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Pete Souris Assistant Commissioner WOMEN’S for Public Relations Hockey East Association WEEKLY 591 North Ave – #2 Wakefield, MA 01880 RELEASE Office: (781) 245-2122 Cell: (603) 512-1166 www.HockeyEastOnline.com [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2011 WEEKLY RELEASE #4 NO. 6 BOSTON COLLEGE TAKES THREE POINTS FROM UNH IN LEAGUE OPENER ~ No. 8 Northeastern picks up two wins; No. 4 Boston U. downs Union ~ RECENT RESULTS ATHLETIC REPUBLIC CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK Friday, October 14 at No. 8 Northeastern 2, Union 1 #14 CASEY PICKETT, NORTHEASTERN (Junior Forward; Wilmington, Mass.) No. 6 Boston College 1 at New Hampshire 1 OT * Pickett potted both goals in Northeastern’s 2-1 victory over Union on Friday, and assisted No. 5 Minnesota-Duluth 5 at Connecticut 4 Kendall Coyne’s tally in the Huskies’ 3-1 triumph over Quinnipiac. Bemidji State 3 at Maine 2 OT Saturday, October 15 at No. 6 Boston College 5, New Hampshire 0* ATHLETIC REPUBLIC CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK at No. 8 Northeastern 3, Quinnipiac 1 at No. 4 Boston University 6, Union 2 #9 TAYLOR WASYLK, BOSTON COLLEGE (Sophomore Forward; Port Huron, Mich.) No. 9 Mercyhurst 5 at Providence 0 Wasylk registered three points (1g,2a) in a 5-0 win over New Hampshire on Saturday with No. 5 Minnesota-Duluth 6 at Connecticut 1 five shots on goal and a +1 plus/minus rating. The forward’s power play goal two minutes Bemidji State 7 at Maine 0 into the second period of proved to be the game-winner. at No. 7 North Dakota 9, Vermont 1 Sunday, October 16 No. 9 Mercyhurst 3 at Providence 0 PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK at No. 7 North Dakota 4, Vermont 1 #8 KAYLA TUTINO, BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Freshman Forward; Lorraine, Que.) UPCOMING GAMES Tutino notched her first career hat-trick, including a shorthanded goal, to help guide BU to a Friday, October 21 6-2 win over Union on Saturday. She recorded six shots on goal and a +2 Maine at Connecticut * (7pm) rating the the victory for the Terriers. Providence at Vermont * (7pm) Quinnipiac at Boston College (2pm) Boston University at Clarkson (3pm) WHEA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK New Hampshire at St. Lawrence (4pm) Northeastern at Princeton (7pm) #33 JENN GILLIGAN, NEW HAMPSHIRE (Freshman Goaltender; Maple Ridge, B.C.) Gilligan recorded a season-high 24 saves (.960 save%) to backbone UNH to a 1-1 tie against Saturday, October 22 fifth-ranked BC last Friday at the Whittemore Center. Stopped all three shots in OT and held Maine at Connecticut * (2pm) the Eagles scoreless on four power-play opportunities, including one in the extra session. Providence at Vermont * (4pm) Boston University at St. Lawrence (2pm) New Hampshire at Clarkson (2pm) Northeastern at Yale (3pm) WHEA TEAM OF THE WEEK Sunday, October 23 BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES Dartmouth at Boston College (2pm) The Eagles opened league play undeafeated with a tie (1-1) and a win (5-0) over the weekend against New Hampshire. BC’s penalty kill was a perfect 6-for-6 in the two-game All game times are EST set. The Eagles outshot UNH, 35-16, in game two on Saturday at Conte Forum. * denotes league games 2010-2011 WHEA STANDINGS THE 10TH ANNUAL WHEA Rk. Team GP W L T Pts Overall Conf. Off. Conf. Def. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 1. Boston College 2 1 0 1 3 2-1-1 3.00 (6) 0.50 (1) 2. New Hampshire 2 0 1 1 1 3-2-1 0.50 (1) 3.00 (6) 3. Boston University 0 0 0 0 0 4-1-0 0.00 (0) 0.00 (0) Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0-4-2 0.00 (0) 0.00 (0) Maine 0 0 0 0 0 4-2-0 0.00 (0) 0.00 (0) MARCH 3-4, 2012 Northeastern 0 0 0 0 0 4-0-0 0.00 (0) 0.00 (0) at the Hyannis Youth and Providence 0 0 0 0 0 0-4-2 0.00 (0) 0.00 (0) Community Center, Hyannis, Mass. Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0-3-2 0.00 (0) 0.00 (0) For more information visit www.hockeyeastonline.com 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 Blake Bolden, BC (Jr., D, Stow, Ohio) Posted the third three-point performance of her career on Saturday versus UNH. Corinne Boyles, BC (Jr., G, Wheaton, Ill.) Recorded 41 saves, including 16 stops in her first shutout of the season vs. UNH. Alex Carpenter, BC (Fr., F, Reading, Mass.) Recorded three points (2g,1a) in BC’s three-point weekend vs. UNH Kendall Coyne, NU (Fr., F, Palos Heights, Ill.) Had a goal and an assist on the weekend in two victories for the Huskies. Braly Hiller, BU (So., G, Marion, Mass.) Stopped 27 shots to earn her first collegiate victory over Union, 6-2, on Saturday. Jenelle Kohanchuk, BU (Sr., F, Winnipeg, Man.) Tallied three assists in the win againt Union. Genevieve Lacasse, PC (Sr, G, Kingston, Ont.) Had back-to-back games with 40+ saves, stopping 44 Saturday and 45 Sunday. Jenn Wakefield, BU (Sr., F, Pickering, Ont.) Notched two power play goals in the win over Union on Saturday. Danielle Ward, Maine (Sr., F, Lansing, Mich) Extended to scoring streak to five games on Friday night when she scored on a penalty shot. CAREER FIRSTS/MILESTONES/WHO’S HOT? TEAM NOTES Boston College: BC’s home win vs. UNH was the first for Head Coach Katie ALEX CARPENTER, BC (READING, MASS.) King Crowley and the first since the 2006-07 season...BC extended its unbeaten streak against the Wildcats to five games...Half of BC’s 28 points this season HAS SCORED IN THREE STRAIGHT GAMES FOR THE EAGLES have come from defensive players...The Eagles have seven third period goals and just four in the first two periods combined....Boston College meets Quinnipiac on Friday, Oct. 21...This will be the first meeting between the two sides since KRISTINE HORN, UNH (UTICA, MICH.) Oct. 16, 2009...The Eagles are 2-0-2 against the Bobcats since 2004. EXTENDED HER GOAL-SCORING STREAK TO FIVE GAMES Boston University: BU completed its five-game homestand with a 4-1 record SCORING THE UNH ONLY GOAL ON FRIDAY VS. THE EAGLES and three straight wins…The Terriers have scored a shorthanded goal in the last three games and in four of their first five games…Kayla Tutino’s hat-trick is the first by a BU skater since Marie-Philip Poulin did it, also as a freshman, against JackIE YOUNG, BC (MEDFORD, MASS.) Vermont on Jan. 22, 2011…The Terriers have not lost to an ECAC opponent SCORED HER FIRST COLLEGIATE GOAL ON SATURDAY VS. UNH since dropping a 3-1 decision to Princeton on Nov. 27, 2009…Jenn Wakefield has scored a goal in four of the first five games, and has potted at least a pair of goals in three of the first five games…Isabel Menard’s four-game point streak DOMINIQUE GOUTSIS, MAINE (COQUITLAM, B.C.) was snapped on Saturday…Jenelle Kohanchuk has notched at least one point in four of the first five games...BU has won three straight games, and all three played in her 100th career game on Saturday vs. Bemidji State games have had a different starting and winning goaltender. University of Connecticut: Huskies swept in home series by No. 5 Minnesota- Duluth at home...UConn fell by scores of 5-4 and 6-1 after being swept by a combined 12-0 at UMD in 2010...Emily Snodgrass (Eagan, Minn.) posted the first multi-point game of her career with a goal and an assist in game one... Taylor Gross (Colorado Springs, Colo.), the team’s leading scorer in 2010-11, netted her first goal of the season on an extra-man opportunity in the third period ARMY ROTC THREE STARS AWARD of game one...Sophomore goaltender Nicole Paniccia (Oakville, Ont.) made a At the conclusion of each Hockey East league game, the Hockey East career-high 42 saves in game two on Saturday. “Army ROTC Three Stars of The Game” are selected. Here are the leaders for the 2011-2012 season to date. University of Maine: The University of Maine women’s ice hockey team (4-2-0, 0-0-0) dropped a pair of games to Bemidji State over the weekend…On Friday, the Black Bears fell 3-2 in overtime…It was Maine’s second straight overtime Rk. Name Cl. Pos. game…The Black Bears defeated Quinnipiac 5-4 in overtime last weekend… 1. Blake Bolden, BC Jr. D Danielle Ward (Lansing, Mich.) tallied a goal in five straight games to begin the Corinne Boyles, BC Jr. G season…Ward scored on a penalty shot in the game on Friday night…She saw Taylor Wasylk, BC So. F her scoring streak come to an end on Saturday when Maine was shutout. University of New Hampshire: UNH has outscored the opposition 3-1 in the first period and 10-5 in the second period but has been outscored 8-1 in the third period...Lindsey Minton recorded 30+ saves for the fifth time in her career with a 30-save effort Oct. 15 at Boston College that included 16 third-period saves...UNH’s penalty kill held BC scoreless on four power plays Oct. 14 to improve to 21 of 22 (95.5%) through five games, but then the Eagles converted 3 of 6 power-play opportunities Oct.