Re: This Week In Hockey East - Volume III: A Return to Order or More Chaos?
This week's award winners:
WARRIOR HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK
#13 KELSEY MACSORLEY, MAINE
(Jr., D; Stratford, Ontario)
MacSorley notched the game-winning goal in Maine's season opener against New Hampshire, the first game in the 2014-15 Women's Hockey East season. The junior blueliner also poured four shots on net. MacSorely earned the number one star for her efforts.
PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
#13 TAYTUM CLAIRMONT, NORTHEASTERN
(Fr., D; Waterloo, Ontario)
Clairmont scored two goals in her NCAA debut, a 4-3 Northeastern loss to the Montreal Stars in exhibition play. Clairmont scored the Huskies' second and third goals of the game. Her second goal came with 3:38 left in the 3rd period and gave NU a 3-2 lead.
WHEA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
#29 ELAINE CHULI, UCONN
(Jr., G; Waterford, Ontario)
Chuli stopped a career-high 54 shots on Saturday in a 4-4 tie with No. 10 Minnesota- Duluth. The junior netminder followed up with 32 more stops on Sunday in a 3-0 loss to the Bulldogs. Chuli finished the weekend with a .935 save percentage.
HOCKEY EAST WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS
Maddie Elia, BU, So., F. (Lewiston, New York) - Elia notched two goals in a 3-0 exhibition win over Queen's University Sept. 28.
Sarah MacDonnell, UConn, Sr., F. (Quispamsis, New Brunswick) - MacDonnell scored two goals and added an assist for the Huskies in a 4-4 tie vs. No. 10 Minnesota-Duluth on Sept. 26, the first of two games. UConn fell to the Bulldogs Sept. 27.
Meghann Treacy, Maine, Jr., G. (Peekskill, New York) - Treacy kicked out 25 shots in Maine's the 2014-15 Women's Hockey East league opener against the New Hampshire Wildcats, backstopping the Black Bears to a 2-1 win. She was the number two star in the victory.
Vilma Vaattovaara, UNH, Jr., G. (Veikkola, Finland) - Vaattovaara stopped 35 of 37 shots (.946 save percentage) in a season opening loss at Maine. She recorded double digit saves all three periods, blocking 11 shots in both the first and second periods and 12 in a scoreless third period.
Tori Sullivan, BC, Fr. F. (West Bloomfield, Mich.) - Sullivan notched a hat trick in her first collegiate contest in an exhibition vs. Queen's Sept. 26.
NOTEWORTHY
Alex Carpenter, BC (North Reading, Massachusetts) The returning olympian scored twice and added two assists in the eagles 10-1 win over queen's in exhibition play sept. 26.
Leah Lum, UConn (Richmond, British Columbia) Freshman scored her first career goal and added two assists in a 4-4 tie vs. No. 10 UMD on Sept. 26
Brooke Stacey, Maine (Kahnawake, Quebec) Freshman notched her 1st career point with an assist on Maine's opening goal in a 2-1 victory over New Hampshire
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