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SSYRACUSEYRACUSE HHockeyockey SYRACUSE (15-12-5, 14-4-2 CHA) CHA Tournament 2016-17 SCHEDULE Date: Fri., March 3 (Semifi nals) SEPTEMBER Time: approx. 7:00 PM 24 MONTREAL (Exh.) L, 3-2 (OT) 30 BEMIDJI STATE L, 2-1 Location: Buff alo, N.Y. OCTOBER Arena: HARBORCENTER 1 BEMIDJI STATE L, 3-0 Coverage: Stretch Passport 14 at Northeastern T, 1-1 15 at Northeastern L, 1-0 21 No. 5 COLGATE L, 3-2 22 at No. 5 Colgate T, 2-2 SYRACUSE AT A GLANCE 28 LINDENWOOD* W, 4-0 Syracuse Mercyhurst Penn State RIT 29 LINDENWOOD* W, 4-0 Overall Record 15-12-5 15-17-2 9-20-5 6-26-2 NOVEMBER Home Record 7-5-2 6-8-2 2-11-3 3-14-0 4 at Robert Morris* T, 2-2 Road Record 8-7-3 9-8-0 7-9-2 3-12-2 5 at Robert Morris* L, 2-1 Scoring Off ense 2.5 2.6 2.1 1.4 11 at Mercyhurst* W, 4-2 Scoring Defense 1.8 2.4 3.0 3.3 12 at Mercyhurst* L, 4-3 Shots Per Game 27.6 28.9 24.6 21.7 19 MINNESOTA WHITECAPS (Exh.)@ L, 3-1 Shot Pct. 9.2 9.1 8.7 6.4 20 MINNESOTA WHITECAPS (Exh.) T, 2-2 Save Pct. 91.6 89.7 90.9 90.2 25 at No. 7 North Dakota W, 3-0 Power Play Pct. 11.4 14.5 14.6 7.7 26 at No. 7 North Dakota L, 3-0 PIM Avg. 11.8 11.4 8.5 10.2 DECEMBER Penalty Kill Pct. 88.9 85.3 85.3 79.4 2 RIT* T, 2-2 Faceoff Pct. 51.2 -- 50.0 47.4 3 at RIT* W, 3-0 Orange Coming Into The Game 9 No. 4 CLARKSON T, 2-2 The Orange clinched a fi rst round bye in the College Hockey America tournament as the second place 10 No. 4 at Clarkson L, 4-1 team with 30 conferernce points. JANUARY Syracuse is coming off a sweep of Penn State last weekend on the road. The Orange off ense fl ourished 4 at No. 6 Boston College L, 4-3 with a 5-1 win on Friday and the defense held the Nittany Lions in check on Saturday with a 2-0 shutout. 10 at Cornell L, 7-2 The Orange are led by their junior class on off ense with Stephanie Grossi, Alysha Burriss and Emily 13 PENN STATE* W, 3-1 Costales being the top three point scorers. Grossi leads all with 28 points on 14 goals and 14 assists. 14 PENN STATE* W, 4-1 Costales comes in second with 25 points (nine goals goals, 16 assists) and Burriss is third with 23 points 20 at Lindenwood* W, 5-0 (10 goals, 13 assists). 21 at Lindenwood* W, 3-0 Since the New Year, 13 diff erent Orange members have scored 45 goals, including eight goals from 27 No. 7 ROBERT MORRIS* L, 1-3 Stephanie Grossi and seven from Emily Costales. Alysha Burriss also has added fi ve goals. The Orange 28 No. 7 ROBERT MORRIS* W, 5-1 have outscored opponents, 45-23, in 2017. FEBRUARY Syracuse has had nine shutouts this season, the most in program history. Goaltender Abbey Miller 10 MERCYHURST* W, 3-0 is responsible for eight of those, setting a new Syracuse single-season record. Her seven conference 11 MERCYHURST* L, 3-2 shutouts are also a new CHA record. 17 at RIT* W, 5-2 18 RIT* W, 2-0 Tournament Schedule 24 at Penn State* W, 5-1 March 2: Quarterfi nals 25 at Penn State* W, 2-0 #3 Mercyhurst vs. #6 Lindenwood - 4:00 PM MARCH #4 Penn State vs. #5 RIT - 7:00 PM 3 CHA Tournament Semifi nals# 7 PM March 3: Semifi nals 4 CHA Tournament Championship# 4 PM #1 Robert Morris vs. lowest remaining seed - 4:00 PM #2 Syracuse vs. highest remaining seed - 7:00 PM HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS March 4: Championship Game - 4:00 PM *-CHA Game @- played at War Memorial Syracuse’s Opponent #- Buff alo, N.Y. If Mercyhurst beats Lindenwood in the fi rst game of the quarterfi nals, the Orange will take on the Lakers on Friday. If Lindenwood upsets the Lakers, ‘Cuse will play the winner of the second quarterfi nal game between MEDIA INFORMATION Penn State and RIT. Hockey SID............................. Lillie-Anne Mulligan Offi ce ........................................................... 315-443-1290 Conference Regular Season Awards Cell .................................................................270-841-7352 Syracuse had several players earn conference awards for their play during the regular season. E-mail ........................................................suacpr@syr.edu Allie Munroe was named the CHA Defenseman of the Year and earned First Team All-Conference honors. The Syracuse University Athletic Communications staff is Abbey Miller earned the CHA Goaltending Trophy and was named Second Team All-Conference. available to assist home and visiting media. Contact Lillie- Stephanie Grossi earned First Team All-Conference honors alongside Munroe. Anne Mulligan for credentials, releases, statistics or general Lindsay Eastwood was named to the All-Rookie team. hockey info and for assistance in arranging interviews with coaches and student-athletes. @CuseIce @CuseIce /OrangeWIce SYRACUSE (15-12-5, 14-4-2 CHA) Where The Orange Rank Syracuse has been tough on defense this year, holding opponents to 1.78 goals per game. That mark Orange Record When ... is the best average in College Hockey America and the ninth best in the country. Overall, the Orange Overall .................................................................................15-12-5 have allowed 57 goals this season, the least in the league by nine goals. Home ...................................................................................7-5-2 The Orange also has the eighth best penalty kill in the country with an 89.0 percent mark, allowing Away ....................................................................................8-7-3 only 18 power play goals all season. Neutral ................................................................................0-0-0 Junior goaltender Abbey Miller has the best goals against average (1.61) in the CHA and the seventh CHA Games ..........................................................................14-4-2 best in the country. She is tied for third nationally in shutouts with eight this season and her .922 save Home ...................................................................................7-2-1 percentage is the second best in the league. She also has the second best winning percentage in the Away ....................................................................................7-2-1 league (.569). Stephanie Grossi is sixth in the league in points with 28 this season, tied for fi fth in goals (14) and tied On Tuesdays ...........................................................................0-1-0 for tenth in assists with 14. On Wednesdays ....................................................................0-1-0 Emily Costales is seventh in the CHA with 25 points and tied for fi fth in assists with 16. On Fridays ...............................................................................8-3-4 Alysha Burriss is tied for ninth in the league in points with 23 and is tied for ninth in goals with 10. On Saturdays ..........................................................................7-7-1 Allie Munroe is tied for 10th in assists in the conference with 14 and is tied for the third highest scoring defenseman in the CHA with 20 points this season. She is also tied for 14th among defensemen in In September .........................................................................0-1-0 points scored per game (0.62). Heather Schwarz is tied for ninth in CHA with 10 goals in the 2016-17 campaign and tied for seventh In October................................................................................2-3-2 with two game-winners. In November ..........................................................................2-3-1 Jessica Sibley’s 14 assists on the season is tied for the tenth most in the league. In December ...........................................................................1-1-2 Savannah Rennie has the third most points among CHA freshmen with 18 points. The rookie is tied In January ................................................................................5-3-0 for fi rst in game-winning goals this season with four. She is also tied for the 10th most power play In February...............................................................................5-1-0 goals with three this season. Senior Larissa Martyniuk is tied in 10th place in the CHA among defensemen with 11 points this year. In Overtime .............................................................................0-0-5 Redshirt freshman Lindsay Eastwood has 10 points this season, eighth most among freshmen in the In One-Goal Games .............................................................0-7-0 CHA. In Two-Goal Games ..............................................................4-1-0 Games Decided by three-or-more ..............................11-4-0 Blank Score Syracuse has held nine opponents scoreless this season, including eight in conference play. The nine Leading after First Period ...............................................10-4-2 shutouts is the most in program history. The eight conference shutouts is the most by an Orange Trailing after First Period ....................................................2-6-0 team, more than doubling the previous season-high of three reached in 2012-13 and 2015-16. Tied after First Period ..........................................................3-2-3 Abbey Miller has been responsible for eight of the team’s nine shutouts. That mark is a new Syracuse and CHA single-season record. She is tied for the Orange career-high also reached by Billadeau and Leading after Second Period .........................................13-1-1 Jenesica Drinkwater. Trailing after Second Period .............................................1-9-1 Close Games Tied after Second Period....................................................1-2-3 The Orange have been in many close games this season. Of their