Game Notes: Women's Hockey Battles Boston U. in Home-and-Home Series (Feb. 13-14)

Saturday, February 13

Boston, Mass.

3 PM

University of New Hampshire

Boston University

Game Notes: Women's Hockey Battles Boston U. in Home-and-Home Series (Feb. 13-14)

2/10/2016 4:16:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Feb. 13 (3 p.m.) at Walter Brown Arena; Feb. 14 (2 p.m.) at Whittemore Center

UNH Wildcats (10-19-1, 7-13-0 Hockey East) vs. Boston U. Terriers (17-10-2, 14-4-2 Hockey East)
Saturday, Feb. 13 (3 p.m.) – Walter Brown Arena – Boston, Mass.
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Sunday, Feb. 14 (2 p.m.) – Whittemore Center – Durham, N.H.
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TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR 2016 FROZEN FOUR AT THE WHITT

Tickets are on sale now for the NCAA 2016 Women's Frozen Four at UNH's Whittemore Center on March 18 & 20. The all-session package includes a ticket to both the March 18 semifinal games (single admission; 4/7 pm) and the March 20 championship game (2 pm).
Each all-session chairback seat costs $35. There is also a bench seat option at $25 for adults and $20 for students, seniors and youths. Groups of 20 or more can purchase an all-session package at $15 per seat, regardless of section.
Tickets may be purchased online (unhwildcats.com), by calling 1-800-745-3000 or at the Whittemore Center box office.

The Games
The University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team plays a home-and-home series against Boston University this weekend. The Wildcats travel to play at Walter Brown Arena on Feb. 13 (3 p.m.) and then the Terriers come to the Whittemore Center for a Feb. 14 (2 p.m.) matchup.

Skating Strides Against Breast Cancer
Entering its 10th year of existence, the Hockey East Skating Strides program has raised nearly $300,000 toward the fight against breast cancer. All 12 member schools, both men's and women's programs, will participate in the 2015-16 campaign with specialty nights at each campus.
UNH's fund raising games have been set for Feb. 12 (men's 7 p.m. game vs. Vermont) and Feb. 14 (women's 2 p.m. game vs. Boston U.). The women's team will also be involved in a Skating Strides game Feb. 13 at BU.

The Matchup
UNH has a 20-17-3 lifetime record against Boston University but the Terriers have won each of the last nine meetings, including a 5-3 victory last November at the Whittemore Center. Both teams hold the home ice advantage. UNH is 10-7-2 at home and BU has a 9-8-1 edge.
Boston U. has won eight consecutive matchups at Walter Brown Arena dating back to the Wildcats' 4-2 win Feb. 3, 2011. The Terriers have also won four consecutive games at the Whitt dating back to UNH's most recent overall win against the Terriers, 4-2 on Nov. 9, 2012.
Back in November, the Wildcats took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission on goals by Julia Fedeski and Jonna Curtis. BU pulled within a goal at 5:05 of the second stanza, but Amy Schlagel responded with a tally three minutes later to reestablish a two-goal lead. The Terriers once again trimmed the deficit to one goal, 3-2, before the end of the second period. Sammy Davis and Victoria Bach scored third-period goals less than three minutes apart (at 3:46 and 6:36) to take a 4-3 lead and then Maddie Elia struck at 11:07 to extend the advantage to two goals. UNH pulled goaltender Vilma Vaattovaara in favor on an extra skater with 1:55 remaining and went on a power play 15 seconds later to gain a two-skater advantage, but the 'Cats were limited to one shot during the power play and then one more the rest of the way as BU held on for the win.
New Hampshire recorded a 39-31 shot advantage and went 2-for-9 on the power play; the Terriers were held scoreless on four power play chances. BU's Erin O'Neil made 16 of her 36 saves in the second period.

The State of New Hampshire
UNH has a 10-19-1 overall record with a 7-13-0 mark in Hockey East league games as well as a 4-9-0 ledger at home and 6-10-1 road record (2-7-0 in league home games; 5-6-0 in league road games).
New Hampshire has lost three consecutive games. Prior to that, the 'Cats swept a two-game series at Maine (Jan. 23-24).
New Hampshire plays three of its last four regular-season games at home. The Wildcats play a home-and-home series vs. Boston University this weekend before closing out the regular season with a pair of home games vs. UConn.
In last weekend's Battle of the 'Cats, the Wildcats recorded an aggregate 61-38 shot advantage in the two games but were outscored 5-3 by the Catamounts. Prior to those 3-2 and 2-1 losses, UNH had won four consecutive games decided by one goal.
Last Friday's 2-1 loss to UVM marked the just the second time this season that UNH lost a game in which the opponent scored less than three goals.
UNH has scored the game's first goal in half of its 30 games and has a 9-6-0 record when taking a 1-0 lead. Last weekend, however, the Wildcats struck first in both games against Vermont, but lost both.
Overall, the 'Cats are averaging 2.17 goals per game while allowing 3.17 gpg. The Wildcats have been outscored 95-65 with a breakdown of 28-18 in the first, 29-28 in the second and 38-18 in the third.
UNH is minus -30 in scoring but plus-102 in shots at 885-783 with the shot advantage all three periods at 276-263 (+13), 320-271 (+49) and 285-246 (+39).

'Cat Nips
Senior forward Margo Lund is the only Wildcat who tallied a point both games vs. Vermont last weekend. She recorded her sixth assist of the season Friday night and scored her fourth goal of the season Saturday.
Freshman defenseman Jenna Rheault recorded her first career assist with a helper on the first goal of last Saturday's game.
Senior defenseman and captain Sara Carlson extended her point-scoring streak to four games with her fourth goal of the season Feb. 5 against Vermont. Carlson was held off the score sheet the next day.
Freshman goaltender Kyra Smith has started 20 consecutive games dating back to a Nov. 8 start at UConn. It is the longest streak by a UNH goalie since Kayley Herman's streak of 20 consecutive starts spanning Oct. 8, 2008 to Jan. 16, 2009. The last goaltender other than Smith to start between the pipes for UNH was Vilma Vaattovaara, who got the starting nod six consecutive games spanning Oct. 18 to Nov. 7.

Eyeing Home Ice
The top four teams in the final Hockey East standings will host a best-of-three quarterfinal series at the end of the month. Boston College, Northeastern and Boston University have already secured home ice, but UNH is in contention for fourth place.
UConn is in control of its own destiny for that last home playoff spot. The Huskies enter the weekend at No. 4 with 19 points, followed by UNH and Vermont (14 points), Maine (13) and Providence (11).

The Top Line
New Hampshire's top line of Amy Boucher centering Jonna Curtis and Cassandra Vilgrain has produced 19 goals and 18 assists for 37 points in 14 games together. All three skaters were held off the score sheet in last weekend's two-game series vs. Vermont. At least one member of the line had recorded a point each of the previous six games.

50 Points
Two UNH Wildcats have reached 50 career points this season. Senior defenseman and captain Sara Carlson recorded her 50th career point with an assist Jan. 29 at nationally-ranked Northeastern University. Carlson has 15 goals and 36 assists in 134 games.
Earlier this season, junior forward Jonna Curtis recorded her 50th career point with the second of her two goals Dec. 4 against Merrimack College. She enters the weekend series against Boston U. with 60 points (31g, 29a) in 81 games.

Special Teams
New Hampshire's power play has scored a power-play goal three of the last four games and is 4-for-18 (22.2%) in that span. The penalty kill is perfect the past four games at 10-for-10, and the opponent has been held scoreless 11 consecutive power plays; Maine's Audra Richards scored the most recent PPG against UNH's PK on Jan. 23 (13:21 of the third period).
In the 2016 calendar year, the Wildcats' penalty kill has a 88.2% success rate; in comparison, UNH is 65 of 83 (78.3%) for the season.
Of note, the 'Cats closed the 2015 calendar year strong on the power-play with a PPG four of the last seven games (4-20; 20.0%). Overall, UNH has netted a power-play goal 12 of 30 games with a high of three PPG Nov. 21 vs. Providence College, and the Wildcats have scored 16 power-play goals on 98 chances (16.3%).

First Strike
UNH has scored the game's first goal 15 times, and that includes four of the last five games – both games in the recent series vs. Vermont and Maine – as well as every game during the four-game win streak (late November to early December). The Wildcats have a 9-6-0 record when taking a 1-0 lead.
New Hampshire recorded its first win of the season after falling behind 1-0 in the last game before the holiday break, when Yale struck first but the 'Cats prevailed 5-2. Overall, the 'Cats are 1-13-1 when the opponent scores first.

Conference Call
UNH boasts two of the top skaters in Hockey East in blocked shots with three in the top seven overall. Sara Carlson is No. 2 with 62 – she trails leader Dominique Kremer of Merrimack by three – and Marie-Jo Pelletier is No. 3 at 56. Also of note, Jenna Rheault is No. 7 (45).
Jonna Curtis is among the Hockey East league leaders in a couple of stats. The junior forward is eighth in goals (14) and ranks fourth in shots (137).
Amy Boucher is tied for third in power-play goals (five).
Amy Schlagel is tied for eighth in defenseman scoring with 17 points.

Another Conference Call
In 20 Hockey East league games, Jonna Curtis has tallied eight goals and 11 assists for 19 points. Amy Boucher is next with 14 points on eight goals and six assists, and she is followed by Amy Schlagel at 4-5-9.
In goal, Kyra Smith is 6-8-0 with a 2.58 GAA and .901 save percentage in 14 games.

January Recap
UNH went 2-3-0 in January with a 2-2-0 road record and a loss in its only home game. Amy Boucher recorded a point every game with totals of three goals and four assists for seven points; she led the team in assists and tied for the lead in points. Jonna Curtis scored a team-best four goals and tied Boucher with seven points. Kyra Smith was the only goaltender to see playing time in January. She went 2-3-0 with a 2.82 GAA and .907 save percentage.
The team stats were relatively even with the opponents holding a 15-14 scoring edge and the 'Cats with the 159-152 shot advantage. Special teams were also nearly even with UNH at 15.8% (3-for-19) and the opponents at 15.4% (2 of 13).

Rapid Fire
Margo Lund and Amy Boucher scored goals 38 seconds apart – at 8:05 and 8:43, respectively – in the third period at Maine on Jan. 23 to mark the fastest consecutive goals scored by UNH this season.

'Cat Captain
Senior defenseman Sara Carlson is reprising her role as team captain in the 2015-16 season. Last year as a junior, Carlson made her debut as a defenseman for a three-game stretch in late October, then ended the year on the blue line all three games of the Hockey East quarterfinal – that's a total of six games.
Carlson has been paired with sophomore defenseman Amy Schlagel every game this season. Carlson is tied for second on the team in assists (11) and is fourth in points (15). She is atop the team leaderboard in blocked shots (62). She recorded a season-best four-game point streak spanning Jan. 23 to Feb. 5 in which she tallied four points on two goals and two assists.
Carlson matched her career high of two assists – and two points –three times this season, most recently Nov. 27 at Rensselaer. She also tallied two assists Nov. 21 vs. Providence as well as Oct. 10 against Syracuse.
She also recorded a three-game point streak earlier this season with a goal (Oct. 23) and assist (Oct. 24) at Clarkson followed by a goal at UVM (Oct. 30).

The Alternates
Senior forward Heather Kashman and junior forward Cassandra Vilgrain are designated team leaders by their distinction as alternate captains. Kashman was also an alternate captain last year.
Vilgrain has recorded 11 points (7g, 4a) in 30 games this season; she was a winger on the second line the initial 16 games before shifting to the top line with Jonna Curtis and Amy Boucher for the November series at RPI, and she has remained there since (14 games total).
The move paid immediate dividends for Vilgrain, who recorded a point both games against the Engineers with a goal Nov. 27 and an assist Nov. 28. It marked the first time this season she recorded a point in consecutive games. Vilgrain has a point 8 of the last 14 games with 6-2-8 in that span. She scored a goal both games at Maine (Jan. 23-24) and also potted a goal consecutive games at Merrimack (Dec. 4) and vs. Dartmouth (Dec. 8).
Kashman was sidelined by injury the entire 2015 calendar year before making her season debut Jan. 9 at nationally-ranked Northeastern. She has not missed a game since returning to the lineup; she has not recorded a point in seven games.

Top Of The List
Junior forward Jonna Curtis leads the team in goals (14), assists (15), points (29), shots (137) and plus/minus (+1). Curtis matched her season high of three points by scoring a goal and equalling a personal best of two assists Jan. 23 at Maine.
Curtis was held off the score sheet both games last weekend against Vermont. It marked the first time she was held without a point in consecutive games since Nov. 14 & 18 (vs. Boston College and at Harvard, respectively) – a span of 14 games.
Nevertheless, Curtis has tallied a point five of the last eight games (5g, 3a). Overall, she has a point in 18 of 30 games with eight multiple-point efforts; she has scored a goal in 10 games and tallied an assist in 11 games.
Curtis has matched her career high of two goals three times – at Clarkson (Oct. 24), vs. Merrimack (Dec. 4) and at Northeastern (Jan. 9) – and she equaled her personal best of two assists consecutive games against Boston U. (Nov. 1) and Providence College (Nov. 7).
She tallied a season high of three points in the aforementioned games at Clarkson and vs. BU.
Curtis recorded a six-game point streak concurrent with a five-game assist streak from Oct. 23 to Nov. 8; she tallied four goals and seven assists for 11 points during the point streak, which is tied for the longest by a Wildcat this season.

Senior Class
The senior class includes the aforementioned captain Sara Carlson and alternate captain Heather Kashman as well as forwards Haley Breedlove, Nicoline Jensen and Margo Lund, and goaltender Vilma Vaattovaara.
Breedlove enters the weekend with five points, all on assists, in 30 games. She recorded her first career multiple-assist game with two at Rensselaer on Nov. 28, and the two points matched her personal best. Breedlove tallied a single assist Dec. 5 at Merrimack as well against both Syracuse (Oct. 10) and Vermont (Oct. 30). Breedlove has split time as a forward and defenseman with the majority of games at forward (23 of 30); she has skated as a defenseman each of the last five games, however.
Jensen has six points with two goals and four assists; last Saturday vs. Vermont, she scored a second-period power-play goal to give the Wildcats a 2-1 lead. Jensen has been one of the top centers in the faceoff circle at 189 of 372 (.508 win percentage) – all three of those numbers rank second on the team. In the last week before break, Jensen won 19 of 32 (59.4%) faceoffs in three games.
Lund has 10 points with four goals and six assists, and she has recorded a point four of the last five games. Lund tallied a point both games of the Feb. 5-6 series against Vermont with an assist Friday and a goal Saturday; prior to that, in the Jan. 23-24 weekend at Maine, she scored a goal in Saturday's 5-1 win and tallied an assist in Sunday's 3-0 win.
Lund recorded her first career multiple-point game Dec. 13 with a goal and an assist against Yale. She had scored her first goal of the season earlier that week (Dec. 8) against Dartmouth. Lund skated as the right wing on UNH's third line the first 16 games of the season before the lineup changes Nov. 27 at RPI, when she was shifted to the second line and was there five consecutive games; she and her linemates were listed as the third line the last two games of 2015 but in 2016 they have returned to the second line. Lund tallied her first assist as a Wildcat – and ninth of her career – at Vermont (Oct. 30).
Vaattovaara recorded her first shutout of the season and fourth of her career with an 18-save effort at Vermont on Oct. 30; the Wildcats won 4-0. Vaattovaara has seven starts overall and her streak of six consecutive starts ended Nov. 8 at UConn; three of those six consecutive starts were against a Top 4 team (one at #2 BC, two at #4 Clarkson). She has not seen action since Nov. 7 at Providence College (5-4 loss).
Vaattovaara is 1-6-0 with a 4.15 GAA and .865 save percentage; in four Hockey East games, she is 1-3-0 with a 3.88 GAA and .872 save percentage.

D-D-D, D-Fense
New Hampshire has a young defensive unit comprised of one senior (Sara Carlson, who entered the season with six games played on the blue line), three sophomores and two freshmen – the count was four sophomores at the start of the season, but Kate Haslett was transitioned to center in the PC / UConn in early November. As of late – the last five games – senior Haley Breedlove has joined the defensive unit.
Sophomore Amy Schlagel is tied for third on the team in goals (seven), is tied for second in power-play goals (two), and is third in points (17); she is also fourth in assists (10) and ranks sixth in shots (64); she leads all UNH defensemen in goals, assist and points. She has a point in 15 of 30 games overall.
Schlagel has recorded a point four of the last five games with five points (1g, 4a) in that time frame. She tallied a goal in the most recent game (Feb. 6) vs. Vermont and had a three-game point streak spanning Jan. 23-29.
She recorded a point five of the last seven games in the 2015 calendar year, including the overtime game-winning goal Dec. 5 at Merrimack.
Schlagel recorded her first career multiple-point game with a goal and an assist Oct. 10 Syracuse as part of a three-game point streak, and she had her first multiple-assist game with two at Northeastern (Jan. 29).
Sophomore Julia Fedeski, who did not play the Nov. 27-28 weekend series at Rensselaer, is tied for fifth on the team in assists (seven); in her Dec. 4 return to the lineup, she recorded an assist; last weekend vs. Vermont, she tallied an assist in the first game of the series. Fedeski also has two goals for a total of nine points. She matched her career high of two points with a goal and an assist against both Lindenwood (Oct. 9) and BU (Nov. 1).
Sophomore Kaylee Forster has skated in 26 of 30 games – she dressed 24 consecutive games before a DNP on Jan. 29 at NU – and has tallied three points (1g, 2a). Forster recorded her first career point with a goal Oct. 30 at Vermont and tallied her first assist Nov. 8 at UConn. Her other assist was Nov. 21 vs. PC.
Freshman Marie-Jo Pelletier enters the weekend ranked second on the team with 56 blocked shots – and she stands in at 4-foot-11. She has recorded six points, all on assists. Pelletier recorded her first career point with an assist Oct. 24 at fourth-ranked Clarkson and tallied another helper the next game at UVM (Oct. 30); Pelletier also picked up an assist Dec. 5 at Merrimack and Dec. 13 vs. Yale, as well as back-to-back games vs. Northeastern (Jan. 10) and at Maine (Jan. 23).
Freshman Jenna Rheault has also skated in all 30 games and, like Pelletier, recorded her first career point with a goal in that Oct. 24 game at fourth-ranked Clarkson; she has a total of three points (2g, 1a). Rheault netted her second goal – and point – of the season with a power-play tally Dec. 13 vs. Yale. She tallied her first career assist Feb. 6 vs. Vermont.

Facing Off
Amy Boucher leads New Hampshire in faceoffs won (338), taken (636) and win percentage (.531); she is at 50% or better in 20 of 30 games and that includes both games the Feb. 5-6 series against Vermont. She also has won 10+ faceoffs 20 times.
Boucher had a very impressive 10-for-13 performance (76.9%) vs. No. 8 Northeastern on Jan. 10, and she was far above 50% the Dec. 4-5 weekend vs. Merrimack with an 18 of 25 effort (72.0%) on Friday followed by 14 of 23 (60.9%) on Saturday.
Boucher won 28 of 47 draws (59.6%) the previous weekend at RPI and that included a 13-for-20 effort in the 3-3 tie. In early November, she won 18 of 31 (58.0%) against Boston U. and 15 of 28 (53.6%) at Providence in consecutive games. The 18 wins vs. both BU and Merrimack stand as the high by any Wildcat this season.
Nicoline Jensen is next in all three stats with 189 wins, 372 total and a .508 win percentage. She is .500 or better in 18 of 30 games, including 13 of the last 19 games; in the Jan. 23-24 series at Maine, she won 6 of 9 in the series opener and 6 of 12 the next day; in the last week before holiday break, Jensen was 10-for-14 (71.4%) against Dartmouth and 6 of 9 vs. Yale; also of note, she won 8 of 11 Nov. 28 at RPI and 9 of 11 one week earlier against Providence. In addition to the game vs. the Big Green, Jensen has reached double digits in wins twice with a season high of 11 (of 18) Nov. 21 vs. PC.
UNH has recorded the faceoff advantage in 13 of 30 games overall.

The Puck Stops Here
In addition to senior goaltender Vilma Vaattovaara, junior Ashley Wilkes returns in net for the Wildcats; freshmen Kyra Smith and Hilary Cashin give the 'Cats four netminders on the roster.
Smith has stepped into the role of New Hampshire's #1 goalie. She has started each of the last 20 games dating back to a 2-1 win at UConn on Nov. 8. Smith is 9-10-1 with a 2.72 GAA and team-best .895 save percentage in 21 games (all starts). In 14 Hockey East conference games, Smith is 6-8-0 with a 2.58 GAA and .901 save percentage.
She has garnered four Hockey East accolades this season, including Rookie of the Month for December. Smith was previously honored as Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week on Dec. 7 after leading the Wildcats to a weekend sweep of Merrimack with a 0.98 GAA and .949 save percentage (37 saves, two GA) in two games; she received that award again Jan. 25 after her performance at Maine; she stopped 53 of 54 shots for a 0.50 GAA and .981 save percentage, and recorded her first career shutout. Smith was named Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 9 following a 21-save effort in the aforementioned win at UConn.
Smith has made 30+ saves five times this season, including 32 to record her first career shutout in the Wildcats' 3-0 win at Maine on Jan. 24. She stopped 30 of 32 shots (.938 save percentage) to backbone UNH to victory vs. Dartmouth on Dec. 8.
Smith finished with a career-high 34 saves, including 16 in the second period, Nov. 13 at second-ranked Boston College. Two games later, she stopped 33 shots at ninth-ranked Harvard University (Nov. 18). On Dec. 5, she stopped 23 of 24 shots in the 2-1 overtime win at Merrimack.
Smith made her collegiate debut Oct. 10 at home against Syracuse – a 3-2 loss – and recorded half of her 12 saves in the first period.
Wilkes made her only appearance this season Oct. 17 at Merrimack College. She stopped 10 of 12 shots in a 2-1 loss to the Warriors at Lawler Rink. Those numbers calculate to a 2.03 GAA and .833 save percentage.
Cashin has played a total of 126:23 in three games this season, and she has a 0-1-0 record with a 3.32 GAA and .841 save percentage. She did not play a stretch of 16 consecutive games spanning Oct. 23 to Dec. 8 before making a relief stint of 47 minutes, 56 seconds at fourth-ranked Quinnipiac on Dec. 11. Cashin stopped 15 of 17 shots (88.2%) and shut out the Bobcats in the third period on seven saves.
Prior to Dec. 11, Cashin had not seen action since Oct. 18 at second-ranked Boston College, when she made five saves and allowed two goals in the third period.
Cashin got the starting nod in the season opener Oct. 2 vs. Maine – she is the first freshman to start a season opener in goal since current senior Vaattovaara in the 2012-13 season. She shut out the Black Bears in the second period with 12 saves and she finished with 17 overall in the 4-0 loss; she surrendered three goals (Maine also netted an empty-net goal).

No Longer New
In addition to the threesome of aforementioned sophomore defensemen, there are four sophomore forwards – and a defenseman who has transitioned to center – on this year's roster.
Amy Boucher enters Saturday's game at Boston University with 22 points on 11 goals and 11 assists to rank second on the team in both goals and points, as well as tied for second in assists. Boucher is also second in shots (84), has a team-best .131 shooting percentage and is the leader with five power-play goals. She has a point in 15 of 30 games, including seven multiple-point performances. Boucher's six-game point streak that spanned Dec. 13 to Jan. 29 is tied for the longest by a 'Cat this season; she tallied 3-6-9 during that streak.
Boucher was the team's top point producer the last nine games of the 2015 calendar year with 10 points (4g, 6a). She tallied a point in 6 of 9 with four multiple-point efforts. She matched her career high of two goals against both Providence (Oct. 21) and Rensselaer (Nov. 28), recorded her first career multiple-assist effort Nov. 27 at Rensselaer, and closed the year by tallying another two helpers vs. Yale (Dec. 13).
She has continued the trend of being the Wildcats' top point producer in the 2016 calendar year with 3-4-7 in seven games.
Boucher is the top UNH center in the faceoff circle with 338 faceoffs won, 636 taken and a .531 win percentage.
Kate Haslett joined the group of forwards Nov. 7 at Providence by centering the fourth line, and she made an immediate impact by scoring her first goal of the season. She was elevated to center of the third line one day later at UConn. Her entire line climbed to the second line the final weekend of 2015 in games at fourth-ranked Quinnipiac and home vs. Yale.
Haslett has now skated 21 games as a forward this season in comparison to eight as a defenseman (with one DNP Nov. 1 vs. Boston U.). She has three goals and five assists for a total of eight points overall, with 3-3-6 as a forward and 0-2-2 as a D; the two assists and points Oct. 24 at nationally-ranked Clarkson were a career high.
Carlee Toews had a breakout weekend at Maine with her first career multiple-point game (1g, 1a) Jan. 24; she also tallied a point in the Jan. 23 game vs. the Black Bears. Toews has five points this season with two goals and three assists in 30 games. She scored her first career goal at UVM (Oct. 30) and tallied her other point with an assist vs. PC (Nov. 21). Toews has been the left winger on the third line for 18 games of 30 games; she was on the second line five consecutive games spanning Nov. 27 to Dec. 8, as well as all seven games in the 2016 calendar year.
Ali Praus has skated in 26 of 30 games, including each of the last five and a stretch of 18 consecutive games spanning Oct. 23 to Dec. 13; she did not dress the Oct. 17-18 weekend against Merrimack and BC and was also a DNP in January's two-game series vs. Northeastern. Praus returned to the lineup Jan. 23-24 at Maine.
Brooke Avery has skated in 8 of 30 games, six of them on the fourth line. She has not recorded a point and has been sidelined by injury the past 21 games.

One For Me, One For You
In her career, Jonna Curtis is nearly an equal finisher and distributor with 31 goals and 29 assists in 81 games. Cassandra Vilgrain is close to an even split with 21 goals and 18 assists in 96 games. Also of note, Amy Boucher has a career split of 21 goals and 18 assists in 65 games.

The New 'Cats In Town
The freshman class of Wildcats is comprised of forwards Caitlyn Radatovich, Devan Taylor and Taylor Wenczkowski (in addition to the aforementioned defensemen Marie-Jo Pelletier and Jenna Rheault and goalies Hilary Cashin and Kyra Smith).
Wenczkowski is UNH's top rookie scorer with nine points on two goals and seven assists; she climbed into a tie for fifth on the squad in assists with a helper Feb. 6 vs. Vermont. Wenczkowski tallied her first career goal – and multiple-goal game – Dec. 4 vs. Merrimack at the Whittemore Center.
She has skated in 29 of 30 games with a DNP Oct. 24 at Clarkson. She was the right wing on the top line the first six games of the season, then was shifted to the left wing on the second line when she returned Oct. 30 at UVM. She was there nine consecutive games, then skated on the third line five consecutive games before Wenczkowski and her linemates were promoted to the second line the last two games of the 2015 calendar year. That line was once again shifted to third on the line chart all seven games in the 2016 calendar year.
Taylor, who skates on the wing opposite Wenczkowski, has four goals and three assists for a total of seven points and that includes a goal two of the last eight games – Jan. 10 vs. nationally-ranked Northeastern and Dec. 8 vs. Dartmouth. She tallied two assists – both on goals by Wenczkowski – for her first career multiple point game Dec. 4 vs. Merrimack. Taylor recorded her first career point with an assist at fourth-ranked Clarkson (Oct. 24) and scored her first career goal the next game at Vermont (Oct. 30). She also netted a goal Nov. 8 at PC.
Radatovich has skated in 21 of 30 games this season, including the last 14 of the 2015 calendar year. In 2016, her only game action came Jan. 29 at Northeastern. Radatovich has not recorded a point this season.

On The Air
A total of seven regular-season games will be broadcast on the Wildcats Sports Radio Network. Tune in to WGIR-610 AM (Manchester) or WPKX-930 AM (Rochester) to listen to the action; you can also listen online at www.unhwildcats.com. Here is the list of games:
Oct. 10 vs. Syracuse (3-2 loss)
Nov. 1 vs. Boston U. (5-3 loss)
Dec. 8 vs. Dartmouth (3-2 win)
Dec. 13 vs. Yale (5-2 win)
Jan. 10 vs. Northeastern (5-2 loss)
Feb. 6 vs. Vermont (3-2 loss)
Feb. 21 vs. UConn (2 p.m.)

On the Tube
Two regular-season games will be broadcast on Fox College Sports television. They are Jan. 10 vs. Northeastern and Feb. 21 vs. UConn. Both games begin at 2 p.m.
Another regular-season game – Nov. 18 at Harvard – was broadcast on NESN Plus.

Working Overtime
New Hampshire is 1-0-1 in overtime games this season and is unbeaten in OT under head coach Hilary Witt at 2-0-4. The Wildcats played beyond 60 minutes of regulation in a 2-1 win Dec. 5 at Merrimack College and a 3-3 tie Nov. 27 at Rensselaer.

Scouting the Terriers
Boston University enters the home-and-home weekend series vs. New Hampshire with a 17-11-2 overall record following a 5-3 home loss to Harvard University in Tuesday's consolation game of the Beanpot. BU sits third in the Hockey East standings with a 14-4-2 league record. The Terriers are 10-7-0 at home (8-2-0 league home games) and 6-3-2 on the road (6-2-2 league road games).
BU was idle between Beanpot games. The Terriers were edged 3-2 by Northeastern University in the Feb. 2 first round action. Prior to that, BU closed out January with three consecutive wins.
Rebecca Leslie leads a quartet of 30-point scorers with 39 points; she has eight goals and a team-high 31 assists. Victoria Bach has a team-best 17 goals and is tied for third in assists (18) to rank second in points (35). Rebecca Russo (13-18-31) and Sarah Lefort (11-19-30) are the other two top point producers and they are followed by three other skaters with 20+ points.
Erin O'Neil has played in 21 of 30 games with 19 starts; she has an 11-5-2 record with a 2.91 GAA and .901 save percentage, as well as one shutout. Victoria Hanson has 11 starts in 12 appearances with a 6-6-0 record, 3.20 GAA and .888 save percentage.
BU is averaging 3.60 goals per game but is allowing 3.07 gpg. The Terriers' power play has a 19.4 percent success rate (20 of 103) while the penalty kill checks in at 82.0 percent (91-for-111).
And looking at trends, Boston University has a 12-4-2 record when taking a 1-0 lead in comparison to 5-7-0 when surrendering the game's first goal; 12-3-1 when leading at the first intermission and 3-6-0 when trailing; and 13-1-1 when taking a lead into the third period and 2-8-0 when trailing. BU has a 3-3 record in games decided by one goal and is 0-1-2 in games decided by overtime.