MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY 2020-21 WOMEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES 17 CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS • 15-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 13 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 4 FROZEN FOUR APPEARANCES •2009 NATIONAL RUNNER-UP GAME #3: Mercyhurst vs Adrian #10 Mercyhurst Lakers (2-0-0, 2-0-0 CHA) vs THE SERIES vs Adrian Adrian Bulldogs (DIII) All-time series: First Meeting GF: -- (3-0-0, 1-0-0 nCHA) GA: -- Game #3: Mercyhurst Ice Center Current Streak: -- Erie, PA Puck drop: January 2nd, 2021, 3:05 PM 2020-21 MERCYHURST SCHEDULE Dec. 5 RIT* Postponed Dec. 6 @RIT* Postponed Dec. 10 @RIT* W, 2-1 THE GAMES Dec. 11 RIT* W, 5-1 The Mercyhurst Lakers and the Division III Adrian College Bulldogs will Jan. 2, 2021 ADRIAN COLLEGE 3:05 PM open the 2021 calender season at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Lakers Jan. 6 RIT* 3:05 PM are coming off a season opening sweep of RIT on December 10th and Jan. 7 @RIT* TBA 11th. Adrian comes into the game with a 3-0 record, Mercyhurst will be the first Division I team Adrian has faced. Jan. 10 SACRED HEART 1:05 PM Jan. 15 ROBERT MORRIS* 4:05 PM Jan. 16 @Robert Morris* 2:05 PM Jan. 22 @Lindenwood* TBA THE COACHES Jan. 23 @Lindenwood* TBA MIKE SISTI (Canisius ‘90) enters his 22nd season as the first and Jan. 29 SYRACUSE* 2:05 PM only head coach of the Mercyhurst women’s hockey program. He holds a 500-185-55 career record. His win total is the tied for second Jan. 30 SYRACUSE* 2:05 PM most among all-time Division I women’s hockey coaches. Under his Feb. 2 @Robert Morris* 7:05 PM direction, the Lakers have won 15 conference titles, qualified for the Feb. 5 @Syracuse* TBA NCAA Tournament 13 times and appeared in the Frozen Four four Feb. 6 @Syracuse* TBA times. Feb. 12 @Penn State* TBA Feb. 13 @Penn State* TBA Feb. 16 ROBERT MORRIS* 6:05 PM SHAWN SKELLY (Adrian ‘11) enters his third season as the head coach Feb. 19 LINDENWOOD* 6:05 PM at Adiran. Prior to being named head coach he was the top assistant Feb. 20 LINDENWOOD* 2:05 PM with Adrian working with the Adrian Men’s Team. In his first two Feb. 26 PENN STATE* 2:05 PM seasons with the women’s program he has racked up a 46-8-5 record while finishing atop of the conference in both seasons. Feb. 27 PENN STATE* 2:05 PM Mar. 5 CHA Quaterfinals TBA Mar. 6 CHA Semifinals TBA Mar. 7 CHA Finals TBA * - College Hockey America Game CAPITAL - Home Game Schedule subject to change 2020-21 COLLEGE HOCKEY AMERICA STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL PTS W-L-T Pct. W-L-T PCT Penn State 9 4-1-1 .750 4-1-1 .750 Robert Morris 8 4-0-0 1.000 2-0-0 1.000 Syracuse 5 2-2-1 .500 2-2-0 .357 Mercyhurst 4 2-0-0 1.000 2-0-0 1.000 Lindenwood 0 0-2-0 .000 0-6-0 .000 RIT 0 0-3-0 .000 0-3-0 .000 SEASON LEADERS NOTES 20-21 CHA AWARD WINNERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK GAMES PLAYED PREVIOUS MATCHUP Mercyhurst won 5-1 in January against the Tigers to 17 tied at 2 keep their 7 game win streak against RIT alive. Sarah Nelles netted 2 goals for the Lakers while Alexa Vasko GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK added two assists and Liliane Perreault added an assist. GOALS Perreault, Boucher:2 Mercyhurst swept the season series. ROOKIE OF THE WEEK ALL-TIME SERIES Korzack, S. Nelles, Pinto:1 Mercyhurst and Adrian have never played each other. PLAYER OF THE MONTH ASSISTS SCHEDULE UPDATE Korzack, Thiessen: 2 Following a 2-0 start to the season, the Mercyhurst women’s hockey team announced its remaining GOALTENDER OF THE MONTH Perreault, S. Nelles, Pinto, Marmen, schedule for the 2020-21 season on December 18th. Phillips, Ste-Croix, Weiss: 1 The Lakers will play 18 more CHA games in the regular season starting on January 6th when they will host RIT once again in a home and home series. The two POINTS teams will play in Erie to start the series and then Korzack, Perreault: 3 travel to Rochester to conclude the second half of the home and home series. The Lakers will face Division III Thiessen, S.Nelles, Pinto, Boucher: 2 Adrian College on January 2nd in Erie to open the 2021 calendar year. Marmen, Phillips, Ste-Croix, Weiss: 1 USCHO.COM POLL - Dec. 14 PENALTY MINUTES LAST SEASON RECAP G. Nelles: 6 The Lakers capped off a 19-10-5 regular season with # TEAM RECORD PTS LAST 1 Wisconsin (10) 1-1-0 141 1 two wins against Penn State and Robert Morris to 2 Minnesota (4) 5-1-0 133 3 Marmen, Dobson: 4 capture thier 15th College Hockey America conference 3 Northeastern (1) 1-1-0 112 2 championship. 4 Ohio State 2-2-0 107 4 Korzack, Kromer, Pinto: 2 5 Colgate 4-1-1 89 5 6 Minnesota Duluth 4-2-0 69 6 Mercyhurst was set to play Cornell in the first round of 7 Providence 5-0-1 59 8 POWER PLAY GOALS the NCAA Tournament prior to the COVID-19 pandemic 8 Boston College 5-0-1 45 9 that caused the tournament to be cancelled. 9 Clarkson 1-2-1 41 7 Korzack, Pinto: 1 10 Mercyhurst 2-0-0 9 NR Others Receiving Votes: Boston University (7), Penn SCOUTING ADRIAN State (6) Quinnipiac (4), Robert Morris (3) SHORTHANDED GOALS The Bulldogs come into the matchup with Mercyhurst with a record of 3-0. Adrian has played Trine three N/A times outscoring their opponents by a total of 18-2. The Bulldogs have 17 returning players while adding 9 GAME-WINNING GOALS freshman and a transfer in 2020-21. Korzack, Boucher: 1 Adrian finished the 2019-20 season with a record of 22- 3-3 overall while having a 14-1-1 record in conference. Sophomore Une Bjelland returns after finishing forth SHOTS in goals for the Bulldogs as a freshman scoring 9 goals Korzack, Boucher: 8 and recording 30 points. Sophomore Kaleigh Cadorette is tied for the team lead ing points, in three games she Marmen, Dobson: 7 has tallied three goals and two assists while having a +4 rating. Sophomore transfer Reaghan Pietrowski who USA TODAY POLL - Dec. 22 Pinto, G. Nelles: 6 transferred from RIT also has five points in the teams first # TEAM RECORD PTS LAST three games. 1 Wisconsin (15) 1-1-0 184 1 BLOCKED SHOTS 2 Minnesota (4) 5-1-0 170 2 Weiss: 7 In net for the Bulldogs both senior Mia Glassco and 3 Ohio State 2-2-0 154 3 4 Northeastern 1-1-0 128 4 sophomore Shophie Goldberg have seen time in the 5 Colgate 4-1-1 116 5 Vasko, Cole: 4 net. Glassco has played in two games and has .933 save 6 Minnesota Duluth 4-2-0 100 6 percentage and a 1.36 goals against average. Goldberg 7 Clarkson 1-2-1 68 8 has also appeared in two games and has yet to allow a 8 Boston College 5-3-0 53 9 Boucher, Thiessen: 3 9 Providence 6-1-1 45 7 goal saving all 21 shots she has seen. 10 Quinnipiac 2-0-0 17 10 PLUS/MINUS RATING Others Receiving Votes: Mercyhurst (6), Boston Weiss, Marmen, Perreault: +3 The Bulldogs are set to take on Robert Morris on January University (2), Connecticut (1), Penn State (1) 4th in Pittsburgh. 7 tied at +1 SUPERLATIVES NOTES Home record .......................................................... 1-0-0 LAKER RECORD Mary Kromer joins the Lakers after putting up 12 Away record ............................................................ 1-0-0 Mercyhurst opened their 2020-21 season with a points for the Stoney Brook Junior Sabres of the Neutral site record ................................................ 0-0-0 sweep on the RIT Tigers by scores of 2-1 and 5-1. PWHL in 2019-20. Scoring a power-play goal ................................ 1-0-0 LAKER OUTLOOK Paige Whaley joins the Mercyhurst squad for her Not scoring a power-play goal ........................ 1-0-0 The Lakers outscored RIT in their opening series freshman year after after a successful career with Allowing a power-play goal ............................. 0-0-0 7-2. The Lakers recieved two goals from freshman the Etobicoke Dolphins of the PWHL where she Not allowing a power-play goal ..................... 2-0-0 Sara Boucher in the season opening in Roch- posted 41 points in 61 career games. ester on December 10th. In the season opener Scoring a short-handed goal .......................... 0-0-0 Megan Korzack, Emily Pinto, and Rachel Marmen Chantal Ste-Croix rounds out the freshman class Allowing a short-handed goal ........................ 0-0-0 recorded assists while sophomore Jenna Silvonen coming to the Lakers after putting up 13 goals 10 or more PIMs ................................................... 1-0-0 stopped 23 of 24 shots. and 12 assists for the Stoney Brook Junior Sabres 9 PIMs or less .......................................................... 1-0-0 in 2019-20. On December 11th the Lakers once again took on More PIMs than opponent ............................... 1-0-0 the Tigers in what would be Head Coach Michael Fewer PIMs than opponent ............................. 0-0-0 Ena Nystrøm comes to Mercyhurst for her Sisti’s 500th career win. Junior Liliane Perreault sophomore season after spending her freshman Same amount of PIMs ........................................ 1-0-0 netted two goals in the 5-1 win. Once Perreault year at RPI where she has .915 save percentage In one-goal games .............................................