Mercyhurst LAKERS at R.I.T. TIGERS
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MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY 2018-19 WOMEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES 16 CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS • 14-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 12 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 4 FROZEN FOUR APPEARANCES •2009 NATIONAL RUNNER-UP GAME #25 Mercyhurst LAKERS (11-10-3, 8-3-0 CHA) at R.I.T. TIGERS THE SERIES VS. R.I.T. Mercyhurst leads all-time series: 22-5-0 GF:102 9-12-4, 5-6-0 CHA) GA: 39 Current Streak: L1 AT THE GENE POLISSENI CENTER (Rochester, N.Y.) Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 1:00 PM 2018-19 MERCYHURST SCHEDULE Sept. 22 MARKHAM THUNDER (exhibition) L, 3-1 THE GAME Sept. 28 at #3 Minnesota L, 2-4 The Mercyhurst women’s ice hockey team is set to travel to the Sept. 29 at #3 Minnesota L, 0-5 Rochester Institute of Technology on Feb. 2 for a 1:00 p.m. puck drop, as a make-up game from, twice postponed, Jan. 19 and Jan. 31. Oct. 5 #2 WISCONSIN L, 1-6 Oct. 6 #2 WISCONSIN L, 3-5 Oct. 12 at Syracuse* W, 4-2 THE COACHES MIKE SISTI (Canisius ‘90) enters his 20th season as the first and only Oct. 13 at Syracuse* W, 1-0 head coach of the Mercyhurst women’s hockey program. He holds Oct. 19 ROBERT MORRIS* W, 4-2 a 473-171-51 career record. His win total is the tied for second most Oct. 20 ROBERT MORRIS* L, 1-5 amoung all-time Division I women’s hockey coaches. Under his direction, the Lakers have won 14 conference titles, qualified for the Oct. 26 PENN STATE* W, 2-1 NCAA Tournament 12 times and appeared in the Frozen Four four Oct. 27 PENN STATE* W, 5-4 (OT) times. Nov. 3 at Lindenwood* L, 1-4 Nov. 4 at Lindenwodd* W, 5-0 CHAD DAVIS (American International ‘04) enters his first season as the Nov. 10 #7 CORNELL T, 4-4 head coach of the RIT women’s ice hockey program. He is the 14th Nov. 11 #7 CORNELL T, 0-0 coach in program history. He comes to the Tigers from Adrian College Nov. 26 at Union College W, 5-2 where he lead the team to a 150-37-10 record, three consecutive berths in the NCAA Division III Championship, including a runner- Dec. 7 BEMIDJI STATE W, 3-0 up finish in 2016-17, and three straight Northern Collegiate Hockey Dec. 8 BEMIDJI STATE L, 1-3 Association Championships. Davis was named the AHCA/CCM Division Dec. 15 at #8 Ohio State L 2-1 (OT) III Women’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year in 2017. Dec. 16 at #8 Ohio State L, 2-9 Jan. 5 #9 COLGATE T, 1-1 Jan. 6 #9 COLGATE W, 8-5 Jan. 18 at RIT* L, 2-4 Jan. 25 LINDENWOOD* W, 2-0 Jan. 26 LINDENWOOD* W, 4-2 Feb. 2 at RIT* 1:00 pm 2018-19 COLLEGE HOCKEY AMERICA STANDINGS Feb. 8 SYRACUSE* 6:00 PM CONFERENCE OVERALL PTS W-L-T Pct. W-L-T PCT Feb. 9 SYRACUSE* 1:00 PM Robert Morris 19 9-2-1 0.792 11-11-4 0.500 Feb. 15 at Penn State* 6:00 PM Mercyhurst 16 8-3-0 0.727 11-10-3 0.521 Syracuse 13 6-5-1 0.542 6-17-1 0.280 Feb. 16 at Penn State* 3:00 PM RIT 10 5-6-0 0.455 9-12-1 0.440 Penn State 9 4-7-1 0.375 10-10-5 0.500 Feb. 22 at Robert Morris* 7:05 PM Lindenwood 3 1-10-1 0.125 5-17-2 0.250 Feb. 23 at Robert Morris* 3:05 PM March 1 RIT* 6:00 PM March 2 RIT* 1:00 PM SEASON LEADERS NOTES 18-19 CHA AWARD WINNERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK GAMES PLAYED Fourteen players tied with 24 LAST TIME WE MET Maggie Knott Oct. 15, 2018 Alexa Vasko 23 Mercyhurst traveled to RIT on Jan. 18 and lost 4-2. Emma Nuutinen Oct. 29, 2018 Megan Korzack 23 Maggie Knott Nov. 5, 2018 Sarah Hine 22 Vilma Tanskanen 22 Emma Nuutinen, Samantha Fieseler, Tanskanen, Knott and Summer-Rae Dobson Dec. 10, 2018 Emma Nuutinen 20 Vasko had points for Mercyhurst. Blair made 28 saves in net. Emma Nuutinen Jan. 7, 2019 Sarah McDonnell 15 Summer-Rae Dobson Jan. 28, 2019 GOALS Logan Land, Ellie Larson, Mallory Rushton, Kathryn Kennedy, GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK Emma Nuutinen 12 Kandice Sheriff, Brittney Gout, Tori Haywood and Madison Alexo Vasko 7 Sarah McDonnell Oct. 15, 2018 Sarah Hine 6 Itagaki recorded points for RIT. Terra Lanteigne stopped 39 Sarah McDonnell Dec. 10, 2018 Summer-Rae Dobson 5 shots in net. Sam Isbell 5 Vilma Tanskanen 5 ASSISTS Maggie Knott 14 ALL-TIME SERIES Summer-Rae Dobson 9 Sam Isbell 9 Mercyhurst leads the all-time series 22-5-0, including a 8-2-0 Emma Nuutinen 8 edge in the last 10 games. Vilma Tanskanen 8 Alexa Vasko 6 Molly Blasen 6 POINTS Emma Nuutinen 20 LAST TIME OUT - MERCYHURST vs LINDENWOOD Jan. 25-26, Maggie Knott 17 Summer-Rae Dobson 14 2019 Sam Isbell 14 Alexa Vasko 13 The Lakers are coming off of a weekend sweep of Lindenwood Vilma Tanskanen 13 as they won 2-0 on Friday and 4-2 on Saturday. Sarah Hine 11 USCHO.COM POLL - Jan. 28 On Friday, Megan Korzack recorded a goal and an assist while PENALTIES # TEAM RECORD PTS LAST Rachel Marmen 14 Sam Isbell scored the Lakers other goal. Michele Robillard, 1 Wisconsin (10) 23-3-0 145 1 Summer-Rae Dobson 12 Liliane Perrault and Maggie Knott had single assists. Sarah 2 Minnesota (5) 24-3-1 140 2 Emma Nuutinen 12 3 Northeastern 19-3-3 120 3 Vilma Tanskanen 12 McDonnel made 24 saves in the Lakers’ 2-0 shut out. Maggie Knott 10 4 Princeton 13-2-5 101 4 Same Isbell 9 5 Clarkson 20-5-1 90 5 On Saturday, Mercyhurst scored four unanswered goals to 6 Cornell 13-2-5 73 6 come back from a two-goal deficit and win 4-2. Summer-Rae 7 Boston College 18-9-0 56 9 PENALTY MINUTES 8 Boston University 14-6-6 37 10 Summer-Rae Dobson 37 Dobson had two goals and two assists, Alexa Vasko recorded Rachel Marmen 28 one goal and one assist and Vilma Tanskanen had one goal. 9 Ohio State 15-11-0 30 7 Vilma Tanskanen 24 10 Colgate 14-8-4 27 8 Emma Nuutinen 24 Sarah Hine tallied two assists while Molly Blasen picked up one Maggie Knott 20 assist. Kennedy Blair made 21 saves in net. Others Receiving Votes: Providence (2), Merrimack (2), Sam Isbell 18 Minnesota Duluth (2) POWER PLAY GOALS Emma Nuutinen 3 SCOUTING THE LIONS Samantha Fieseler 2 Sam Isbell 2 RIT is coming into the weekend with a 9-12-4, 5-6-0 record. Summer-Rae Dobson 2 They are series with Robert Morris where they fell 3-1 and 2-0. Alexa Vasko 2 Five players tied with 1 Kendall Cornine is on top of the Tiger roster with nine goals SHORTHANDED GOALS and 16 points. Gout leads with 11 assists and has 14 points. Emma Nuutinen 2 Next is Larson with 13 points. Vilma Tanskanen 1 Sarah Hine 1 Lanteigne has a 9-11-4 record with a 2.07 goals against average GAME-WINNING GOALS and a .941 save percentage. She ranked third in the nation for Emma Nuutinen 2 her save percentage. Jenna de Jonge has a 0-1-0 record, 10.40 Megan Korzack 2 Seven players tied with 1 GAA and .765 save percentage. Jessi O’Leary has made five USA TODAY POLL - Jan. 29 saves in net. # TEAM RECORD PTS LAST SHOTS 1 Wisconsin (19) 23-3-0 190 1 Sam Isbell 77 The Tigers are ranked 21st in the nation with 15.0 percent and 2 Minnesota 24-3-1 171 2 Emma Nuutinen 73 3 Northeastern 19-3-3 152 3 Alexa Vasko 71 ranked 36th on the penalty kill going 78.9 percent. 4 Princeton 13-2-5 127 4 Vilma Tanskanen 54 Molly Blasen 40 5 Clarkson 20-5-1 114 5 Summer-Rae Dobson 39 6 Cornell 13-2-5 100 6 Sarah Hine 38 7 Boston College 18-9-0 75 9 Emily Pinto 38 8 Boston University 14-6-6 49 10 LAKER RECORD 9 Ohio State 15-11-0 38 7 BLOCKED SHOTS Mercyhurst is coming into the weekend with a 11-10-3, 8-3-0 10 Colgate 14-8-4 25 8 K.K. Thiessen 57 record. Morgan Stacey 50 Others Receiving Votes: Merrimack (24), Providence (1), Rachel Marmen 35 Minnesota Duluth (1) Molly Blasen 33 Alexa Vasko 25 LAKER LEADERS PLUS/MINUS RATING Maggie Knott +5 Nuutinen is on top of the Laker roster with 12 goals and 20 Rachel Marmen +4 points. Knott leads with 13 assists and has 16 points. Sam Isbell Emma Nuutinen +1 Alexane Rheaume +1 is next with 13 points and Tanskanen has 12 points. Morgan Stacey +1 SUPERLATIVES NOTES Home record .......................................................... 7-4-3 BETWEEN THE PIPES She recorded two goals in four games. She earned Away record ............................................................ 4-6-0 McDonnell has earned a 9-3-1 record with a 2.06 her second bronze medal, as Team Finland earned Neutral site record ................................................ 0-0-0 GAA and .915 save percentage. Blair has a 2-6-2 its 14th.