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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, JANUARY 31, 2011 WEEKLY RELEASE #17 NO. 8 BC AND NO. 3 BOSTON U. COME AWAY WITH FOUR POINTS ~ BC's Stack breaks WHEA goals record; Skating Strides raises $25,000 ~ PURE HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK RECENT RESULTS #16 KELLI STACK, BOSTON COLLEGE (Senior Forward; Brooklyn Heights, Ohio) Friday, January 28 Northeastern 2 at Vermont 1 (OT) * Stack tallied four goals on the weekend for the Eagles in two victories. She buried two goals at No. 3 Boston U. 2, Connecticut 1 * in Friday’s game against Providence and netted two again on Sunday against Northeastern, at No. 8 Boston College 3, No. 9 Providence 1 * which included the game-winning shorthanded goal. She became the all-time leading goal scorer in league history over the weekend to bring her Saturday, January 29 career total to 65, breaking Jen Hitchcock’s (UNH) record of 61 goals. Maine 3 at New Hampshire 2 * No. 3 Boston U. 4 at Connecticut 1 * PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Sunday, January 30 #34 ROXANNE DOUVILLE, VERMONT (Freshman Goaltender; Beloeil, Que.) at New Hampshire 4, Maine 2 * at Vermont 1, No. 9 Providence 0* Douville stopped 65 of 67 (.970) shots this weekend against Northeastern and No. 9 Providence. She stopped 34 shots as she earned her first collegiate at No. 8 Boston College 2, Northeastern 1 * shutout Sunday in a 1-0 win over the Friars. UPCOMING GAMES Thursday, February 3 New Hampshire at Boston U. (7pm) Friday, February 4 WHEA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Connecticut at Boston College * (2pm) #17 CATHERINE WARD, BOSTON U. (Senior Defenseman; Montreal, Que.) Saturday, February 5 Ward recorded a goal and two assists in BU’s two wins over Connecticut on Jan. 28-29. Vermont at Maine * (5pm) She tallied a goal and assist in the Terriers’ come-from-behind victory on Jan. 28 and set Boston U. at New Hampshire * (2pm) up junior Jenelle Kohanchuk’s goal in BU’s 4-1 win on Jan. 29. Finished the week with a +2 rating and helped BU allow only two goals over the weekend. Sunday, February 6 Boston College at Providence * (2pm) Northeastern at Connecticut * (1pm) WHEA TEAM OF THE WEEK Tuesday, February 8 BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES 33rd annual Beanpot Tournament (at BC) Harvard vs. Northeastern (5pm) The Eagles took four points with victories against Providence (3-1) on Friday and Northeastern on Sunday (2-1) to take a five point lead in second place over UConn and Boston College vs. Boston U. (8pm) Providence in the Hockey East standings. BC finished the weekend a perfect 11-for-11 on the penalty kill. 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 15 11 1 3 25 21-2-3 3.20 (48) 1.40 (21) 2. Boston College 15 10 3 2 22 16-5-4 2.80 (42) 1.47 (22) 3. Connecticut 15 8 6 1 17 12-15-1 1.53 (23) 1.67 (25) Providence 16 8 7 1 17 17-10-1 2.25 (36) 2.00 (32) 5. Northeastern 16 6 7 3 15 14-9-4 2.14 (33) 2.07 (32) 6. New Hampshire 15 5 10 0 10 12-13-0 1.67 (25) 2.60 (39) MARCH 5-6, 2011 Maine 16 4 10 2 10 10-14-4 1.81 (29) 2.81 (45) at the highest remaining seed 8. Vermont 16 2 10 4 8 5-14-9 1.00 (16) 2.25 (36) For more information visit 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 Courtney Birchard, UNH (Sr., D, Mississauga, Ont.) Recorded a point (1g,1a) in both games of the weekend series vs. Maine. Kristina Lavoie, UNH (So., F, Fonthill, Ont.) Matched her career highs in assists (two) and points (three) to lead UNH to a 4-2 victory vs. Maine. Katie MacSorley, NU (Fr. F, Stratford, Ont.) Notched the lone goal against BC on Sunday and assisted on Alyssa Wohlfeiler’s game-winner vs. UVM. Mary Restuccia, BC (Jr., F, Chester Springs, Pa.) Scored an unassisted goal against Providence on Friday night. Molly Schaus (Sr. capt, GK, Natick, Mass.) Stopped 16 shots in goal for the Eagles vs. Providence, and then 26 against Northeastern in two wins. Courtney Sheary, UNH (Sr., D, Melrose, Mass.) Recorded a point in both games of the series vs. Maine. She scored the game-winning goal Sunday. Leah Sulyma, NU (Sr., G, Inuvik, N.W.T) Earned her third win in as many starts against Vermont on Friday with 30 saves and stopped 22 shots vs. BC. Danielle Ward, Maine (Jr., F, Lansing, Mich.) Recorded a five-point weekend (4g,1a) in the series split at UNH, which included two goals in each game. Alyssa Wohlfeiler, NU (Sr, F, Saugus, Calif.) Scored the game-winning goal at Vermont on Friday night. CAREER FIRSTS/MILESTONES/WHO’S HOT? TEAM NOTES BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS Boston College: Kelli Stack has scored points in all but two games so far this season…her game ARE ON A 13-GAME WINNING streak DATING BACK TO NOVEMBER 21 against Providence was her 13th multiple point effort and her 14th against Northeastern…with 193 points, she is now five points away from tying Bc’s Career Points record, the record is currently held by Erin CORINNE BUIE, PC (EDINA, MINN.) Magee (’99) with 198 points…katelyn Kurth tallied her eighth assist this season against Providence… REGIstered A TEAM-LEADING SIX POINts IN THE MONTH OF JANuarY Alison Szlosek notched her third assist this season in the same game…Kelli Stack was named the Number One star, and Mary Restuccia was named the Number Two against Providence…Stack leads the league in Stars of the Game points. KATIE MACSORLEY, NU (STRATFORD, ONT.) IS IN THE MIdst OF A THREE-GAME POINT streak (1-2-3) Boston University: The No. 3 Boston University women’s ice hockey team completed its season sweep over Connecticut with two wins during their home-and-home series…in the Terriers’ 2-1 win over Uconn on MARIE-PHILIP POULIN, BU (BEAUCEVILLE, QUE.) Jan. 28, freshman Marie-Philip Poulin broke BU’s single-season record for goals when she scored her 22nd of the season…BU rallied from a 1-0 deficit in the third period for the win…the Terriers trailed after two Broke BU’s single-season goals record With her 22nd goal periods for just the fourth time this season and are now 2-2-0 when down after two frames…BU also set program records for longest unbeaten streak (12-0-0) and most wins in a season (20)…in BU’s 4-1 win at SKATING STRIDES aGAINST BREAST CANCER UConn on Jan. 29, the Terriers tied a program record with their ninth road victory of the season. RAISED OVER $25,000 IN THE LAST TWO WEEKENDS ON LEAGUE CAMPUSES, BRINGING THE FIVE-YEAR TOTAL TO JUST UNDER $140,000 University of Connecticut: UConn is now 8-7-3 all-time vs. BU...Throughout the past nine games the Huskies have only allowed four power play goals on 32 opportunities, and held their opponents scoreless during five of the last nine games...senior Jody Sydor is now tied for sixth with 40 career as- KELLI STAck, BC (BROOKLYN hEIGHTS, OHIO) sists after recording one on Uconn’s lone goal of Saturday’s contest...senior Jennifer Chaisson improved BECAMe hockeY EAST’s all-tiME LEADING GOAL SCORER OVer the Weekend With her career marks over the weekend, and now has 81 career points (4th all-time), 27 career goals (8th) 65 CAREER GOALS IN HOCKEY EAST PLAY. SHE ALSO OWNS THE LEAGUE POINTS and 54 career assists (3rd)...kelly Horan recorded her eighth goal of the season in Friday’s contest and RECORD WITH 126 POINTS IN 78 CAREER WHEA GAMES. now ranks second in goals on the team this season...Sami Evelyn and Rebecca Hewett played in their 100th career games Saturday, joining Jennifer Chaisson, Brittany Murphy and Jody Sydor with at least 100 career games played. University of Maine: Maine split a pair of WHEA contests at UNH over the weekend…Danielle Ward stole the show for the Black Bears as she burst out for 5 points, including two goals in each game ARMY ROTC THREE STARS AWARD as well as an assist in the first game. The first game was a win for Maine and it just happened to be only At the conclusion of each Hockey East league game, the Hockey East “Army ROTC their second win ever over UNH in Durham, and only their third win over UNH overall. Although Brittany Dougherty was blanked over the weekend, she still manages to rank 7th in WHEA in points per game with Three Stars of The Game” are selected. Here are the leaders for the 2010-2011 0.86. Myriam Crousette also picked up her 11th goal of the season in the Black Bears Win. Maine has four season to date. goal scorers in the top ten of WHEA (Jennie Gallo (12) Brittany Dougherty (12) and Danielle Ward (11)).