2017-2018 HOLY CROSS WOMEN’S HOCKEY HOLY CROSS (0-0-0) vs. RIT (0-0-0) OCTOBER 6/7, 2017 • 7:05, 6:05 P.M. HART CENTER ICE RINK AT THE LUTH ATHLETIC COMPLEX • WORCESTER, MASS.

GAMEDAY QUICK FACTS Holy Cross to Play RIT • The Holy Cross women’s hockey team will start the 2017-18 Stream: PLN (Only for 10/6 game) season with a home match-up against RIT at the Hart Center Live Stats: GoHolyCross.com at the Luth Athletic Complex in Worcester, Mass. @HCrossWHockey Recapping 2016-17 • Last year, the Crusaders went 22-5 overall and 14-3 in the 2017-2018 SCHEDULE & RESULTS New England Hockey Conference in NCAA Division III. • Holy Cross ranked fourth in NEHC in scoring offense, averag- DATE OPPONENT ...... TIME / SCORE ing 3.70 goals per game. Sept . 24 LAURENTIAN (EXH) ...... W 7-0 • The Crusaders ranked second in the league in scoring de- Sept . 30 NEPEAN ...... W 5-2 Oct . 6 RIT ...... 7:05 p .m . fense, allowing an average of 1.44 goals per game. Oct . 7 RIT ...... 6:05 . . . p .m . • Holy Cross finished with the league’s fifth best conversion Oct . 13 at Dartmouth ...... 6:05 p.m. rate on the power play at 18.4%. Oct . 14 at New Hampshire ...... 2:00 p.m . Oct . 18 CHINESE NATIONAL TEAM ...... 7:05 p .m . • The Crusaders were the eighth penalized team in NEHC, with Oct. 20 at Frankline Pierce ...... 7:00 p.m. 9.4 penalty minutes per game and held a 88.3% success rate Oct . 25 FRANKLIN PIERCE ...... 7:05 p .m . on the penalty kill. Nov. 3 at St. Michael’s ...... 7:00 p.m.. Nov. 4 at St. Michael’s ...... 7:05 p.m.. Nov . 11 SACRED HEART ...... 2:05 p .m . Who’s Returning Nov . 12 SACRED HEART ...... 2:05 p .m . • Fifteen skaters return for the Crusaders in the 2017-18 Nov. 17 at Harvard ...... 6:05 p.m.. season. Nov . 18 HARVARD ...... 2:05 .mp . Nov. 24 at Dartmouth...... 6:00 p.m.. • Three goalies will also return for Holy Cross. Dec. 8 at Saint Anselm...... 7:00 p.m.. • Kara Violette led the team in points (19-16-35) last season. Jan . 5 POST ...... 7:05 . p m. . • Four of the team’s top five points leaders return. Jan . 6 POST ...... 2:05 . p m. .. Jan . 13 SAINT ANSELM ...... 2:05 . . p m. . • Tessie Salatas played 917:29 minutes between the pipes for Jan . 19 SAINT MICHAEL’S ...... 2:05 p .m . the Crusaders, holding a .928 save percentage in 2016-17 Jan . 20 SAINT MICHAEL’S ...... 2:05 p .m . and enters her senior season. Jan. 26 at Sacred Heart ...... 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at Sacred Heart ...... 4:00 p.m. Feb. 2 at Post ...... 8:45 p.m. Fresh Faces Feb. 3 at Post ...... 12:45 p.m. • Head coach Peter Van Buskirk adds six to the roster for the Feb . 9 FRANKLIN PIERCE ...... 7:05 p .m . Feb. 10 at Franklin Pierce ...... 4:00 p.m. 2017-18 season - two defensemen, three forwards and one Feb . 16 SAINT ANSELM ...... 7:05 p .m . goalie. Feb. 17 at Saint Anselm ...... 3:00 p.m.. • Allison Attea and Antonia Matzka will join the defensive core. Feb. 23 Open Tournament Semifinals Feb. 24 Open Tournament Championship • Katie MacCuaig, Grace Peluso and Mackenzie Griffith join the Crusader offense. Home games, listed in BOLD CAPS • Julia Pelletier joins the Crusaders as a goalie. • “Antonia Matzka will play a major role on defense will direct All times listed are Eastern Time our power play from the blue line,” said Van Buskirk. “Katie MacCuaig is currently on our first line centered by Captain Kara Violette and Assistant Captain Samantha Girard. Julia Pelletier,our freshman goalie, has seen action in both of our two exhibition games and has played well. Grace Peluso, a forward, has played in both our games and will be counted on to add depth to our attack along with freshman forward

GoHolyCross.com Mackenzie Griffith.” • Also returning in goal for the Crusaders is sophomore Marcia LaPlante. During the 2016-17 season, LaPlante played in eight CRUSADER CAPTAINS games and made 127 saves recording a .927 save percent- • Senior Kara Violette continues at the helm of the Crusader age. leadership, serving as captain for the second consecutive season. Junior Tori Messina has also been named captain THE LAST TIME AGAINST RIT alongside Violette. • The last matchup against RIT was Feb. 18, 2007. The Crusad- • Junior Sam Girard has been named assistant captain for the ers and the Tigers tied 2-2 after ovetime. Crusaders. • RIT transistioned to NCAA Division I in the 2012-13 season. • At the time of the last match, RIT was ranked #5 in Division TRANSITION TO HOCKEY EAST III. • The Crusaders will be transistioning from the Division III NEHC into the Division I Women’s Hockey East Conference NEW ADDITIONS TO THE CRUSADER STAFF next year, for the 2018-19 season. • The team welcomes new associate head coach Katie Lacha- • This season, Holy Cross will compete against Hockey East pelle. She came to Holy Cross after nine seasons working as opponent, New Hampshire. In addition, the Crusaders will face an assistant coach at Boston University from 2008-2017. Harvard and Dartmouth, who are members of the ECAC. • Michaela Tosone also joins the staff as the new director of • The Crusaders will also have a mix of matches against operations. Tosone graduated from UMass Amherst where she Franklin Pierce, Sacred Heart, Post, Saint Michael’s and St. was a member of the women’s hockey team. Anselm. • Holy Cross will also host an exhibition game against Team China Oct. 18.

IN GOAL FOR THE CRUSADERS • Holy Cross returns three goalies, two of which are dual-sport athletes. • Senior goaltender Tessie Salatas enters the 2017-18 season having played 30 games, amassing 1743:21 minutes of play. She has made 544 saves and faced 589 shots for a career save percentage of .924 and 1.55 goals against average. She has an overall record of 25-4-0. • As a junior, Salatas played in 16 games and went 11-4-0 during the 2016-17 season. • Junior Alex Barnes also returns for the Crusaders. Barnes went 4-0-0 last season recording a .922 save percentage.

CRUSADERS TALE OF THE TAPE TIGERS 2016-17 Stats 2016-17 Stats 3 .7 Goals Per Game 1 4. 1 .4 Goals Allowed Per Game 3 2. 36 .7 Shots Per Game 21 .7 4 .7 Penalties Per Game 5 1. 18 .6% Power Play 8% 76 .4%* Penalty Kill N/A

GoHolyCross.com 2016-2017 Holy Cross Women's Ice Hockey Holy Cross Game Results (as of Oct 04, 2017) All games

Date Opponent Score Shots Overall Conf Time Att. Goalie of record Oct 28 at Sacred Heart W 3-1 17/24 1-0-0 0-0-0 1:52 192 Barnes,Alex Oct 29 SACRED HEART W 3-2 38/25 2-0-0 0-0-0 2:00 509 Barnes,Alex * Nov 4 at Plymouth State W 5-3 49/21 3-0-0 1-0-0 2:02 200 Salatas,Tessie * Nov 5 at Saint Michael's W 3-1 37/20 4-0-0 2-0-0 1:50 103 Salatas,Tessie * Nov 12 NEC W 10-1 49/15 5-0-0 3-0-0 2:00 421 Salatas,Tessie * Nov 18 SOUTHERN MAINE W 6-2 52/18 6-0-0 4-0-0 2:00 274 Salatas,Tessie * Nov 22 FRANKLIN PIERCE W 3-0 30/22 7-0-0 5-0-0 2:00 452 Salatas,Tessie Nov 26 at Bowdoin L 1-3 34/16 7-1-0 5-0-0 2:10 127 Salatas,Tessie Nov 27 WESLEYAN W 3-1 41/16 8-1-0 5-0-0 1:55 517 Laplante,Marcia * Dec 2 at Saint Anselm L 2-3 25/28 8-2-0 5-1-0 1:50 202 Salatas,Tessie Dec 06 #8 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE W 2-0 20/29 9-2-0 5-1-0 1:50 471 Laplante,Marcia Dec 10 at Colby W 6-2 30/21 10-2-0 5-1-0 2 : 0 0 135 Barnes,Alex Jan 7 vs SUNY Canton W 3-2 50/12 11-2-0 5-1-0 1:55 100 Laplante,Marcia Jan 8 vs Endicott W 4-0 38/18 12-2-0 5-1-0 2:00 107 Salatas,Tessie * Jan 13 at Castleton W 4-0 38/18 13-2-0 6-1-0 1:50 107 Laplante,Marcia * Jan 14 SAINT MICHAEL'S W 3-1 33/16 14-2-0 7-1-0 1:44 251 Salatas,Tessie * Jan 20 UNE W 3-2 48/14 15-2-0 8-1-0 2:00 217 Laplante,Marcia * Jan 21 at Franklin Pierce L 1-2 24/14 15-3-0 8-2-0 1:52 127 Salatas,Tessie * Jan 27 at UMass Boston W 3-0 32/10 16-3-0 9-2-0 1:44 217 Laplante,Marcia * Feb 2 NICHOLS W 9-1 71/3 17-3-0 10-2-0 2:00 403 Barnes,Alex * Feb 04 NORWICH W 2-1 23/20 18-3-0 11-2-0 2:00 537 Salatas,Tessie * Feb 10 at Salve Regina W 3-1 50/20 19-3-0 12-2-0 1:55 179 Laplante,Marcia * Feb 11 at Manhattanville W 7-0 44/17 20-3-0 13-2-0 1:53 231 Salatas,Tessie * Feb 16 SAINT ANSELM L 3-7 14/29 20-4-0 13-3-0 2:00 271 Laplante,Marcia * Feb 18 FRANKLIN PIERCE W 3-0 36/14 21-4-0 14-3-0 1:55 548 Salatas,Tessie Feb 25 vs Franklin Pierce W 3-0 41/10 22-4-0 14-3-0 2:00 121 Salatas,Tessie Feb 26 vs Saint Anselm L o t 2-3 26/38 22-5-0 14-3-0 3 hou 234 Salatas,Tessie

Team Record W-L-T Attendance Dates Total Avg. Overall: 22-5-0 Total: 27 7253 269 Conference: 14-3-0 Home: 12 4871 406 Home: 11-1-0 Away: 11 1820 165 Away: 8-3-0 Neutral: 4 562 140 Neutral: 3-1-0 Overtime: 0-1-0

GoHolyCross.com 2016-2017 Holy Cross Women's Ice Hockey Holy Cross Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 04, 2017) 2016-17 Women’sAll Ice games Hockey Statistics

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Oct 28 at Sacred Heart W 3-1 192 ALL GAMES 22-5-0 11-1-0 8-3-0 3-1-0 Oct 29 SACRED HEART W 3-2 509 CONFERENCE 14-3-0 8-1-0 6-2-0 0-0-0 * Nov 4 at Plymouth State W 5-3 200 NON-CONFERENCE 8-2-0 3-0-0 2-1-0 3-1-0 * Nov 5 at Saint Michael's W 3-1 103 * Nov 12 NEC W 10-1 421 * Nov 18 SOUTHERN MAINE W 6-2 274 ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% pen-min pp sh * Nov 22 FRANKLIN PIERCE W 3-0 452 16 Violette,Kara 27 19 16 35 92 . 2 0 7 5-10 2 0 Nov 26 at Bowdoin L 1-3 127 27 Scala,Elizabeth 25 13 16 29 114 . 1 1 4 9-18 3 0 Nov 27 WESLEYAN W 3-1 517 19 Girard,Sam 26 17 11 28 105 . 1 6 2 15-30 5 1 * Dec 2 at Saint Anselm L 2-3 202 21 Matthias,Julie 27 13 11 24 95 . 1 3 7 4-8 2 1 Dec 06 #8 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE W 2-0 471 24 Reilly,Maeve 27 8 7 15 68 . 1 1 8 4-8 2 0 Dec 10 at Colby W 6-2 135 23 Bagi,Isabela 14 4 10 14 45 . 0 8 9 12-24 1 0 Jan 7 vs SUNY Canton W 3-2 100 Jan 8 vs Endicott W 4-0 107 6 Hall,Erin 27 1 12 13 68 . 0 1 5 5-10 0 0 * Jan 13 at Castleton W 4-0 107 3 Lissner,Emily 27 5 7 12 40 . 1 2 5 6-12 1 1 * Jan 14 SAINT MICHAEL'S W 3-1 251 9 Messina,Tori 27 4 8 12 72 . 0 5 6 7-14 2 0 * Jan 20 UNE W 3-2 217 5 Gillis,Hannah 24 1 11 12 52 . 0 1 9 9-18 0 0 * Jan 21 at Franklin Pierce L 1-2 127 4 Gellner,Jackie 27 2 6 8 30 . 0 6 7 13-26 0 0 * Jan 27 at UMass Boston W 3-0 217 12 Doherty,Danielle 27 3 4 7 40 . 0 7 5 1-2 0 1 * Feb 2 NICHOLS W 9-1 403 25 Ashmun,Aubrey 20 3 2 5 13 . 2 3 1 1-2 0 0 * Feb 04 NORWICH W 2-1 537 * Feb 10 at Salve Regina W 3-1 179 11 Goostrey,Kelsey 21 2 2 4 19 . 1 0 5 2-4 0 0 * Feb 11 at Manhattanville W 7-0 231 20 Young,Victoria 26 1 3 4 21 . 0 4 8 12-24 0 0 * Feb 16 SAINT ANSELM L 3-7 271 22 Stevens,Sarah 19 1 2 3 17 . 0 5 9 2-4 0 0 * Feb 18 FRANKLIN PIERCE W 3-0 548 35 Salatas,Tessie 16 0 2 2 0 . 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 Feb 25 vs Franklin Pierce W 3-0 121 17 Abbenante,Lauren 3 1 0 1 11 . 0 9 1 1-2 0 0 Feb 26 vs Saint Anselm L o t 2-3 234 15 Higgins,Marissa 4 1 0 1 7 . 1 4 3 4-8 0 0 TEAM STATISTICS HC OPP 10 Kewer,Amanda 18 1 0 1 13 . 0 7 7 1-2 0 0 SHOT STATISTICS 8 Christ,Maeve 10 0 1 1 11 . 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 Goals-Shot attempts 100-990 39-508 14 O'Donnell,Meghan 25 0 1 1 12 . 0 0 0 4-8 0 0 Shot pct. .1 0 1 .0 7 7 2 Abrecht,Charlotte 6 0 0 0 3 . 0 0 0 3-6 0 0 G o a ls / G a m e 3.7 1.4 29 Cronin,Julia 3 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 S h o t s / G a m e 36.7 18.8 26 Hallisey,Maggie 5 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 POWER PLAYS 28 Hannough,Sierra 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 Goals-Power Plays 18-97 14-118 Conversion Percent .1 8 6 .1 1 9 18 Konaxis,Livvy 20 0 0 0 7 . 0 0 0 3-6 0 0 Shot Attempts 191 129 TM Team 12 0 0 0 31 . 0 0 0 2-4 0 0 Shot Percent .0 9 4 .1 0 9 Total 27 100 132 232 990 . 1 0 1 127-254 18 4 GOAL BREAKDOWN Opponents 27 39 45 84 508 . 0 7 7 105-210 14 3 Power Play 18 14 S h o r t - h a n d e d 4 3 ## Goalie gp min ga gaavg saves save% w-l-t Empty net 1 2 1 Burke,Siobhan 1 20:00 0 0.00 1 1.000 0-0-0 P e n a lt y 0 0 U n a s s is t e d 13 7 34 Laplante,Marcia 8 444:36 10 1.35 127 . 9 2 7 7-1-0 O v e r t im e 0 1 35 Salatas,Tessie 16 917:29 21 1.37 270 . 9 2 8 11-4-0 S h o o t o u t 0 0 30 Barnes,Alex 5 239:31 6 1.50 71 . 9 2 2 4-0-0 Delayed Penalty 0 0 TM EMPTY NET 12 5:53 2 - 0 . 0 0 0 0-0-0 PENALTIES Total 27 1627:29 39 1.44 469 . 9 2 3 22-5-0 N u m b e r 127 105 Opponents 27 1627:29 100 3.69 890 . 8 9 9 5-22-0 M in u t e s 254 210 P e n a lt ie s / G a m e 4.7 3.9 Pen minutes/Game 9.4 7.8 Attendance Summary HC Opponent SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att) 0-0 0-0 Total 4871 1820 Dates/Avg Per Date 12/406 11/165 Neutral Site #/Avg 4/140

Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Holy Cross 26 35 39 0 100 Opponents 10 16 12 1 39

Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Holy Cross 175 151 137 6 469 Opponents 291 334 261 4 890

GoHolyCross.com 2017-18 Women’s Ice Hockey Roster No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown / Last Team (League) 1 Julia Pelletier G 5-7 Fr. Pelham, N.H. (Worcester Academy ) 2 Charlotte Abrecht D 5-7 So. Weston, Mass. (Noble and Greenough ) 3 Emily Lissner F 5-2 Sr. Woburn, Mass. (Woburn Memorial) 4 Jackie Gellner D 5-4 Jr. Glen Dale, W.Va. (John Marshall High School) 5 Hannah Gillis D 5-4 So. Northborough, Mass. (St. Mark’s ) 6 Katie MacCuaig F 5-6 Fr. Massena, N.Y. (Massena Central) 8 Maeve Christ D 5-7 So. East Amherst, N.Y. (Mount St. Mary ) 9 Tori Messina D 5-8 Jr. Hingham, Mass. (Hingham) 10 Amanda Kewer F 5-6 Jr. Oakdale, Conn. (Pomfret School) 11 Kelsey Goostrey F 5-3 Sr. Jackson, Mich. (Napoleon) 12 Danielle Doherty F 5-7 Jr. Wakefield, Mass. (Brooks School) 14 Allison Attea D 5-7 Fr. Buffalo, N.Y. (Nichols School ) 16 Kara Violette F 5-4 Sr. Greene, Maine (St. Mark’s (Mass.)) 17 Lauren Abbenante F 5-7 Sr. Cranston, R.I. (Worcester Academy) 19 Sam Girard F 5-9 Jr. Dedham, Mass. (Dedham) 20 Victoria Young D/F 5-9 So. Hanson, Mass. (Tabor Academy) 21 Julie Matthias F 5-5 Jr. Thornton, Colo. (Monarch High School) 22 Sarah Stevens F 5-7 So. Avon, Conn. (Loomis Chaffee) 23 Antonia Matzka D 5-8 Fr. Moedling, Austria (Berkshire School) 24 Maeve Reilly F 5-7 Jr. Ridgefield, Conn. (Immaculate High School) 25 Mackenize Griffith F 5-4 Fr. West Hartford, Conn. (Westminster) 26 Maggie Hallisey F 5-7 So. Wethersfield, Conn. (East Catholic ) 27 Grace Peluso D/F 5-8 Fr. Edina, Minn. (Benilde St. Margarets) 28 Sierra Hannough F 5-7 Sr. Hudson, Quebec (Taft School) 30 Alex Barnes G 5-6 Jr. North Yarmouth, Maine (North Yarmouth Academy) 34 Marcia LaPlante G 5-3 So. Waasis, New Brunswick (St. Mark’s ) 35 Tessie Salatas G 5-10 Sr. Laval, Quebec (Kent)

Head Coach: Peter Van Buskirk (18th Season / New Hampshire, 1965) Associate Head Coach: Katie Lachapelle (First Season / Providence, 1999) Assistant Coach: Maddy Norton (Second Season / Union, 2014)

PRONUCIATION GUIDE Julia Pelletier Pell-UH-tee-AIR Charlotte Abrecht UH-Breck Kaite MacCuaig MUH-quaig Maeve Christ KRIST Kelsey Goostrey GOOS-tree Danielle Dohery DOE-er-TY Allison Attea Uh-TAY-tah Kara Violette VI-oh-LET Lauren Abbenante Ab-uh-nant-EH Sam Girard JA-rard Julie Matthias MA-thigh-US Antonia Matzka Mah-zka Maggie Hallisey Hall-AH-see Sierra Hannough HAN-oh Tessie Salatas SAL-uh-TUS

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