Allison Sexton rounds out the Canadian forwards. Sex - c

ton was another member of the North American Hockey Academy team that Capacity: 2,550 s

claimed the JWHL title and Challenge Cup Championship. She was also on . Dimensions: 200 x 85 c

head honor roll all four years of high school. Rounding out the inaugural sea - o

son roster are freshmen Madison Morey , Jessica Kuhlman , and junior President: Dr. Christopher Hopey m Samantha Saulnier . Morey was the third member of the Warriors roster to play at the North American Hockey Academy during their title-winning Director of Athletics: Jeremy Gibson years. She also captained the U-16 team as a sophomore and was assistant captain of the U-19 team as a senior. Kuhlman was a three-time captain of the Athletic Dept. Phone: 978-837-5341 girls' hockey team at Severna Park High School, where she was named offen - Athletic Dept. Fax: 978-837-5032 sive MVP as a senior. She also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U-19 Team. Saulnier played for the Boston Shamrocks travel team prior to this season, and was a key member of the women's ice hockey club team at Mer - COACHING STAFF rimack before the Division I team's inception. Head Coach: Erin Hamlen

TIES TO TEAM USA Alma Mater (Year), Season: New Hampshire (1993), First Season The Merrimack College women's ice hockey team features multiple ties to Career Coaching Record: 0-4 Team USA and the olympic National Team. The Warrior were represented in Record at Merrimack: 0-4 Buffalo this past January as assistant coach Brent Hill and freshman forward Paige Voight (St. Michael, Minn.) helped the United States Under-18 National Hockey office Phone: 978-837-5341 Team capture a gold medal at the 2015 IIHF U-18 Women's World Champi - Assistant Coach: Brent Hill onship in Buffalo. Assistant coach Kacey Bellamy is a two-time Winter olympics silver medalist for the United States Women's Ice Hockey National Alma Mater (Year), Season: Saint Michael’s (2004), First Season Team. Bellamy was also a five-time member of the U.S. Women's National Assistant Coach: Kacey Bellamy Team for the IIHF World Women's Championship, helping the team claim gold on four occasions. Head coach Erin Hamlen has also enjoyed multiple Alma Mater (Year), Season: New Hampshire (2009), First Season stints at the national level; in 2005-06, she spent a year as an Assistant Director o f Hockey operations: Matt LaMalfa Coach on the USA Hockey Women's Select and National Teams, which earned Alma Mater (Year) Merrimack (2012) a silver medal in the Women's International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship. In 2007-08, she was also named an assistant coach Strength and Conditioning: Mike Vaughan with the USA Hockey U-18 Select Team that won the United States' first U-18 Athletic Trainer: Heather Carr gold medal. During her playing days, Hamlen was also the starting goal - tender for the United States Women's National Ice Hockey Team from 1992- TEAM INFORMATION 1997, and again from 1999-2000, earning USA Hockey Women's Player of the Season: First (2015-16) Year honors in 1994. overall Record: 0-4 THE ORIGINAL FOUR Hockey East Record: 0-0 Leading this very young roster both on and off the ice will be the four origi - nal recruits that have been at Merrimack since last year. Sophomore forward NCAA Tournament Appearances: None Jillian Battista (Tonawanda, N.Y.), sophomore goaltender Chaislyn Burgio 2015-16 Captains: Marie Delarbre, Jackie Pieper (Quincy, Mass.), sophomore forward Jackie Pieper (Edina, Minn.) and junior forward Marie Delarbre (Fussen, Germany) will look to lead by example on 2015-16 Assistant Captains: Paige Sorensen, Dominique Kremer the ice and on campus to get this program's history started on the right track. SPORTS MEDICINE INAUGURAL ATTENDANCE Director o f Sports Medicine/SWA: Birgid Hopkins For the program’s inaugural game on october 2, the women’s ice hockey team office Phone: (978) 837-5332 drew a impressive crowd in attendance, with more than 1700 fans showing up to watch the Warriors begin their journey into Divison I and the Women’s Head Athletic Trainer (Hockey Contact): Heather Carr Hockey East. Merrimack far bypassed the attendance of recent inaugural ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS games for newly formed women’s ice hockey programs at the DI level. Boston university drew 280 in 2007, Syracuse had an attendance of 540 in 2010, Asst. Director (WIH Contact): Casey Johnston and Penn State drew 408 in 2012. The Warriors shattered those numbers, office Phone: 978-837-5053 drawing a larger attendance than all three games combined. Email: [email protected] THE ANSWER TO A NEW TRIVIA QUESTION Director of Athletic Communications (MIH Contact): Chris Aliano Freshman Katelyn Rae (Courtice, ontario) scored the first goal in Merrimack College women’s ice hockey history in the program’s first-ever game against office Phone: 978-837-3472 St. Cloud State at Lawler Rink on october 2. Freshmen Dominique Kremer and Cell Phone: 973-632-1342 Paige Voight would assist on what was also the first-ever power-play goal. E-Mail: [email protected] FIRST-EVER CAPTAINS Associate Director: Mike Sullivan Just this week, the coaching staff named junior Marie Delarbre and sopho - office Phone: 978-837-5036 more Jackie Pieper the first-ever captains of the program for its inaugural season. Freshmen defensemen Paige Sorensen and Dominique Kremer were Email: [email protected] named assistant captains. SID Fax: 978-837-5032

COACHING STAFF NOSTALGIA Press Box Phone: 978-837-3411 Head coach Erin Hamlen was a standout goaltender at UNH from 1989-93 Website: www.MerrimackAthletics.com and was both assistant coach and associate head coach with the program for Mailing Address: 315 Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA 01845 10 years (2000-10). During her coaching tenure, Hamlen helped guide the Wildcats to four straight Hockey East tournament titles, six straight regular Facebook: Facebook.com/MerrimackWarriors season crowns, and two appearances in the Frozen Four. As a player, she Twitter (Hockey): @MerrimackWIH ranks among the Wildcats’ all-time leaders in victories, minutes played, and shutouts, and her career saves total (1,556) ranks fifth in program history. Twitter (Department): @MC_Athletics Assistant coach Kacey Bellamy also had a highly-decorated career at UNH, Instagram: @MerrimackWarriors ranking third all-time in career points by a UNH defenseman. She also earned RBK All-America First Team and Hockey East First Team honors as a senior.

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ERIN HAMLEN Head Coach First Season

Merrimack College has turned to Erin Hamlen to lead the women’s ice hockey team as the school’s first-ever head coach of the program in 2015-16. Hamlen, who led the University of New England women’s hockey team during its inaugural season of existence in 2012-13, will chart the course for the Warriors during their inaugural season in Hockey East. successful in my quest to build a program that the college "over the past several years, Merrimack College has seen can be proud to call their own.” tremendous growth in women's athletics and adding a women's hockey team underscores our commitment to Since her arrival in June of 2013, Hamlen has shaped all continue that growth," said Christopher E. Hopey, Ph.D., facets of the emerging program, including the assembling President at the time of Hamlen’s hiring. "Erin's coaching of a coaching staff, recruiting the team’s first-ever student- experience and passion for this program were evident athletes, building the team’s schedule, and more. throughout the interview process and will serve us well as we begin the recruiting process. I am both excited and Prior to UNE, Hamlen spent a decade at the University of looking forward to welcoming Erin as the newest Warrior New Hampshire, a perennial power in the Women’s Hockey on campus." East Association. Hamlen held posts as both Associate Head Coach and Assistant Coach from 2000-10. During her “I am excited to welcome Erin to Merrimack and am tenure, Hamlen helped guide the Wildcats to four straight thrilled that she will be leading the launch of our Division I Hockey East tournament titles, six straight regular season women’s ice hockey program,” noted Director of Athletics crowns, and two appearances in the Frozen Four. Jeremy Gibson during Hamlen’s June 2013 hiring. “I am very proud that Erin will be joining the Warriors at this Hamlen has also enjoyed coaching stints at the national exciting time for Merrimack Athletics and the entire level; in 2005-06, she spent a year as an Assistant Coach Merrimack community.” on the USA Hockey Women's Select and National Teams, which earned a silver medal in the Women’s International "I am excited and honored to have the opportunity to lead Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship. In the women’s hockey program at Merrimack College,” said 2007-08, she was also named an assistant coach with the Hamlen added in 2013. “Through my interactions with USA Hockey U-18 Select Team that won the United States' Merrimack’s administration, faculty, staff, and students, I first U-18 gold medal. have felt at home throughout the entire interview process. The addition of the new rink and athletic facilities is a In 2010, Hamlen served the first-ever head coach for the testament to Merrimack's commitment to Athletics and Boston Blades, a professional women's team competing in provides me with all of the necessary resources to be the Canadian Women's Hockey League. She continued on with the Blades in an advisory role for the 2011-12 season. The IIHF named Hamlen to a mentor role to Team China in 2011 and Team Japan in 2012, where she worked with the coaches and athletes of the governing bodies in order to find ways to improve the U-18 National Team's success in international competition. Most recently, she also had been named a USA Hockey Goaltending Scout/Coach.

During her decorated playing career, Hamlen was a four- w time First-Team All-Star selection at UNH from 1989-93. w

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BRENT HILL KACEY BELLAMY Assistant Coach Assistant Coach First Season First Season Former Saint Michael’s College star Kacey Bellamy, a two-time Winter and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of olympics silver medalist for the Technology assistant Brett Hill has served as Assistant Women’s Ice United States Women's Ice Hockey Hockey Coach since 2013. National Team, has been with the women’s ice hockey coaching staff Hill, who spent four years as assistant coach of the RPI Engineers women’s since the 2014-15 season. ice hockey program, brings nearly a decade of coaching experience to the Warriors’ coaching staff. Bellamy arrives in North Andover after spending most of In four years at RPI, Hill helped guide the Engineers to three last year preparing for the 2014 Winter olympics in Sochi, double-digit win campaigns, including a memorable first season in 2009-10, when he helped lead the team to a 16-15-6 record, Russia, competing as a member of the United States including an 11-7-4 mark in ECAC Hockey. Women's National Team and helping the U.S. capture a

That year, the Engineers advanced to the conference semifinals for silver medal. She also was a member of the team in the second straight season, surrendering just 2.08 goals per Vancouver back in the 2010 Winter olympics, where the contest to rank 12th nationwide among the country’s 35 Division I women's programs. United States also took home a silver medal.

Prior to his time in Troy, N.Y., Hill spent the previous two years as A 2009 graduate from the University of New Hampshire, the Director of Player Development for the Vermont Stars, a Tier 1 Youth Girls Team. During his tenure in his home state, he helped Bellamy was a five-time member of the U.S. Women's develop and execute practice plans and off-ice training for all National Team for the IIHF World Women's Championship, levels. Hill also served as a head coach, most recently with the U14 Stars, in 2008 and 2009. helping the team claim gold on four occasions. She was an assistant captain for Team USA in 2012 and 2013, and Prior to joining the Vermont Stars, Hill spent a year as an assistant coach for the women’s program at his alma mater, Saint Michael’s named one of the team's Top-Three Players in 2009. College.

Hill, who graduated cum laude in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science Bellamy was an eight-time member of the U.S. Women's in Business Administration, enjoyed a fantastic four-year career as Select Team for the Four Nations Cup and twice skated for a defenseman for the Purple Knights. He helped lead Saint Michael’s to three consecutive Northeast-10 Championships and the Under-22 Select Team that competed against Canada in was named to the All-Northeast-10 Second Team in 2003-04. Hill, 2007-08. who earned the school’s Victor Lemieux Award for strong loyalty w and leadership within the athletic department, was also an All- w ECAC Division II Second Team selection as a junior. At UNH, Bellamy ranks third all-time in career points by a w . m defenseman, earning RBK All-America First Team and Following his college career, Hill served as an assistant coach with e r the Green Mountain Glades, a Tier 1 Youth Boys in South Hockey East First Team honors as a senior and was named r i m Burlington, Vt. In addition to serving as the assistant for both the UNH's Jim Urquahart Student-Athlete of the Year. Squirt Major and PeeWee Major teams, he was the power skating a c instructor and skills coach for the entire organization. k a t Hill, who is a level 4 certified USA Hockey coach, has served as an h l e

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4 2015-16 MERRIMACK WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM ROSTER

No. Name Cl. Pos. S/C. Ht. D.O.B. Hometown/Last Team

4 Felila Manu Fr. D L 5-6 3/1/97 Anchorage, Alaska / East High

5 Paige Sorensen Fr. D L 5-8 5/13/97 Plymouth, Minn. / Wayzata

6 Paige Voight Fr. F L 5-7 2/4/97 St. Michael, Minn. / Cretin-Derham Hall

8 Baye Flanagan Fr. D R 5-7 5/17/97 Billerica, Mass. / Connections Academy

9 Dominique Kremer Fr. D R 5-6 6/6/97 West Fargo, N.D. / Shattuck-St. Mary’s

10 Meghan Martin Fr. D L 5-4 6/6/97 Newport, Vt. / North American Hockey Academy

11 Jillian Battista So. F R 5-5 5/18/86 Tonawanda, N.Y. / Kenmore East

12 Emily Volpe Fr. F L 5-6 3/15/97 Whitby, ontario / Whitby Wolves

14 Jessica Kuhlman Fr. F L 5-6 10/28/96 Severna Park, Md. / Severna Park

15 Jackie Pieper So. F L 5-7 10/9/95 Edina, Minn. / Edina

17 Jessica Bonfe Fr. F L 5-9 2/10/97 Woodbury, Minn. / Hill-Murray

18 Katelyn Rae Fr. F L 5-0 5/1/97 Courtice, ontario / Whitby Wolves

19 Samantha Saulnier Jr. F L 5-4 10/1/94 Somerville, Mass. / Southfield School

21 Annie Boeckers Fr. F R 5-1 3/19/97 otsego, Minn. / Cretin-Derham Hall

22 Marie Delarbre Jr. F L 5-7 1/22/94 Fussen, Germany / EV Fussen

23 Beatrice Dufour Fr. D L 5-11 3/23/97 Sarnia, ontario / Northern Collegiate Institute

25 Madison Morey Fr. F R 5-8 5/25/97 Fairbanks, Alaska / North American Hockey Academy

27 Allison Sexton Fr. F R 5-7 5/21/97 Stonewall, Manitoba / North American Hockey Academy

30 Chaislyn Burgio So. G L 5-8 1/15/96 Quincy, Mass. / Bay State Breakers

33 Kate Kowalchuk Fr. G L 5-7 12/2/97 Calgary, Alberta / Pursuit of Excellence Academy

34 Samantha Ridgewell Fr. G L 5-9 17/16/96 outlook, Saskatchewan / Notre Dame Jr. (JWHL)

Head Coach : Erin Hamlen (New Hampshire '93), First Season Assistant Coach: Brent Hill (Saint Michael’s ‘04), First Season m o c

. Assistant Coach: Kacey Bellamy (New Hampshire ‘09), First Season s c i Director o f Hockey Operations : Mike Vaughan (Fitchburg State ‘13) t e l

h Captains : Marie Delarbre (C), Jackie Pieper (C), Paige Sorensen (A), Dominique Kremer (A) t a k Strength & Conditioning Coach : Mike Vaughan c a Head Athletic Trainer : Heather Carr m i r r e m . w w w

5 Merrimack Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 15, 2015) All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral 10/02/15 ST. CLOUD STATE L 4-6 1781 ALL GAMES 0-4-0 0-2-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 10/03/15 ST. CLOUD STATE L 2-6 387 CONFERENCE 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Oct 09 at Robert Morris L 1-6 142 NON-CONFERENCE 0-4-0 0-2-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 10/10/15 at Robert Morris L 2-4 101

TEAM STATISTICS MER OPP ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% pen-min pp sh SHOT STATISTICS 6 Paige Voight 4 1 4 5 17 .0 5 91-210 Goals-Shot attempts 9-88 22-140 23 Beatrice Dufour 4 1 2 3 5 .2 0 0 0-0 0 0 Shot pct. . 1 0 2 . 1 5 7 25 Maddie Morey 4 1 2 3 8 .1 2 50-000 G o a ls / G a m e 2.2 5.5 9 Dominique Kremer 4 1 1 2 2 .5 0 0 2-4 1 0 S h o t s / G a m e 22.0 35.0 15 Jackie Pieper 4 1 1 2 10 .1 0 00-010 POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays 5-15 9-19 18 Katelyn Rae 4 1 1 2 11 .0 9 1 0-0 1 0 Conversion Percent . 3 3 3 . 4 7 4 4 Felila Manu 4 1 0 1 3 .3 3 34-800 Shot Attempts 29 35 5 Paige Sorensen 4 1 0 1 6 .1 6 7 2-4 1 0 Shot Percent . 1 7 2 . 2 5 7 12 Emily Volpe 4 1 0 1 5 .2 0 00-000 GOAL BREAKDOWN 11 Jillian Battista 4 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0-0 0 0 Power Play 5 9 21 Annie Boeckers 4 0 0 0 3 .0 0 00-000 S h o r t - h a n d e d 0 0 17 Jessica Bonfe 4 0 0 0 6 .0 0 0 2-4 0 0 Empty net 0 0 P e n a lt y 0 0 22 Marie Delarbre 4 0 0 0 4 .0 0 02-400 U n a s s i s t e d 1 3 8 Baye Flanagan 4 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0-0 0 0 O v e r t i m e0014 Jessica Kuhlman 4 0 0 0 5 .0 0 03-600 S h o o t o u t 0 0 10 Meghan Martin 3 0 0 0 1 .0 0 0 1-2 0 0 Delayed Penalty 0 0 19 Samantha Saulnier 4 0 0 0 0 .0 0 00-000 PENALTIES 27 Allison Sexton 4 0 0 0 2 .0 0 0 3-6 0 0 N u m b e r 20 15 Total 4 9 11 20 88 .1 0 220-40 5 0 M in u t e s 40 30 P e n a lt ie s / G a m e 5.0 3.8 Opponents 4 22 37 59 140 .1 5 7 15-30 9 0 Pen minutes/Game 10.0 7.5 SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att) 0-0 0-0 ## Goalie gp min ga gaavg saves save% w-l-t 34 Samantha Ridgewell 4 196:09 16 4.89 102 .8 6 40-3-0 33 Kate Kowalchuk 1 42:52 6 8.40 16 .7 2 7 0-1-0 TM EMPTY NET 3 0:59 0 - 0 .0 0 00-0-0 Total 4 240:00 22 5.50 118 .8 4 3 0-4-0 Opponents 4 240:00 9 2.25 79 .8 9 84-0-0

Attendance Summary MER Opponent Total 2168 243 Dates/Avg Per Date 2/1084 2/122 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0

Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Total Merrimack 2 2 5 9 Opponents 7 7 8 22

Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Total Merrimack 38 38 42 118 Opponents 27 23 29 79 w w w . m e r r i m a c k a t h l e t i c s . c o m

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