2013-14 UNH WOMENS ICE HOCKEY University of New Hampshire 2013-14 Women’s Hockey UNH Wildcats (1-1-0, 0-0-0 ) vs RIT Tigers (0-1-0, 0-0-0 CHA) Friday, October 4 @ 7 pm – – Durham, N.H. UNH Wildcats (1-1-0, 0-0-0 Hockey East) vs Syracuse Orange (0-0-0, 0-0-0 CHA) Saturday, October 5 @ 2 pm – Whittemore Center – Durham, N.H. – TV: Live Well Network Overall 1-1-0 Hockey East 0-0-0 Home 0-0-0 Away 1-1-0 Neutral 0-0-0 Streak W-1 Links to live stats & video available at unhwildcats.com Schedule & Results SEPTEMBER THE MATCHUPs 27 Fri at St. Lawrence 2-4 L The University of New Hampshire women’s ice hockey team carries a 28 Sat at St. Lawrence 2-1 W 1-1-0 overall record into the weekend games against CHA representatives OCTOBER RIT (Oct. 4, 7 p.m.) and Syracuse (Oct. 5, 2 p.m.). Saturday’s game vs. 4 Fri RIT 7 pm Syracuse will be televised live on the Live Well Network. 5 Sat Syracuse (Live Well Network) 2 pm UNH has a 12-0-0 lifetime record against RIT, but these programs 13 Sun Maine • (White Out the Whitt) 2 pm have not met since Dec. 3, 1994, when the Wildcats prevailed 9-2 on the 16 Wed at College • 7 pm road. UNH has won all eight home games vs. the Tigers, but all of those 26 Sat at Penn State 7 pm games were played at Snively Arena. 27 Sun at Penn State 2 pm New Hampshire has a 2-2-0 lifetime record against Syracuse – three NOVEMBER of the four meetings have been decided by one goal (the other was a two- 1 Fri Boston U. • (Blue Out the Whitt) 7pm goal margin). Last year, the Wildcats were 4-3 victors in the season opener 3 Sun at Northeastern • 2 pm 7 Thur Providence • 7 pm at SU. The last time these teams faced off in the Whittemore Center (Oct. 10 Sun at Vermont • 2 pm 8, 2011), the Orange left Durham with a 2-1 victory. 15 Fri at Princeton 3 pm 16 Sat at Quinnipiac 2 pm Hockey East Bestows UNH Three Awards 24 Sun Boston U. •(Blue Out the Whitt) 2 pm Sophomore goaltender Vilma Vaattovaara was named co-Player of the 30 Sat Ohio State 2 pm Week and freshman forward Cassandra Vilgrain was honored as Rookie DECEMBER of the Week by Women’s Hockey East on Monday (Sept. 30). The league 1 Sun Ohio State (Live Well Network) 1 pm also announced the UNH Wildcats as the Hockey East Team of the Week. 6 Fri at Harvard 7 pm Vaattovaara had a 1-0-0 record last week with a 1.00 GAA and .976 8 Sun Dartmouth 2 pm save percentage as she recorded a career-high 41 saves to backbone UNH JANUARY to a 2-1 victory at St. Lawrence (Sept. 28). She tallied double-digit saves 11 Sat at Providence • 7 pm all three periods, including a personal-best, single-period 16 in the first 18 Sat at UConn • 3 pm period. 19 Sun UConn • 2 pm 25 Sat at • 2 pm Vilgrain recorded one point with an assist in the two-game series at 26 Sun Boston College • 2 pm SLU. She set up the game-winning goal Sept. 28 by tallying the primary FEBRUARY assist on UNH’s goal that produced a 2-0 lead early in the third period. 1 Sat at Maine • 3 pm Vilgrain had a +1 plus/minus rating in that game and the series. 2 Sun at Maine • 3 pm 8 Sat at Boston U. • 3 pm The State of New Hampshire 9 Sun UConn •(Fox College Sports) 2 pm New Hampshire opened the 2013-14 season last weekend with a two- 15 Sat Vermont •(Fox College Sports) 2 pm game series split at St. Lawrence University. The Wildcats were upended 16 Sun Vermont • 2 pm 4-2 on Friday (Sept. 27) but responded with a 2-1 victory Saturday (Sept. 22 Sat at Northeastern • 2 pm 28). 23 Sun Northeastern • 2 pm UNH returns 18 letterwinners from last year’s team that went 14- MARCH 16-4 overall and finished fourth in the Hockey East standings with a 1 Sat WHEA quarterfinal 10-8-3 league record. UNH also has three newcomers (all freshmen) for HOME GAME IN BOLD CAPS a 21-player roster consisting of 12 forwards, five defensemen and four • Hockey East league game goaltenders. Brian McCloskey enters his 12th season as UNH women’s ice hockey head coach. He has compiled a 247-105-38 overall record, which calculates to a .683 win percentage. The top two point-producing forwards were lost to graduation, but five double-digit performers are back in 2013-14. They are junior assistant captain Hannah Armstrong (11-8-19), senior Jessica Hitchcock (9-9-18), Twitter.com/UNHWildcats senior Arielle O’Neill (8-7-15), sophomore Sara Carlson (7-7-14) and senior captain Nicole Gifford (3-10-13). Twitter.com/UNHWomensHockey Two juniors – Caroline Broderick, Jess Ryan – and two sophomores – Hashtag: UNHHockey Megan Armstrong, assistant captain Alexis Crossley – return to patrol the blue line. Crossley led all ‘Cats in assists (17) and ranked second overall Facebook.com/UNHWildcats in points (24) en route to being named a Hockey East Second Team All- Star and All-Rookie Team honoree. Armstrong was second among UNH YouTube.com/UNHAthletics 2013-14 UNH WOMENS ICE HOCKEY 2013-14 UNH WOMENS ICE HOCKEY defensemen in goals (four) and points (13). In goal, junior Jenn Gilligan started 20 of the last 24 games of the Tale of the Tape 2012-13 season and was a Hockey East Honorable Mention selection. UNH RIT SU Sophomores Vilma Vaattovaara (12 gp) and Marie-Eve Jean (4 gp) also Games played 2 1 36 return between the pipes. Record 1-1-0 0-1-0 20-15-1 Grand Opening Conference 0-0-0 0-0-0 13-6-1 New Hampshire has a 28-6-2 lifetime record in home openers, in- Home 0-0-0 0-0-0 10-8-0 cluding 13-3-2 at the Whittemore Center since the venue opened in fall Away 1-1-0 0-1-0 9-7-1 1995. Last year, the Wildcats lost 4-3 to the and Neutral 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 that ended a 10-year unbeaten streak (8-0-2) in home-opening games. Current streak W-1 L-1 UNH has never faced off against RIT in a home opener. Last 5 1-1-0 0-1-0 ‘Cat Nips Goals 4 1 97 Sophomore forward Sara Carlson is the only Wildcat skater who Goals per game 2.00 1.00 2.69 recorded a point in both games last weekend at St. Lawrence and is the Assists 5 2 148 only ‘Cat with multiple points. She tallied an assist in the opener, then Assists per game 2.50 2.00 4.11 scored the game-winning goal the next day when her third-period goal Points 9 3 245 gave UNH a 2-0 lead. Points per game 4.50 3.00 6.81 UNH had four different goal scorers last weekend. In addition to Shots 42 13 1247 Carlson, Nicole Gifford, Jenna Lascelle and Caroline Broderick each potted a goal. Shooting pct. .095 .077 .078 Five different Wildcats tallied an assist. In addition to Carlson, Jessica Goals allowed 5 12 74 Hitchcock, Heather Kashman, Kayla Mork and Cassandra Vilgrain tallied Scoring defense 2.50 12.00 2.06 helpers. It was the first career point for the rookie Vilgrain. Shutouts for/against 0/0 0/0 8/1 Power play goals/opp. 1/8 0/2 21/167 50 On the Horizon Power play pct. .125 .000 .126 Senior forward Nicole Gifford is on the verge of recording her 50th Penalty kill 13/16 5/9 134/154 career point. She enters the weekend with 48 points (19g, 29a) in 102 games. Penalty kill pct. .812 .556 .870 Classmate and fellow forward Arielle O’Neill is also approaching the Shorthanded for/opp. 0/0 0/0 4/1 50-point milestone. She enters Friday’s game with 45 points (22g, 23a) in Goals leader four w/1 Zach/1 Scharfe/11 102 career games. Assist leader five /1w two w//1 two w/14 Points leader Carlson/2 three w/1 Ferrara/24 Countdown to 250 Head coach Brian McCloskey enters the weekend with 247 victories. Now in his 12th season at the UNH helm, McCloskey has compiled an overall record of 247-105-38 that includes 150-52-21-1 in Hockey East. Period Breakdown UNH’s record... What Just Happened 1 2 3 OT in 1-goal games 1-0 New Hampshire opened the 2013-14 season with a two-game series Goals 0 2 2 – in 2-goal games 0-1 at St. Lawrence University. SLU won 4-2 last Friday but UNH responded UNH thumbnail with a 2-1 victory Saturday. opp. goals 2 2 1 0 in 3+ goal games 0-0 SLU recorded the shot advantage both games (31-21; 42-21). On Shots 13 22 7 – scoring <3 goals 1-1-0 special teams, the Wildcats went 1-for-8 on the power play while SLU opp. shots 27 22 24 – scoring 3+ goals 0-0-0 was 3 of 16. Saves 25 20 23 – allowing <3 goals 1-0-0 In the Sept. 27 opener, the Saints netted goals 17 seconds apart mid- Opp. saves 13 20 5 – allowing 3+ goals 0-1-0 way through the first period to quickly take a 2-0 lead. Nicole Gifford’s power-play goal 57 seconds into the second stanza lifted the Wildcats within 2-1, but SLU potted power-play goals at 7:33 and 14:44 to establish Captain of the ‘Cats a 4-1 advantage. Jenna Lascelle struck with 2:38 remaining in the second Senior forward Nicole Gifford is captain of the 2013-14 Wildcats. period to trim the deficit to 4-2, but the ‘Cats would get no closer the rest Gifford ranked fifth on the team in assists (10) and also scored three goals of the way. Marie-Eve Jean, who was pulled favor of an extra skater for – all on the power play – for a total of 13 points last year. She has 48 points the final 83 seconds of the game, was credited with 27 saves. (19g, 29a) in 102 career games. One day later, Vilma Vaattovaara stopped 16 shots in the first period Junior forward Hannah Armstrong and sophomore defenseman Alexis en route to a career-high 41 saves in UNH’s 2-1 victory. Following two Crossley are the assistant captains. scoreless periods, Caroline Broderick struck at 1:20 and Sara Carlson Armstrong rebounded from an injury-plagued 2011-12 season to skate scored 79 seconds later (at 2:39) to give the Wildcats a 2-0 lead. SLU in all 34 games a year ago. She ranked fourth overall – and is the leader pulled its goaltender the final 5:48 of the game and, while on the power among returning forwards – with 19 points on 11 goals and eight assists; play, pulled within one goal with 83 seconds to play. she was second in goals. Crossley was a highly decorated freshman in 2012-13 with Hockey What Happens Next East Second Team All-Star, All-Rookie Team, Rookie of the Month and UNH plays host to interstate rival Maine for White Out the Whitt just All-Academic Team included among her accolades. Crossley led all ‘Cats once in the 2013-14 season, and it happens Oct. 13 (2 p.m.). in both assists (17) and power-play goals (five), and she ranked second in points (24). In the league, she was second in defenseman scoring, third in blocked shots (64) and fifth in both freshman scoring and power-play points (13). 2013-14 UNH WOMENS ICE HOCKEY 2013-14 UNH WOMENS ICE HOCKEY Senior Snipers Senior forwards Jessica Hitchcock and Arielle O’Neill are two of the UNH vs. RIT top returning point producers. Overall: UNH leads 12-0-0 Hitchcock is a second-year Wildcat who was also a two-year let- At home: 8-0-0 terwinner at Niagara University. She scored a goal in her UNH debut and On the road: 4-0-0 ended the 2012-13 season ranked third in goals (nine) and fifth in points At neutral sites: 0-0-0 (18). Hitchcock also ranked third in shots. Current streak: UNH, 12 games O’Neill, a three-time Hockey East All-Academic Team honoree, Longest streak: UNH, 12 games skated in 102 of 103 games the past three seasons. She netted eight goals First meeting: Feb. 7, 1987 (UNH win, 5-1) last year as a junior to rank fourth on the team, and she also tallied seven Last meeting: Dec. 3, 1994 (UNH win, 9-2) assists for a total of 15 points. Last UNH win: Dec. 3, 1994 (9-2) Last RIT win: n/a Equal Opportunity Wildcat Scoring: UNH-85; RIT-12 Sara Carlson was one of three freshman – the only forward – to skate in all 34 games last year; she was equal finisher, equal playmaker with series breakdown vs. RIT seven goals and seven assists for 14 points. 02/07/87 H UNH 5-1 01/21/90 H UNH 8-1 01/30/88 A UNH 8-1 01/26/91 H UNH 5-0 Mine, Mine, Mine, Mine, Mine, Mine 01/31/88 A UNH 3-2 12/07/91 A UNH 7-0 Sophomore forward Brittney Redlick scored six goals to account for 02/11/89 H UNH 5-2 02/07/93 H UNH 8-0 all six of her points in 26 games played last season. 02/12/89 H UNH 5-0 12/04/93 H UNH 13-0 01/20/90 H UNH 9-3 12/03/94 A UNH 9-2 Healthy Returns Heather Kashman (sophomore) and Jonna Curtis (freshman) return UNH vs. Syracuse from redshirt seasons in 2012-13. Injury sidelined Kashman last year after recording 10 points (7g, 3a) as a freshman. Curtis had a strong start to her Overall: Series tied 2-2-0 UNH career with three multiple-point efforts in the first five games, but At home: 1-1-0 then she was sidelined by injury the rest of the season and was awarded a On the road: 1-1-0 redshirt season; Curtis tallied six points (2g, 4a) in five games. At neutral sites: 0-0-0 Current streak: UNH, one game The Puck Stops Here Longest streak: UNH, one game; SU, one game The Wildcats once again have four goaltenders on the 2013-14 roster First meeting: Oct. 10, 2009 (UNH win, 2-1) with three returning netminders (one junior, two sophomores) and one Last meeting: Oct. 5, 2012 (UNH win, 4-3) incoming freshman. Last UNH win: Oct. 5, 2012 (4-3) After missing the first 10 games of the 2012-13 season, Jenn Gilligan Last SU win: Oct. 8, 2011 (2-1) started 20 of the last 24 games and finished with a 10-5-3 record, 2.29 Scoring: UNH-9; SU-10 GAA, 909 save percentage and two shutouts. Her stats improved in league games with a 2.06 GAA and .915 save percentage. With those numbers, series breakdown vs. SU Gilligan was a Hockey East Honorable Mention selection. 10/08/11 H SU 1-2 Gilligan went unbeaten (3-0-0) in November and was honored as 10/10/09 H UNH 2-1 10/05/12 A UNH 4-3 Hockey East Goaltender of the Month in January by virtue of a 1.81 GAA 10/08/10 A SU 2-4 and .924 save percentage. Current ‘cats vs. the Orange Vilma Vaattovaara played in 12 games, including 10 starts, a year ago and compiled a 3-9-0 record with a 4.04 GAA and .868 save percentage. Player GP G a PT Marie-Eve Jean went 1-1-1 with a 2.71 GAA and .906 save percent- Hitchcock (includes with Niagara) 10 3 3 6 age in four games (two starts) last year as a freshman. In Hockey East O’Neill 3 2 0 2 league action, Jean was unbeaten (1-0-1) with a 1.45 GAA and .935 save Carlson 1 1 1 2 percentage. H. Armstrong 3 0 1 1 Gifford 3 0 1 1 Incoming ‘Cats M. Armstrong 1 0 0 0 UNH has three incoming student-athletes – all freshmen – with one Broderick 2 0 0 0 new forward, defenseman and goaltender. Crossley 1 0 0 0 The lone newcomer to the forward corps is Cassandra Vilgrain. She Curtis 1 0 0 0 led the Edge School for Athletes to a gold medal at the World Sport School Kashman 1 0 0 0 Challenge, where she was named the tournament’s top forward, and to the Lascelle 2 0 0 0 JWHL championship game. Mork 2 0 0 0 Kate Haslett comes to UNH from Brooks School, where she captained Ryan 2 0 0 0 the team as a senior defenseman and was named ISL All-League and All- Second Team. Player GP Min GA Svs W-L-T Ashley Wilkes played between the pipes at North American Hockey Gilligan 1 58:06 2 12 0-1-0 Academy in 2012-13, when she had a 19-0-1 record with a 1.09 GAA and Vaattovaara 1 59:55 3 35 1-0-0 .942 save percentage to garner JWHL First Team All-Star recognition and backbone NAHA to the league title.

Facing Off Arielle O’Neill led UNH and was second in Hockey East in faceoff win percentage (64.5%). She won 343 of 532 faceoffs. It was Nicole Gifford, however, who took the highest total of faceoffs 2013-14 UNH WOMENS ICE HOCKEY 2013-14 UNH WOMENS ICE HOCKEY with 661. She won 347 draws for a .525 win percentage. unh’s record when... Current ‘Cats With Hat Tricks Three current UNH skaters have scored three goals in a game. at home...... 0-0-0 Hannah Armstrong - Feb. 11, 2013 vs. Connecticut on the road...... 1-1-0 Nicole Gifford - Nov. 26, 2011 vs. Princeton at a neutral site...... 0-0-0 Jenna Lascelle - Dec. 12, 2011 vs. Dartmouth in September...... 1-1-0 Spanning the Globe in October...... 0-0-0 The Wildcats are a team made up of student-athletes from around in November...... 0-0-0 the world. In the geographic breakdown, 12 ‘Cats hail from Canada while in December...... 0-0-0 eight are from the United States and one calls Finland home. in January...... 0-0-0 in February...... 0-0-0 UNH records 700th win in March...... 0-0-0 UNH, now in its 37th year at the varsity level, is the winningest on Monday...... 0-0-0 women’s college hockey program in the United States with an overall on Tuesday...... 0-0-0 record of 726-231-73 for a .741 winning percentage. The Wildcats attained the most recent century milestone Feb. 3, 2011 with a 4-2 road victory on Wednesday...... 0-0-0 against third-ranked . on Thursday...... 0-0-0 In 36 years, the Wildcats have won one national championship (1998; on Friday...... 0-1-0 AWCHA), four Hockey East tournament championships, six Hockey East on Saturday...... 1-0-0 regular-season titles, five ECAC tournament championships and four on Sunday...... 0-0-0 EAIAW championships. UNH made five consecutive NCAA tourney ap- vs. ranked teams...... 0-0-0 pearances (2006-10) with two trips to the Frozen Four in that span. vs. Hockey East...... 0-0-0 Here is a time line for each century mark: vs. CHA...... 0-0-0 Mark Date Opponent Result Game # Record vs. ECAC...... 1-1-0 1st win 12/03/77 Colby 8-4 1 1-0-0 100 02/02/83 at Dartmouth 7-1 103 100-1-2 vs. WHCA...... 0-0-0 200 01/15/89 St. Lawrence 5-2 227 200-20-7 scoring first...... 1-0-0 300 11/27/94 vs. Providence 5-2 371 300-55-16 opponent scores first...... 0-1-0 400 11/21/98 at Yale 9-2 506 400-80-26 leading after one period...... 0-0-0 500 02/02/03 Providence 4-1 668 500-131-37 trailing after one period...... 0-1-0 600 01/13/07 Maine 3-1 806 600-155-51 tied after one period...... 1-0-0 700 02/03/11 at Boston U. 4-2 953 700-189-64 leading after two periods...... 0-0-0 trailing after two periods...... 0-1-0 200 Wins at The Whitt tied after two periods...... 1-0-0 New Hampshire recorded its 200th victory at the Whittemore Center with a 4-2 victory Jan. 30, 2011 against Maine. UNH has an overall record in ...... 0-0-0 of 205-55-27 (.761 win percentage) at The Whitt since the venue opened UNH outshoots opponent...... 0-0-0 in Fall 1995. Opponent outshoots UNH...... 1-1-0 shots are even...... 0-0-0 Hockey East Preseason Poll game is decided by one goal...... 1-0 New Hampshire, which finished fourth in last year’s Hockey East by two goals...... 0-1 standings, was picked fifth in the 2013-14 Women’s Hockey East Preseason by three goals...... 0-0 Coaches’ Poll that was released mid-September. Here is a complete look by four or more goals...... 0-0 at the complete poll: scoring zero power play goals...... 1-0-0 Preseason Poll (1st-place votes) 1. Boston College (7) 56 scoring one power play goal...... 0-1-0 2. Boston U. (1) 48 scoring two power play goals...... 0-0-0 3. Northeastern 41 scoring three or more power play goals...... 0-0-0 4. Providence 38 recording 0-19 shots on goa1...... 0-0-0 5. New Hampshire 34 recording 20-29 shots on goal...... 1-1-0 6. Vermont 29 recording 30-39 shots on goal...... 0-0-0 7. Maine 19 recording 40 or more shots on goal...... 0-0-0 8. Connecticut 15 allowing 0-9 shots on goal...... 0-0-0 allowing 10-19 shots on goal...... 0-0-0 The McCloskey file Brian McCloskey (Dartmouth ‘77), who recorded his 200th career allowing 20-29 shots on goal...... 0-0-0 victory Dec. 8, 2009 at Boston College (4-0 win), is in his 12th year at the allowing 30-39 shots on goal...... 0-1-0 helm of the Wildcats. He is a four-time Hockey East Coach of the Year allowing 40+ shots on goal...... 1-0-0 recipient (2003, 2005, 2006, 2009) and was runner-up in both the 2003 scoring < three goals...... 1-1-0 and 2006 national Coach of the Year balloting. He has directed UNH to the scoring three goals...... 0-0-0 NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Championship five consecutive years (2006- scoring > three goals...... 0-0-0 10) with four consecutive Hockey East tournament titles (2006-09) and surrendering < three goals...... 1-0-0 six straight league regular-season crowns (2004-09). The ‘Cats advanced surrendering three goals...... 0-0-0 to the Frozen Four in ‘06 and ‘08. surrendering > three goals...... 0-1-0 A Wildcat was honored as Player of the Year each of the first four 2013-14 UNH WOMENS ICE HOCKEY 2013-14 UNH WOMENS ICE HOCKEY years of Hockey East’s existence. In addition, the ITECH Goaltending current wildcat career leaders Champion award was presented to a UNH goalie each of the first six years and the Scoring Champion has five times been a Wildcat. goals Points McCloskey has compiled a 247-105-38 overall record, including a Jessica Hitchcock *...... 27 Jessica Hitchcock *...... 54 151-52-20 mark in Hockey East, with 20+ wins each of the initial seven Arielle O’Neill...... 22 Nicole Gifford...... 48 seasons. Nicole Gifford...... 19 Arielle O’Neill...... 45 In his first year (2003) as head coach of the program, he led the ‘Cats Hannah Armstrong...... 15 Hannah Armstrong...... 30 to a 27-7-2 record, which is now the fifth-best single-season win mark Jenna Lascelle...... 10 Jenna Lascelle...... 29 behind those established in 2006 & 2008 (33), 1998 (31) and 2007 (28). Sara Carlson...... 8 Alexis Crossley...... 24 Under his tutelage, five players have received a total of six All- Alexis Crossley...... 7 Sara Carlson...... 16 America honors and five have been honored as a Patty Kazmaier Memorial Heather Kashman...... 7 Megan Armstrong...... 13 Award Top 10 Finalist. Brittney Redlick...... 6 Kayla Mork...... 13 Here’s a look at some notable wins: Caroline Broderick...... 5 Caroline Broderick...... 11 1st win– Oct. 11, 2002 (4-0 vs. Vermont) Kayla Mork...... 5 Heather Kashman...... 11 Megan Armstrong...... 4 1st Hockey East win– Nov. 2, 2002 (5-1 vs. Maine) Jonna Curtis...... 6 Jonna Curtis...... 2 50th win– March 20, 2004 (5-0 vs. Northeastern) Brittney Redlick...... 6 Haley Breedlove...... 1 100th win– Feb. 25, 2006 (5-0 vs. Vermont) Jess Ryan...... 3 150th win– Jan. 5, 2008 (3-1 at Brown) Haley Breedlove...... 1 assists 200th win– Dec. 8, 2009 (4-0 at Boston College) Cassandra Vilgrain...... 1 Nicole Gifford...... 29 Coach McCloskey’s predecessors at UNH also exceeded 200 victories. Jessica Hitchcock *...... 27 games played Russ McCurdy compiled a 264-36-10 record from 1978-92 and Karen Kay Arielle O’Neill...... 23 Nicole Gifford...... 102 went 215-90-25 from 1993-2002. Jenna Lascelle...... 19 Arielle O’Neill...... 102 Alexis Crossley...... 17 Jessica Hitchcock *...... 101 SCOUTING THE Tigers Hannah Armstrong...... 15 Hannah Armstrong...... 73 RIT (Rochester, N.Y.), selected fourth in the CHA preseason poll, Megan Armstrong...... 9 Jenna Lascelle...... 72 enters Friday’s game with a 0-1-0 record following a 12-1 loss to third- Sara Carlson...... 8 Kayla Mork...... 72 ranked Clarkson University last Saturday (Sept. 28). The Tigers were Kayla Mork...... 8 Jess Ryan...... 67 outshot 18-4 and outscored 5-0 in the first period, followed by 16-6 and Caroline Broderick...... 6 Caroline Broderick...... 65 6-1, respectively, in the second stanza. The final shot total was 44-13 in Jonna Curtis...... 4 Jenn Gilligan...... 39 favor of Clarkson. On special teams, RIT was scoreless on two power-play Heather Kashman...... 4 Megan Armstrong...... 36 opportunities and surrendered four power-play goals in nine shorthanded Jess Ryan...... 3 Sara Carlson...... 36 situations. Cassandra Vilgrain...... 1 Alexis Crossley...... 36 The Tigers used three goalies in the season opener. Ali Binnington Heather Kashman...... 35 got the start in goal but was pulled after allowing three goals in just 5:58; * includes stats at Niagara Brittney Redlick...... 28 she also had six saves. Brooke Stoddart played the remainder of the first Vilma Vaattovaara...... 13 period and the second period; she made 17 saves and yielded eight goals. Haley Breedlove...... 10 Jetta Rackleff was between the pipes for the third period and she stopped Jonna Curtis...... 5 9 of 10 shots on goal. Marie-Eve Jean...... 5 RIT went 16-16-5 overall with a 9-8-0 CHA record last season – its Cassandra Vilgrain...... 2 first as a Division I program – and has 14 players returning from that team. Kate Haslett...... 2 Binnington played in 28 games and went 11-10-4 with a 1.93 GAA, .928 save percentage and six shutouts; with those numbers, she ranked 13th in the nation in GAA and ninth in save percentage. Kourtney Kunichika is the team’s returning top scorer with 24 points (9g, 15a) and she has 112 hockey east standings career points (44g, 68a). GP W L T Pts Overall SCOUTING THE Orange Boston U. 0-0-0 Syracuse University (Syracuse, N.Y.) was picked second in the CHA Boston College 0-0-0 preseason poll after finishing 20-15-1 overall – the best mark in the pro- Connecticut 0-1-0 gram’s five-year existence – and 13-6-1 in the conference a year ago. The Orange, led by sixth-year head coach Paul Flanagan, must replace its top Maine 0-0-0 point producer (Holly Carrie-Mattimoe, 26 pts) and goal scorer (Shiann New Hampshire 1-1-0 Darkangelo, 16g) from the 2012-13 season. Northeastern 0-0-0 SU does return three 20-point producers in Nicole Ferrara (10-14-24), Providence 0-0-0 Melissa Piacentini (9-14-23) and Margot Scharfe (11-11-22). All three Vermont 0-0-0 goaltenders return. Kallie Billadeau was the top goalie with 25 starts; she Friday, Oct. 4 Saturday, Oct. 4 went 16-9-0 with a 1.56 GAA, .940 save percentage and six shutouts. RIT at UNH Syracuse at UNH Jenesica Drinkwater was 4-6-1 with a 2.90 GAA, .890 save percentage Syracuse at Northeastern Penn State at Vermont and two shutouts. Providence at Union RIT at Northeastern The first goal was a barometer of wins and losses, as the Orange were Penn State at Vermont Providence at Union 16-4-1 when scoring first and 4-11-0 when falling behind 1-0. 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2013-14 UNH WOMENS ICE HOCKEY 2012-13 UNH WOMEN'S HOCKEY New Hampshire Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 02, 2013) All games 2013-14 UNH WOMENS ICE HOCKEY

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Sep 27 at St. Lawrence L 2-4 436 ALL GAMES 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 Sep 28 at St. Lawrence W 2-1 267 CONFERENCE 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 TEAM STATISTICS UNH OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 4-42 5-73 ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% pen-min pp sh Shot pct. . 0 9 5 . 0 6 8 7 Carlson, Sara 2 1 1 2 6 .1 6 7 0-0 0 0 G o a ls / G a m e 2.0 2.5 22 Broderick, Caroline 2 1 0 1 1 1.000 0-0 0 0 S h o t s / G a m e 21.0 36.5 16 Gifford, Nicole 2 1 0 1 7 .1 4 3 0-0 1 0 POWER PLAYS 17 Lascelle, Jenna 2 1 0 1 7 .1 4 3 0-0 0 0 Goals-Power Plays 1-8 3-16 20 Hitchcock, Jessica 2 0 1 1 1 .0 0 0 2-4 0 0 Conversion Percent . 1 2 5 . 1 8 8 Shot Attempts 19 29 4 Kashman, Heather 2 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0 2-4 0 0 Shot Percent . 0 5 3 . 1 0 3 24 Mork, Kayla 2 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0 3-6 0 0 GOAL BREAKDOWN 19 Vilgrain, Cassandra 2 0 1 1 2 .0 0 0 0-0 0 0 Power Play 1 3 27 Armstrong, Hannah 2 0 0 0 3 .0 0 0 2-4 0 0 S h o r t - h a n d e d 0 0 14 Armstrong, Megan 2 0 0 0 3 .0 0 0 2-4 0 0 Empty net 0 0 25 Crossley, Alexis 2 0 0 0 3 .0 0 0 2-4 0 0 P e n a lt y 0 0 18 Haslett, Kate 2 0 0 0 4 .0 0 0 3-6 0 0 U n a s s is t e d 1 0 O v e r t im e 0 0 8 O'Neill, Arielle 2 0 0 0 4 .0 0 0 0-0 0 0 S h o o t o u t 0 0 15 Redlick, Brittney 2 0 0 0 1 .0 0 0 0-0 0 0 Delayed Penalty 0 0 21 Ryan, Jess 2 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0-0 0 0 PENALTIES Total 2 4 5 9 42 .0 9 5 16-32 1 0 N u m b e r 16 8 Opponents 2 5 8 13 73 .0 6 8 8-16 3 0 M in u t e s 32 16 P e n a lt ie s / G a m e 8.0 4.0 ## Goalie gp min ga gaavg saves save% w-l-t Pen minutes/Game 16.0 8.0 SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att) 0-0 0-0 35 Vaattovaara, Vilma 1 60:00 1 1.00 41 .9 7 6 1-0-0 1 Jean, Marie-Eve 1 58:37 4 4.09 27 .8 7 1 0-1-0 TM EMPTY NET 1 1:23 0 - 0 .0 0 0 0-0-0 Total 2 120:00 5 2.50 68 .9 3 2 1-1-0 Opponents 2 120:00 4 2.00 38 .9 0 5 1-1-0

Attendance Summary UNH Opponent Total 0 703 Dates/Avg Per Date 0/0 2/352 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0

Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Total New Hampshire 0 2 2 4 Opponents 2 2 1 5

Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Total New Hampshire 25 20 23 68 Opponents 13 20 5 38

2012-13 UNH WOMEN'S HOCKEY New Hampshire Game-by-Game Goals-Assists-Points (as of Oct 02, 2013) All games

1 4 7 8 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Opponent Date Score JEAN,MARIE- KASHMAN,HE CARLSON,SA O'NEILL,ARIE ARMSTRONG, REDLICK,BRI GIFFORD,NIC LASCELLE,JE HASLETT,KA VILGRAIN,CA HITCHCOCK,J at SLU Sep 27 2-4 L 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 at SLU Sep 28 2-1 W DNP 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0

21 22 24 25 27 35 Opponent Date Score RYAN,JESS BRODERICK, MORK,KAYLA CROSSLEY,A ARMSTRONG, VAATTOVAA at SLU Sep 27 2-4 L 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP at SLU Sep 28 2-1 W 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

2012-13 UNH WOMEN'S HOCKEY New Hampshire Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Oct 02, 2013) All games

Shots Penalties Power Plays Date Opponent Score Goals Assists Shots Pen-Min Pen-Min G-Ch G-Ch Sep 27 at St. Lawrence 2-4 2 / 4 3 / 6 21 / 31 7-14 / 5-10 1-5 / 2-7 Sep 28 at St. Lawrence 2-1 2 / 1 2 / 2 21 / 42 9-18 / 3-6 0-3 / 1-9 Totals 4-5 4 / 5 5 / 8 42 / 73 16-32 / 8-16 1-8 / 3-16

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category 2013-14 UNH WOMENS ICE HOCKEY