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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, FEBRUARY 28, 2011 WEEKLY RELEASE #20 NORTHEASTERN, PROVIDENCE ADVANCE TO SEMIFINALS ON SATURDAY ~ Top seed BU faces Northeastern; BC faces off against Providence ~ PURE HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK RECENT RESULTS Friday, February 18 #14 CASEY PICKETT, NORTHEASTERN (Sophomore Forward; Wilmington, Mass.) No. 4 Boston U. 2 at Maine 0 * Pickett notched two goals and added an assist to lead Northeastern past UConn, 4-0, in WHEA quarterfinal play on Saturday at Freitas Ice Forum. She finished the game with six Saturday, February 19 shot on goal and a +2 rating. at No. 9 Providence 3, Vermont 2 * at Maine 3, No. 4 Boston U. 2 (OT)* Connecticut 4 at Northeastern 2 * New Hampshire 0 at No. 7 Boston College 0 (OT) * PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK #7 REBECCA MORSE, PROVIDENCE (Freshman Defenseman; Westfield, N.J.) Sunday, February 20 Morse scored a go-ahead goal in the third period of Saturday’s quar- at No. 9 Providence 6, Vermont 1* terfinal win over Maine at Schneider Arena. She finished the game with a No. 7 Boston College 2 at New Hampshire 1* +2 rating for the Friars. Northeastern 1 at Connecticut 1 (OT) * Saturday, February 26 WHEA Quarterfinals WHEA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Northeastern 4 at Connecticut 0 at Providence 5, Maine 2 #41 FLORENCE SCHELLING, NORTHEASTERN (Jr. Goaltender; Obrengstringen, Switz.) Schelling made 25 saves to record her fourth shutout of the season (10th career), a 4-0 UPCOMING GAMES victory over UConn on Saturday at Freitas Ice Forum. Saturday, March 5 WHEA Semifinals Northeastern vs. Boston University (12pm, PACK) Providence vs. Boston College (3pm, PACK) WHEA TEAM OF THE WEEK Sunday, March 6 NORTHEASTERN HUSKIES WHEA Championship Game (1pm) The Huskies shutout Connecticut, 4-0, in the opening game of the WHEA quarterfinals (Tape Delayed on NESN, 4pm) on Saturday afternoon at Freitas Ice Forum in Storrs. The win marked Northeastern’s first all-time victory in WHEA tournament play and the 13th shutout in WHEA Tournament history. All game times are EST * denotes league games 2010-2011 WHEA STANDINGS THE 9TH ANNUAL WHEA Rk. Team GP W L T Pts Overall Conf. Off. Conf. Def. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 1. Boston University * # 21 15 3 3 33 25-5-4 3.26 (66) 1.58 (33) 2. Boston College * 21 13 4 4 30 21-6-6 2.79 (55) 1.63 (32) 3. Providence * % 21 12 8 1 25 22-11-1 2.32 (53) 2.11 (43) 4. Connecticut *% 21 9 9 3 21 13-19-3 1.63 (36) 1.89 (39) 5. Northeastern * 21 6 10 5 17 15-12-8 2.05 (42) 2.26 (48) 6. Maine * 21 6 12 3 15 12-17-5 1.79 (37) 2.53 (54) MARCH 5-6, 2011 New Hampshire 21 7 13 1 15 14-16-2 1.79 (35) 2.59 (50) at BU’s Walter Brown Arena 8. Vermont 21 4 13 4 12 7-17-9 1.11 (24) 2.11 (49) For more information visit * clinched playoff spot, # clinched top seed, % clinched home ice for quarterfinals 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 Kate Bacon, PC (Jr, F, Chanhassen, Minn.) Tallied her team-leading 30th point of the season, an assist, in the Friars’ 5-2, quarterfinal win over Maine. Corinne Buie, PC (Fr, F Edina, Minn.) Scored a short-handed, empty net goal with four seconds remaining in regulation to cap the Friars’ 5-2 victory over Maine. Myriam Croussette, Maine (Jr., F, Baie-Comeau, Que.) Scored the opening goal in Saturday afternoon’s quarterfinal matchup at Providece College. Genevieve Lacasse, PC (Jr., G, Kingston, Ont.) Stopped 29 shots during the Friars 5-2 quarterfinal victory over Maine. Rachel Llanes, NU (So., F, San Jose, Calif.) Added three assists to help lead Northeastern past UConn, 4-0, on Saturday. Katie MacSorley, NU (Fr., F, Stratford, Ont.) Notched a goal to help lead Northeastern past UConn, 4-0, on Saturday. Laura Veharanta, PC (Jr., F, La Verne, Calif.) Scored two goals, including the eventual game winner, in the Friars 5-2 quarterfinal victory over Maine. CAREER FIRSTS/MILESTONES/WHO’S HOT? TEAM NOTES Boston College: Boston College will face Providence College in the semifinal round KATE BACON, PC (CHANHASSEN, MINN.) – BC’s second semifinal appearance in three years and fourth overall – of the ninthh ockey haS Six Points in heR last FoUR GaMeS east Tournament on Saturday, March 5 at 3 p.m. … The eagles are 1-2-0 against the Friars in previous league tournament match-ups, having met in three straight semifinal-round games from 2005-07 (capturing its lone win in 2006) … BC, which won the regular-season series KATIE MACSORLEY, NU (STRATFORD, oNT.) over the Friars, 2-1-0, outscored PC, 8-6, in the three-game league series. Kelli Stack and danielle Welch led all BC scorers with three goals and four points each against the Friars. noW haS liT The laMP in ThRee oF The last FoUR GaMeS in the last meeting between the teams, Welch netted a hat trick and finished the game with four points to lead BC to a 4-2 home win on Sun., Feb. 6. BRITTANY oTT, MAINe (ST. CLAIR sHORES, MICH.) Boston University: The no. 4/5 Boston University women’s ice hockey team finished haS ReCoRded 30 PlUS SaveS in FoUR oF heR last Five, the regular season with its most overall wins (25) and conference wins (15) in program ALL agaINst toP TEN OPPONENts history … The Terriers also secured their fewest loses in team history (5) … BU earned its first-ever hockey east regular-season championship in just its sixth season … on Monday, graduate student Catherine Ward, junior Jenn Wakefield and freshman Marie-Philip Poulin ALYSE RUFF, PC (TUALATIN, oRE.) were announced as nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial award, presented to the top player in nCaa division i women’s ice hockey … The trio was three of just five hockey east Played in heR 141st GaMe FoR The FRiaRS on SaTURDAY, PlaCinG heR in ThiRd players nominated for the honor … Wakefield was a top-10 finalist for the award during PlaCe on PRoGRaM’S all-TiMe GaMe’S Played list. WiTh two MoRe GaMeS She the 2008-09 season … BU will play northeastern in the hockey east semifinal round … The Will Tie The ReCoRd oF 143 Terriers are 3-0-1 against the Huskies in 2010-11 … The teams played to a 3-3 tie in their most recent outing, the Beanpot consolation game. University of Connecticut: UConn finished the 2010-11 season with a 13-19-3 record...Taylor Gross ended the season with a team-high 23 points on a team-best 12 goals and 11 assists...Jennifer Chaisson ended her collegiate career ranking third all-time in the UConn record books with 57 career assists, fourth with 84 career points and eighth with 27 ARMY ROTC THREE STARS AWARD career goals...alexandra Garcia ended the year with 903 saves, which is the second highest season total in the UConn record books...The Huskies were perfect on the penalty kill during At the conclusion of each Hockey East league game, the Hockey East “Army ROTC 23 games this season, including 11 out of the final 13 contests...Jody Sydor also ended her Three Stars of The Game” are selected. Congratulations to Boston College’s Kelli collegiate career in the UConn record books, ranking sixth with 41 career assists. Stack for winning the 2010-2011 Army ROTC Three Stars Award. University of Maine: For Maine (12-17-5, 6-12-3), Saturday afternoon’s quarterfinal matchup with Providence marked their fourth trip to WHEA post season action. After the loss, Rk. Name Cl. Pos. the Black Bears now drop to 0-4 in those matchups. However, it is not all dissapointment 1. Kelli Stack, BC Sr. F around the program. The 12 overall wins was the most Maine has had since the 2005-2006 2. Alexandra Garcia, UConn Jr. G season and the six conference wins were the most since that ‘05-’06 season as well. There 3. Jenn Wakefield, BU Jr. F was plenty to celebrate as Maine made it back to the playoffs since their ‘06pairing with new hampshire, when they lost 6-0. if there ever were morale victories in major college 4. Marie-Philip Poulin, BU Fr. F athletics, Maine’s 5-2 loss in which they led at the end of the first intermission and were tied Mary Restuccia, BC Jr. F at the end of the second, was surely that. Molly Schaus, BC Sr. G Northeastern University: Saturday’s win was the first win in theh ockey east tourna- ment for Northeastern. The Huskies are now 1-3 all-time in the Hockey East playoffs....The huskies have now allowed just three power play goals in 46 chances. in three straight games with UConn this season, NU has killed off all 11 power play chances it faced...Sophomore forward Rachel Llanes has now scored in seven of the last 10 games. She has notched two goals and nine assists in that stretch. She also has recorded multiple points in three of the last four games...Llanes notched three assists, which is the second time a Husky has achieved that feat this season.