Re: This Week In Hockey East - Volume III: A Return to Order or More Chaos?
This week's awards:
WARRIOR HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK
#21 AMANDA PELKEY, VERMONT
(Sr., F; Montpelier, Vt.)
Pelkey notched two goals in the third period and added an assist to help lead Vermont to a 4-2 come from behind win at RPI on Saturday afternoon. The senior finished the weekend with three points and a plus-one rating.
PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
#13 AMY BOUCHER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
(Fr., F; Edmonton, Alta.)
Boucher scored her second goal of the season in the first period on Saturday at Syracuse to help lift UNH to a 2-2 tie. She recorded seven shots and a plus-one rating on the weekend.
WHEA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
#35 VILMA VAATTOVAARA, NEW HAMPSHIRE
(Jr., G; Veikkola, Finland)
Vaatovaara recorded a 0.96 GAA and a .972 save percentage by stopping 70 of the 72 shots she faced, backstopping the Wildcats to an undefeated 1-0-1 weekend . The junior recorded 32 of those saves in her first career shutout in UNH's first win of the season at RIT.
ARMY ROTC THREE STARS AWARD
At the conclusion of every Hockey East game, the "Army ROTC Three Stars of The Game" are selected by the members of the media. Here are the 2014-2015 season leaders to date:
Name Cl. Pos. School
Kelsey MacSorley Jr. D ME
Meghann Treacy Sr. G ME
Vilma Vaattovaara So. G UNH
Army ROTC
HOCKEY EAST WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS
Alex Carpenter, BC (Jr., F, North Reading, Massachusetts) Carpenter helped the Eagles to a 2-1 win Friday night and a 2-2 overtime tie Saturday afternoon at St. Lawrence. Carpenter came away with one goal and two assists on the weekend, extending her point total to a team-leading seven after the first three games of the season. Carpenter has scored at least one point in each game this year, marking a 3-game point streak.
Jonna Curtis, UNH (So., F; Elk River, Minnesota) - Curtis scored one goal in both games last week to lead UNH to an unbeaten record of 1-0-1. She scored the game's only goal -- a shorthanded tally at 16:26 of the second period -- in the 1-0 win at RIT. One day later, Curtis' third-period tally pulled the Wildcats into a 2-2 tie and it proved to be the game-tying goal.
NOTEWORTHY
WIN FOR WITT: UNH (1-3-1, 0-1-0) head coach Hilary Witt recorded her first win at the helm of the Wildcats with the team's 1-0 win at RIT ... That win was UNH's first by shutout since Feb. 11, 2013 (4-0 vs. UConn) ... Sophomore forward Jonna Curtis has a three-game goal-scoring streak ... Freshman defenseman Julia Fedeski recorded her first career point with an assist at Syracuse... UNH's penalty kill is a perfect 18-for-18 this season; the Wildcats were 8 of 8 at RIT and 2-for-2 at Syracuse.
CAMPERO IS CLUTCH: UConn picked up its first win with a 4-2 victory at Union, then fell 1-0 to the Dutchwomen the next night ... Huskies are 3-3-1 all-time against Union ... Kayla Campero's game-winning goal in the win was the 27th of her career, giving her sole possession of 9th in UConn history.
CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER: Two former Terriers skated against BU on Saturday, as 2014 graduate Kaleigh Fratkin and 2014 Olympic gold medalist Tara Watchorn ('12) played for the Boston Blades ... BU will face defending national champion Clarkson in a two-game series next weekend. It is the fourth straight year that the Terriers have faced the reigning NCAA champion.
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