Lights out—that’s a good thing—for psychology major
and hockey goaltender Jess Moffat’06,
Moose Creek, ONT. And there’s is one light in particular that
Moffat makes sure stays off as much as possible…the red one
behind the goal she is guarding. And, she hasn’t let it go
on often in her two seasons with the Saint women’s hockey program
since transferring to St. Lawrence.
One of the best Division I goaltenders in the nation,
male or female, Jess, who graduated from L’ecole Secondaire
Heritage, finished her senior season with a 1.28 goals against average,
fourth in the nation among woman goaltenders in Division I. She saved
94.4 percent of the shots which came her way, allowing just 26 goals
in 21 games and had three shutouts, one of which, a 1-0 win over
Minnesota-Duluth, propelled the Saints to their third straight
NCAA women’s Frozen Four.
Moffat, who was a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award as the top
women’s hockey player in the nation and is the St. Lawrence
nominee for the ECAC-Robbins Scholar Athlete Award, allowed just
1.60 goals per game in 38 games as a Saint and saved 93.5 percent
of opposition shots. She had six career shutouts and
a SLU career record of 29-6-3 including an 18-3-0 record as a senior.
She did everything she could to get the Saints, ranked in the top
three in the nation throughout the season, into the national championship
game. In addition to a 24-save night in the shutout of Minnesota-Duluth,
she came back with another 24-save performance in the national semifinals
against Wisconsin, unfortunately coming out on the wrong end of a
1-0 score.
