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2016–2017 BUFFALO BEAUTS 2016–2017 BUFFALO BEAUTS SCHEDULE Paige Harrington page hair-RING-tuhn 2 Defense Mansfield, MA Date Time AWAY HOME Location Kelley Steadman KEH-lee sted-MEN 3 Forward Pittsburgh, PA Emily Janiga EH-mih-lee JA-ni-GA 4 Forward East Aurora, NY Sunday, September 25 7:00 PM JR. SABRES BUFFALO Harborcenter Ashley Vesci 6 Forward Pittsburgh, PA Sunday, October 2 2:15 PM BUFFALO BROCK UNIVERSITY Harborcenter EH-mih-lee FAWL-zuhr 7 Defense Buffalo, NY

Kristina Lavoie kris-TEE-nuh lah-voh 8 Forward Fonthill, ON, CAN REGULAR SEASON

Megan Bozek MEH-guhn BOE-zeck 9 Defense Buffalo Grove, IL Friday, October 7, 2016 7:30 PM BOSTON BUFFALO Harborcenter

Sarah Casorso SAIR-ruh KA-sor-so 10 Defense Kelowna, BC, CAN Sunday, October 9, 2016 7:30 PM CONNECTICUT BUFFALO Harborcenter

Lisa Chesson LEE-suh ches-IN 11 Defense Plainsfield, IL Saturday, October 15, 2016 6:30 PM BUFFALO BOSTON annie schlep-ER 15 Defense St. Cloud, MN Sunday, October 23, 2016 3:30 PM CONNECTICUT BUFFALO Harborcenter Jordyn Burns JOR-duhn burnz 17 Forward Chanhassen, MN Saturday, November 12, 2016 3:30 PM BUFFALO Harborcenter Devon Skeats DEH-vuhn SKEETZ 21 Forward Whitby, ON, CAN Sunday, November 13, 2016 3:30 PM NEW YORK BUFFALO Harborcenter Kayla Parsons 22 Defense Fairbanks, AK Sunday, November 20, 2016 3:30 PM BOSTON BUFFALO Harborcenter Corinne Buie cor-EEN BOO-ee 23 Forward Edina, MN Saturday, December 3, 2016 4:30 PM BUFFALO NEW YORK Barnabas Health Hockey House Harrison Browne BROWN 24 Forward Oakville, ON, CAN Saturday, December 10, 2016 7:00 PM BUFFALO CONNECTICUT Northford Ice Pavilion Jacquie Greco 25 Defense Buffalo, NY Saturday, January 7, 2017 7:00 PM BUFFALO CONNECTICUT Northford Ice Pavilion SHIGH-an DARK-anje-lo 27 Forward Brighton, MA Saturday, January 14, 2017 7:30 PM NEW YORK BUFFALO Harborcenter uh-MAN-duh LEHV-ee-ay 28 Kingston, ON, CAN Brianne McLaughlin bree-ANNE muk-LAHK-lun 29 Goaltender Elyria, OH Friday, January 27, 2017 7:30 PM NEW YORK BUFFALO Harborcenter Kelsey Neumann 31 Goaltender Chine Grove, NC Saturday, February 4, 2017 4:30 PM BUFFALO NEW YORK Barnabas Health Hockey House Kourtney Kunichika KORT-nee 36 Forward Fullerton, CA Saturday, February 18, 2017 6:30 PM BUFFALO BOSTON Warrior Ice Arena Morgan Beilkirch 87 Forward Livonia, NY Sunday, February 26, 2017 3:30 PM CONNECTICUT BUFFALO Harborcenter Sunday, March 5, 2017 3:00 PM BUFFALO CONNECTICUT Northford Ice Pavilion

Sunday, March 12, 2017 3:00 PM BUFFALO CONNECTICUT Northford Ice Pavilion

GM/ Head Coach Saturday, March 18, 2017 12:30 PM BOSTON BUFFALO Harborcenter Co-Coach Sunday, March 19, 2017 3:30 PM BOSTON BUFFALO Harborcenter Saturday, April 15, 2017 4:00 PM BUFFALO NEW YORK Barnabas Health Hockey House

Sunday, April 16, 2017 12:00 PM BUFFALO BOSTON Warrior Ice Arena 2016–2017 MEDIA GUIDE

2016–2017 BUFFALO BEAUTS PLAYER PROFILES 4 EMILY JANIGA FORWARD COLLEGE: Mercyhurst HOMETOWN: East Aurora, NY

Janiga was co- her senior year at Mercyhurst and was named CHA Player of the Year, CHA Scoring Champion, and First Team All-Conference. PAIGE HARRINGTON Emily was invited to participate in USA Hockey Women’s National Festival in Lake Placid, New York during 2 August of 2014. DEFENSE COLLEGE: U of Mass. Amherst HOMETOWN: Mansfield, MA

In her senior season, Harrington collected 26 points (10g, 16a) in 28 games, including an assist in the ACHA Women’s DI National Tournament. She co-captained the Minutewomen to an ECWHL Conference title in 2015, and was named as a First Team All-Conference player and a First Team All-American that same season. Harrington played for Team USA in the 2013 and 2015 Winter World University Games, winning a bronze medal in her first year with the squad, and was an assistant captain for both squads. 6 ASHLEY VESCI FORWARD COLLEGE: Robert Morris U HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, PA

As a junior at Robert Morris, Vesci served as an assistant captain and was elevated to captain her senior year. Ashley recorded 13 goals, including two game winners, and 10 assists in 35 games played her senior year. She ranks tied for 10th all-time in Colonials history in game-winning goals 3 KELLEY STEADMAN (four) and tied for 10th in career plus/minus (plus-six). FORWARD COLLEGE: Mercyhurst HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, PA

In her time at Mercyhurst, Steadman was named the 2012 CHA Player of the Year, 2012 CHA Top Scorer, and to the 2012 CHA First Team. For Team USA, Steadman is a Four-time Women’s National Festival invitee (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), two- time gold medalist at IIHF Women’s World Championships (2011, 2013), attended three Winter Camps 7 EMILY PFALZER (2010, 2011, 2012), Member of two U22 Select Teams (2011, 2012), and participated in the 2007 Girls’ 17/18 Player Development Camp; 2006 Girls’ 15/16 Player Development Camp; 2005 Girls’ 15/16 Player DEFENSE COLLEGE: Boston College HOMETOWN: Buffalo, NY Development Camp. In her 4 year career at Boston college, Pfalzer was Named a First Team All-American and First Team Kelley played in 10 games for the Beauts last season and had 13 goals and 7 assists with a 2.00 points per Hockey East All Star her senior year, Hockey East Defenseman of the Year and a First Team Hockey game average. She also scored the first ever in a NWHL All-Star game. East All-Star as a Junior, and was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team and was Boston College Freshman Scholar Athlete of the Year in her freshman season. For Team USA, Emily was a part of 2 IIHF World Championship gold medal teams and 1 gold medal winning U18 World Championship team. Pfalzer was the captain of the Beauts last season and was a captain at the first NWHL All-Star game. 2016–2017 MEDIA GUIDE

8 KRISTINA LAVOIE 11 LISA CHESSON FORWARD COLLEGE: U of New Hampshire HOMETOWN: Fonthill, ON, CAN DEFENSE COLLEGE: Ohio State HOMETOWN: Plainfield, IL

Lavoie was named Hockey East Bauer Rookie of the Year in her freshman year at the University of In her time at Ohio State, Chesson scored 89 points in 145 career games, as well as serving as an assistant New Hampshire and was a unanimous selection to the Hockey East All-Rookie team, as well as a captain for the Buckeyes. Hockey East Honorable Mention All-Star. For Team USA, Lisa was a part of the silver medal Olympic team in 2010, 2 gold and 1 silver medal winning IIHF World Championship teams, and 1 gold at the Four Nation’s cup.

9 15 ANNE SCHLEPER DEFENSE COLLEGE: U of Minnesota HOMETOWN: Buffalo Grove, IL DEFENSE COLLEGE: U of Minnesota HOMETOWN: St. Cloud, MN

In her time at the , Bozek was named the Minnesota Golden Gophers Female Schleper finished her collegite career playing in 159 games at Minnesota finishing her career as the Athlete of the Year for 2011-12, to the CCM Hockey Women’s Division I All-Americans, First Team in school record holder in career games played and as second place in the Gopher record book for 2011-12, the 2011 WCHA Tournament team, the 2010 Second Team All-WCHA, and the 2010 WCHA career points by a defenseman. Her senior year she earned the All-WCHA First Team award, was All-Rookie Team. Megan also served as a team captain for the gophers during her senior year. Megan academic All-WCHA, and was named to the WCHA Final Face-off All-Tournament team. has been a part of the 2014 Olympic silver medal team, 2 gold and 1 silver IIHF World Championship Anne represented team USA while winning silver at the 2014 Olympics and 3 gold and 1 silver medal teams, and the 2009 gold medal U18 IIHF World Championship teams for the . After in IIHF World Championship play. Graduation, Bozek spent a year in the CWHL for the Furies before she came to the Beauts for their inaugural season of the NWHL where she skated in 16 games contributing 13 points. 10 SARAH CASORSO 17 JORDYN BURNS DEFENSE COLLEGE: U of British Columbia HOMETOWN: Kelowna, B.C., CAN DEFENSE/FORWARD COLLEGE: U of Minnesota HOMETOWN: Chanhassen, MN

Named team captain her senior year, Roesler finished her collegiate career with 52 points in Burns spent her freshman year at Syracuse and then transferred to the University of Minnesota, 141 games was named the team’s best defenseman, and was named to the Nutmeg Classic All- where she was a versatile player who played both forward and defense depending on what the team Tournament team. needed from her. In international play, Cydney competed and won silver medal at 2011 Women’s Under-18 World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden playing for Team , and won gold at the 2012 Women’s Under-18 World Championship in Prevov & Zlin, Czech Republic. Additionally, she led all defensemen with three goals in five games played at the 2012 World Championship. 2016–2017 MEDIA GUIDE

21 DEVON SKEATS 24 HARRISON BROWNE FORWARD COLLEGE: Wilfred Laurier HOMETOWN: Whitby, ON, CAN FORWARD COLLEGE: U of Maine HOMETOWN: Oakville, ON, CAN

Skeats skated in 156 games at Wilfred Laurier finishing with 118 points for a .756 points per game Browne began her collegiate career playing 1 season at Mercyhurst and then transferred to the University of career total. Maine for her final 3 seasons. In her senior year at Maine, Hailey let the team in scoring and plus/minus. After graduating, Devon spent 1 year playing abroad in Austria, playing in 23 games scoring 35 Internationally, Browne competed for Canada in the 2011 IIHF World Women’s Under 18 Championship in points with a 1.521 points per game average. Stockholm, Sweden and won a silver medal. She spent the 2015-16 season with the Beauts, skating in 15 games and scoring 14 points. Hailey spent the 2015-16 season with the Beauts finishing with 12 points off of 5 goals and 7 assists. 22 KAYLA PARSONS 25 JACQUIE GRECO DEFENSE COLLEGE: Norwich U HOMETOWN: Fairbanks, AK DEFENSE COLLEGE: Syracuse HOMETOWN: Buffalo, NY

Kayla was the only player to appear in all 29 games during a breakout junior campaign, where she Jacquie served as an alternate captain in her junior season at Syracuse and was elevated to a tri- set career-highs in goals (11), assists (15) and points (26). She finished second on team with seven captain spot as a senior. The defenseman saw some time as a forward in throughout her collegiate powerplay goals Parsons was named to the ECAC East All Conference First-Team and CCM East campaign as well. Region Second-Team All American squads.

23 CORINNE BUIE 27 SHIANN DARKANGELO FORWARD COLLEGE: Providence HOMETOWN: Edina, MN FORWARD COLLEGE: Quinnipiac HOMETOWN: Brighton, MI

Buie skated in 128 games with the Friars amassing 100 points off of 44 goals and 56 assists. Corinne Darkangelo began her collegiate career at Syracuse where she accumulated 42 points over 2 was selected by the Boston Blades in the 2014 CWHL Draft, finishing her rookie season with nine seasons before she transferred to Quinnipiac to finish her collegiate career. While at Quinnipiac, points and participating in the championship game of the 2015 . she became the second player in program history to record 16 goals in a single-season and her She played the 2015-16 season with the tallying 7 points for the winning 40 points in the same season rank as the second highest in school history. In the 2014-15 season, team. Shiann finished with the 5th-best faceoff percentage of any skater in the country. Darkangelo posted one of the greatest single games in Quinnipiac women’s history as she tallied five points (three goals, two assists), which is tied for the 2nd-most in a single-game in program history. Shiann also competed for Team Canada in their gold medal run at the 2016 IIHF World Championships. Darkangelo spent the 2015-16 season with the Connecticut Whale where she tallied 13 points in 13 games. 2016–2017 MEDIA GUIDE

28 AMANDA LEVEILLE 36 KOURTNEY KUNICHIKA GOALTENDER COLLEGE: U of Minnesota HOMETOWN: Kingston, ON, CAN FORWARD COLLEGE: RIT HOMETOWN: Fullerton, CA

In her 116 games at Minnesota, Leville amassed a .947 save percentage and a 1.18 goals allowed In Kunichika’s 4 years at RIT, she played in 129 games, tallying 136 points for a 1.05 points per game average. She earned All-USCHO Second Team honors, was named to the WCHA All-Academic average. She is also RIT’s all-time leader in career games played. Kourtney also had a 17-game Team and was a Academic All-Big Ten honoree, and was named to the NCAA Frozen Four All- point-scoring streak that spanned the final six games of 2010-11 and the first 11 games of the 2011- Tournament Team. 12 season. In international play, Amanda won gold with Canada’s National Women’s Development Team at the 2016 Nations Cup.

29 BRIANNE MCLAUGHLIN 87 MORGAN BEIKIRCH GOALTENDER COLLEGE: Robert Morris U HOMETOWN: Elyria, OH FORWARD COLLEGE: Robert Morris U HOMETOWN: Livonia, NY

McLaughlin set an NCAA record of 3,809 career saves at Robert Morris achieving a .910 save Beikirch played for the Colonials from 2005 to 2008. In four seasons, the forward from Livonia, N.Y., percentage, recording at least 50 saves four times as a senior in 2008–09. She was named to the All- compiled 28 goals and 41 assists. She made her mark on the Robert Morris record books in her four CHA First Team and the CHA All-Academic Team in 2009. seasons with the program, and currently ranks eighth all-time in career points (69), tied for eighth in In international play, Brianne won silver with team Canada in the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, 2 golds career goals (28), tied for seventh in game-winning goals (five) and tied for seventh in assists. and a silver at IIHF World Championships, and a gold at the Four Nations Cup. McLaughlin played in 14 games for the Beauts last season with a .907 save percentage.

31 KELSEY NEUMANN GOALTENDER COLLEGE: Plattsburgh HOMETOWN: China Grove, NC

Neumann spent her freshman year as a netminder at Clarkson University before she transferred to SUNY Pittsburgh to finish her collegiate career. 2016–2017 MEDIA GUIDE

2015–2016 BUFFALO BEAUTS 2015–16 ISOBEL CUP PLAYOFFS REGULAR SCHEDULE RESULTS

Date AWAY HOME LOCATION

Sunday, October 11, 2015 BOSTON- 4 BUFFALO- 1 Harborcenter BUF WINS 2-1

Sunday, October 18, 2015 CONNECTICUT- 5 BUFFALO- 2 Harborcenter SEMI-FINALS

Sunday, October 25, 2015 BOSTON- 5 BUFFALO- 3 Harborcenter #3 #2 Sunday, November 15, 2015 CONNECTICUT- 3 BUFFALO- 2 Harborcenter

Sunday, November 22, 2015 CONNECTICUT- 7 BUFFALO- 6 (OT) Harborcenter

Saturday, November 29, 2015 BUFFALO- 3 NEW YORK- 1 Aviator Sports & Events Center

Saturday, December 5, 2015 BUFFALO- 6 BOSTON- 7 Warrior Ice Arena Sunday, December 6, 2015 BUFFALO- 2 CONNECTICUT- 3 (OT) Chelsea Piers CT FINALS Sunday, December 20, 2015 BUFFALO- 0 BOSTON- 1 Warrior Ice Arena

Sunday, December 27, 2015 NEW YORK- 7 BUFFALO- 3 Harborcenter

Sunday, January 3, 2016 BUFFALO- 4 NEW YORK- 3 Aviator Sports & Events Center Sunday, January 10, 2016 BUFFALO- 3 CONNECTICUT- 5 Chelsea Piers CT BOS WINS 2-0 Sunday, January 17, 2016 BUFFALO- 6 NEW YORK- 5 (OT) Aviator Sports & Events Center

Sunday, January 31, 2016 NEW YORK- 2 BUFFALO- 4 Harborcenter #1 #3 Sunday, February 7, 2016 BUFFALO- 2 CONNECTICUT- 3 (OT) Chelsea Piers CT

Sunday, February 14, 2016 BUFFALO- 3 NEW YORK- 4 (OT) Aviator Sports & Events Center

Sunday, February 21, 2016 NEW YORK- 1 BUFFALO- 5 Harborcenter

Sunday, February 28, 2016 BOSTON- 3 BUFFALO- 2 Harborcenter

BOS WINS 2-0 SEMI-FINALS

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2015–2016 BUFFALO BEAUTS BUFFALO BEAUTS PLAYER STATISTICS QUICK FACTS

• Inaugural season- 2015-16 Player 2015-16 Team GP G A Pts Pts/GM PP SHG PIM GWG • Home Arena- Harborcenter, Buffalo, NY Paige Harrington BUF 17 0 3 3 0.18 0 0 12 - • Colors- Columbia Blue, White, Black, Gray Kelley Steadman BUF 10 13 7 20 2.00 5 2 16 - • The Beauts made its debut at home on October 11, 2015 in a 4-1 Emily Janiga Mercyhurst 32 11 13 24 0.75 3 3 28 1 loss versus the Boston Pride. Ashley Vesci Robert Morris 35 13 10 23 0.66 1 1 20 2 • The Beauts defeated the Connecticut Whale in the Isobel Cup Emily Pfalzer BUF 17 2 10 12 0.71 0 0 6 - semi-finals winning the last two games of the series. Kristina Lavoie ------• The Beauts would go on to face the Boston Pride in the Isobel Cup Megan Bozek BUF 16 3 10 13 0.81 1 0 13 - Finals and lost the series 2-0. Sarah Casorso EHV Sabres Wien 19 14 19 33 1.74 - - 18 - • Twitter- @BuffaloBeauts Lisa Chesson ------• Facebook- Buffalo Beauts Anne Schleper ------• Instagram- @thebuffalobeauts Devon Skeats BUF 15 9 6 15 1.00 2 0 26 - Kayla Parsons Norwich U (ACHA) 11 1 2 3 0.27 - - - - Corinne Buie BOS 18 3 4 7 0.39 0 0 10 - Hailey Browne BUF 18 5 5 12 0.67 2 1 26 - Jacquie Greco ------Shiann Darkangelo CTW 13 10 3 13 1.00 0 1 0 - Kourtney Kunichika BUF 18 9 7 16 0.89 4 1 2 - Morgan Beilkirch ------

Player 2015-16 Team GP Min. SV% GAA W L OTL SV SO Amanda Leveille U of Minnesota 34 1957:31 .942 1.29 29 4 1 46 11 Brianne McLaughlin BUF 18 785:14 .904 3.21 3 7 0 397 0 Kelsey Neumann ------