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2005-2006 Archives BERLINGUETTE EARNS ECACHL'S PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS Feb. 20: Senior Emilie Berlinguette was honored by the ECACHL on Monday, as the league named her the Player of the Week.
Berlinguette stepped up this weekend when her team needed her most, scoring three goals. In a rivalry match-up with Brown on Friday, the senior forward knotted the game at 1-1 just 12 seconds after the No. 2 Saints had fallen behind to the Bears. The goal shifted the momentum of the game to the Saints, who went on to win 5-2. Then, in Saturday afternoon's showdown with the Yale Bulldogs, Berlinguette netted the game-winning goal on the power play, and she later added an insurance goal, her 14th tally of the year, to help put away Yale in USCHO.com's Game of the Week.
Berlinguette has been a dominant threat throughout her four years in a Saint uniform. She is sixth all-time in scoring with 134 points, fifth in goals (61), sixth in assists (73), and is tied for first in short-handed goals (5). She will enter St. Lawrence's final regular season showdown with Harvard and Dartmouth riding a four game point streak (4g,2a). The puck is set to drop between the Saints and Crimson at Appleton Arena at 7:00pm on Friday, February 24th.
SAINTS WIN EIGHTH IN A ROW, DOMINATE THE BULLDOGS 7-1 Feb. 18: The St. Lawrence University women’s hockey team flexed their muscle on Saturday afternoon in New Haven, CT, where the Saints’ potent offense put up seven goals and senior goaltender Jessica Moffat made 34 saves to give the Saints an ECACHL win in their final regular season road game over the Yale Bulldogs 7-1.
The victory extended the Saints’ current winning streak to eight games. In that stretch, the team has outscored their opponents 40-10, getting outstanding play from their explosive forwards, smart defenders, and solid goaltenders.
Saturday’s game with the Bulldogs was the USCHO.com Game of the Week and the Saints (26-3-2, 14-2-2) did not disappoint their audience. They grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first period when rookie Marianna Locke jammed in her 14 th goal of the season on the power play. It was her team-leading 10 th power play goal, and moved her into a tie for first in that category in the country. Sophomore Sabrina Harbec fired a shot on net, and though Yale goaltender Sarah Love was able to make the initial stop, she couldn’t control the rebound which landed right on Locke’s stick. She finished the play to give the visitors the lead.
Moffat and Love then kept the game a 1-0 contest with some outstanding saves. Love made some great stops on senior Emilie Berlinguette on the door step, while Moffat made back-to-back clutch saves to protect her team’s lead. Berlinguette kept hustling towards the end of the first period, though, and with some clever stick-handling, netted her 13 th goal of the season on the power play at 17:19 of the opening frame. She evaded two defenders and then wristed a shot past Love. The power play goal was Berlinguette’s 21 st of her St. Lawrence career, moving her into a tie for 2 nd in the program’s history. The visiting Saints carried that 2-0 lead into the first intermission.
The second period started with the teams playing evenly, with Yale holding a slight edge in shots. However, St. Lawrence was the team taking advantage of their scoring chances, and they would tally their third goal of the game at 1:15 of the second period. Rookie Lisa Batchelor sent a beautiful headway pass to Harbec who separated herself from the Yale defense. She slid the puck from her forehand to her backhand in front of Love, who was completely fooled by the sophomore’s move. She netted her 22 nd goal of the season, and extended her active goal streak to three games (4g) and active point streak to eight games (8g,8a).
The Saints refused to let up, knowing the importance of home ice advantage in the conference tournament. Berlinguette extended the Saints lead to 4-0 on her 14 th goal of the season and second of the game at 9:34 of the middle period. She picked up a loose puck and netted her 61 st career goal in a Saint uniform to give the Saints an insurance goal heading to the final frame.
Yale would spoil Moffat’s shut out bid at 1:07 of the third period, when some pretty passing led to the Bulldog’s first goal on the power play. It was scored by Sheila Zingler with an assist going to Danie Kozlowski. However, the goal seemed to motivate the Saints offense even more as they ruthlessly scored three more goals on Yale to leave no question who the hottest team in ECACHL actually is.
Junior Casey Hughes got into the scoring at 10:02 of the third period when she re-directed a pass from senior defenseman Laurie Ross for her fifth goal of the season. She was followed by first year Alison Domenico, who scored the team’s fifth short-handed goal of the season at 14:27 of the final period. She showed fantastic patience on the penalty kill and made a heads-up play to move in on Love. She dragged her toe, throwing off the Bulldog’s netminder, and tallied St. Lawrence’s sixth goal.
The final goal of the game came only 39 seconds later when defenseman Annie Guay extended her active point streak to five games with her seventh goal of the season. She showed off her speed in transition, skating right past the Yale defense and rifling a shot past Love to make the score 7-1.
Moffat finished the game with 34 saves on 35 shots, improving to 15-2-0 on the season. Love played 55:06, giving up all seven goals but making 33 saves. Shivon Zilis relieved Love with 4:54 to play in the game, stopping all six shots she faced.
The weekend sweep does two things for St. Lawrence. First, it keeps their two-point lead ahead of the Princeton Tigers for first place in the league in tact. Secondly, it sets up a weekend showdown with rivals No. 10 Harvard and Dartmouth next weekend, February 24 th and 25 th, in Appleton Arena with the ECACHL regular season title on the line. The games will be the final home regular season contests for six Saint seniors, including Tracy Muzerall, Kate Michael, Kat Smithson, Laurie Ross, Emilie Berlinguette and Jessica Moffat. The puck is set to drop versus the Crimson on Friday night at 7:00pm.
SAINTS TAME BEARS IN FLANAGAN'S 250th GAME BEHIND THE BENCH Feb. 17: The No. 2 St. Lawrence University women's hockey team protected their lead in the ECACHL with a 5-2 victory versus the Brown Bears on Friday night in Providence, RI. The Saints picked up the win in head coach Paul Flanagan's 250th game behind the Saints bench.
Three minutes and thirty-three seconds into Friday night's game in Meehan Auditorium, however, the visiting Saints found themselves in a situation they havent faced since January 21st: they were trailing an opponent. Brown's Hayley Moore scored her 17th goal of the season early in the first period, giving the home team a 1-0 lead when she snapped a shot over the shoulder of Saints goaltender Meaghan Guckian.
However, that seemed to kick the Saints into gear, and a mere twelve seconds later, senior Emilie Berlinguette tied the score at one a piece. The senior netted her 59th career goal at the 3:45 mark of the first period, with assists going to junior Crystal Connors and senior defenseman Kate Michael. That goal jump-started the Saints offense, and before the end of the first period, they had grabbed a 2-1 lead.
The Saints second goal was scored by sophomore Sabrina Harbec, swinging all of the game's momentum in the Saints' favor entering the intermission. St. Lawrence out-shot Brown 13-6 in the first period, but Bears' goaltender O'hara Shipe kept it a one goal game.
The second period was played fairly even with the shots at 11-7 in favor of Paul Flanagan's Saints. Connors would net the only goal of the period on the power play at 15:41 to put the Saints up 3-1. Michael picked up her second assist of the game, and junior defenseman Abbie Bullard was credited with an assist as well.
Although the Saints had a two goal lead in the third period, they skated as though they were trailing by that margin. They fired 18 shots on net to Brown's four in the final frame, eventually chasing Shipe from the game when Bullard scored her first goal of the season at 4:15 of the third period on the power play. Michael picked up her third assist of the game on the fourth goal.
Goaltender Stacy Silverman replaced Shipe between the pipes for Brown with 15:24 to play in the game, but the Saints greeted her with their fifth goal just over a minute into her stay. Freshman Carson Duggan, who entered the game as the leading goal scorer in the country, scored her 25th of the season on the power play at 5:48 of the final period. Sophomore defenseman Kerri Wallace earned her 15th assist of the season on Duggan's goal, and fellow classmate Annie Guay notched her 23rd assist of the year.
With the score at 5-1, Brown continued to skate and play hard on their home ice and would net their second goal of the game on the power play at 13:16 of the third period. Rylee Olewinski scored her second goal of the season, with assists going to Keaton Zucker and Ashlee Drover.
Guckian finished the night with 15 saves on 17 shots. Shipe played 44:36, stopping 21 of 25 shots, while Silverman would stop 16-of-17 in the third period alone. St. Lawrence out-shot Brown 42-17 on the night, much in thanks to the Bears' 42 penalty minutes.
The victory was Flanagan's 167th of his St. Lawrence career, and it couldn't have come at a better time. The Saints officially wrapped up home ice advantage for the ECACHL Quarterfinals, and can be seeded no lower than No. 3 in the tournament. Tomorrow afternoon, the Saints travel to New Haven, CT to take on the Yale Bulldogs in another pivotal ECACHL contest. The puck is set to drop at 3:00pm and is the USCHO.com Game of the Week. Saints forward Chelsea Grills, who is sidelined this season due to injury, will be doing color commentary throughout the game.
CO-CAPTAIN FEATURED BY PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Feb. 16: In January, Leetsdale, PA native Kate Michael was featured in a game program by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. The Saints co-captain was interviewed by Joe Sager of Pittsburghpenguins.com, and his article can be read by clicking here.
Michael and the Saints continue their chase of the National Championship with two key ECACHL road games versus Brown and Yale this weekend. The Saints, who are currently atop the league standings, will then close out the regular season at Appleton Arena on February 24th and 25th versus archrivals Harvard and Dartmouth.
SAINTS CLIMB TO No. 2 IN USCHO.com POLL WITH WEEKEND SWEEP Feb. 13: The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team jumped to No. 2 in the USCHO.com poll on Monday, leapfrogging the University of Wisconsin after a weekend sweep of Colgate and Cornell.
The Saints (24-3-2, 12-2-2) defeated Colgate by the score of 4-1 at Starr Rink in Hamilton, NY on Friday and followed that strong performance in Lynah Rink in Ithaca, NY on Saturday with a 5-1 victory over Cornell. Sophomore defenseman Annie Guay scored a goal in each game, including the game winning goal versus the Raiders.
St. Lawrence, ranked No. 3 in the Division I Pairwise Rankings (PWR), stands behind only New Hampshire in the USCHO.com poll. The Wildcats continued their reign at No. 1 by extending their active unbeaten streak to 21 games.
Wisconsin dropped to No. 3 behind the Saints, followed by No. 4 Minnesota Golden Gophers and one of the hottest teams in the country the No. 5 Princeton Tigers. The No. 6 slot is held by Minnesota-Duluth, No. 7 is Mercyhurst, while Clarkson, St. Cloud State, and Harvard round out the top ten in that order.
St. Lawrence currently boasts the nation's second longest unbeaten streak at six games and holds the top spot in the ECACHL standings over Princeton by two points. The Saints head to Providence, RI and New Haven, CT this weekend in their final two conference road games of the season against Brown and Yale.
On Friday, head coach Paul Flanagan will coach his 250th game behind the Saints bench against the Bears, who are currently one point ahead of Harvard for home-ice advantage in the playoff picture. Then, Saturday's game versus Yale at 3:00pm is the USCHO.com Game of the Week. Saints forward Chelsea Grills, who is sidelined this season due to injury, will be in the booth helping to broadcast the game.
To listen to the SLU vs. Yale game, go to www.USCHO.com approximately ten minutes before game time and chose the Game of the Week. You must have Windows Media Player for PC or Mac in order to listen to the game.
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