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 10, 2011 WEEKLY RELEASE #13 NO. 6 BOSTON COLLEGE WINS TWO; MAINE EDGES NO. 8 PROVIDENCE ~ NU wins on road at UNH; UConn splits RMU series ~ PURE HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK #8 HOLLY LORMS, BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Senior Forward; Brookfield, Wis.) RECENT RESULTS Monday, January 3 Lorms recorded two goals in a thrilling 4-3 victory against No. 8 Providence on Sunday. The at Maine 3, No. 8 Providence 2 * Brookfield, Wis., native provided the heroics for the Terriers as she scored the game-winning No. 6 Boston College 3 at Yale 1 goal with 55 seconds remaining in the contest. Friday, January 7 No. 9 North Dakota 4 at Vermont 1 PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Saturday, January 8 No. 6 Boston College 6 at Maine 1 * #9 TAYLOR WASYLK, BOSTON COLLEGE (Freshman Forward; Port Huron, Mich.) No. 9 North Dakota 3 at Vermont 3 (OT) Robert Morris 3 at Connecticut 1 Wasylk netted a goal at Yale and two goals at Maine for a total of three goals on the week for the Eagles. She recorded seven shots on goal and a +2 rating on the week. Sunday, January 9 at No. 3 Boston U. 4, No. 8 Providence 3 * Northeastern 4 at New Hampshire 2 * at Connecticut 6, Robert Morris 2 UPCOMING GAMES WHEA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Friday, January 14 #14 PEGGY WAKEHAM, VERMONT (Senior Defenseman; Bay Roberts, Nfld.) Providence at New Hampshire * (7pm) Vermont at Connecticut * (7pm) Wakeham had a goal and two assists as Vermont came from behind three separate times to pickup a 3-3 tie with #8 North Dakota Saturday afternoon at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Saturday, January 15 New Hampshire at Providence * (7pm) Maine at Northeastern * (2pm) Boston U. at Boston College * (2pm) Vermont at Connecticut * (4pm) WHEA TEAM OF THE WEEK Sunday, January 16 BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES Maine at Boston U. * (3pm) Boston College at Northeastern * (2pm) The Eagles picked up two victories on the week beginning with a 3-1 win at Yale on Monday and following that up with a 6-1 victory at Maine on Saturday night at Alfond Arena. The Eagles outshot their two opponents on the week by a combined, 84-to 35. All game times are EST BC went 3-for-7 on the power play on Saturday. * 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 College 10 7 1 2 16 13-3-4 3.20 (32) 1.20 (12) 2. Boston University 10 6 1 3 15 16-2-3 2.90 (29) 1.70 (17) 3. Northeastern 10 4 3 3 11 12-5-4 2.20 (22) 1.70 (17) Providence 10 5 4 1 11 14-7-1 2.70 (27) 2.40 (24) 5. Connecticut 9 4 4 1 9 8-13-1 1.33 (12) 2.00 (18) 6. Maine 10 3 5 2 8 9-9-4 1.90 (19) 2.50 (25) MARCH 5-6, 2011 7. Vermont 11 1 6 4 6 4-9-9 1.27 (14) 2.45 (27) at the highest remaining seed 8. New Hampshire 10 2 8 0 4 9-11-0 1.30 (13) 2.80 (28) 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 Lori Antflick, NU (Sr, F, Thornhill, Ont.) Recorded two assists, including a helper on the game-winner, to help lead NU past UNH, 4-2. Blake Bolden, BC (So., D, Stow, Ohio) Registered a goal and an assist vs. Yale before tallying two assists at Maine for two multiple-point games. Casie Fields, NU (So., D, Buffalo Grove, Ill.) Potted her first goal of the season and registered the primary assist on the game-winner in the UNH win. Rebecca Hewett, UConn (Jr., D, Oak Bluff, Man.) Recorded a goal and two assists over weekend, with the goal and one assist coming in the 6-2 victory vs. RMU Rachel Llanes, NU (So, F, San Jose, Calif.) Added two assists in the Huskies’ 4-2 win over UNH. Jean O’Neill, PC (Sr., F, Strafford, Pa.) Scored twice in the Friars lone game of the weekend, a 4-3 loss at No. 3 BU. Stephanie Raithby, UConn (Fr., F, London, Ont.) Recorded a goal in Sunday’s 6-2 victory vs. RMU and an assist in Saturday’s contest. Mary Restuccia, BC (Jr., F, Chester Springs, Pa.) Tallied an assist at Yale and three assists at Maine for the Eagles. Nina Riley, PC (Fr., G, Lexington, Mass.) Played the second and third periods Sunday at BU, stopping 26 of the 28 shots she faced. Kelli Stack, BC (Sr., F, Brooklyn Heights, Ohio) Recorded two multiple-point games with two assists at Yale and a goal and an assist at Maine. Leah Sulyma, NU (Sr., G, Inuvik, N.W.T.) Made 26 saves in her second start of the season to defeat UNH, 4-2. Danielle Welch, BC (Jr., F, Hastings, Minn.) Recorded a goal against Yale in addition to an assist at Maine. CAREER FIRSTS/MILESTONES/WHO’S HOT? TEAM NOTES Boston College: Boston College began 2011 with two wins, one in Hockey East…the Eagles tallied BOSTON UNIVERSITY tERRIERS nine goals in two games from six different goal scorers…Goalie Molly Schaus picked up two wins, saving IS ON A program-best EIGHT-GAME WINNING streak 33 shots and allowing only two goals…Mary Restuccia continued a scoring streak with assists in both games this week. She currently leads the Eagles in assists with 17…Kelli Stack registered two more multiple-point CORINNE BUIE, PC (EDINA, MINN.) efforts for 11 this season…Blake Bolden leads BC defenders in scoring with four goals and eight assists for 12 points…Andrea Green tallied her second season goal and Ashley Motherwell netted her fourth…Taylor HAS SEVEN POINts (3 goaLS, 4 assists) IN HER Last FIVE GAMES Wasylk recorded her fourth multiple-point game with a two goals at Maine. SIENA FALINO, NU (CENTERPORT, N.Y.) Boston University: The No. 3 Boston University women’s ice hockey team extended its program-best EXteNDED her poiNT streak to three games. She haD 1-3-4 totaLS IN that stretch win streak to eight games with a 4-3 victory over Providence…In 2010-11, the Terriers improved to 10-0-0 when scoring first and 11-0-0 when leading after the first period…BU moved to 3-1-0 against ranked teams with Sunday’s win…three members of the women’s ice hockey team won gold in international competitions CHRISTIE JENSEN, PC (DELTA, B.C.) last weekend…Juniors Jenelle Kohanchuk and Tara Watchorn captured the MLP Cup with Canada’s National reCorded Her FirSt tWo-poiNt GAme iN SUNdAy’S LoSS At BU Women’s Under-22 Team, while head coach Brian Durocher served on the coaching staff of the gold medal- winning U.S. Women’s National Under-18 team at the iiHF World Women’s U18 Championship. KRISTI KEHOE, NU (BAKERSFIELD, CALIF.) University of Connecticut: -The Huskies are now 3-1 all-time against Robert Morris...Jennifer taLLIED A goaL IN TWO OF HER Last THREE GAMES Chaisson increased her career point total to 77 against Robert Morris, which puts her tied for fifth all- time at UConn...With her goal on Saturday Chaisson also now ranks 10th on the all-time chart in career KERRIN sPERRY, NU (READING, MASS.) goals with 24, and ranks third with 53 career assists after Sunday’s contest...Jenna Welch and Alexandra Vakos each recorded their first collegiate goals against Robert Morris, Welch scoring the second of the improVED to 12-0-2 to start HER coLLegiate career game and Vakos scoring the eventual game-winner, while junior Rebecca Hewett notched her first goal of the season...Freshman Nicole Paniccia earned her third victory of the season on Sunday, playing in just her fifth game of her career...12 different Huskies recorded a point in Sunday’s contest, led by Vakos who notched three points. University of Maine: Maine split a pair of games against ranked teams in WHEA play this past week…in a rare Monday contest for the Black Bears, Maine defeated #8/9 Providence by the score of ARMY ROTC THREE STARS AWARD 3-2 behind goals from Kayla Kaluzny (2), Brittany Dougherty (11) and Jennie Gallo (11)…The win was maine’s first over a ranked opponent since it defeated then #5 Boston College by the score of 5-3 on Nov. At the conclusion of each Hockey East league game, the Hockey East “Army ROTC 16, 2008…Gallo’s power play goal gave her six on the season which tied her for first in the nation in that Three Stars of The Game” are selected. Here are the leaders for the 2010-2011 category…The Black Bears dropped a 6-1 decision to #6 Boston College on Saturday evening with Myriam season to date. Croussette (9) scoring the lone goal for the Black Bears…maine’s lone goal against Boston College set new career highs for all three involved…Croussette set a new high for goals in a season with her ninth and points in a season with 19.