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Pete Souris WOMEN’S Director of Public Relations Hockey East Association 591 North Ave – #2 WEEKLY Wakefield, MA 01880 RELEASE Office: (781) 245-2122 www.HockeyEastOnline.com Cell: (603) 512-1166 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010 WEEKLY RELEASE #22 BOSTON U. TAKES FIRST WHEA CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCHOOL HISTORY ~Terriers and Wildcats to compete in NCAA Quarterfinals on Saturday~ WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- The Boston University Terriers captured their first ever Women’s Hockey East Cham- pionship and extended their season into the NCAA tournament for the first time in their five-year program RECENT RESULTS existence. Both top seeds were upset in the semifinals, as UConn defeated Providence 3-2 and BU shutout Friday, February 19 UNH 4-0 before winning the championship on Sunday. Providence 4 at Vermont 2 * The fifth-seeded Connecticut Huskies upset the Hockey East regular-season league champions and top-seeded Providence Friars in a 3-2 victory Saturday afternoon at Schneider Arena. The Huskies jumped to Saturday, February 20 an early lead with momentum in their favor thanks to a three-goal first period. Not ready for their season to Providence 5 at Vermont 2* end, seniors Michelle Binning (Oshawa, Ont.) and Amy Hollstein (Pembroke, Mass.) led the way registering a at Boston University 3, Maine 1 * goal and an assist apiece. Providence didn’t back down and came back flying outshooting the Huskies 19-2 Boston College 2 at New Hampshire 1* in the second period and cutting the lead to one goal but stellar defense by the Huskies lifted them to the Northeastern 0 at Connecticut 0 OT* 3-2 victory and advanced them to their first Hockey East championship game since 2005. (NU wins shootout, 1-0) BU knocked off last year’s Hockey East defending Champions, the UNH Wildcats with a 4-0 shutout in the second semifinal game on Saturday afternoon. Despite the lopsided score, the game was as close as Sunday, February 21 ever and could have gone either way until three late third period goals gave the terriers the edge. Laurel at Northeastern 2, Connecticut 0 * Koller (St. Paul, Minn.) put the Terriers on the board early in the second with a short-handed goal. UNH had at Boston University 2, Maine 0 * plenty of chances to score but luck was not in their favor and BU snuck back in with three last minute goals, New Hampshire 4 at Boston College 1 * two from senior Melissa Anderson (Langley, B.C.). Terrier goaltender Melissa Haber stopped all 17 shot that came her way, handing the Wildcats their first shutout of the season. Saturday, February 27 In the Championship game on Sunday, BU earned their first WHEA Title Championship as both teams WHEA Quarterfinal Playoff left it all on the ice after a grueling battle and stellar goaltending on both ends. BU scored first on a power No. 5 seed UConn 4 at No. 4 Northeastern 1 play goal from freshman Kathryn Miller (Milverton, Ont.), but UConn rebounded with momentum swinging their way and matched the score when Michelle Binning (Oshawa, Ont.) netted her 20th tally of the season. BU’s Sunday, February 28 Tara Watchorn (Newcastle, Ont.) and Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week, broke the sudden death WHEA Quarterfinal Playoff overtime after she buried the game-winner at 9:52 in the overtime period. UConn goaltender Alexandra Garcia at No. 3 Boston U. 3, No. 6 Boston College 1 (Pointe-Claire, Q.C.) stopped 31 shots but it was BU’s Melissa Haber who took home Tournament Most Valu- able Player honors with 25 saves leading the Terriers to their first WHEA Championship. Saturday, March 6 With the win, the Terriers advance into the NCAA Tournament and face the No. 1 overall seed and CHA WHEA Semifinals (at Schneider Arena) Tournament Champion Mercyhurst on Saturday, March 13 at 2pm in Erie, Pa. at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. No. 5 UConn 3 vs. No. 1 Providence 2 UNH also earned a spot in the post-season and will continue their season against Minnesota-Duluth in a NCAA No. 3 Boston U. 4 vs. No. 2 New Hampshire 0 quarterfinal game to be played March 13 (3 p.m. Eastern) at the DECC. Sunday, March 7 2009-2010 WHEA STANDINGS WHEA Championship Game (at Schneider Arena, Providence, R.I.) Rk. Team GP W L T SOW Pts Overall Conf. Off. Conf. Def. Boston U. 2 vs. Connecticut 1 OT 1. Providence * 21 11 5 5 3 30 15-11-9 2.71 (59) 1.94 (44) 2. New Hampshire * 21 13 6 2 0 28 19-8-5 3.06 (65) 2.12 (41) UPCOMING GAMES Boston University * 21 10 6 5 3 28 17-8-12 2.65 (54) 2.18 (41) Saturday, March 12 Northeastern * 21 9 6 6 4 28 17-9-7 2.35 (45) 1.76 (34) NCAA Quarterfinal Playoffs 5. Connecticut * 21 10 5 6 1 26 20-9-7 2.29 (46) 1.59 (33) Boston U. at No. 1 Mercyhurst (2pm) New Hampshire at No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth (3pm) 6. Boston College * 21 7 10 4 4 22 8-17-10 1.82 (41) 2.71 (54) 7. Vermont 21 5 15 1 0 11 10-22-1 1.18 (26) 2.24 (55) All game times are EST 8. Maine 21 3 15 3 1 10 6-20-5 1.18 (24) 2.71 (58) * denotes league games * clinched playoff berth Conference games tied after 65 minutes advance to a three-player shootout with the winning team receiving an extra point in the standings (denoted in the SOW column). PURE HOCKEY BAUER DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK ROOKIE OF THE WEEK PLAYER OF THE WEEK MELISSA HABER ELISABETH STATHOPULOS TARA WATCHORN BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONNECTICUT BOSTON UNIVERSITY Senior Goaltender; Toronto, Ont. Freshman Forward; Toronto, Ont. Sophomore Defenseman; Newcastle, Ont. Haber stopped 42 of 43 shots (.977 save%) she Stathopulos scored UConn’s first goal in the 3-2 Watchorn scored the game-winning goal in faced in two games and was named MVP of the WHEA semifinal win against Providence on Satur- overtime to lift the Terriers to the Hockey East Hockey East Championship. day at Schneider Arena. championship. She was named to the WHEA All- Tournament Team for her efforts. BOSTON COLLEGE • BOSTON UNIVERSITY • UNIVERSITY of CONNECTICUT • UNIVERSITY of MAINE UNIVERSITY of NEW HAMPSHIRE • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY • PROVIDENCE COLLEGE • UNIVERSITY of VERMONT HOCKEY EAST WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS Cristin Allen, UConn (Sr., D, Pickering, Ont.) Was named to the WHEA All-Tournament Team for the Huskies. Melissa Anderson, BU (Sr., F, Langley, B.C.) Scored two goals for the Terriers on Saturday vs. PC and was named to the WHEA All-Tournament Team. Michelle Binning, UConn (Sr., F, Oshawa, Ont.) Recorded three points on the weekend (2g,1a) in the WHEA Tournament and earned All-Tournament honors. Amy Hollstein, UConn (Sr., F, Pembroke, Mass.) Registered a goal and an assists on Saturday in the 3-2 semifinal win vs. PC and was a All-Tournament selection. Kathryn Miller, BU (Fr, D, Milverton, Ont.) Scored a goal in the Terriers’ 2-1 win over Connecticut in the Hockey East championship game. CAREER FIRSTS/MILESTONES/WHO’S HOT? TEAM NOTES MELISSA aNDERSON, BU (LAnglEY, B.C.) Boston University: The Terriers won their first ever Hockeye ast championship in their fifth Became THe First 20-goal scorer iN PrOGrAM History, scoriNG Her season of varsity play...BU will also be making its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament, visiting top-ranked Mercyhurst in the quarterfinals...Senior Melissa Haber (Toronto, Ont.) has allowed 20TH ANd 21st goalS OF THe SeASON iN THe HOCKey East SeMiFinalS two goals in her last 15 periods of play and was named MVP of the Hockey East Championship... against NeW HAMPSHire Sophomore Tara Watchorn (Newcastle, Ont.) scored her first career game-winning goal in overtime to deliver BU the championship ...BU has now won six straight games and is unbeaten in 10 straight, both matching program records ...The Terriers are 1-3 in the all-time series with Mercyhurst...BU’s BOSTON UNIVERSITy PENAltY KILL win against Mercyhurst last season was the program’s first-ever win against a top-five opponent. THe TerrierS HAve Killed OFF 19 strAiGHT PenalTieS ANd HAve not University of Connecticut: The University of Connecticut women’s ice hockey saw its AllOWed A POWer-PlAy goal iN Five strAiGHT GAMeS milestone filled season come to an end in the Hockey east Championship game on Sunday. UConn posted the program’s second 20-or-more win season in the last four years and appeared in just their second-ever title game with the Boston University Terriers. The Huskies fell in just the JENELLE KOHAncHUK, BU (WINNIPEG, MAN.) tournament’s second ever overtime game after senior Michelle Binning (Oshawa, Ont.) tied it at 6:50 in the second period. The assistant captain recorded back-to-back 30 point years with her effort HAS tallied at least ONe POiNT iN each OF in 2009-10 and tied her own mark from a year ago for seventh on the Huskies’ all-time season Her Five career postseASON GAMeS scoring record...She was one of three seniors to be named to the All-Tournament Team on Sunday, following the overtime loss. Seniors Cristin Allen (Pickering, Ont.) and Amy Hollstein (Pembroke, Mass.) joined her as the three UConn players selected to the Hockey East All-Tournament Team. The trio is the most number of student-athletes to receive all-tournament honors since the 2005 season when defensemen Natalie Vibert and Tiffany Owens were selected...Sophomore Alexandra Garcia (Pointe-Claire, Que.) conclude the season with a 1.60 goals-against average which is a program record for the season to go along with her 18 wins on the year, which is also a record.