Brian Smith Director of Communications WOMEN’S Hockey East Association 591 North Ave. #2 WEEKEND Wakefield, MA 01880 Office: (781) 245-2122 PREVIEW Cell: (339) 227-2988 13.1 [email protected] For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 2, 2014 No. 5 Boston University Set to Face No. 1 Minnesota; No. 3 Boston College Welcomes Syracuse Providence Hosts No. 9 Mercyhurst; Vermont Travels to No. 8 North Dakota No. 5 Boston University at St. Cloud State; No. 1 Minnesota RECENT RESULTS • The Terriers opened last weekend with a 3-0 shutout over Queen’s University in an exhibition match up. Friday, September 26 • Sophomore forward Maddie Elia notched two goals while all three goaltenders split the No. 10 Minnesota Duluth 4 at UConn 4 (OT) shutout. McGill 4 at Vermont 0 (Ex) New Hampshire at Ohio State Queen’s 1 at No. 3 Boston College 10 (Ex) • First-year head coach Hilary Witt began her Hockey East career last weekend and kicked off the 2014-15 regular season at Maine. Margo Lund put the Wildcats on the board early, but Saturday, September 27 Maine scored twice to claim a 2-1 victory. New Hampshire 1 at Maine 2 * Maine vs. Robert Morris Minnesota Duluth 3 at UConn 0 • Maine opened the 2014-15 campaign with a 2-1 victory over the UNH Wildcats last weekend Queen’s 0 at No. 5 Boston University 3 (Ex) led by a pair of goals from Hailey Browne and Kelsey MacSorley. Montreal Stars 4 at Providence 1 (Ex) • MacSorely was named the Warrior Hockey Player of the Week for her game-winning goal. Providence at No. 9 Mercyhurst Sunday, September 28 • The Friars begin regular-season play at Mercyhurst after falling to the CWHL’s Montreal Stars Montreal Stars 4 at Northeastern 3 (Ex) in an exhibition game last weekend. Haley Frade notched the lone goal for Providence. • Providence split last season’s series with Mercyhurst 1-1 and has a 4-12-0 all-time record. UPCOMING GAMES Frade also scored the game-winning goal for the Friars in a win against Mercyhurst last year. UConn at No. 10 Quinnipiac Friday, October 3 • UConn enters the weekend coming off a 0-1-1 weekend with No. 10 Minnesota Duluth. No. 5 Boston University vs. St. Cloud State - 3 p.m. • Husky goaltender Elaine Chuli kicked out 54 shots in the tie and another 32 in the loss to New Hampshire at Ohio State - 6 p.m. garner WHEA Defensive Player of the Week honors. Robert Morris at Maine - 7 p.m. Vermont at Bemidji State; No. 8 North Dakota Providence at No. 9 Mercyhurst - 7 p.m. • After falling to McGill, 4-0, last weekend, Vermont holds a 1-6-1 all-time record against the UConn at No. 10 Quinnipiac - 7 p.m. defending CIS champions. Vermont at Bemidji State - 8 p.m. • The Catamounts travel to meet the Beavers for the first time since 2007, while last beating North Dakota, 2-1, on Jan. 7, 2003. UND is 8-0-2 against Vermont since that loss. Saturday, October 4 Syracuse at No. 3 Boston College Robert Morris at Maine - 1 p.m. • This is the third meeting between the Orange and the Eagles, with each team holding a 1-1-1 Syracuse at No. 3 Boston College - 2 p.m. record. New Hampshire at Ohio State - 2 p.m. • Boston College is coming off a 10-1 win over Queen’s that saw the return of Olympian Alex Providence at No. 9 Mercyhurst - 5 p.m. Carpenter to the Eagles’ roster and a hat trick by freshman Tori Sullivan. No. 5 Boston University at No. 1 Minnesota - 8 p.m. Oakville at Northeastern Vermont at No. 8 North Dakota - 8 p.m. • Northeastern was tripped up by a late rally by the Montreal Stars in an exhibition contest Oakville at Northeastern - 2 p.m. (Ex) last weekend, losing 4-3 despite three goals by freshmen. • The Huskies wrap up the exhibition schedule with the contest against Oakville, entering the All game times are EST 2014-15 regular season at Syracuse on Oct. 10. * denotes league games 2014-2015 WH E A S TA NDIN G S THE 13TH ANNUAL WHEA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT Rk. Team GP W L T Pts Overall Conf. Off. Conf. Def. 1. Maine 1 1 0 0 2 1-0-0 2.00 (1) 1.00 (1) 2. Boston College 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0.00 (0) 0.00 (0) Boston University 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0.00 (0) 0.00 (0) Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0-1-1 0.00 (0) 0.00 (0) Northeastern 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0.00 (0) 0.00 (0) MARCH 7-8, 2015 at the Hyannis Youth and Providence 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0.00 (0) 0.00 (0) Community Center, Hyannis, Mass. Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0.00 (0) 0.00 (0) For more information visit 8. New Hampshire 1 0 1 0 0 0-1-0 1.00 (2) 2.00 (2) www.hockeyeastonline.com BOSTON COLLEGE • BOSTON UNIVERSITY • UNIVERSITY of CONNECTICUT • UNIVERSITY of MAINE UNIVERSITY of NEW HAMPSHIRE • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY • PROVIDENCE COLLEGE • UNIVERSITY of VERMONT.