MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY 2017-18 WOMEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES 16 CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS • 13-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 11 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 4 FROZEN FOUR APPEARANCES • NATIONAL RUNNER-UP (2009) GAMES #27 and #28 THE MATCHUP Mercyhurst LAKERS (12-12-2, 9-2-1 College Hockey America) VS. Syracuse ORANGE (8-14-2, 7-4-1 College Hockey America) AT TENNITY ICE PAVILION SYRACUSE, N.Y. THE SERIES vs. SU FOLLOW THE ACTION Friday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, January 27 at 3:00 p.m. Mercyhurst leads 36-5-3 Video at Cuse.com The Mercyhurst women’s hockey team travels to Goals For: 87 Statisics at Cuse.com Syracuse for its final regular season meeting with the Goals Against: 46 Twitter: @HurstWHockey Last Five Games: 4-1-0 Orange in a two-game College Hockey America series @HurstAthletics on Jan. 26-27. Current Streak: W3 The Lakers swept Lindenwood on home ice last week- 2017-18 MERCYHURST SCHEDULE (12-12-2, 9-2-1 CHA) end, winning game one in shutout fashion 3-0 before DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT taking down the Lions 5-1 in game two. 9/28/2017 University of Wisconsin Madison, WI L, 0-4 9/29/2017 University of Wisconsin Madison, WI L, 1-5 Syracuse also swept its last two games at Penn State last 10/6/2017 St.Lawrence University Erie, PA L, 1-4 weekend with a pair of overtime victories. The first was a 10/7/2017 St.Lawrence University Erie, PA T, 1-1 (OT) 3-2 win followed by a 2-1 win. 10/13/2017 *Lindenwood University St. Charles, MO L, 2-3 COACHES 10/14/2017 *Lindenwood University St. Charles, MO W, 6-1 10/20/2017 Colgate University Hamilton, NY L, 3-4 (OT) MIKE SISTI (Canisius, ‘90) enters his 19th season as the first and only head coach of the Mercyhurst women’s hockey 10/21/2017 Colgate University Hamilton, NY L, 1-4 program. He holds a 456-158-46 career record. His win total 11/3/2017 *Penn State University University Park, PA W, 3-1 is the second most among all-time Division I women’s hockey 11/4/2017 *Penn State University University Park, PA T, 1-1 (OT) coaches, trailing only Harvard head coach Katey Stone (459). 11/10/2017 University of Minnesota Erie, PA L, 1-2 (OT) Under his direction, the Lakers have won 13 conference titles, 11/11/2017 University of Minnesota Erie, PA L, 2-5 qualified for the NCAA Tournament 11 times, and appeared in 11/24/2017 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Erie, PA W, 4-1 the Frozen Four four times. 11/25/2017 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Erie, PA L, 3-4 12/1/2017 *Robert Morris University Moon Township, PA W, 1-0 PAUL FLANAGAN (St. Lawrence, ‘80) is in his tenth season 12/2/2017 *Robert Morris University Moon Township, PA L, 2-1 leading the Syracuse program. Under his direction, the Orange have appeared in six CHA Championship games in the pro- 12/8/2017 *Syracuse University Erie, PA W, 4-1 gram’s nine-season existence. Prior to Syracuse, Flanagan led 12/9/2017 *Syracuse University Erie, PA W, 2-1 (OT) St. Lawrence women’s hockey to five NCAA Frozen Four appear- 12/15/2017 Ohio State University Erie, PA L, 1-2 ances in nine seasons, including an NCAA-best four-straight 12/16/2017 Ohio State University Erie, PA W, 6-4 appearances between 2003 and 2007. 1/2/2018 Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN L, 1-2 (OT) 1/3/2018 Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN W, 2-1 1/12/2018 *Rochester Institute of Technology Erie, PA W, 7-2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1/13/2018 *Rochester Institute of Technology Erie, PA W, 4-0 Pg. 1- Matchup Oveview, Coaches’ Briefs, & Schedule 1/19/2018 *Lindenwood University Erie, PA W, 3-0 Pg. 2- Game Notes, CHA Standings, & National Polls 1/20/2018 *Lindenwood University Erie, PA W, 5-1 Pg. 3- Season Notes & Mercyhurst Situational Records 1/26/2018 *Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 7:00 PM Pg. 4- Mike Sisti Biography & Winngest Coaches List 1/27/2018 *Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 3:00 PM Pg. 5- Lakers Roster, Roster Breakdown, & Pronounciations 2/9/2018 *Penn State University Erie, PA 3:00 PM Pg. 6- Mercyhurst Roster Photos 2/10/2018 *Penn State University Erie, PA 2:00 PM Pg. 7- Lakers Season/Career Game-Highs & Point Streaks Pg. 8- Individual Season Records & “The Last Time MU...” 2/16/2018 *Robert Morris University Erie, PA 7:00 PM Pg. 9- Individual Career Records & Laker Award Winners 2/17/2018 *Robert Morris University Erie, PA 2:00 PM Pg. 10- Head-To-Head, Conf. and NCAA Tourn. Results 2/23/2017 *Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 2:05 PM Pg. 11- Mercyhurst Quick Facts & Team Stats 2/24/2017 *Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 1:05 PM Pg. 12- Mercyhurst Combined Stats 3/1-3/3/2017 CHA Championship Weekend Buffalo, NY TBA Pg. 13- Mercyhurst Individual Stats *Denotes CHA Game Pg. 14- Mercyhurst Leaders Stats All times are EST -1- GAME NOTES 2017-18 CHA STANDINGS AS OF JANUARY 22, 2017 SETTING THE SCENE MCDONNELL-BLAIR COMBO CONFERENCE OVERALL This series against Syracuse marks the 27th Mercyhurst goaltenders Sarah McDonnell TEAM PTS W-L-T Pct. W-L-T PCT and 28th games of the season for Mercyhurst. and Kennedy Blair have combined to win Mercyhurst 19 9-2-1 0.792 12-12-2 0.520 It is the first road series for the Lakers since four CHA goaltender of the week awards this Robert Morris 18 8-2-2 0.750 14-6-3 0.674 Syracuse 15 7-4-1 0.625 8-14-2 0.375 their Jan. 2-3 trip to Bemidji St. and the final season. McDonnell has started the last three Penn State 10 3-5-4 0.417 6-11-8 0.400 regular-season meeting against the Orange. games and allowed just one goal to go with Lindenwood 8 4-8-0 0.333 6-15-1 0.295 two shutout victories. Rochester Technology 2 1-11-0 0.083 4-17-3 0.212 LAST TIME THEY MET Mercyhurst and Syracuse last met Dec. 8-9 NEARING THE CENTURY MARK PRESEASON CHA COACHES’ POLL of 2017 at Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Lakers Mercyhurst has three players on its roster RELEASED SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 swept the Orange with a 4-1 win and a 2-1 that can reach over 100 career games played overtime win. Emma Nuutinen scored three before the end of the regular season. Juniors TEAM 1ST PLACE VOTES PTS. 16-17 FINISH 16-17 W-L-T times over both games, including the OT Samantha Fieseler (93), Morgan Stacey Robert Morris (5) 25 1st 15-3-2 game-winner on Dec. 9. Vilma Tanskanen (94), and Sarah Hine (95) would join seniors Syracuse (1) 21 2nd 14-4-2 Mercyhurst 17 3rd 11-8-1 tallied five points (1G, 4A) in the series while Brooke Hartwick (131), Jennifer MacAskill Penn State 11 4th 8-10-2 Kennedy Blair earned both wins in goal. (129), and Callie Paddock (107) in the Lakers’ Lindenwood 8 6th 3-16-1 100-game club. Rochester Technology 6 5th 4-14-2 ALL-TIME SERIES Mercyhurst holds a 36-5-3 advantage in the BLUE-LINE BLASEN CHA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS all-time series against the Orange. Mercyhurst Junior defenseman Molly Blasen has 14 YEAR CHAMPION CHA RECORD OVERALL RECORD has outscored Syracuse 87-46 over that span. points on one goal and 13 helpers this sea- 2003 Mercyhurst 6-0-0 25-8-1 Mercyhurst has never been swept by Syracuse son, surpassing her career-high season point 2004 Mercyhurst 11-1-0 26-4-4 in a two-game series dating back to their first total of 13 set in her freshman season 2015- 2005 Mercyhurst 11-0-1 28-7-2 16. Blasen is tied for fifth in points among all 2006 Mercyhurst 10-0-2 23-8-6 series on Nov. 14, 2008. 2007 Mercyhurst 11-0-1 32-2-3 CHA defensemen. 2008 Mercyhurst 11-2-1 26-8-3 HITTING THEIR STRIDE 2009 Mercyhurst 16-0-0 31-6-0 2010 Mercyhurst 14-1-1 30-3-3 Mercyhurst has won five-straight games for SISTI MILESTONE WATCH Mercyhurst head coach Mike Sisti currently 2011 Mercyhurst 16-0-0 29-6-0 the first time since the final five games of the 2012 Robert Morris 6-3-3 19-9-4 2016-17 season. During the win streak, Mercy- has 394 wins against conference opponents 2013 Mercyhurst 17-3-0 29-7-1 hurst has outscored opponents 21-4 and have since joining the CHA in 2002-03. He would 2014 R.I.T. 11-7-2 20-15-3 only trailed for 24:06 during that stretch. The become the first coach in CHA’s history to 2015 R.I.T. 5-12-3 15-19-5 2016 Mercyhurst 14-3-3 19-11-5 Lakers have had 11 different goal scorers over reach 400 CHA wins. 2017 Robert Morris 15-3-2 24-5-6 the past five games. LATE-GAME PERFORMERS USCHO.com DIVISION I WOMEN’S POLL GOOD TIMES IN THE CHA Mercyhurst outscored its opponents 24-17 in POLL: JANUARY 22, 2018 Mercyhurst has outscored College Hockey the 2nd period and 24-14 in the 3rd period America opponents 39-13 in its 12 conferenc- this season compared to being outscored # TEAM 1ST PLACE VOTES RECORD PTS LAST 1 Wisconsin (15) 24-1-1 150 1 es games this season.
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