2000-2001 ARCHIVES

 

2000-2001 Results

2000-2001 Stats

2000-2001 Summary

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MAGUIRE NAMED CAPTAIN, AWARDS ANNOUNCED

Freshman netminder Rachel Barrie was named team Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year at the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team banquet and senior-to-be Meghan Maguire was announced as the team's captain for the 2001-2002 season. The assistant captains for the Saints are Jessica Wilson and Colleen Coakley, both of whom will be seniors in the fall.

 

Barrie, an American Hockey Coaches Association second-team All-America pick, as well as second-team All-ECAC, All-Rookie and Rookie of the Year pick, also won the team's Most Valuable Player award and the Rookie of the Year award. Barrie set the program's Division I records for goals against average (2.07), save percentage (.928) and wins (15).

 

Wilson, along with Potsdam native Lindsay Charlebois, earned Co-Most Improved Player awards at the banquet. Wilson tallied a career-high 25 points with 13 goals and 12 assists in 2000-2001, up from her 11-point total in her sophomore season. Charlebois' improvement from September through March earned her award. The rookie tallied three goals and two-assists from her spot on the blueline.

 

The Seventh Player Award was given not to a single player, but a group of players who were the glue that held the team together. The entire senior class of Stacy Boudrias, Nicole Kirnan, Emily Stein, Caroline Trudeau and Caryn Ungewitter were given the award for the incredible sacrifice to the program, not just during the course of the season, but during their entire four-year careers. The class of 2001 brought the program from Division I anonymity in 1997-98 to the national championship game in 2000-2001. The class twice helped set the school record for wins (18 in 1999-2000 and upping it to 24 in 2000-2001) and graduates with a record of 61-57-9, including a 42-23-4 mark over the past two seasons.

 

Coakley, a constant presence on the Saints blueline, and Wilson will each be first-year captains next season, filling the voids left by St. Lawrence all-time leading goal scorer Trudeau and the sixth all-time leading point scorer in Kirnan. This will be Maguire's second season as a captain after serving as a co-captain over the past season.

 

CHARTRAND AND KINGSBURY EARN GOLD WITH CANADIANS

 

April 12, 2001--Defenseman Isabelle Chartrand and freshman forward Gina Kingsbury traded their St. Lawrence scarlet and brown for Canadian red and white at the International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championships over the past two weeks and earned gold in the process. The Canadian National team swept through the tournament undefeated, downing the U.S. 3-2 in the gold medal game on Sunday, April 8.

 

"It's a tremendous experience for them to play with and against the best players in the world and to win a gold medal is a tremendous honor for them," said St. Lawrence head coach Paul Flanagan.

 

After helping the Saints to the championship game of the inaugural 2001 NCAA Women's Frozen Four in Minneapolis, Minn., Chartrand and Kingsbury returned to the Twin Cities just days later with the Canadian Women's National Team for the IIHF Women's World Championships. They helped the Canadians roll through the tournament undefeated and collect their seventh consecutive gold medal at the world championships. Chartrand posted two assists in tournament play, one in a 13-0 win over Sweden and the other coming on Canada's second goal in the gold medal game against the US.

 

"I was jumping around when we scored the second goal in the gold medal game against the U.S.," said Chartrand. "Games against the U.S. are always the most fun because they are always well-played, very close contests. The excitement overwhelmed me and I just couldn't stop jumping in celebration after we scored to take the lead."

 

Kingsbury scored a goal and an assist against Sweden and added another helper against Finland in round-robin play.

 

"It was such a great honor just to be playing there that I didn't really care if I scored or not," said Kingsbury of her point totals. "It was such a good experience for me. Not only did I learn a lot about hockey, but to realize that we were representing our country was an incredible feeling. Sitting in the locker room getting dressed next to all those players that I used to watch on TV and being part of that legacy was something I have dreamed about for so long."

 

Kingsbury was so excited about winning gold that she didn't put her medal away the following day at the airport. She purposely carried the gold through the metal detectors, sounding the alarm before flashing around her world championship medal as the cause for the alarm.

 

Chartrand was named an American Hockey Coaches Association second team All-America selection while playing for St. Lawrence, notching eight goals and 13 assists to lead the Saints in defenseman scoring. Both she and Kingsbury were named to the ECAC All-Rookie Team while Chartrand was also a first-team All-Conference selection. Kingsbury netted 14 goals and 15 assists in her freshman season.

 

St. Lawrence finished the season with a school-record 24 wins, while suffering just eight losses and three ties. Picked to finish sixth in the ECAC in the preseason poll, the Saints had a third-place regular season finish and marched to the national championship game, finishing third in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches poll at the end of the season.

 

CHARTRAND AND BARRIE NAMED AHCA ALL-AMERICA

 

April 11, 2001--St. Lawrence University women's hockey players Isabelle Chartrand and Rachel Barrie were named American Hockey Coaches Association second team All-America after helping the Saints to the championship game of the 2001 NCAA Women's Frozen Four.

 

"Isabelle demonstrated that she is one of the premier defenseman in the country," said Saints head coach and AHCA Coach of the Year Paul Flanagan. "She did a fantastic job this year defensively and also added to our offensive depth with her skating and puck-handling ability."

 

Chartrand, a defenseman, scored eight goals and had 13 assists from her position on the blueline. She earned numerous honors in the process, including Eastern College Athletic Conference First-Team All-Conference honors as well as a spot on the ECAC All-Rookie Team. After collecting five points in a weekend sweep of Yale and Princeton, Chartrand was named the Louisville/ECAC Rookie of the Week on January 15. She scored the Saints second goal of the national championship, a 4-2 loss to Minnesota-Duluth, and played impressive enough defense to earn a spot on the Frozen Four All-Tournament Team.

 

"It's a great honor to be named to the All-America team," said Chartrand. "I didn't even know they recognized the top players in the nation in this manner, so I was very surprised and very happy to be named to such a prestigious team."

 

Barrie, the Saints spectacular freshman netminder, was also recognized as a second-team AHCA All-America, posting a 2.07 goals against average and finishing third in the nation with a .928 save percentage. She had a 15-5-2 record between the pipes and was the most decorated student-athlete at the ECAC Postseason Tournament banquet, earning ECAC/Louisville Rookie of the Year, ECAC All-Conference second team and ECAC All-Rookie team honors. She made 63 saves in two games at the Frozen Four, including 31 against top-ranked Dartmouth while allowing just one goal in the Saints 3-1 semifinal round win.

 

"It's a great honor knowing there are so many good goaltenders that were just as deserving," said Barrie. "A lot of the credit should go to the great team that I had in front of the net helping me out in every game."

 

"Rachel was a solid force for us all season. She was very consistent throughout the season and did a fantastic job down the stretch run, into the conference playoffs through the national championship game," said Flanagan.

 

St. Lawrence finished the season with a school-record 24 wins, while suffering just eight losses and three ties. Picked to finish sixth in the ECAC in the preseason poll, the Saints had a third-place regular season finish and marched to the national championship game, finishing third in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches poll at the end of the season.

 

 

CHARTRAND HAS ASSIST IN CHAMPIONSHIP WIN

 

April 8: St. Lawrence University freshman Isabelle Chartrand had her third assist of the tournament in Canada's 3-2 victory over the United States in the championship game of the women's hockey World Championships in Minnesota on Sunday.

Chartrand, one of two Saint players on the Canadian team, set up the second Canada goal as Canada won its seventh straight World Championship.

 

Gina Kingsbury and Chartrand each picked up points in Team Canada's 13-0 win over Sweden in the Women's World Hockey Championships being held in Minnesota and each had an assist in a 8-0 semifinal win over Finland.

 

Chartrand assisted on Corenne Bredin's game-winner 3:58 into the game while Kingsbury assisted on Bredin's hat trick goal in the second period and scored her first goal of the tournament on a power play late in the second period. Chartrand and Kingsbury each assisted on third period goals in the romp past Finland.

 

FLANAGAN NAMED AHCA WOMEN'S COACH OF THE YEAR

 

March 30, 2001--St. Lawrence University women's ice hockey head coach Paul Flanagan was named the American Hockey Coaches Association Women's Ice Hockey University Division Coach of the Year. Flanagan led the Saints to the championship game of the inaugural NCAA Women's Hockey Frozen Four and a school record 24 wins in 2000-2001.

 

Flanagan guided St. Lawrence to a 24-8-3 record, smashing the old school-record of 18 wins, a second place finish at the NCAA national tournament. The Saints downed the season-long #1 Dartmouth Big Green, 3-1, in the semifinals before falling to Minnesota-Duluth in the national championship game.

 

After spending 11 seasons as an assistant with the St. Lawrence men's team, Flanagan took over the head position with the women and led them to an 18-15-1 record in 1998-99, their first winning season since 1993-94. He took the Saints even higher in 2000-2001, finishing with a #3 ranking in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Women's Hockey poll and improving his career record to 42-22-4. Minnesota-Duluth head coach

 

Shannon Miller was the runner-up after leading the Bulldogs to the first ever NCAA national championship.

 

College hockey's Coach of the Year recipients are chosen by members of the American Hockey Coaches Association. Winners will receive their awards at the annual AHCA Coach of the Year Banquet, held in conjunction with the AHCA Convention in Naples, Fla. This year's banquet is scheduled for Saturday, April 28.

 

SAINTS STOPPED BY BULLDOGS IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

 

March 25, 2001-Minnesota-Duluth finally stopped the Saints run for the NCAA Championship with a 4-2 win over the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team at the 2001 Inaugural NCAA Women's Hockey Frozen Four at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. Maria Rooth, the tournament's most outstanding player, had a goal and an assist in the game for the Bulldogs as they took the national championship with a record of 28-5-4. The Saints finish up the season with a school-record 24 wins to go along with just eight losses and three ties.

 

St. Lawrence, picked to finished sixth in the ECAC in the preseason poll, dominated the first five minutes of the game, registering five shots on net to Duluth's one. Amanda Sargeant finally beat Bulldog's goalie Tuula Puputti with a power-play goal at 11:22 of the period. Sargeant and Jessica Wilson played with the puck in the corner before Sargeant carried the puck across the slot and roofed a wrister over Puputti. The Bulldogs answered with 2:40 left on the clock when Jenny Hempel finished off a rebound from a Navada Russel shot.

 

Minnesota-Duluth scored twice in the second period to take a 3-1 lead heading into the final stanza. Maria Rooth notched her 41st goal of the season when she broke in all alone on Barrie and beat her through the five-hole at 5:36. Hanne Sikio gave the Bulldogs their third when her point-blank wrister from a Sanna Peura pass found Barrie's five-hole again. St. Lawrence managed just two shots on net in the period while UMD racked up 13. The Bulldogs stretched the lead to 4-1 when Laurie Alexander collected a rebound from a Rooth breakaway and found the back of the net at 9:22. St. Lawrence came back with a flurry, pelting Puputti with 16 third period shots before Isabelle Chartrand scored on a Gina Kingsbury assist while skating with the extra attacker and 54 seconds left on the clock. However, the clock ran out on the Saints amazing season as Duluth took the 4-2 decision.

 

Barrie finished the game with 32 saves and had 63 saves in the tournament. Sargeant, who had a goal and an assist in the tournament, along with defenseman Isabelle Chartrand earned all-tournament honors.

 

The careers of Stacy Boudrias, Nicole Kirnan, Emily Stein, Caroline Trudeau and Caryn Ungewitter come to a close as they brought the program from Division I anonymity to NCAA runners-up in just four short years.

 

SAINTS HEADING TO CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

 

March 23, 2001-- The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team scored three first period goals on their way to downing number-one seed Dartmouth Big Green 3-1 in the semifinals of the inaugural 2001 NCAA Women's Frozen Four. Rachel Barrie, the ECAC Rookie of the Year, made 31 saves in net for the Saints to record her 15th win of the season.

 

"We jumped on Dartmouth early and I don't think they were ready for it," said St. Lawrence head coach Paul Flanagan. "Our kids came out excited and wanted to redeem themselves after the loss to Harvard in the ECAC tournament."

 

St. Lawrence jumped on Dartmouth early, netting two goals in the first 5:45 of the opening period. Suzanne Fiacco netted the first-ever goal in the NCAA Women's Frozen Four when her wrist shot from the right face-off circle beat Amy Ferguson off the post on the stick side.

 

Chera Marshall added to the lead just 71 seconds later with a power-play goal. Marshall collected a pass from Trisha Powers, turned and fired the puck through Ferguson's pads to give the Saints a 2-0 lead.

 

A slashing penalty on Dartmouth's Correne Bredin at 18:28 led to the Saints second power play of the game at 18:47. Jessica Wilson grabbed a pass from Amanda Sargeant, wheeled behind the net and her wrap-around attempt deflected off a Dartmouth defender's skate and through Ferguson's five hole.

 

Barrie took over from there, stoning 21 of 22 shots in the final two periods. Carly Haggard scored late in the third period shorthanded, but it proved to be too little, too late.

 

St. Lawrence advances to the national championship game, where they will take on the winner of Harvard-Minnesota-Duluth game. The championship game is scheduled for 6:00 Eastern Time on Sunday, March 25, 2001.

 

SAINTS EARN AT LARGE BID TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP

 

March 18, 2001-- The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team was selected as one of four teams to compete in the first ever NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship to take place on Friday, March 23, and Sunday, March 25, in Minneapolis, Minn. St. Lawrence was the #4-seed in the four team tournament with Dartmouth College seeded first, University of Minnesota-Duluth second and Harvard University seeded third.

 

The Saints, 23-7-3 on the season, will take on top-ranked Dartmouth in the first game on Friday at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Dartmouth won both the ECAC regular season and tournament titles and has a 26-3-1 record. Minnesota-Duluth (26-5-4), the Western Collegiate Hockey Association tournament title winners, will face-off with Harvard (23-9-0) on Friday at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time.

 

St. Lawrence is coming off their winningest season in program history with 23 wins. The Saints finished third in the ECAC 18-4-2 and advanced to the conference tournament semifinals before being knocked out by Harvard.

 

"We are very excited to be part of the inaugural NCAA women's ice hockey championship," said St. Lawrence head coach Paul Flanagan. "Women's hockey is growing tremendously in Minnesota and we expect a great atmosphere for the final four."

 

SAINTS OUSTED FROM ECAC PLAYOFFS BY HARVARD

 

March 17, 2001-The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team dropped a 7-1 decision to the Harvard Crimson in the semifinals of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament held at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. The Saints, who are now 23-7-3, will wait to see in they receive a bid for the NCAA Tournament to be held in Minneapolis, Minn., on March 23 and 25.

 

Harvard took a 3-0 lead in the first period, scoring twice in a 17 second span late in the period. Jennifer Botterill, who was named the ECAC Player of the Year, got Harvard started when she Rachel Barrie through the five-hole on a rebound of a Pamela Van Reesema shot at 10:16. Kalen Ingram scored a similar goal at 18:15, collecting a rebound from a Tammy Shewchuk shot and finding the net on a low shot. Just 17 seconds later, Angie Francisco found Kiirsten Suurkask cutting through the slot and Suurkask one-timed the puck high to give Harvard the 3-0 lead after on period of play. Senior captain Caroline Trudeau was helped off the ice with 8:41 left in the period after a hard check.

 

The Crimson extended the lead to 4-0 when Mina Pell came in late on a 2-on-1 break to finish off a shot that hit the post at 4:15. St. Lawrence cut into the lead with a power-pay goal at 9:28. Shannon Smith was led into open ice on a Meghan Maguire pass in the neutral zone. Smith carried down the left side and sent a pass cross-ice to Amanda Sargeant who tipped the pass top shelf for the Saints goal. St. Lawrence was outshot 20-14 in the period. Harvard would tack on three more goals in the third period to put the game away. Shewchuk scored twice, including one on the power play, in the third period and Angie Francisco had one as Harvard skated away with the 7-1 win.

 

The Crimson held a 49-36 advantage in shots as Rachel Barrie made 42 saves in net for St. Lawrence and Jessica Ruddock stopped 35 for Harvard.

 

Harvard moves on the ECAC championship where they will Dartmouth at 3:00 p.m. at Thompson Arena. Dartmouth advanced to the finals with a 3-2 overtime win over Brown in the other semifinal match-up.

 

FLANAGAN COACH OF THE YEAR; BARRIE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Chartrand 1st Team All-ECAC; Kingsbury All-Rookie Team

 

March 15-- Head coach Paul Flanagan was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference Coach of the Year and Rachel Barrie was named the ECAC/Louisville Rookie of the Year. Barrie also earned second team All-ECAC honors and to the All-Rookie Team. Isabelle Chartrand was named first team All-ECAC and to the All-Rookie team while Gina Kingsbury earned All-Rookie honors.

 

Flanagan, in his second season as the head coach of the women's program, has led the Saints to the semifinals of the ECAC playoffs and a number-four ranking in both national polls. St. Lawrence, picked to finish sixth in the conference in the preseason, set the school record for wins, 23 and hopefully still counting, and finished third in the conference. The Saints are 23-6-3 overall and finished 18-4-2 in the conference.

 

Barrie, a native of Arnprior, Ontario, led the Saints goaltenders in every category. She posted a 1.77 goals against average, the fourth-best number in the nation and a .935 save percentage, the second-best percentage in the nation. Along with two shutouts, including a 34-save performance against New Hampshire in the Saints 1-0 quarterfinal win, Barrie posted a 14-3-2 record in the crease. In 20 games this season, she has allowed just 34 goals while making 488 saves.

 

Chartrand (Anjou, Quebec), who is also a member of the Canadian National Women's Team, was named to the All-Rookie team and the All-ECAC second team. On the season, she leads the team and is sixth in conference defenseman scoring with seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points. Overall, she has seven goals and 13 assists.

 

Kingsbury was named to the All-Rookie team with 14 goals and 13 assists. The freshman from Rouyn-Noranda, Que., tied Karen Droog of Maine in conference freshman scoring with 24 points. Despite missing six ECAC contests, Kingsbury collected 13 goals and 11 assists, an average of 1.33 points per game during conference games.

 

BARRIE SHUTS OUT UNH; SLU TO FACE HARVARD IN ECAC SEMIFINALS

 

March 10--Rachel Barrie came up with 34 saves, including 28 in the last two periods, to record her second shutout of the season and advance the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team into the ECAC Tournament semifinals with a 1-0 win over the University of New Hampshire in the quarterfinal round. Jen Huggon made 18 saves for the Wildcats (17-17-0, 13-11-0 ECAC) in a game that featured goaltending.

 

St. Lawrence will face Harvard in the semifinal round of the ECAC tournament next Saturday at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. The Crimson earned the right inot the semfinals with a 4-3 overtime win against Providence. The Saints and Harvard split the season series with each team winning on the road. Harvard took a 2-1 decision at Appleton on December 3, while the Saints were 3-2 winners at Bright Hockey Center on January 6.

 

St. Lawrence (23-6-3, 18-4-2 ECAC) scored the only goal of the game 9:24 into the first period on Jess Wilson's 12th score of the season. The play started at mid-ice where Suzanne Fiacco found Sara Simard along the left boards. Simard took a shot from just above the face-off circle that UNH goaltender Jen Huggon couldn't control and Wilson stuffed the rebound into empty net.

 

Rachel Barrie and Huggon took the spotlight in the second period, keeping both teams off the scoreboard. Huggon made seven saves, including a dandy kick save on Amanda Sargeant who was all alone midway through the period. Barrie made three stops on a UNH flurry with 1:45 left in the period and then got some help from the crossbar. A shot by Annie Fahlenbock deflected off a stick, over Barrie's head and hit the crossbar with 6.3 seconds left in the period.

 

Barrie took over the third period making 14 saves in the final stanza. Chera Marshall had a chance to give the Saints a 2-0 cushion, but Huggon came up big with a sprawling save on Marshall's breakaway chance with 10 minutes remaining. The Wildcats pulled Huggon with 55 seconds left in game, but Barrie and the Saints defense held on for the 1-0 win.

 

With the win, St. Lawrence advances to the semifinals of the ECAC Tournament. The semifinals and finals will be hosted by Dartmouth College on Saturday and Sunday, March 17 and 18. Game time and opponent has yet to be determined as the remaining teams will be re-seeded after today's results.

 

SAINTS WRAP UP REGULAR SEASON WITH 3-2 WIN

 

March 4, 2001-The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team wrapped up the regular season by downing the Princeton Tigers 3-2 at Appleton Arena on Sunday afternoon. 735 fans witnessed the senior day game, the second largest crowd for a regular season game in Saints women's history. Two third period goals proved to be the difference for the Saints (22-6-3, 18-4-2 ECAC) who are locked in for at least third place in the conference.

 

Caroline Trudeau scored just 42 seconds into the final stanza and Trisha Powers scored at the 2:00 mark to break what was a 1-1 tie after two periods. Trudeau buried a cross-ice feed from Shannon Smith on a 3-on-1 breakaway to register the Saints second goal. Just 78 seconds later, Powers collected the remains of a Gina Kingsbury shot and roofed it over Princeton goaltender Megan Van Beusekom. Princeton (13-13-2, 8-13-3 ECAC) made it interesting, scoring with 4:45 left in the game on a power-play goal. Aviva Grumet-Morris' slapshot from the point deflected off a skate and through Rachel Barrie's legs to cut the game to 3-2. However, the Saints held on for the win to finish the season with a school-record 22 overall wins and 18 conference victories.

 

The Saints got on the board in the first period as Sara Simard took a pass from Suzanne Fiacco and beat Van Beusekom on the glovehand side. Princeton answered at 4:32 of the second with their first power-play goal of the game when Abbey Fox found a rebound from a Grumet-Morris slapshot and slid it behind Barrie.

 

St. Lawrence outshot the Tigers 30-24 in the game while Princeton capitalized on two of four power-play opportunities. Van Beusekom finished with 27 saves in the game while Barrie made 22 saves.

 

St. Lawrence will host New Hampshire or Northeastern on Saturday, March 10, at 2:00 p.m. in the first round of the ECAC playoffs.

 

UNGEWITTER POST 4-0 SHUTOUT OVER YALE

 

March 3, 2001-Caryn Ungewitter made 13 saves to post her first shutout of the season and four different players scored goals as the Saints skated to a 4-0 win over the Yale Bulldogs at Appleton Arena on Saturday afternoon. The shutout was St. Lawrence's (21-6-3, 17-4-2) second of the season as they broke open a 1-0 game with three goals in the third period to post the win over Yale (3-22-2, 2-20-1).

 

After a scoreless first period in which the Saints outshot Yale 14-6, Suzanne Fiacco broke the scoreless tie at the 7:45 mark of the second period. Sara Simard passed the puck behind the net to Jess Wilson who quickly slid it out front to Fiacco. Fiacco took the pass and found a hole in Bulldogs goalie Katie Hirte, scoring the only goal of the second stanza. St. Lawrence outshot the Bulldogs 16-1 in the second period.

 

St. Lawrence put the game away in the third period, scoring three goals in the last 8:13 of the game. Gina Kingsbury moved the puck through the neutral zone to Chera Marshall. Marshall skated down the left side and hit a streaking Trisha Powers with a perfect pass. Powers deflected the pass high over Hirte to give the Saints a 2-0 lead at 11:47. Amanda Sargeant added to the lead at 15:12, scoring on a rebound from an Isabelle Chartrand slapshot. Kingsbury then finished the scoring when she beat two defenders and cut across in front of Hirte before lifting a forehand top-shelf with 47 seconds remaining. Marshall was credited with her second assist of the game and Powers was also given credit for a helper on the goal.

 

The Saints outshot Yale 44-13 in the game as Ungewitter picked up her first shutout of the season to improve to 8-2-1 on the year. The Bulldogs Hirte made 40 saves in a game that had just our penalties and only one power play for each team.

 

St. Lawrence's next game, and final regular season game, is scheduled for Sunday, March 4, as they play host to the Princeton Tigers at 2:00 p.m. A short ceremony for the five Saints seniors- Stacy Boudrias, Nicole Kirnan, Emily Stein, Caroline Trudeau and Caryn Ungewitter- will precede the game. The game will also celebrate National Women's and Girls in Sport as the Saint players will have a one-hour on-ice skills session following the game.

 

SAINTS FLEX OFFENSIVE MUSCLE IN 8-2 WIN

 

February 25, 2001-The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team used a five-goal second period to run away with an 8-2 decision over the Cornell Big Red at Appleton Arena on Sunday afternoon. Caroline Trudeau and Gina Kingsbury each had a goal and an assist for the Saints (20-6-3, 16-4-2 ECAC) who scored three power-play goals and killed off all four Cornell (9-17-1, 6-15-1 ECAC) opportunities.

 

St. Lawrence now sits in third place in the ECAC and has secured home ice in the first round of the playoffs as they head into the final regular season games next weekend.

 

St. Lawrence jumped out to a 2-0 in the first period on goals by Jess Wilson and Gina Kingsbury. Wilson was the beneficiary of a nice centering pass from Sara Simard who was in the right corner. Simard scooted the puck past tow defenders and Wilson just snapped a quick shot by Cornell goalie Kristin Petty. A penalty for two many players on the ice gave the Saints a power play midway through the period. Chartrand passed the puck from the left point down to Trisha Powers at the face-off circle. Powers then put the puck to the opposite circle where Kingsbury one-timed the puck into the top-shelf to give the Saints the 2-1 lead at the 12:49 mark.

 

The Saints then notched five second period goals to put the game away. Kingsbury picked up her second of the game on assists from Chera Marshall and Trisha Powers just 22 seconds the middle stanza. Marshall then tacked on a power-play goal with Kingsbury and Caroline Trudeau providing the helpers at 3:26. Cornell notched their first of the game as Sarah Olivier collected a Lindsay Murao pass in the slot and ripped it past Caryn Ungewitter at 7:41. However, the Saints would tack on three more before the period ended. Powers and Chartrand added goals just 69 seconds apart, chasing Big Red keeper Perry from the net. Sanya Sandahl entered and lasted 5:12 before Trudeau collected her first of the game on the power play at 17:06.

 

Trudeau tacked on another goal just 3:14 into the third on assists from Suzanne Fiacco and Sargeant to collect her 76th career goal. Olivier scored her second goal of the game, this one on backup keeper Shari Bryksa, by collecting a rebound from a Murao shot and finding the back of the net.

 

St. Lawrence finished the game with a 41-20 shot advantage as Ungewitter made 13 saves in 46:44 of work and Bryksa made five saves in the last 13:16 of the game. Perry made 15 saves and allowed six goals in 31:54 while Sandahl made 18 saves in 29:06 of work.

 

The Saints next game is scheduled for Saturday, March 3 when they play host to the Yale Bulldogs. That game is scheduled to face-off at 2:00 p.m. at Appleton Arena.

 

SAINTS SET RECORD FOR WINS IN A SEASON

 

February 24, 2001-The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team set a new school-record for wins in a season with their 19th, a 5-2 win over the Cornell Big Red (9-16-1, 6-14-1 ECAC). The old record of 18 wins was set last season. With the win, St. Lawrence (19-6-3, 15-4-2 ECAC) clinches home ice for the first round of the ECAC playoffs. Five Saints scored goals as they outshot the Big Red 39-17.

 

The teams skated through a scoreless first period due mostly to the goaltending of Sanya Sandahl who turned away 14 St. Lawrence shots.

 

Isabelle Chartrand broke the scoreless tie at the 18:13 mark of the second period. Chartrand picked up a loose puck at her own blue line and skated into the Cornell slot where her slapshot deflected off Sandahl's glove and trickled into the net. St. Lawrence outshot the Big Red 14-4 in the period and carried the 1-0 lead into the third.

 

Cornell stormed back in the third period, however, taking a 2-1 lead with 9:43 left in the game on goals by Dianna Bell and Sarah Olivier. Bell finished off a rebound from an Olivier shot at 1:59 and then Olivier gave the Big Red the lead with a rebound goal at 10:17.

 

The two goals sparked the Saints as they scored four goals in the last nine minutes of the game. Gina Kingsbury knotted the game just 43 seconds after Olivier's goal when she fired a wrist shot over Sandahl's left shoulder. Amanda Sargeant extended her goal-scoring streak to five games when she deflected a pass from Shannon Smith past Sandahl's outstretched right leg at 14:36. St. Lawrence continued to pile on the goals as Suzanne Fiacco scored at 17:09 on a nifty centering pass from Jess Wilson. An outlet pass from Kingsbury and quick drop pass by Chera Marshall gave Trisha Powers open ice as she headed into the Cornell zone. Powers then fired a wrister past Sandahl's glove hand with 1:19 left in the period.

 

Sandahl made 34 saves and Rachel Barrie made 15 for the Saints. The Big Red killed off all eight Saints power plays in the game. The Saints next game is scheduled for Sunday, February 25, as they again host Cornell University at 2:00 p.m.

 

SAINTS COMPLETE SEASON SWEEP OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

February 18, 2001-St. Lawrence completed a season sweep of the New Hampshire Wildcats with a 3-1 win at Appleton Arena on Sunday afternoon, marking the first time the Saints have swept the season series and only the third time the Saints have defeated the Wildcats. However, all three of those wins have come in the last four games. With the win, the Saints improve to 18-6-3 overall and 14-4-2 in the Eastern College Athletic Conference.

 

St. Lawrence scored the only goal of the first period when Amanda Sargeant took a beautiful cross-ice feed from Shannon Smith and buried it to give the Saints a 1-0 lead with just 6.7 seconds left in the first period. The power-play goal was set up by a good outlet pass from Isabelle Chartrand who found Smith streaking down the left boards.

 

The Saints extended the lead to 2-0 at 9:12 of the second period. Smith picked up the goal this time. Meghan Maguire fed the puck from the high slot to Caroline Trudeau between the face-off circles. Trudeau then hit Smith who was crossing from left-to-right in front of the crease for the goal. New Hampshire cut the lead in half at the 15:28 mark. Allison Edgar picked off a pass in the Saints zone and fired a quick snap shot over Rachel Barrie's glove hand to make it a 2-1 game heading into the third.

 

Chera Marshall re-directed a Gina Kingsbury centering pass through Huggon's legs at 11:21 of the third period to give the Saints the two-goal cushion. St. Lawrence was whistled for too many players on the ice with 1:58 remaining and the Wildcats pulled Huggon with 1:20 left in the game. Chartrand was then whistled for a crosschecking penalty giving the Wildcats 39 seconds of 6-on-3 play. However, the Saints played solid defense and held on for the 3-1 win.

 

Barrie made 24 saves in net for the Saints while Jen Huggon stopped 30 of 33 Saints shots in the contest. The Saints went 1-3 on the power play while killing off all four of the 'Cats chances.

 

The Saints next series is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, February 24 and 25, as travel-partner Cornell visits Canton for a double-dip. The games are scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. on both days.

 

MAINE STUNS SAINTS, 3-2

 

February 17, 2001-- Jarin Sjogren scored a goal and assisted on the gamewinner as the visiting Maine Black Bears women's hockey team stunned fourth-ranked St. Lawrence, 3-2, in Eastern College Athletic Conference at Appleton Arena on Saturday afternoon. Amanda Cronin made 34 saves in net for the Black Bears (12-12-1, 7-11-1 ECAC) as the Saints (17-6-3, 13-4-2 ECAC) held a 36-13 advantage in shots on goal.

 

A fast paced first period saw just one goal, a shorthanded score by Saints sophomore Amanda Sargeant. A holding penalty on Isabelle Chartrand gave the Black Bears a power play midway through the first period. However, it was the Saints who came out on top as Shannon Smith stole the puck deep in the Maine zone and fed Sargeant right in front of the net to give St. Lawrence the 1-0 lead at 11:49.

 

Maine nearly scored the equalizer just 29 seconds into the first period, but Caryn Ungewitter's lightning quick glove robbed Jamie Hill of a goal. The Black Bears would crack the scoreboard at 2:50, though, as Sjogren took a pass from Lauren Steblen and beat Ungewitter on the power play. Andrea Keller's goal at 11:07 gave Maine a 2-1 lead. Keller carried the puck in from the left boards and shoved puck between Ungewitter's skate and the post for the lead. St. Lawrence tied the game at 16:31. Sara Simard gained control of the puck off a face-off, handed it to Jess Wilson who found Caroline Trudeau at the blue line. Trudeau skated to the top of the circle before ripping a slap shot that deflected off a Maine defender and through Amanda Cronin's legs. St. Lawrence outshot the Black Bears 15-5 in the period.

 

Christine Lane found the gamewinner for Maine at 6:09 mark of the third period as her shot from a near impossible-angle found its way into the net. Sjogren was credited with an assist on the goal. The loss was Ungewitter's first dating back to the Saints season opener on October 13 at Minnesota-Duluth as she falls to 6-2-1. Both teams scored a power-play goal, Maine on three chances and the Saints on five.

 

The Saints next game is scheduled for Sunday, February 18, as they host eighth-ranked New Hampshire in a 2:00 p.m. showdown.

 

KINGSBURY EARNS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONORS

 

February 13, 2001— Saints women’s hockey freshman forward Gina Kingsbury was named the Louisville/Eastern College Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week for her five-point performance over the past weekend. Kingsbury scored two goals, including the gamewinning power-play goal, and had an assist in Saturday’s 6-3 win over Providence. She followed that up with another power-play score and an assist as the Saints rolled to a 5-2 win over Northeastern on Sunday.

 

For the season, the freshman sniper has 10 goals and eight assists to place her fourth on the team with 18 points. She is tied for sixth in the conference in freshman scoring while missing seven games due to obligations with the Canadian National Team.

 

Rachel Barrie earned a spot on the ECAC Honor Roll as she picked up both wins over the weekend, stopping 60 of 65 shots for a .923 save percentage and a 2.50 goals against average. She is 10-3-2 as a freshman this season while garnering a .931 save percentage and a 1.91 goals against average.

 

The Saints are ranked fifth in both the USCHO.com Poll and the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Women’s Division I Hockey poll with a 17-5-3 record. They are in third in the ECAC with a 13-3-2 record, two points behind second place Harvard.

 

St. Lawrence starts a six-game season ending homestand this weekend when they host the Maine Black Bears on Saturday, February 17, at 2:00 p.m. and the New Hampshire Wildcats on Sunday, also at 2:00 p.m.

 

SARGEANT SCORES TWICE IN WIN AT NORTHEASTERN

 

February 11: Amanda Sargeant scored twice for the Saints as they overpowered host Northeastern University, 5-2, on Sunday afternoon at Matthews Arena to take four points on the weekend. St. Lawrence finished their ECAC road schedule at an undefeated 8-0-2.

 

The start of a six-game homestand awaits the Saints (17-5-3, 13-3-2) next weekend as they host Maine on Saturday, February 17 and New Hampshire on the following Sunday. St. Lawrence is currently in third-place in the ECAC standings, just two points behind Harvard.

 

At Northeastern (13-10-1, 10-7-1 ECAC), St. Lawrence took little time in getting acquainted to the old barn at Matthews Arena. Chera Marshall found the rebound of a Gina Kingsbury wrap-around attempt and stuffed it behind Patty Kazmaier award candidate Erika Silva just 54 seconds into the game. The Huskies answered just as quickly when Jennifer Santerre cleaned up a rebound from a Betsy Dyke shot 35 seconds later.

 

However, St. Lawrence would assume the lead for good with two goals in a span of 1:53 seconds. Amanda Sargeant put a rebound past a sprawling Silva at 4:05. Lindsay Charlebois' slapshot off a Jessica Wilson face-off win looked to be heading high over the net, but Silva reached up to glove it and deflected it straight up before it bounced into the net behind her. The goal chased Silva from the net at the 5:58 mark after she allowed three goals on the Saints first seven shots.

 

The Saints came up with another early goal in the second period, this one on the power play. Kingsbury carried the puck from behind the St. Lawrence net deep into the Huskies zone before beating Chanda Gunn between the skates on bad-angle shot at 3:01. Kathleen Savino cut the lead to 4-2 when she beat Rachel Barrie through the five-hole at 12:33.

 

St. Lawrence, however, took the energy out of Northeastern when Sargeant scored just 57 seconds into the third period. With the man-advantage, Sargeant re-directed a shot from Jess Wilson high over the shoulder of Gunn to give the Saints the 5-2 advantage.

Barrie finished with 26 saves on the night while the Saints went two-for-five on the power play to convert on 6-10 power-play chances on the weekend. Gunn ended the game with 20 saves in 54-plus minutes of work as St. Lawrence outshot Northeastern 29-28 in the game.

 

KINGSBURY, POWER PLAY TURN BACK PROVIDENCE 6-3

 

February 10, 2001-St. Lawrence University's women's hockey team scored on four of six power play opportunities while killing off all five Friars' power play as it skated to a 6-3 win over Providence at Schneider Arena Saturday afternoon.

 

Gina Kingsbury scored two goals and assisted on a third in her first action since returning from a stint with the Canadian National Team while Rachel Barrie stopped 34 of 37 shots to improve to 9-3-2 in the nets for the Saints.

 

St. Lawrence, 16-5-3, 12-3-2 ECAC, jumped on the Friars early, scorng at the 2:38 mark of the first period. Chera Marshall found Kingsbury streaking down the left side of the ice. Kingsbury carried into the Providence zone before firing a cross-ice pass to Trisha Powers who buried the puck for the game's first goal. Providence, 15-9-3, 7-7-3 answered when Jenn Butsch corralled a loose puck in front of the Saint net and put it past Barrie at 7:15. The Saints regained the lead when Shannon Smith hooked up with Amanda Sargeant cutting through the slot and Sargeant redirected the puck high to beat PC goalie Amy Quinlan at 11:46 for the first power play goal of the game. Smith then tacked on another power play goal from right in front at 14:50 to give the Saints a 3-1 lead after one period.

 

Despite being outshot 15-5 in the second period, the Saints held the two goal lead. A shot by Kingsbury from the right faceoff circle deflected off a Providence defender and past Quinlan for the Saints' third power play goal of the game. Jackie Tamsin came back to cut the lead to 4-2 when she scored on a wraparound.

 

The Saints then killed off 5:47 of consecutive power play, including a stretch of five-on-three, before scoring their fourth power play goal of the game. Caroline Trudeau walked the puck in from the point before ripping a wrist shot to the top right corner to give the Saints a 5-2 lead at 15:29. Jessica Tabb answered quickly for Providence just 1:07 later to make it 5-3 after two periods.

 

Kingsbury netted her second of the game with a great individual effort in the third. She carried in from the red line, pulled the puck past one defender and beat Quinlan with a backhander at 7: of the final period for the only scoring in the third. The Saints will play Northeastern Sunday at 2 p.m. to complete their ECAC road trip.

 

SAINTS AVENGE SATURDAY LOSS WITH 4-2 WIN OVER NIAGARA

 

February 4, 2001- The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team avenged a Saturday loss to Niagara with a 4-2 win on Sunday afternoon at Appleton Arena in Eastern College Athletic Association action. Jessica Wilson scored twice for the Saints (15-5-3, 11-3-2 ECAC) and Valerie Hall notched both Niagara (14-11-3, 6-9-3 ECAC) goals in a fiercely battled contest.

 

St. Lawrence picked up just one goal in the first period despite registering 17 shots in the period. Caroline Trudeau managed to beat Tania Pinelli as Amanda Sargeant fed her a pass from a Shannon Smith rebound to give the Saints the 1-0 lead at 12:05.

 

Jessica Wilson extended the Saints lead to 2-0 when she took a feed from Amy Hewitt, cut across the slot and beat Pinelli to her glovehand side at 4:57 of the second period. Suzanne Fiacco was the beneficiary of a nice set up by Sara Simard and Wilson later in the period. Simard moved the puck along the boards behind the net where Wilson fed the puck to Fiacco near the face-off circle. Fiacco took her time and picked her spot, firing past Pinelli to give St. Lawrence the three-goal lead at 14:15 of the period. Niagara cut into the lead with just 48 seconds left in the period when Valerie Hall scored from just inside the face-off circle on a pass from Bradi Cochrane.

 

Bad blood from Saturday spilled into the third period as the play turned rough and 12 combined penalties were called in the period. 10 minutes of penalties came from one altercation, sending two Niagara players and one Saint into the sin-bin. Once the penalty boxes emptied, Niagara put a sixth attacker on the ice and the move paid off. Hall found the back of the net after Ungewitter made several stops on point blank chances. Hall's goal came at 19:07 and gave the Purple Eagles a glimmer of hope with 53 seconds left. However, Isabelle Chartrand cleared the puck and Simard found Wilson streaking down the slot for her second goal of the game, an empty-netter, to ice the game for St. Lawrence, 4-2, with just 13 seconds remaining.

 

St. Lawrence goaltender Caryn Ungewitter made 21 saves on 23 shots to improve to 6-1-1 on the season. Ungewitter hasn't suffered a loss since the first game of the season, back in October against Minnesota-Duluth. Pinelli finished with 35 saves for the Purple Eagles. The game featured 17 penalties as the Saints went 0-6 on the power play and Niagara was 0-3.

 

The Saints next game is scheduled for Saturday, February 10 as the travel to Providence, R.I., to take on the Providence Friars in a 2:00 p.m. game.

SAINTS UPSET 3-1 BY NIAGARA

February 2, 2001-Brooke Bradburn notched three points with two goals and an assist as the Niagara Purple Eagles (14-10-3, 6-8-3 ECAC) upset fourth-ranked St. Lawrence University Saturday afternoon at Appleton Arena. With the loss, St. Lawrence drops to 14-5-3 overall and 10-3-2 in the ECAC.

 

A short-handed goal by the Purple Eagles' Valerie Hall was the only score in a first period that featured six penalties. Niagara's goal came off a 2-on-1 short-handed break. Brooke Bradburn streaked down the left boards and found Hall in the slot where she slid the puck by Rachel Barrie. Neither team registered a power-play goal despite three opportunities each.

 

Jessica Wilson scored early in the third to knot the game at 1-1. Suzanne Fiacco hit Wilson on the opposite side of the net and Wilson buried the puck top-shelf to register the score at 1:33. Neither team scored as St. Lawrence outshot Niagara 12-9 in the period.

 

Niagara regained the lead just 2:41 into the third period when Brooke beat Barrie over her left shoulder on a pass from Candice Ceelen. The Saints had an opportunity when the Purple Eagles were called for five-minute cross-checking penalty, but couldn't register a goal. Bradburn added an empty netter with 16 seconds remaining to ice the win for Niagara.

 

The Purple Eagles outshot the Saints 28-23 in the game as Barrie made 25 stops and Pinelli came up with 22. Both teams were perfect on the penalty kill, St. Lawrence defending five and Niagara killing off six power plays. St. Lawrence's next game is scheduled for Sunday, February 4, when they again host Niagara with a 2:00 p.m. face-off scheduled.

 

SARGEANT NAMED ECAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK

 

January 30, 2001— Sophomore forward Amanda Sargeant notched a six-point weekend en route to earning Eastern College Athletic Conference Player of the Week Honors. Sargeant tallied three goals and three assists as the St. Lawrence University women’s hockey team dropped a 5-3 decision to first-ranked Dartmouth and then dismantled Boston College in a 10-2 win over the weekend.

 

Sargeant scored two of the three Saints’ goals against Dartmouth before accumulating four points on a goal and three assists against the Boston College Eagles. The sophomore sniper is tied for the team lead in points with 25 points on 11 goals and 14 assists and is seventh in the conference in scoring.

 

St. Lawrence is ranked fourth in both the USCHO.com Poll and the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Women’s College Hockey Poll’s most recent polls. The Saints boast a 14-4-3 overall record and are tied for second in the ECAC with Harvard, garnering 22 points and a 10-2-2 record. Their next game is scheduled for Saturday, February 3, when they host the Niagara Purple Eagles at Appleton Arena for a 2:00 p.m. face-off.

 

SAINTS ROUT BOSTON COLLEGE 10-2

 

January 28, 2001-Three Saints had two goal games as the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team routed visiting Boston College 10-2 at Appleton Arena on Sunday afternoon. Trisha Powers, Meghan Maguire and Chera Marshall each picked up two goals as the Saints (14-4-3, 10-2-2 ECAC) tallied five goals in the final stanza to blow away the Eagles (5-19-0, 1-16-0), including three goals in a span of just 65 seconds. The ten goals were the highest number St. Lawrence has netted under the guidance of Paul Flanagan.

 

The game was just 48 seconds old when Powers cleaned up a rebound from an Amanda Sargeant shot to give the Saints a 1-0 lead. Boston College answered with two goals to take brief 2-1 lead. Melissa Tower's slapshot from the point found its way in at 4:37 and Gen Richardson ripped a wrister from the slot to beat Caryn Ungewitter high at 9:19 to give the Eagles the 2-1 lead. St. Lawrence took little time in getting the game even and then taking the lead. Maguire got credit for a goal that was deflected in by a BC defender at 10:36. Powers gave the Saints the lead with her second goal of the game just 17 seconds later, scoring on assists from Sargeant and Shannon Smith. Marshall extended the lead to 4-2 with a third-effort rebound to notch a power-play score at 18:47.

 

In a second period marked by seven combined penalties, four on BC and three on St. Lawrence, Smith accounted for the only goal. Smith deflected a Maguire slapshot from the point over the right-shoulder of BC goalie Amy Coletta, who came in to relieve Van Tuyl at the beginning of the second period. The goal was the Saints second power-play tally of the game and came at 18:49 of the period.

 

The Saints turned up the offensive attack in the third period as they tacked on five more goals. Marshall, Suzanne Fiacco, Sargeant, Caroline Trudeau and Maguire each scored in the final stanza, giving St. Lawrence the 10-2 win. The Saints final three goals came in a span of just 65 seconds.

 

The Saints held a 39-18 advantage in shots as Ungewitter made 16 saves in net for the win. St. Lawrence went 2-5 on the power play to finish 4-7 on the weekend with the one-player advantage. St. Lawrence's next game is scheduled for Saturday, February 3, as they play host to the Niagara Purple Eagles for a 2:00 p.m. face-off.

 

DARTMOUTH SNAPS SAINTS SEVEN GAME UNBEATEN STREAK

 

January 27, 2001- The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team suffered just their second Eastern College Athletic Conference loss of the season on Saturday afternoon, dropping a 5-3 decision to the top-ranked Dartmouth Big Green at Appleton Arena. Dartmouth (15-1-1, 13-1-1 ECAC) have held the number-one ranking in both the USCHO.com poll and the American Hockey Coaches Magazine Women's Division I poll throughout the season. Amanda Sargeant picked up two goals for the Saints (13-4-3, 9-2-2 ECAC).

 

St. Lawrence got on the board first with a power-play goal at the 7:37 mark of the first period. Trisha Powers deflected a breakout pass at mid-ice to Shannon Smith who carried the puck in from the left side. Smith sent a pass across the slot to Sargeant who deflected the puck top-shelf for the early score. Dartmouth answered back when Kim McCullough picked up a loose puck in the slot and beat Rachel Barrie through the five-hole to tie the game at the 9:58 mark of the first.

 

The Saints scored early again in the second period to take a short-lived 2-1 lead. Sargaent corralled a loose puck behind the Dartmouth net, spun to her forehand and jammed the puck into the back of the net with a wraparound move at 3:02. Dartmouth came back to tie the game just 19 seconds later as Carrie Sekela's slapshot from the point beat Barrie on the glovehand side.

 

Dartmouth took their first lead of the game when Carly Haggard scored from right of front of the net at 5:43 of the final stanza. Kristina Guarino added to the lead just 68 seconds later to give the Big Green a 4-2 lead. Guarino took a feed from Louise Pietrangelo and skated in on the left side before firing a wrist shot past Barrie to register the power-play score. The Saints cut the lead to 4-3 when a Caroline Trudeau rocket from the blueline beat Amy Ferguson low on the short side, marking the second power-play goal of the game for St. Lawrence. Smith shoveled a face-off back to Meghan Maguire on the point who found Trudeau open on the other side of the ice for the score. Dartmouth iced the win when Lauren Trottier scored on a wrist shot from the slot that got past Barrie's glovehand side.

 

St. Lawrence went 2-2 on the power play while Barrie made 33 saves in net for the Saints. Ferguson came up with 20 saves for the Big Green. The Saints next game is scheduled for Sunday, January 28, as they host the Eagles of Boston College for a 2:00 p.m. face-off.

 

SAINTS CLAIM HIGH PEAKS TITLE; SARGEANT MVP

 

January 21, 2001-Amanda Sargeant earned most valuable player honors with two goals and an assist as the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team defeated Cornell University 4-1 in the championship game of the High Peaks Classic in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Sunday afternoon. Sargeant also scored a goal in Saturday's 5-1 opening round win against McGill University (Montreal, Que.).

 

St. Lawrence took an early 1-0 lead on a goal from Amanda Sargeant. Sargeant carried the puck in from the red line and cut from the left across the net before firing a wrist shot into the top right corner of the net, beating Sanya Sandahl and giving the Saints a 1-0 lead at 2:01 of the first. Lindsay Murao answered for Cornell when she buried a centering pass from Erica Olson on the power play at 7:15.

 

Jessica Wilson gave the Saints the lead again at 2:17 of the second period as she skated in on Sandahl from the boards and faked her with the backhand before finishing into the wide open net. Meghan Maguire tacked on a power-play goal 1:22 later. Maguire slid in from the point and Shannon Smith hit her with a perfect pass. Maguire took the puck and fired it high over Sandahl's left shoulder to give St. Lawrence a 3-1 lead heading into the third period.

 

Sargeant finished the scoring at 4:16 of the final period, taking a feed from Trisha Powers, her second assist of the day, and beating Sandahl high. Sandahl made 25 saves in net for Cornell while Caryn Ungewitter made 22 saves on 23 shots for the Saints. Each team tallied a power-play score, the Big Red in four chances, the Saints with five.

 

Concordia University (Montreal, Que.) defeated McGill in a shootout to take the consolation game. The two teams skated to a 1-1 tie after 60 minutes of regulation and five minutes of sudden death overtime. Goalie Kim St.-Pierre, who is a member of the Canadian National Team, was named all-tournament for McGill along with Suzanne Kaye of Concordia University.

 

Lindsay Murao and goaltender Sandahl garnered all-tournament honors for the Big Red. Meghan Maguire, who, along with anchoring a defense that allowed a tournament low two goals, had a goal and an assist in the tournament. Sargeant tallied three goals and an assist to earn the MVP honors.

 

SAINTS DOWN McGILL IN HIGH PEAKS CLASSIC

 

The St. Lawrence University women’s hockey team took a 5-1 decision over McGill University in the first round of the High Peaks Classic Hockey Tournament held at the 1980 Rink in Lake Placid, N.Y. Five different players accounted for the Saints goals while Lindsay Charlebois and Trisha Powers each garnered a goal and an assist.

 

St. Lawrence pelted McGill goaltender Kim St.-Pierre with 17 shots in the first period but managed to sneak only one past her. Charlebois took a feed from Vicky Hauck in the slot and fired it into the top-right corner of the net at 5:23 to give the Saints a 1-0 lead.

 

The Saints extended the lead to 3-0 with two goals in the first 4:29 of the second period. Powers was the beneficiary of a Gina Kingsbury feed at 3:25, wristing a shot through St.-Pierre’s legs. Isabelle Chartrand then deked a Martlet defender at the blue line and rifled a wrist shot over St.-Pierre’s glove hand for the Saints third goal of the game.

 

St. Lawrence again used early strikes in the third period to take a 5-0 lead. Amanda Sargeant notched the Saints fourth goal of the game, sliding a pass form Meghan Maguire through St.-Pierre’s pads at 3:03. Chera Marshall tacked on a short-handed goal at 6:47 on a long lead pass from Charlebois. Marshall came in on a breakaway and faked a wrist shot before switching over and finishing the goal with a back-handed flick.

 

Rachel Barrie, who made 15 saves in 46:47 of action gave way to Shari Bryksa. Allison Tacmanis accounted for McGill’s only goal of the game at 8:30 of the final stanza when her wrist shot from the top of the circle found it’s way past Bryksa’s outstretched pad.

St.-Pierre finished the game with 40 saves as St. Lawrence outshot the Martlets 45-17. The Saints went one-for-four on the power play and McGill was held scoreless on five chances.

 

The High Peaks Classic is part of St. Lawrence University’s two-week long Winter Carnival. The Saints will play Cornell, a shootout winner over Concordia, for the championship at 3 p.m. Sunday. The consolation game is scheduled for a 12:00 p.m. face-off on Sunday.

 

CHARTRAND NAMED ECAC/LOUISVILLE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

 

January 16, 2001--St. Lawrence University women's hockey player Isabelle Chartrand was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference/Louisville Rookie of the Week after posting a five-point weekend in a 2-0 road trip for the Saints. Chartrand, a sophomore in her first season with the Saints, had a goal in the come-from-behind 3-2 win against Princeton on Saturday. She followed that up with a two goal, two assist performance in a 9-3 win over the Yale Bulldogs.

 

The Anjou, Que., native leads St. Lawrence in defenseman scoring with five goals and six assists for 11 points. She is fifth in the ECAC in defenseman scoring and seventh in freshman scoring.

 

Caroline Trudeau was named to the ECAC Honor Roll as she moved into a tie for third among the all-time career assists leaders. The senior forward now has 55 career assists after a three assist, one goal weekend. Trudeau is already the Saints all-time leading goal scorer with 69.

 

SAINTS SHOW SCORING PUNCH IN 9-3 DEFEAT OF YALE

January 14, 2001-- Nine different Saints had multiple-point games and 12 different players picked up a point as the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team downed the Yale Bulldogs 9-3 in Eastern College Athletic Conference action on Sunday afternoon. Sophomore defenseman Isabelle Chartrand led the attack with four points on two goals and two assists as the Saints improve to 12-3-3 overall and 9-1-2 in the ECAC.

 

St. Lawrence came out on fire, scoring twice in the first 42 seconds of the game. Lindsay Charlebois registered the first goal, 25 seconds in, and Chartrand followed up just 17 seconds later. Lisa Meyers scored for Yale (2-15-0, 1-13-0 ECAC) to cut the deficit in half, but Stacy Boudrias scored one and Jessica Wilson scored twice, just 45 seconds apart, to give the Saints a 5-1 lead after the first twenty minutes.

 

Meyers struck again for Yale just 22 seconds into the middle stanza to cut the lead to 5-2. A couple of scoring bursts later in the period put the game away for St. Lawrence. Trisha Powers scored at 5:05 and Chera Marshall followed up at 5:36. Vicky Hauck initiated the next attack, scoring at 10:02, just 26 seconds before Chartrand netted her second of the game to give the Saints a 9-2 lead.

 

Karin Tilly scored a power-play goal in the final stanza to wrap the scoring at 9-3. Caryn Ungewitter started for the Saints, making 11 in saves in 40 minutes of work before giving way to Shari Bryksa. Bryksa made 10 saves in the third period as St. Lawrence outshot Yale 43-24, keeping Bulldog netminder Katie Hirte busy as she managed to turn away 34 shots.

 

St. Lawrence will serve as the host next weekend at the High Peaks Classic held in the Olympic Ice Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y. Concordia University and McGill University out of Canada will join Cornell University and St. Lawrence at the tournament to be held on Saturday, January 20, and Sunday, January 21. The Saints will face McGill on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. while Cornell and Concordia will face-off at 8:00 p.m. The two winners will meet on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. while the other match-up will start at 12:00 p.m.

 

SAINTS COME FROM BEHIND TO BEAT PRINCETON

 

January 13, 2001-- The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team climbed out from a 2-0 first period deficit to down the Princeton Tigers 3-2 on Saturday afternoon in an Eastern College Athletic Association match up in Princeton, N.J. Two Tigers (7-8-2, 3-8-2) first period goals were erased by the third-ranked Saints who scored in each of the periods to take the 3-2 decision and improve to 11-3-3 overall and 8-1-2 in the ECAC.

 

Nikola Holmes gave Princeton a one-goal lead at 7:44 of the first period and Andrea Kilbourne extended it 2-0 with a score at 15:03. Isabelle Chartrand scored a power-play goal just 36 seconds later on assists from Caroline Trudeau and Suzanne Fiacco to send the game into the first intermission with the Tigers leading 2-1.

 

Fiacco evened things at 2-2 as she took a Sara Simard feed and beat Princeton goalie Megan Van Beusekom at 8:46 of the second period. Trudeau finished the comeback effort for the Saints scoring on a Stacy Boudrias pass at 11:23 in the third period.

 

Rachel Barrie and Van Beusekom each made 24 saves in net as the Saints outshot Princeton 27-26 in the game. The Saints next game is scheduled for Sunday, January 14, 2001, as they take on the Yale Bulldogs in New Haven, Conn. Face-off is slated for 1:30 p.m.