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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 GAMES #22 & 23 Mercyhurst LAKERS (9-9-3, 6-2-0 CHA) at. R.I.T. TIGERS THE SERIES VS. RIT Mercyhurst leads all-time series: 22-4-0 GF:100 (8-10-4, 4-4-0 CHA) GA: 35 Current Streak: W6 AT THE GENE POLISSENI CENTER (Rochester, N.Y.) Friday, January 18, 2019 at 6:00 PM Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 1:00 PM 2018-19 MERCYHURST SCHEDULE Sept. 22 MARKHAM THUNDER (exhibition) L, 3-1 THE GAMES Sept. 28 at #3 Minnesota L, 2-4 The Mercyhurst women’s ice hockey team is back to College Hockey Sept. 29 at #3 Minnesota L, 0-5 America action when it travels to the Rochester Institute of Technology on Jan. 18-19. Puck drops at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and 1:00 p.m. on Oct. 5 #2 WISCONSIN L, 1-6 Saturday. Oct. 6 #2 WISCONSIN L, 3-5 Oct. 12 at Syracuse* W, 4-2 THE COACHES Oct. 13 at Syracuse* W, 1-0 MIKE SISTI (Canisius ‘90) enters his 20th season as the first and only Oct. 19 ROBERT MORRIS* W, 4-2 head coach of the Mercyhurst women’s hockey program. He holds Oct. 20 ROBERT MORRIS* L, 1-5 a 471-170-51 career record. His win total is the tied for second most amoung all-time Division I women’s hockey coaches. Under his Oct. 26 PENN STATE* W, 2-1 direction, the Lakers have won 14 conference titles, qualified for the Oct. 27 PENN STATE* W, 5-4 (OT) NCAA Tournament 12 times and appeared in the Frozen Four four Nov. 3 at Lindenwood* L, 1-4 times. Nov. 4 at Lindenwodd* W, 5-0 Nov. 10 #7 CORNELL T, 4-4 CHAD DAVIS (American International ‘04) enters his first season as the Nov. 11 #7 CORNELL T, 0-0 head coach of the RIT women’s ice hockey program. He is the 14th Nov. 26 at Union College W, 5-2 coach in program history. He comes to the Tigers from Adrian College where he lead the team to a 150-37-10 record, three consecutive Dec. 7 BEMIDJI STATE W, 3-0 berths in the NCAA Division III Championship, including a runner- Dec. 8 BEMIDJI STATE L, 1-3 up finish in 2016-17, and three straight Northern Collegiate Hockey Dec. 15 at #8 Ohio State L 2-1 (OT) Association Championships. Davis was named the AHCA/CCM Division 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* 6:00 PM Jan. 19 at RIT* 1:00 PM Jan. 25 LINDENWOOD* 3:00 PM Jan. 26 LINDENWOOD* 2:00 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 13 6-1-1 0.813 8-10-4 0.455 Feb. 15 at Penn State* 6:00 PM Mercyhurst 12 6-2-0 0.750 9-9-3 0.500 Syracuse 8 4-4-0 0.500 8-10-4 0.455 Feb. 16 at Penn State* 3:00 PM RIT 8 4-4-0 0.500 4-16-1 0.214 Penn State 4 2-6-0 0.250 8-9-4 0.476 Feb. 22 at Robert Morris* 7:05 PM Lindenwood 3 1-6-1 0.188 5-13-2 0.300 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 Fifthteen players tied with 21 LAST TIME WE MET Maggie Knott Oct. 15, 2018 Alexa Vasko 20 The Lakers and Tigers met for two-weekend series last season Emma Nuutinen Oct. 29, 2018 Sarah Hine 19 Maggie Knott Nov. 5, 2018 Vilma Tanskanen 19 and Mercyhurst sweep both of them. The Lakers outscored the Emma Nuutinen 17 Tigers 17-2 during the four games. Summer-Rae Dobson Dec. 10, 2018 Sarah McDonnell 14 Emma Nuutinen Jan. 7, 2019 Nuutinen, Knott, Isbell, Marmen, Tanskanen, Fieseler, Blasen, GOALS GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK Emma Nuutinen 11 Thiessen, Sarah Hine, Celine Frappier, Alexa Vasko, Summer-Rae Sarah McDonnell Oct. 15, 2018 Alexo Vasko 6 Dobson, Michele Robillard and Morgan Stacey had points are Sarah Hine 6 Sarah McDonnell Dec. 10, 2018 Sam Isbell 4 Mercyhurst. Vilma Tanskanen 4 Rachel Marmen 4 Blair stopped 48 shots and picked up two shutouts while Sarah McDonnell made 25 saves and earned one shutout. ASSISTS Maggie Knott 12 Sam Isbell 9 Kendall Cornine, Mallory Rushton and Brittney Gout had points Emma Nuutinen 8 Vilma Tanskanen 7 for RIT. Summer-Rae Dobson 7 Molly Blasen 5 M.K. Gialames 5 Jenna de Jonge made 135 saves in net while Terra Lanteigne made 24 saves. POINTS Emma Nuutinen 19 Maggie Knott 15 Sam Isbell 13 Vilma Tanskanen 11 Alexa Vasko 10 ALL-TIME SERIES Summer-Rae Dobson 10 Mercyhurst holds a 22-4-0 all-time series advantage over RIT, Sarah Hine 9 including a 9-1-0 edge in the last 10 contests. USCHO.COM POLL - Jan. 14 PENALTIES # TEAM RECORD PTS LAST Rachel Marmen 12 1 Wisconsin (11) 20-2-0 146 1 Vilma Tanskanen 11 2 Minnesota (4) 21-2-1 139 2 Emma Nuutinen 10 3 Northeastern 15-3-3 117 3 Summer-Rae Dobson 10 LAST TIME OUT - MERCYHURST VS #9 COLGATE- Jan. 5-6, 2019 Molly Blasen 8 Mercyhurst welcomed ninth-ranked Colgate to the Mercyhurst 4 Princeton 13-2-5 101 5 Maggie Knott 8 5 Ohio State 15-7-0 85 7 Ice Center, coming out with a 1-1 tie on Saturday and winning 6 Clarkson 16-5-1 79 6 8-5 on Sunday. 7 Cornell 9-2-5 57 4 PENALTY MINUTES 8 Colgate 12-6-4 36 9 Summer-Rae Dobson 31 Rachel Marmen 24 Vilma Tanskanen, Emma Nuutinen, Molly Blasen, Rachel 9 Providence 16-6-0 24 8 Vilma Tanskanen 22 10 Boston College 14-9-0 22 10 Emma Nuutinen 20 Marmen, Sam Isbell, Maggie Knott, Mary Katherine Gialames, Molly Blasen 16 K.K. Thiessen and Samantha Fieseler recorded points for Others Receiving Votes: Boston University (19) Maggie Knott 16 Mercyhurst. POWER PLAY GOALS Emma Nuutinen 3 Kennedy Blair made 54 saves in net during the weekend. Samantha Fieseler 2 Sam Isbell 2 7 players tied with 1 SHORTHANDED GOALS SCOUTING THE TIGERS Emma Nuutinen 2 The Tigers are coming into the weekend series with a 9-10-4, Vilma Tanskanen 1 Sarah Hine 1 4-4-0 record. They are riding a three-game winning streak and are coming off of a 4-2 win over Syracuse. GAME-WINNING GOALS Emma Nuutinen 2 Cornine is leading the Tiger roster with nine goals and 16 K.K Thiessen 1 Samantha Fieseler 1 points. Gout is next with 13 points and Ellie Larson has 12 Sam Isbell 1 points. Maggie Knott 1 Megan Korzack 1 USA TODAY POLL - Jan. 15 Rachel Marmen 1 Lanteigne has earned an 8-9-4 record with a 2.12 goals against Summer-Rae Dobson 1 # TEAM RECORD PTS LAST average and .938 save percentage. She is ranked seventh in the 1 Wisconsin (14) 20-2-0 185 1 nation with her save percentage. De Jonge has a 0-1-1 record 2 Minnesota (5) 21-2-1 176 2 SHOTS 3 Northeastern 15-3-3 149 3 Sam Isbell 66 with a 10.40 GAA and .765 save percentage. Jessi O’Leary has 4 Princeton 13-2-5 131 5 Emma Nuutinen 64 Alexa Vasko 58 made five saves in net. 5 Ohio State 15-7-0 108 7 Vilma Tanskanen 44 6 Clarkson 16-5-1 100 6 Emily Pinto 36 RIT is ranked 20th in the nation on the power play with 16.5 7 Cornell 9-2-5 80 4 Molly Blasen 36 8 Colgate 12-6-4 49 9 Summer-Rae Dobson 33 percent and ranked 35th on the penalty kill going 76.8 percent. 9 Providence 16-6-0 31 8 Sarah Hine 31 10 Boston College 14-9-0 23 10 BLOCKED SHOTS Others Receiving Votes: Boston University (12), K.K. Thiessen 50 Mercyhurst (1) Morgan Stacey 43 LAKER RECORD Rachel Marmen 31 Molly Blasen 30 Mercyhurst is coming into the weekend series with a 9-9-3, Alexa Vasko 24 6-2-0 record. PLUS/MINUS RATING Maggie Knott +5 Rachel Marmen +4 Emma Nuutinen +2 Alexane Rheaume +1 SUPERLATIVES NOTES Home record .......................................................... 5-4-3 LAKER LEADERS She recorded two goals in four games. She earned Away record ............................................................ 4-5-0 Nuutinen is on top of the Laker roster with 11 her second bronze medal, as Team Finland earned Neutral site record ................................................ 0-0-0 goals and 18 points. Knott is leading with 12 its 14th. Scoring a power-play goal ................................ 5-5-0 assists and has 15 points. Close behind her are Isbell with 13 points and Tanskanen with 11 Not scoring a power-play goal ........................ 4-4-3 points. Allowing a power-play goal ............................. 4-4-1 FIVE NATIONS TOURNAMENT Not allowing a power-play goal ..................... 5-5-2 Vilma Tankanen was selected to Finland’s Five Scoring a short-handed goal .........................