Apr. 11: Senior captain Rebecca Russell was named the Bernie McKinnon Most Valuable Player as the St.Lawrence women's hockey team was honored at the annual year-end banquet on Saturday night.

 

The Clarenville, Newfoundland was a top-10 finalist for the 2005 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award and an ECACHL First-Team honoree. Russell is the St. Lawrence all-time points (178) and assists (102) leader. As the team’s captain, she led the Saints in points (70), goals (32), assists (38), power-play goals (12) and is tied with six game-winning strikes. Against Cornell on February 26, she broke the Saints single-season goals, assists and points record. With a hat-trick in the Saints 5-1 win over Dartmouth in the NCAA Consolation Game, Russell finished her career one goal shy of tying Caroline Trudeau’s (‘01) record 77 career goals. In all, Russell broke 14 records in her career at St. Lawrence.

 

Sophomore Julia Palmateer was honored with the Scholar-Athlete Award. The Canton, N.Y. native boasts a 3.901 cummulative GPA. Palmateer was also given the Most Improved Player Award. Sophomore Chelsea Grills was awarded the second-annual Lauren Matura Perseverence Award. This award is presented to the Saints player who, faced with a significant personal challenge, performed with distinction and conducted herself with grace, thereby bringing credit to herself and the team. Grills finished as the Saints third-leading scorer with 43 points (20g, 23a) despite battling an injury since mid-November.

 

Sophomore defenseman Kate Michael was named the Best Defensive Player. Michael led Saints defensemen with a career-high 16 points (4g, 12a). She had two power-play goals and two game-winners, with just 26 penalty minutes. Freshman Annie Guay was named the Rookie of the Year. A 2005 ECACHL All-Rookie Team selection, Guay finished with two goals and five assists from the blue line with 44 penalty minutes. Both of her goals came on special teams with a power-play strike and a short-handed goal.

 

Junior Kat Smithson was awarded the Saints Hockey Boosters' Seventh Player Award. A hard-working forward, Smithson played with a caston her hand for a large portion of the season. She recorded her first career collegiate point in the Saints 8-2 win at Union on January 21, with an assist on Christin Powers goal.

 

RUSSELL’S FIVE POINTS LEADS SAINTS TO 5-1 WIN OVER DARTMOUTH

 

Durham, N.H.: The Saints Women’s Hockey Team (28-8-5, 14-3-3) was looking to end their season on a winning note as they faced Dartmouth (27-8-10, 16-4-0) in the 2005 NCAA Third-Place Game. With a 5-1 win over the Big Green Sunday afternoon, St. Lawrence finished third at the NCAA Frozen Four for the second consecutive season and tied a school record with 28 wins. The win also marked the 100th of the Saints senior class, the most ever wins for a class. The seniors finished their careers with a record of 100-37-14 (.708). Senior captain Rebecca Russell tied a Frozen Four record with five points (3g, 2a) in the game. She is also just the fifth player to record a hat trick in the Frozen Four.

 

Just five minutes in to the opening period, freshman netminder Meaghan Guckian came up with a huge save to keep the Big Green off the scoreboard. Gillian Apps skated in all alone on Guckian as Apps tried to beat her stick-side, but Guckian came up with the save. Russell gave the Saints a 1-0 lead midway through the first period when she scored her 30th goal of the season. Junior assistant captain Tracy Muzerall, from behind the Saints net, passed the puck out to Russell. She pulled in the pass and skated up the ice and through the Dartmouth defense. From the right face-off circle, Russell wristed a shot that went top-shelf over Kate Lane on her glove-side.

 

Sophomore Kim Kodatsky pushed the Saints lead to 2-0 with just 1:50 to play in the opening period. Sophomore Crystal Connors pulled in a pass from Russell in the neutral zone and skated in on the Big Green net. She fired a shot from just outside the crease and Lane deflected the shot, but the puck skidded across the crease. Laying on the ice and with Lane down, Kodatsky poked the puck into the open net for her fifth of the season.

 

Apps cut the lead to 2-1 as time expired in the second period. Carrie Thompson sent her the puck at the Saints blue line and she skated in on a breakaway. As she closed in on the net, she held the puck and forced Guckian down and then lifted the puck over her glove-side to end Guckian’s bid at a shutout. Just one minute into the final period, freshman Sabrina Harbec tried to extend St. Lawrence’s lead as she broke in on the Dartmouth net with a Big Green defenseman. She made a move that beat the defenseman and then tried to tuck the puck between the post and Lane’s skate but hit the post.

 

Russell scored her second of the game when Katie Weatherston went to the penalty box for cross-checking at 3:32 in the final stanza. Junior Emilie Berlinguette fed a pass to Harbec along the boards behind the Dartmouth red line. Harbec sent the puck out to Russell who wristed the shot over Lane’s stick-side shoulder at 4:14 for her 11th power-play goal of the season. Harbec pushed the lead to 4-1 when she scored at 8:54 after Alana BreMiller went to the penalty box for hooking at 8:43. Russell fired a shot on the Big Green net and Lane deflected the shot but it ricocheted off Berlinguette’s skate where Harbec picked it up in the slot and fired it over Lane for her 16th of the season. Russell completed her hat trick at 18:19 in the third when she scored her 12th power-play goal of the season.

 

Notes: The Saints played a school record 41 games this season, excluding a January 5 exhibition game against McGill. Russell, the school’s all-time points and assists leader finished her career with 178 points on 76 goals and 102 assists. She eclipsed the career points mark by 26 points and the career assists mark 23. She finished one shy of tying Caroline Trudeau’s (’01) record of 77 career goals. In the last two seasons, the Saints are 37-1-1 when Russell scores. Senior assistant captain Whitney Carbone, the school’s all-time career games played leader, played in 148 games in her four seasons.

 

SAINTS FALL IN NCAA SEMI-FINALS 4-1

 

Durham, N.H., Mar 25: In their second consecutive NCAA Frozen Four, the Saints (27-8-5) were hoping to reverse a trend when they faced the Harvard Crimson (26-6-3) in the 2005 NCAA Semi-finals Friday afternoon. However it was not to be as St. Lawrence fell to Harvard 4-1 at the Whittemore Center in Durham, N.H. Heading into the game, the Saints were winless in their last 10 meetings (0-8-2).

 

Harvard struck first when Nicole Corriero scored her 59th goal of the season at 6:29 in the first period. Junior Laurie Ross went to the Saints penalty box at 5:27 for tripping putting the Crimson on the power play. From the point, Julie Chu took a pass from Sarah Vaillancourt and sent the puck down to Corriero who was sitting on the back post. Corriero one-timed the puck into the goal for the early 1-0 lead. Seconds before Ashley Banfield nearly scored for the Crimson on a similar play, but St. Lawrence netminder Jess Moffat came up with two big saves.

 

Skating four-on-four with Ross and the Crimson’s Ashley Banfield in their respective penalty boxes, Harvard struck again. Lindsay Weaver wristed a shot from the point and an on-rushing Vaillancourt one-timed the puck past Moffat to give Harvard a 2-0 lead at 10:06 in the period.

 

The Saints responded to start the second with a power-play goal of their own. Liza Solley went to the Crimson penalty box for body checking at 18:45 in the first. St. Lawrence took the ice to start the second with 45 seconds of power play. At the blue line, junior Kate Michael stopped a Crimson attempt to clear the zone and sent the puck to senior captain Rebecca Russell who fired a shot on the Harvard net. Crimson netminder Ali Boe made the initial save, but sophomore Chelsea Grills was there to clean up the rebound and cut the Harvard lead to 2-1 just 31 seconds into the second period with her 20th goal of the season. Russell, the Saints all-time career assist leader, picked up her 100th career assist on the goal.

 

The teams spent over seven minutes to start the second in the Harvard defensive zone as the Saints pounded the Crimson net. But at 7:34, Russell was sent to the penalty box for roughing after running into Boe. Harvard responded with their third power-play goal of the game at 8:21. Moffat stopped a Chu shot but Vaillancourt was on the back door and fired the loose puck into the Saints net to push the Crimson lead back to 3-1.

 

Harvard extended its lead to 4-1 when Vaillancourt scored with 3:09 remaining in the period on a Crimson five-on-three. Seconds prior to the goal, Moffat made a tremendous pad save on Corriero who was waiting back door. With 2:40 remaining in the period, Moffat made yet another outstanding save for the Saints on Vaillancourt. Corriero sent a the puck to Vaillancourt who was all alone in front of the Saints net but Moffat denied her.

 

With a five-on-four advantage, junior Emilie Berlinguette along the boards, found senior Christin Powers all alone in front. Powers one-timed the puck just wide and was then taken down by Harvard’s Carrie Schroyer. Schroyer was sent to the box for cross-checking and the Saints were given a five-on-three advantage for 1:45. That changed to a four-on-three at 13:16 when freshman Annie Guay was sent to the penalty box for obstruction-holding. Twenty seconds later, the Saints appeared to capitalize when sophomore Abbie Bullard fired a slap-shot from the point that ricocheted off the crossbar and down. The official ruled it a goal, but after reviewing the video, it was waved off.

 

The Saints will face the loser of the Minnesota-Dartmouth game on Sunday, March 25 at 12:30 in the third place game. The Gophers and the Big Green face off in the second semi-final game at 8:00 p.m. Friday night. Fans can listen to the game on 92.7 FM “The Border” or on USCHO.com.

 

SAINTS FEATURED ON NEWS10NOW

 

Mar. 23: The St. Lawrence Women's Ice Hockey Team was featured on Time Warner's News10Now Tuesday night. Reporter Heather Ly checked in with the team as they prepared for their NCAA Frozen Four matchup with Harvard Friday afternoon.

 

Game time for the Saints-Crimson matchup is set for 5:00 p.m. in Durham, N.H. at the Whittemore Center. Minnesota and Dartmouth will meet in the second semi-final at 8:00 p.m. Friday. Fans can watch the action on College Sports TV or listen on 92.7 FM "The Border" or on the web at: http://www.stlawu.edu/sports/radio.html

 

For more on the story visit the News10Now website:
http://www.news10now.com/content/sports/?ArID=39203&SecID=32

 

FROZEN FOUR ON CSTV AND "THE BORDER"

 

Mar. 22: The Saints NCAA Semi-final game against the Harvard Crimson on Friday will be televised by College Sports Television. In addition the game will be carried on 92.7 FM "The Border".

 

The puck is set to drop at 5:00 p.m. Friday afternoon from the Whittemore Center on the campus of UNH in Durham, N.H. St. Lawrence (27-7-5) will face the Harvard Crimson (25-6-3) in the first semi-final game. No.1 Minnesota will face the Dartmouth Big Green in the second semi-final match-up. The winners of each will meet in the championship game at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 27. The third-place game will take place on Sunday at 12:30.

 

Fans can check with their local cable or satellite provider if they do not currenlty have CSTV. Fans that are out of the listening area of 92.7 FM, can also listen on the web at:
http://www.stlawu.edu/sports/radio.html

 

SAINTS WIN IN OVERTIME, HEADED FOR FROZEN FOUR

 

Mar. 18, Superior, Wis.: At Wessman Arena on the campus of Wisconsin-Superior, in one of the first-ever NCAA Women’s Quarterfinal games, it took nearly 67 minutes to decide the winner. The Saints (27-7-5) prevailed 3-2 over the No.2 seed Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (26-6-2) in overtime. Junior forward Emilie Berlinguette scored two goals, including the overtime winner to send St. Lawrence to their second consecutive NCAA Frozen Four.

 

Senior captain Rebecca Russell gave the Saints a quick 1-0 lead just 3:42 into the opening period. Sophomore Crystal Connors collected the puck in the right face-off zone and skated in on the Bulldogs net. She dropped the puck back to Russell who was trailing. Russell pulled in the pass and just snuck the puck beneath the pads of UMD netminder Riitta Schaublin for her 29th goal of the season.

 

“I thought it was a pretty good hockey game,” said Head Coach Paul Flanagan. “I thought it was very well played by both teams.”

“It was a gutsy performance from our team, coming off a disappointing loss last weekend in the ECACHL Semi-finals,” Flanagan said.

 

Minnesota-Duluth answered when senior Whitney Carbone went to the penalty box for roughing at 15:43 in the first. Caroline Ouellette fired a shot from the point after pulling in a pass from Nora Tallus. Noemie Marin, sitting on the left post, tipped the puck over Jess Moffat into the net to knot the score with 3:34 to play in the opening period.Berlinguette scored her 21st of the season on a delayed penalty call. After the expiration of a Saints penalty, Connors picked up a loss puck in the neutral zone and skated in along the near boards. She centered the puck out to Berlinguette in the slot, who then beat Schaublin to give St. Lawrence a 2-1 lead at 4:26 in the second period.

 

Once again UMD answered late in the period. Jessica Koizumi won a face-off in the St. Lawrence zone. Ouellette picked up the puck and skated around in front of the Saints net and beat Moffat stick-side to knot the score at 2-2 with 5:39 to play in the second period.

 

With a scoreless third period, the Saints and the Bulldogs were headed to overtime. Berlinguette and senior Christin Powers had achance to win the game for the Saints five minutes into the extra period. The pair skated in on a two-on-one and Powers took the shot. Schaublin made the save but the puck squirted across the crease but Berlinguette was unable to get her stick on it. Less than two minutes later, at 6:11, Berlinguette scored her second of the game to send the Saints to New Hampshire for the 2005 Frozen Four.

 

Moffat posted a career-high 42 saves in net for her 11th win of the season. Schabulin posted 32 in the loss for UMD. Penalties were pretty even, with four called on the Bulldogs and five called on the Saints. St. Lawrence will face the winner of the Harvard-Mercyhurst game in the NCAA Semi-finals at the Whittemore Center in Durham, N.H. on Friday, March 25. Harvard and Mercyhurst play Saturday afternoon in Cambridge, Mass. at the Bright Hockey Center.

SAINTS-BULLDOGS QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP ON “THE BORDER”

 

Mar. 17: The Saints (26-7-5) NCAA Quarterfinal game vs. the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (26-5-2) will be carried on 92.7 FM “The Border”. The station is picking up the feed from UMD’s WDSM (710 AM). The puck is set to drop at 8:05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time at Wessman Arena in Superior, Wis.

 

For the first time since the NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Championship’s inception, the field will include eight teams. In the first four NCAA Championships, the field consisted of just four teams. This is the second consecutive bid and third in five seasons to the NCAA Tournament.

 

Joining the Bulldogs and the Saints in the field of eight are No. 1 Minnesota, who will host Providence (an automatic bid qualifier for winning the Hockey East Championship). Wisconsin will play Dartmouth in Madison, Wis. and Harvard will entertain Mercyhurst. The contest at Minnesota will be Friday, March 18 at 7 p.m., with Harvard battling Mercyhurst at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 19 and Wisconsin playing on Saturday, March 19 at 7 p.m. The winner of the St. Lawrence-Minnesota-Duluth game will advance to play the winner of the Harvard-Mercyhurst game in NCAA Semi-finals on Friday, March 25 at New Hampshire’s Whittemore Center.

 

Fans can listen on the air at 92.7 FM or on the web at http://www.stlawu.edu/sports/radio.html or on the UMD website: http://www.umdbulldogs.com. Click on the "Bulldogs on the Air" link. Follow the link to WARP radio and enter in the call letter "WDSM," then hit "Go." Finally, click the “Click Here to Listen” link.

SAINTS EARN SECOND STRAIGHT TRIP TO NCAAS

 

Mar. 13: The St. Lawrence University Women’s Hockey Team ( 26-7-5, 14-3-3) earned its second consecutive bid and third in five years to the NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Tournament Sunday evening. The bracket was announced on CSTV during the Tournament Selection Show.

 

The Saints, ranked sixth in both national polls, will face the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs on Friday at 7:05 p.m. The game will be held at Wessman Arena in Superior, Wisconsin. Minnesota, the No.1 seed, will face the Hockey East Champion Providence Friars. Harvard will host Mercyhurst of the CHA and Dartmouth will host Wisconsin. St. Lawrence finished third in the ECAC Hockey League and defeated the Brown Bears in the ECACHL Quarterfinals to advance to the semi-finals in Schenectady, N.Y. The Saints fell 4-2 to the No.2 seeded Dartmouth Big Green on Saturday.

 

Last season, after earning a share of the ECACHL Regular Season Title and finishing as the runner-up in the ECACHL Hockey Championship, St. Lawrence earned a No.3 seed in the 2004 NCAA Frozen Four. The Saints fell to the No.2 seed Harvard Crimson 2-1, but defeated No.4 Dartmouth 2-1 in the Third-Place game. In 2001, St. Lawrence was the fourth seed and upset the Big Green, the No.1 seed, 3-1 in the first-ever NCAA Women’s Frozen Four game. The Saints then fell to Minnesota-Duluth 4-2 in the championship game.

 

The Saints post an 11-11-0 record in the postseason, including a 2-2-0 record in the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs finished second in the WCHA and earned a No.2 seed in the league tournament. The Bulldogs fell to the Wisconsin Badgers in overtime in the WCHA Semi-finals and finished at 26-5-2. The Bulldogs had this weekend off as the WCHA Finals were March 5.

The Saints last faced the Bulldogs on November 1 and 2 when St. Lawrence traveled out to west. The Saints upset the No.4 Bulldogs 3-2 for their first-ever win over Minnesota-Duluth. In the rematch the following day, Minnesota-Duluth shut-out the Saints 5-0. St. Lawrence is 1-7-0 all-time against the Bulldogs.

 

SAINTS FALL IN SEMIFINALS 4-2 TO DARTMOUTH

 

March 12, Schenectady, N.Y. : In the 2005 ECAC Hockey League Semi-finals, the Saints (26- 7-5) finally fell to the Dartmouth Big Green (26-5-0) in the postseason. In a repeat of the 2004 ECACHL Semi-final game, the No.3 St. Lawrence Saints faced the No.2 Dartmouth Big Green. This time though it was Dartmouth who prevailed in a 4-2 game at Messa Rink in Schenectady, N.Y. Last season St. Lawrence twice defeated Dartmouth in the postseason, once in the ECACHL Semi-finals and again in the NCAA Frozen Four Third-Place game.

 

Both goalies made spectacular saves to keep their opponents scoreless. After 36 minutes of scoreless hockey, senior Christin Powers finally put the Saints on the board with her eighth goal of the season. Powers collected a pass from junior Emilie Berlinguette in the neutral zone and skated into the Dartmouth zone. Powers fired a wrist shot from the point that beat Christine Capuano over her stick-side shoulder to give St. Lawrence a 1-0 lead. The assist was Berlinguette’s 23rd of the season and the 100th of her career.

 

Dartmouth continued to pelt Saints netminder Jess Moffat with shots and finally capitalized 3:48 into the third period. Tiffany Hagge sent the puck to Megan Walton, who was open in the high slot, and she fired a shot that just slipped between Moffat’s blocker and the right post to knot the score at 1-1. Less than five minutes later the Big Green took a 2-1 lead when Caroline Ethier scored at 8:35. Ethier fired a shot on the net and Moffat made the save. But the puck popped up and Ethier batted it out of the air and into the net.

 

The Saints responded at 12:42 when Berlinguette scored her 20th goal of the season and second point of the day. Berlinguette picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone and skated into the Dartmouth zone along the left boards. She beat a Big Green defenseman and buried the puck behind Capuano to even the score for the Saints.

 

This time, it was Dartmouth that responded. At 16:53, with Berlinguette in the penalty box for contact to the head-roughing, Cherie Piper scored from the slot to give the Big Green a 3-2 lead. Hagge wristed a shot from the point, Piper tipped it down and into the Saints net. Hagge pushed the Big Green’s lead to 4-2 with an empty net goal with just 5.7 seconds to play in the contest.

 

Moffat matched a career-high with 38 saves in just her second loss of the season. Capuano posted 17 saves in the win for the Big Green. Unlike the shot total, the penalty total was fairly even as the Saints were whistled for eight infractions and the Big Green was called for nine.

 

The season does not appear to be over for the Saints as they await their second straight bid to the NCAA Tournament. The bracket will be announced on CSTV on the NCAA Selection Show starting at 6:00 p.m.

 

RUSSELL EARNS FIRST-TEAM HONORS; THREE NAMED TO ALL-ROOKIE TEAM

 

Mar. 11: Senior captain Rebecca Russell, a top-ten finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, earned ECAC Hockey League First-Team All-League honors Friday night. Freshmen Annie Guay, Meaghan Guckian, and Sabrina Harbec were all named to the All-Rookie Team. St. Lawrence last had three student-athletes on the All-Rookie team in 2000-2001, when Rachel Barrie, Gina Kingsbury, and Isabelle Chartrand earned the honor.

 

In her final season at St. Lawrence, Russell has left her mark on the Saints record book. She has broken 11 records this season, and in all has 13 records to her name and is tied for two more. Most notably, Russell is the St. Lawrence all-time points (171) and assists (99) leader. As the team’s captain, she leads the Saints in points (63), goals (28), assists (35), power-play goals (10) and is tied with six game-winning strikes. Against Cornell on February 26, she broke the Saints single-season goals, assists and points record. Russell is five goals shy of tying Caroline Trudeau’s (‘01) record 77 career goals. She has earned ECACHL Player of the Week honors twice this season and on January 11, she was the USCHO.com/ITECH Offensive Player of the Week. In the ECACHL Quarterfinals versus sixth-seed Brown, she tallied four points (1g, 3a) as St. Lawrence won the series 2-1 to advance to Schenectady for the ECACHL Championships. Russell is the fourth Saint Women’s Hockey Player to earn First-Team All-ECACHL honors. Chartrand, Barrie, and Kingsbury are the other three.

 

Guay, Guckian, and Harbec have had an immediate impact in their rookie seasons with the Saints. Seven previous Saints have earned All-Rookie Team honors. Guay has been a solid addition to the St. Lawrence defensive unit. She has missed just two games, when she was playing in the 2005 Air Canada Cup with the Canadian Under-22 National Team in February. Guay has seven points (2g, 5a) from her position on the blue line. She scored in the Saints season opener at Connecticut, and again against Clarkson on November 27. Her goal against the Golden Knights was a short-handed tally.

 

Guckian is the first rookie goaltender since 2000-2001 to record 10 or more wins and to play over 1000 minutes. She has posted shutouts against Niagara, Wayne State, Yale, and No.3 Dartmouth, breaking the record for shutouts by a freshman netminder. She posts a 2.28 goals against average, a .922 save percentage and a 13-5-2 record. Guckian ranks fifth in the ECACHL in save percentage, eighth in goals against average and fifth in win percentage. In games at home, she boasts a 1.91 goals against average, a .934 save percentage and a 9-2-1 record. Guckian has been named the ECACHL’s Rookie of the Week four times, the Goalie of the Week once, and the USCHO.com/ITECH Defensive Player of the Week once. In her first career playoff game - game one of the ECACHL Quarterfinal series against Brown - Guckian stopped 27 of 30 shots in the 3-0 loss.

 

Harbec is fifth on the team in scoring with 34 points (15g, 19a) and is just the fifth freshman in St. Lawrence history to record 30 or more points. She is tied for the team lead with six game-winning goals and is one assist shy of tying sophomore Chelsea Grills’ record of assists by a freshman (20). Thirteen of her 31 points have come on special teams. She has 11 points (1g, 10a) with the extra attacker and has two (1g, 1a) when the Saints are short-handed. She missed two games playing with the Canadian Under-22 National Team in the 2005 Air Canada Cup in February. Harbec has earned ECACHL Rookie of the Week honors three times this season. Playing in her first ECACHL Playoff series against Brown this past weekend, Harbec led the Saints in scoring with three goals, including her second two-goal effort in St. Lawrence’s series-clinching 5-2 win on Sunday.

 

The Saints, the No.3 seed in the ECACHL playoffs, face the No.2 seed Dartmouth Big Green on Saturday in the second semi-final game of the ECAC Hockey League Championships. The puck is set to drop for the game at 4:00 p.m., pending the conclusion of the first semi-final game between No.1 Harvard and No.4 Yale. The Saints are looking to advance to their second consecutive ECACHL Championship with a win over the Big Green.

 

SEVEN SAINTS NAMED TO ECACHL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

 

Mar. 10: The ECAC Hockey League announced the 2005 ECAC Hockey League All-Academic Team Wednesday. Seven student-athletes from St. Lawrence were among those honored.The seven Saints honored were senior Christin Powers (Anthropology), juniors Kate Michael (Biology), Jess Moffat (Psychology) and Tracy Muzerall (Psychology), and sophomores Casey Hughes (Economics), Elisabeth Pahler (Math) and Julia Palmateer (Math).

 

Powers, a forward from Canton, N.Y., is a three-time honoree. While Michael, a junior from Leetsdale, Pa., is a two-time honoree. Players are eligible for the All-Academic team if they have completed at least one academic year, have a cumulative grade point average of at least a 3.00 on a 4.00 scale, and have competed in at least one-half of her team’s games during the current season. Goaltenders must have played in at least 33 percent of the team’s minutes.

 

The Saints are preparing for their ECACHL Semi-finals match-up second-seeded Dartmouth on Saturday, March 12. The puck is set to drop at 4:00 p.m. at Messa Rink in Schenectady, N.Y. on the campus of Union College. St. Lawrence is looking to advance to its second consecutive ECACHL Championship game.

 

ECAC HOCKEY LEAGUE TO TELEVISE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

 

ALBANY, N.Y. - The ECAC Hockey League is happy to announce that the women's championship final on Sunday, March 13 will be televised and broadcast through five cable outlets in the Northeast region.

 

Broadcast live at 2 p.m., the game can be seen on the following outlets: Time Warner Albany, Time Warner Syracuse, Cox Cable (Rhode Island), CN8/Comcast (New England, Mid-Atlantic) and Adelphia Cable (Burlington, Vt., and Hanover, N.H.).

 

Mike Rubin will serve as the play-by-play announcer, while Julie Sasner will provide the color commentary.

 

The semifinals featuring #1 Harvard, #2 Dartmouth, #3 St. Lawrence and #4 Yale will take place the day before, on March 12. The winners of the two semifinals will advance to the championship final. Along with claiming the league title, the winner will also receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

 

MOFFAT NAMED USCHO.COM/ITECH DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

 

Mar. 9: Junior goaltender Jess Moffat has been honored by USCHO.com for her performance in the Saints ECACHL Quarterfinal series against Brown. On Tuesday evening, Moffat was named the USCHO.com/ITECH Defensive Player of the Week. On Monday she was named the ECACHL Goaltender of the Week.

Down by a game in a best-of-three ECAC quarterfinal series against Brown, St. Lawrence needed some veteran leadership in net to come back. Jess Moffat, the USCHO/ITECH Defensive Player of the Week, made 23 saves in a 3-0 Game Two shutout and stopped 38 of 40 shots in a 5-2 Game Three win. Such postseason performances are not unprecedented for Moffat, who won the CHA Tournament MVP honor back when she played at Findlay. For the season, the junior from Moose Creek, Ont. ranks 7th nationally in goals against average and 5th in save percentage.

Sophomore Chelsea Grills was a runner-up for Offensive Player of the Week honors. Against Brown, Grills led the Saints offense with five points (2g, 3a). She scored two of St. Lawrence's three goals in the Saints 3-0 shutout of Brown in game two. In game three, she posted a career-high three assists in the Saints 5-2 series-clinching win.

 

MOFFAT NAMED ECACHL GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK

 

Mar. 8: Junior netminder Jess Moffat was honored by the ECACHL Monday evening when she was named the Goaltender of the Week. This is the first honor this season for Moffat.

 

Making her first appearance in the playoffs, Moffat stopped 61 of 63 shots in two games to lead the Saints to a 2-1 series win over Brown in the ECACHL quarterfinals. On Saturday, she stopped all 23 shots, including 12 in the third period, to keep the Bears off the scoreboard and post her third shutout of the season. The win knotted the series at 1-all and led to Sunday's game three. On Sunday, she posted a career-high 38 saves, including nine on the power-play and 17 in the third period, to earn her 10th win of the season as St. Lawrence clinched the series with a 5-2 win. For the season, the junior netminder has a 1.80 goals against average, a .929 save percentage and three shutouts in 14 appearances.

 

SAINTS TOP BROWN 5-2 TO ADVANCE TO ECACHL SEMIFINALS

 

Mar. 6: After dropping the first game of the ECACHL Quarterfinals to the Brown Bears (15-15-2), the Saints ( 26-6-5) responded with back-to-back wins to advance to the ECACHL Semi-finals in Schenectady, N.Y. next weekend. On Sunday, in what may be St. Lawrence’s final game at Appleton Arena this season, the Saints came out firing and dispatched of the Bears 5-2 to win the series 2-1.

 

Senior captain Rebecca Russell put the Saints on the board early with her 28 th goal of the season. Sophomore Chelsea Grills sent the puck out to Russell from behind the net. Russell, who was sitting on the left post, one-time the puck past Bears’ netminder O’Hara Shipe just 34 seconds into the game. Freshman Sabrina Harbec scored her third goal of the season at 8:51 in the first as the Saints added to their lead with a power-play goal. In the right faceoff circle, Grills took a pass from junior Kate Michael on the point. Grills found Harbec on the far post and sent a perfect pass to her which she slammed past Shipe to give the Saints a 2-0 lead.

 

Michael picked up second point of the day when she scored a power-play goal at 2:19 in the second period to push the Saints lead to 3-0. This time it was Grills to Michael, as Michael pulled in the pass and wristed a shot from the high slot that eluded Shipe. After being held scoreless for over 99 minutes, the Bears finally got on the board, just 19 seconds after Michael’s goal. Amdist a flurry of shots in front of Saints netminder Jess Moffat, Emilie Bydwell snuck the puck into the Saints net to end Moffat’s shutout streak.

 

Brown’s Jessica Link trimmed the lead even further when she scored at 11:59 in the second to cut the Saints lead to 3-2. Link won a faceoff to the left of Moffat, then picked up the loose puck, closed in on the St. Lawrence goal and just beat Moffat stick-side. St. Lawrence responded with their fourth of the game at 14:46 in the second stanza. Sophomore Crystal Connors collected a pass from sophomore Abbie Bullard and buried a shot in the Bears net to push the Saints lead back to 4-2.

 

Connors appeared to score with just over four minutes to play in the second, but for the fourth consecutive game, referee Bob Ritchie waved off the goal. On a two-on-one with Russell, Connors fired a shot on net that slipped between Shipe’s blocker and the right post. The puck bounced off the rear post and ricocheted out of the left side of the net, but play continued. Ritchie blew the whistle, and after conferring with the goal judge, ruled it a no-goal.

 

Harbec added an insurance goal at 7:30 in the third with her second of the game. Junior Emilie Berlinguette fired a shot and Shipe made the initial save, but Harbec pounced on the rebound and buried the puck to give St. Lawrence a 5-2 lead. The assist for Berlinguette was her 99 th career point, as she skates closer to the century mark.

 

With 1:58 remaining in the game, Brown called a timeout. Saints Head Coach Paul Flanagan then sent the Saints four seniors onto the ice. Including, senior netminder Lea Armedariz, who relieved Moffat after she posted 38 saves in her 10 th win of the season. Russell, Whitney Carbone, Christin Powers and Armendariz stayed on the ice for the remainder of the game. Skating in her 144 th career game, Carbone tied the Saints career record, held by Lindsay Charlebois (’04). Armendariz made three saves in the final minute to keep the score at 5-2. Shipe posted 25 saves in the loss for Brown.

 

The Saints, the No.3 seed, will face the No.2 seed, Dartmouth, on Saturday in the ECACHL semi-finals at Messa Rink in Schenectady. The puck is set to drop at 4:00 p.m. No.1 Harvard and No.4 Yale will square off in the early game at 1:00 p.m.

 

GRILLS TWO GOALS LEAD SAINTS TO 3-0 WIN OVER BEARS; KNOT SERIES AT 1-1

 

Mar. 5: The Saints ( 25-6-5) rebounded from a disappointing effort Friday night to shutout the Brown Bears (15-14-2) 3-0 in game two of the ECACHL Quarterfinal series at Appleton Arena Saturday afternoon. The win tied the series at 1-1 and setup the rematch on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Sophomore Chelsea Grills led the Saints offense with two goals while senior captain Rebecca Russell notched two assists.

 

Like the first period of Friday afternoon’s game, the Saints game out firing in the first 20 minutes of Saturday’s contest. Unlike Friday’s game, St. Lawrence was able to capitalize when Grills gave the Saints a 1-0 lead at 9:07 in the first period. Brown’s Myria Heinhuis went to the penalty box at 8:10 for interference and the Saints went on the power play. Russell collected a pass from sophomore Abbie Bullard in the Saints defensive zone and skated in with Grills into the Bears zone. Russell passed to Grills down low and Grills fired a shot. O’Hara Shipe made the initial save but Grills slammed the rebound home for the early 1-0 lead.

 

Russell nearly gave St. Lawrence a 2-0 lead, minutes later when she beat Shipe five-hole but the puck stopped just short of the goal line and a Brown defender swooped in and cleared the puck. With eight minutes to play in the second period, Brown skated in on a three-on-one with freshman Annie Guay as the lone Saint defender. Jessica Link carried the puck in for the Bears and Guay stuck to her. As they closed in on the net, Link fired a shot but Guay layed down in front of the net, coming up with the huge block to keep the Bears off the board.

 

The game remained at 1-0 until late in the second when the Saints lit up the board twice in less than a minute. Grills scored her second of the game with 2:55 to play in the second. From behind the net, Russell sent the puck out to Grills who was sitting on the left post. Grills one-timed the puck past Shipe to push the Saints lead to 2-0. Forty-six seconds later, freshman Sabrina Harbec added to lead with her 13 th of the season. Junior Emilie Berlinguette passed the puck to Harbec who wristed a shot on Shipe. Shipe made the save but Harbec found her own rebound and buried the puck to give St. Lawrence a 3-0 lead. Berlinguette saw her record 19-game point streak come to an end Friday night, but with the assist she got back on track.

 

Things got physical in the third with the Bears whistled for seven penalties, including three in the last two minutes, as referee Bob Ritchie tried to keep control of the game. Saints netminder Jess Moffat posted 23 saves for her ninth win and third shutout of the season. Shipe made 27 saves in 40 minutes of play. Stacy Silverman replaced Shipe at the start of the third and made 12 saves in relief.

 

The puck is set to drop for game three at 2:00 p.m. from Appleton Arena. Fans can listen to the game on 92.7 FM “The Border” or online at http://web.stlawu.edu/sports/radio.html. Fans can also follow the stats live at http://www.ecachockeyleague.com/scoreboard.

 

 

BEARS TAKE 1-0 LEAD IN SERIES WITH 3-0 SHUTOUT

 

Mar. 4: In game of one of the ECACHL Quarterfinal series at Appleton Arena Friday afternoon, the No.6 seed Brown Bears (15-13-2) shutout the No.3 see Saints (24-6-5) 3-0 to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series. The Bears are the only team this season to beat St. Lawrence on its home ice. The two will meet in game two Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. from Appleton.

 

Lindsey Glennon put the Bears on the board early when sophomore Crystal Connors went to the penalty box for tripping. Glennon won a faceoff to left of Saints netminder Meaghan Guckian and the puck slid back to Katie Guay on the point. Guay fired the puck down low and Glennon took a shot. Guckian made the save but Glennon was able to stick the rebound in to give Brown a 1-0 lead at 11:09 in the first.

 

For the second weekend in a row, the Saints had a goal waved off. Sophomore Chelsea Grills scored with 1:41 remaining in the opening period to knot the score. But referee Bob Ritchie waved off the goal because the goal had been knocked off its moorings.

 

Glennon scored her second of the day and her second power play goal at 17:23 in the second. Myria Heinhuis wristed a shot from the point and Glennon was able to tip the puck in the slot to knock it past Guckian. Jessica Link scored the final goal for the Bears just 2:40 into the third period. Link skated in on two-on-one with Keaton Zucker. Instead of passing, Link kept the puck and beat Guckian stick-side to push the Bears lead to 3-0.

 

Brown outshot the Saints 30-21 in the game and had five power-play opportunities to the Saints two. Guckian finished the game with 27 saves while Brown’s O’Hara Shipe posted 21 in the shutout.

 

Fans can listen to Saturday’s game on 92.7 FM “The Border” or on the web at http://www.stlawu.edu/sports/radio.html. Fans can also follow the stats live at http://www.ecachockeyleague.com/scoreboard.

 

SAINTS-BEARS SERIES TO BE BROADCAST

 

Mar. 4: The Saints Women's Hockey ECACHL Quarterfinal series against the Brown Bears at Appleton Arena will be broadcast on the radio by 92.7 FM "The Border". Friday's action is set to begin at 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday's (if needed) contests are set to begin at 2:00 p.m.

 

Fans outside of the "The Border's" listening area can listen on the web at http://www.stlawu.edu/sports/radio.html. Fans can also follow all the action at http://www.ecachockeyleague.com/scoreboard.

 

The Saints and the Bears split their regular season series, with each winning on the road. Brown is the only team this season to beat the Saints at Appleton. St. Lawrence posts a 13-1-3 record when playing at home. The Saints are 6-3-0 all time in the ECACHL playoffs at home.

 

BERLINGUETTE IS ECACHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

 

Feb. 28: Junior forward Emilie Berlinguette was named the ECACHL's Player of the Week Monday afternoon. This is the first time this season Berlinguette has earned the honor.

 

The Ottawa, Ontario native led the Saints with a five-point weekend at Colgate and Cornell, scoring two goals each against the Raiders and the Big Red. Two of those goals came on the power play. She extended her school-record point streak to 19 games. During her record stretch she has scored 33 points (17g, 16a). She also set a school-record eight-game goal streak during the stretch. On the season, she is second on the team in points (39), goals (19), and power-play goals (9). Thirty of her 39 points and all nine of her power play goals have come in league play.

 

The Saints host the Brown Bears in an ECACHL Quarterfinals best-of-three series at Appleton Arena this weekend. Game 1 is set for Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for students (with ID).

 

SAINTS DOWN CORNELL 5-2 IN FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME

 

Ithaca, N.Y.: The No.5 Saints (24-5-4, 14-3-2) defeated Cornell (3-21-3, 3-15-1) 5-2 in their final regular season game at Lynah Rink Saturday afternoon. With a record-breaking goal, senior captain Rebecca Russell scored the game-winner for St. Lawrence.

 

Caeleigh Beerworth put the Big Red on the board early when she scored at 1:41 in the first period. Brianne Schmidt took a pass at the blue line and skated into the Saints zone. From the right faceoff circle she centered the pass and Beerworth just got her stick on it to put it past St. Lawrence netminder Jess Moffat for the score.

 

The Saints answered at 18:45 in the opening period with a power-play goal from junior Emilie Berlinguette. Sophomore Crystal Connors took a shot and Cornell goalie Flora Vineberg made the stop but the puck rebounded out. Berlinguette pulled in the puck and lifted it over Vineberg to knot the score at 1-1. With the goal, she extended her school-record point streak to 19 games.

 

St. Lawrence took the lead when Berlinguette scored her second of the game at 8:14 in the second. Senior Christin Powers sent the puck to Berlinguette in the neutral zone. She collected the pass, skated around a Cornell defender and then beat Vineberg glove-side to give the Saints a 2-1 lead. Russell added to the Saints lead with a record-breaking goal at 19:29 in the second. She took a pass from Moffat in the St. Lawrence zone, beat three Big Red defenders, and then beat Vineberg for her 27 th of the season. With that goal, Russell broke the single-season goal and single-season points record.

 

Cornell answered with a power-play goal 1:43 into the final period. Moffat had been whistled for interference at the end of the second, putting Cornell on the power-play. With the puck ping-ponging around in the crease, Miranda Callaghan pushed the puck past Saints netminder Lea Armendariz to cut the lead to 3-2. Armendariz checked into the game at the start of the third.

 

Sophomore Chelsea Grills scored her 17 th of the season at 6:24 to push the Saints lead back up to 4-2. Junior Kate Michael passed to Russell down along the boards. Russell skated in and shot on the Cornell net. Vineberg got her glove on the puck but it came loose and Grills wristed it over Vineberg and into the Big Red net for the power-play goal. Thirty-eight seconds later, Powers scored her second power-play goal to give the Saints a 5-2 cushion. Connors passed the puck down to Berlinguette behind the net. She sent the puck to Powers in the slot, who one-timed it past Vineberg into the open net.

 

The Saints outshot Cornell 51 to 25 in the game. Moffat finished the game with 12 saves, while Armendariz posted 11. Vineberg posted 46 saves for Cornell.

 

The Saints return home next weekend for the ECACHL quarterfinals at Appleton Arena. St. Lawrence, the No.3 seed, will host No.6 seed Brown in a best-of-three series beginning Friday, March 4.

 

SAINTS-RAIDERS BATTLE TO 4-4 TIE

 

Hamilton, N.Y.: In a wild game that saw four goals scored in the first and three in the final, the No.5 Saints tied the Colgate Raiders 4-4 in ECACHL play at Starr Rink. St. Lawrence stands at 23-5-5 overall and 13-3-3 in the ECACHL. The Raiders are 15-3-3 overall and 8-7-4 in the ECACHL.

 

Junior Emilie Berlinguette put the Saints on the board early with her 16 th goal of the season at 3:28 in the first. From the corner, freshman Sabrina Harbec sent the puck out to junior Laurie Ross on the point. Ross pulled in the pass and fired the puck on the Raiders net. Berlinguette tipped the puck which beat Brook Wheeler stick-side. The goal extended Berlinguette’s school-record point streak to 18 games.

 

That lead lasted just 11 seconds when Kristin Cirbus struck at 3:39 for the Raiders. Cibrus rifled a shot from the high slot that eluded Meaghan Guckian to knot the score at 1-1. Colgate took the lead at 10:12 with a goal from Amanda Barre. Maura Kehoe, from the faceoff circle, sent a pass across to Barre who was sitting on the far post. Barre one-timed the puck past Guckian for the score.

 

At 13:40 in the first, Barre had a breakaway on Guckian. Closing in on the Saints net, she was pulled down from behind and the Raiders were awarded a penalty shot. Allison Paiano was elected to take the shot and she beat her glove side to give the Raiders a 3-1 lead.

 

Midway through the second period, just after the expiration of a Saints power play, the Raiders looked to add to their lead. Tara French skated into the Saints zone on a breakaway and tried to beat Guckian glove-side. But the Saints netminder stone-walled French to keep the score at 3-1. Less than a minute later, junior Kate Michael scored her third of the season to cut the lead to 3-2. Michael collected a pass from sophomore Elisabeth Pahler and fired a slap shot from the point. The puck sailed over Wheeler’s glove-side shoulder and into the Raiders’ net.

 

It took the Saints just under four minutes to take a 4-3 lead over Colgate in the third period. Berlinguette scored her second of the game when Cheryl Setchell went to the box for holding 2:00 into the final period. Berlinguette took a pass from junior Tracy Muzerall in the neutral zone and skated in around the Colgate defense and beat Wheeler to knot the score at 3-3 at 3:31. Eleven seconds later, sophomore Chelsea Grills scored her 16 th of the season to give the Saints a 4-3 lead. From Wheeler’s right side, Grills lifted the puck over Wheeler and into the Colgate net. Senior captain Rebecca Russell picked up her 31 st assist and 57 th point of the season, tying the Saints single-season assist and points records.

 

Three minutes later the Raiders responded when Paiano scored her second of the game. She took a pass from French and skated in on a breakaway. Paiano beat Guckian to knot the score at 4-4 for Colgate. Grills appeared to give the Saints the lead for the second time with under six minutes to play. From just outside the slot, Grills bounced the puck off Wheeler and as the puck went into the net, Wheeler bumped the goal, knocking it off of its moorings. The referee blew the whistle and waved off the goal.

 

The Saints were given life at 19:09 when Berlinguette and Russell had a two-on-one in the Colgate zone. Berlinguette was sent flying into the goal post and Kehoe was sent to the box for interference. St. Lawrence was unable to score with just 51 seconds remaining in regulation. For the second straight game, the Saints headed to overtime. Neither team was able to score in the extra stanza and the game remained knotted at 4-4.

 

Guckian finished with 20 saves while Wheeler posted 26. In the penalties column, the game was lopsided with the Saints whistled for just 2 penalties, while the Raiders were called for eight.

 

The Saints travel west to face the Cornell Big Red in their final regular season game of the season. Fans can follow the action at www.ecachockeyleague.com/scoreboard. St. Lawrence remains in third place in the ECACHL with 29 points.

 

SAINTS-RAIDERS GAME TO BE WEBCAST

Feb. 22: The No.5 Saints (23-5-4, 13-3-2) hit the road this weekend for their final regular season series. St. Lawrence will face the Colgate Raiders on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. at Starr Rink in Hamilton, N.Y. Saturday, the Saints will square off against the Cornell Big Red from Lynah Rink at 4:00 p.m.

 

The St. Lawrence-Colgate game will be broadcast, live on the internet. Fans can listen in at www.sportsjuice.com/providers/colgate. Fans can also follow the stats live at www.ecachockey.league.com/scoreboard. The Saints beat Colgate 4-1 on January 29 at Appleton and own the series 10-1-0. On January 28, St. Lawrence shutout Cornell 2-0. The Saints lead the series with the Raiders 13-6-0.

 

SAINTS TIE CRIMSON 4-4 IN FINAL HOME GAME

Feb. 19: The No.5 Saints ( 23-5-4, 13-3-2) battled hard to a 4-4 tie with the No.6 Harvard Crimson ( 18-6-3, 15-1-2) on Senior Day at Appleton Arena Saturday afternoon. The Saints were looking to rebound after a disappointing loss to Brown Friday night.

 

Julie Chu put the Crimson on the board early when she scored at 6:29 in the first period. Nicole Corriero sent the puck in from behind the net and Chu one-timed the puck past Saints goalie Meaghan Guckian for the early lead. The Saints struck back with under two minutes to play in the period. As a Crimson penalty was expiring, sophomore Chelsea Grills collected a pass from senior captain Rebecca Russell in the neutral zone. She skated in on the Crimson defense and centered a pass to freshman Sabrina Harbec. Harbec wristed the puck past Ali Boe for her 11 th of the season.

 

Harvard answered just 3:19 into the second stanza. With Harbec in the box, Corriero took a shot on the Saints net and with the puck loose, Sarah Vaillancourt got her stick on it to put it in the St. Lawrence net. With under two minutes to play in the period, Ashley Banfield extended the Crimson lead to 3-1 with a power-play goal. Caitlin Cahow took the puck into the Saints zone and sent the puck across where Banfield pushed it past Guckian for the goal.

 

The Saints answered again, when Harbec scored her second of the afternoon. Harbec won a faceoff in the Harvard zone and tipped the puck back to sophomore Abbie Bullard. Bullard sent the puck down to Harbec just outside the crease. She pulled in the pass and with Boe down on the ice, walked the puck into the empty net.

 

Bullard responded with her third of the season at 4:51 in the third to tie the game at 3-3. Russell won the faceoff and sent the puck back to junior Emilie Berlinguette. Berlinguette passed the puck out to Bullard in the high slot. She pulled in the passed and wristed a shot that beat Boe glove side at 5:38 in the third. The assist extended Berlinguette's record point streak to 17 games.

 

Vaillancourt struck back at 8:08 in the period with her second of the game. She took a pass from Banfield and skated in through the Saints defense and just snuck the puck between the post and Guckian’s left pad to give Harvard a 4-3 lead. Once again, the Saints had an answer. With the Saints on the penalty kill, Grills netted a short-handed goal to tie the game once again. Russell pulled in a pass from Bullard in the Saints zone and sent a pass to Grills through the neutral zone. The pair skated in together two-on-one into the Harvard zone. Grills passed back to Russell and skated towards the Harvard net. Russell centered the puck from the left faceoff circle and Grills buried the puck in the net for her 15 th of the season.

 

St. Lawrence had a chance with just 22 seconds remaining when Jennifer Raimondi went to the box for obstruction-hooking. But they were unable to capitalize as the game went into overtime. With 1:12 to play in the extra period, the Crimson were given hope when freshman Annie Guay went to the box. But the Saints defense and Guckian stood strong as the game ended at 4-4.

 

Guckian finished with 38 saves for the Saints and Boe posted 32 for the Crimson. Harvard outshot the Saints 42 to 36, including three to one in the overtime.

 

The Saints hit the road for their final regular season series, as they travel south to face the Colgate Raiders and the Cornell Big Red. Fans can follow the action at http://www.ecachockeyleague.com/scoreboard. Or the Colgate game will be webcast and fans can listen at http://www.xmievents.com/events/colgate/

 

BEARS UPSET SAINTS 4-2 AT HOME

 

Feb. 18: The Saints ( 23-5-3, 13-3-1) suffered their first loss of the season at Appleton Arena Friday night, in a 4-2 loss to the Brown Bears ( 12-12-2, 9-7-1) in ECACHL action. Sophomore Chelsea Grills and junior Emilie Berlinguette were the goal scorers for the Saints.

 

Grills put the Saints on the board early, with the first shot of the game in fact. From the far face-off circle, Grills shot the puck on the Brown net, and Bears goalie O’Hara Shipe appeared to not be ready. The puck slid through Shipe’s five-hole and into the back of the net with just 22 seconds gone. The lead didn’t last long though as Jessica Link struck on the power play just over two minutes later. Kathryn Moos took a shot and Meaghan Guckian made the save, but the puck rebounded out and Jessica Link put it past Guckian at 2:58.

 

Brown struck again at 6:24, this time from Hayley Moore. Moos picked off a pass in the Saints defensive zone and fed it to Moore who beat Guckian to give Brown a 2-1 lead. Link scored her second of the game at 8:47 to extend the Bears lead to 3-1. Keaton Zucker fed a pass in from the corner and Link buried it for the score.

 

Berlinguette cut the lead to 3-2 less than a minute later with her seventh power-play goal. Senior captain Rebecca Russell took a shot from the slot and Shipe came up with the save, but the puck came loose. From behind the net, freshman Sabrina Harbec tipped the puck out into the crease, where Berlinguette put it past Shipe. The goal extended her record point streak to 16 games. Katie Guay scored the Bears’ second power-play goal at 5:45 in the second to push the lead back to 4-2. She collected a pass from Zucker and rifled a shot from the point that hit the back of the Saints net.

 

Guckian made 32 saves in just her fourth loss of the season. Shipe posted 26 saves in the win for Brown. Each team was whistled for seven penalties in the game.

 

The Saints return to action in the USCHO.com Game of the Week as the Harvard Crimson come to Appleton Arena. The Crimson sit in first place in the ECACHL with 31 points after a 5-0 win over Clarkson. Fans can listen to the game at http://www.uscho.com/women

 

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