Saturday Night Matchup vs. Maine in Auburn

UNH (5-11-0, 4-6-0 WHEA) at Maine (3-11-0, 2-8-0 WHEA)
Saturday, Nov. 26 • 7 p.m. • Norway Savings Bank Arena • Auburn, Maine

Ashley Wade Foundation Auction Benefit

The University of Maine is holding a benefit auction for the Ashley Wade Foundation at Saturday's game.
The Ashley Wade Foundation's mission is to enrich the lives of children who suffer from chronic illnesses. It was founded by Ashley Wade, who dreamt of playing college hockey until she was diagnosed with Crohn's disease at age 17.
Items in the auction include an NWHL Boston Blades autographed t-shirt and tickets to an NHL Boston Bruins game.

Curtis, Cashin Receive Hockey East Weekly Awards

Senior forward and captain Jonna Curtis (Elk River, Minn.) was named Warrior Hockey Player of the Week by Hockey East on Monday. It is the second Player of the Week award of the season for Curtis, who was previously honored Oct. 17.
Sophomore goaltender Hilary Cashin (Fredericton, New Brunswick) was feted as the league's Defensive Player of the Week.
Curtis recorded a pair of multiple-point games with two goals and two assists for a total of four points in three games last week; it marked her fifth and sixth multiple-point games of the season.
Curtis led the Wildcats UNH to a 3-2 overtime win vs. Harvard (Nov. 15) by scoring the game-winning goal at 3:33 of the extra session; she also scored the Wildcats' first goal to tie the score, 1-1, in the second period.
Curtis set up both UNH goals in last Sunday's 2-1 win vs. Providence College.
Cashin went 2-0-0 last week with a 1.46 GAA and .958 save percentage.
She stopped 40 of 42 shots (.952 save percentage) in the 3-2 overtime win vs. Harvard; she made 16 saves in the third period and three in the extra session.
Cashin followed that with a 29-save effort (.967 save percentage) in last Sunday's 2-1 win against Providence; she stopped 14 shots in the first period and 10 more in the third.

The Series : UNH vs. Maine

UNH has a 39-11-5 lifetime record, including 2-1-0 last season, against Maine.
The Wildcats have an 18-5-2 road record vs. the Black Bears and that includes last January's 5-1 and 3-0 victories in Orono.
Saturday's game at Norway Savings Bank Arena (Auburn, Maine) will mark the second time that Maine plays host to New Hampshire at a venue other than Alfond Arena. The Black Bears skated to a 4-1 victory Nov. 23, 2010, at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee (Lewiston, Maine).
The road team won all three games last season.
UNH has won three of the last four matchups. Prior to that, Maine won four straight. The Black Bears have a 5-4-1 edge the past 10 meetings.

Buy Tickets

UNH women's ice hockey season and single-game tickets are on sale now online at www.unhwildcats.com, by calling (603) 862-4000 or in person at the Whittemore Center box office.
New Hampshire's next home game is Saturday, Dec. 3 (4 p.m.) vs. Merrimack College.

The State of New Hampshire

UNH enters the weekend with a 4-11-0 overall record that includes 1-5-0 on the road and 4-6-0 in Hockey East (1-3-0 in league road games).
The Wildcats are coming off a 2-1 win against Providence College at the Whittemore Center (Nov. 20) and a 2-1-0 week overall that also included a 3-2 overtime win vs. Harvard (Nov. 15) and 6-3 loss at PC (Nov. 19).
UNH is 2-3-0 the past five games, 3-4-0 in November and 4-6-0 the past 10.
New Hampshire is 3-1 in games decided by one goal and that includes 1-1 in overtime.
New Hampshire is averaging 2.00 goals and 25.1 shots per game while yielding 3.44 goals and 33.8 shots per game. On special teams, the 'Cats are 8-for-69 (11.6%) on the power play and 69 of 79 (87.3%) on the penalty kill.

'Cat Nips

Junior defenseman Julia Fedeski (Algonquin Highlands, Ontario) recorded a pair of multiple-point games last week; she tallied a goal and an assist last Sunday vs. Providence; Fedeski began the week by recording a career-high two assists vs. Harvard (Tuesday, Nov. 15).
Freshman forward Abby Chapman (Beverly Hills, Mich.) recorded her first career multiple-point game with two assists at Providence last Saturday.
Sophomore goaltender Kyra Smith (Littleton, Colo.) finished with a career-high 39 saves last Saturday at Providence; she made double-digit saves all three periods (15-14-10).
Junior defenseman Amy Schlagel (Blaine, Minn.) tallied a goal and an assist last Sunday vs. PC to mark her first multiple-point game of the season.
Senior forward and captain Jonna Curtis matched her personal best of two assists Nov. 20 vs. Providence.
With nine goals and eight assists, Curtis has factored into the scoring on 17 of UNH's 32 goals (53%).
Freshman forward Carlee Turner (Scottsdale, Ariz.) recorded an assist in back-to-back games vs. Harvard and PC.
Sophomore defenseman and captain Marie-Jo Pelletier (Dalhousie, New Brunswick) scored her first career goal at Providence (Nov. 19).
Junior forward and captain Kate Haslett (Rothesay, New Brunswick) scored her first goal of the season at PC.

League Leaders

Jonna Curtis is tied for sixth in Hockey East in both points (17) and goals (nine). She is tied for second in power-play points (eight) and tied for fifth in shots (67).
Curtis and Julia Fedeski are tied for sixth in power-play goals with three.
Curtis and Amy Schlagel are tied for third in game-winning goals with two.
Fedeski is tied for eighth in defenseman scoring with eight points (4g, 4a).
Meghara McManus (Milton, Mass.; 5g, 3a) and Carlee Turner (1g, 7a) are tied for 10^th in freshman scoring with eight points apiece.
Sophomore defenseman Jenna Rheault (Deering, N.H.) is tied for sixth in blocked shots (27).

Conference Call

Jonna Curtis has tallied 11 points (6g, 5a) in 10 Hockey East games.
Meghara McManus ranks second on the team in both goals (five) and points (seven).
Hilary Cashin has a 3-1-0 league record with a 3.03 GAA and .887 save percentage.

Special Teams

Special teams were a difference maker in last Sunday's 2-1 victory against Providence College.
The Wildcats went 2-for-6 on the power play to match their season high for power-play goals in a game; 2 of 5 vs. Vermont (Oct. 28).
UNH was a perfect 4-for-4 on the penalty kill vs. PC; the 'Cats had allowed a power-play goal each of the five previous games.

75 / 100

Jonna Curtis recorded her 75^th career point when she scored her sixth goal of the season – 39^th of her career – Nov. 5 at Providence
Curtis skated in her 100^th career game Nov. 12 at Boston College.
She enters the weekend with 42 goals and 39 assists for 81 points in 103 games.

Stopping Shots

UNH's goaltenders are averaging 30.3 saves per game with a breakdown of Kyra Smith at 30.6 and Hilary Cashin at 26.7.
The opponents recorded 40+ shots in back-to-back games last week (Harvard- 42, Providence- 45) and the opposition has topped 40 shots in a game five times this season.
Opponents have recorded the shot advantage in 13 of 16 games; UNH tallied a 27-23 shot advantage Oct. 15 vs. Merrimack and 32-26 vs. UConn (Nov. 6), as well as 45-42 vs. Harvard.

Platoon System

Sophomore goaltenders Kyra Smith and Hilary Cashin have alternated starts through 16 games. If the trend continues, Cashin will start between the pipes at Maine.
Cashin, who saw limited action in three games last season, has a 2.78 GAA and .909 save percentage with a 4-4-0 record; she is 3-1-0 in her last four decisions; Cashin is also 3-1-0 in Hockey East with a 3.03 GAA and .887 save percentage.
In addition to her career-high 41 saves Oct. 23 vs. Clarkson, Cashin made 32 saves (on 35 shots) in her first game of the season, a 3-1 loss at eighth-ranked Colgate (Oct. 2). Cashin recorded her second 40+ save effort in the 3-2 overtime win vs. Harvard on Nov. 16.
Cashin stopped 21 shots vs. Merrimack to earn her first career win Oct. 15.
Smith made 32 or more saves each of her first five games, and that included 38 saves in the season-opening 4-2 loss at No 8 Colgate and 36 saves at No. 9 Boston University.
Smith made a personal-best 39 saves Nov. 19 at PC (6-3 loss) with 15 saves in the first period, 14 in the second and 10 in the third.
In eight games, Smith has a 3.80 GAA and .897 save percentage with a 1-7-0 record; she is 1-5-0 in Hockey East with a 4.05 GAA and .888 save percentage.

Block That Shot

Sophomore Jenna Rheault is the team leader in blocked shots with 27. She is followed by juniors Julia Fedeski (24) and Amy Schlagel (22).

Strong Starts

UNH has outscored the opposition 13-11 in the first period; however, the Wildcats have been outscored 27-9 in the third period.

First Blood

New Hampshire has a 3-4-0 record when scoring the game's first goal, and the 'Cats are 2-7-0 in the nine games they have fallen behind 1-0; UNH surrendered the game's first goal in both of last week's home wins against Harvard and Providence College.

Strength of Schedule

Seven of UNH's first eight games were against nationally-ranked teams.
Nine of the 16 games have been vs. a Top 10 team.
The Wildcats opened the 2016-17 season with two games at No. 8 Colgate, then played at No. 9 Boston University followed by home games against No. 3 Quinnipiac, No. 5 Boston College and No. 8 Clarkson (twice).
Most recently, the 'Cats concluded the season series vs. No. 6 BC with a home-and-home series Nov. 11-12.

Scouting the Black Bears

The University of Maine (Orono, Maine) has an overall record of 3-11-0 that includes 2-8-0 in Hockey East and 3-4-0 at home (2-3-0 in home league games).
The Black Bears are 1-4-0 in their last five games and are coming off a 5-3-conference loss at UConn (Nov. 18).
Maine has proven to be giant killers this season with a 3-2 win against Boston College (in Auburn, Maine – the site of Saturday's game vs. UNH) and a 4-1victory vs. Boston University at Alfond Arena.
Freshman forward Tereza Vanisova leads the team with eight goals and eight assists to put her atop the leaderboard with 16 points.
Junior forward Brooke Stacey is the other Black Bear in double digit points with 10 (6g, 4a).
Freshman goaltender Carly Jackson has a 3.00 GAA and .905 save percentage with a record of 2-10-0. She has played in 13 of 14 games with 11 starts.
Maine is averaging 2.07 goals and 24.8 shots per game, while allowing 3.21 goals and 30.2 shots per game.
The Black Bears are 7 of 56 (12.5%) on the power play and 48-for-63 (76.2%) on the penalty kill.
Six of Maine's 14 games have been decided by one goal, and the Black Bears are 1-5 in those outcomes.

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