Game Notes: Women's Hockey Ends Regular Season Home vs. UConn (Feb. 20-21)

Saturday, February 20

Durham, N.H.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

University of Connecticut

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Game Notes: Women's Hockey Ends Regular Season Home vs. UConn (Feb. 20-21)

2/19/2016 11:45:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

Senior Day Ceremony Set for Feb. 21

UNH Wildcats (10-21-1, 7-15-0 Hockey East) vs. UConn Huskies (14-13-5, 10-9-3 Hockey East)
Saturday, Feb. 20 (2 p.m.) – Whittemore Center – Durham, N.H. – Tickets – Video – Stats
Sunday, Feb. 21 (2 p.m.) – Whittemore Center – Durham, N.H. – Tickets – Video – Audio – Stats

The Games
The University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team concludes the regular season Feb. 20-21 with a two-game home series against UConn. Both games begin at 2 p.m., and the Senior Day ceremony will be held prior to Sunday's opening faceoff.

Sunday's regular-season finale will be televised on Fox College Sports and will also be aired on the Wildcat Sports Radio Network.

Saluting the Seniors
The UNH women's ice hockey program will recognize the six seniors in the Class of 2016 prior to Sunday's game vs. UConn. Please arrive to the Whittemore Center early to recognize Haley Breedlove, Sara Carlson, Nicoline Jensen, Heather Kashman, Margo Lund and Vilma Vaattovaara.

The Matchup
UNH has a 40-8-5 lifetime record, including 20-3-3 at home, against UConn. The Wildcats extended their unbeaten streak vs. the Huskies to four games (3-0-1) with a 2-1 victory at Freitas Ice Forum back on Nov. 8. In last year's only meeting at the Whittemore Center, the teams skated to a 2-2 tie. UConn's most recent win vs. UNH was a little more than two years ago – 3-1 at the Whitt on Feb. 9, 2014.
In this season's matchup, Kyra Smith stopped 21 of 22 shots in her second career start to earn her first career win. Cassandra Vilgrain gave UNH a 1-0 lead midway through the first period. UConn's Marisa Maccario tied the score in the second stanza, but Amy Schlagel scored a power-play goal seven minutes later to give the Wildcats a 2-1 lead, and that proved to be the final score as Smith stopped all six UConn shots in the third period to preserve the win. Huskies' goalie Annie Belanger made 19 saves. UNH went 1-for-2 on the power play and the Wildcats' penalty kill was a perfect 5-for-5.

The State of New Hampshire
UNH has a 10-21-1 overall record with a 7-15-0 mark in Hockey East league games as well as a 4-10-0 ledger at home (2-8-0 in league home games).
New Hampshire has lost five consecutive games and surrendered six goals in both games of last weekend's home-and-home series against Boston University. Prior to the current streak, the 'Cats swept a two-game series at Maine (Jan. 23-24).
The Wildcats have lost four consecutive home games since their 5-2 victory against Yale at the Whittemore Center on Dec. 13, 2015.
Overall, the 'Cats are averaging 2.22 goals per game while allowing 3.34 gpg. The Wildcats have been outscored 107-71 with a breakdown of 28-20 in the first, 33-30 in the second and 46-20 in the third.
UNH is minus -36 in scoring but plus-106 in shots at 950-844 with the shot advantage all three periods at 287-276 (+21), 343-287 (+56) and 306-278 (+28).

'Cat Nips
Senior forward and alternate captain Cassandra Vilgrain scored three goals in the weekend series against Boston University, and that included matching her career high of two tallies Feb. 13.
Amy Boucher, Jonna Curtis and Amy Schlagel all finished the Feb. 13-14 series vs. BU with a goal and two assists. Schlagel matched her personal best of two assists Feb. 13 at Boston U.
Schlagel has the team's longest active point streak of three games with 1-3-4 in that span. Boucher, Curtis and Vilgrain were the other three 'Cats who recorded a point in both games vs. the Terriers.
Senior goaltender Vilma Vaattovaara made 17 saves and allowed four goals in her return to the lineup Feb. 14 (a 6-2 home loss to BU). Vaattovaara had not played since starting Nov. 7 at Providence College.
Freshman goaltender Kyra Smith started the 21 games between Vaattovaara's starts Nov. 7 and Feb. 14. In last Saturday's game at BU, Smith recorded her sixth 30-plus save effort of the season with 32 stops, including 18 in the third period to mark her highest single-period total of the season.

Developing the Playoff Picture
With two games left in the regular season, UNH can finish fifth, sixth or seventh in the final Hockey East standings. The Wildcats enter the weekend tied for fifth place with Vermont and Providence, but the 'Cats lose all tiebreakers against UVM and PC.
New Hampshire closes the regular season with a two-game home series against No. 4 seed UConn, while Vermont travels to last-place Merrimack College for two games and Providence plays a home-and-home series against unbeaten and untied Boston College.
Northeastern University is currently in second place and will clinch the No. 2 seed with one point in the two-game series against Boston University. The Terriers, currently third, will climb into a second-place tie with NU and earn the No. 2 seed by sweeping this weekend's series.
UNH and UConn is the only Sunday game. All the other teams end the regular season Saturday.

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The Top Line
New Hampshire's top line of Amy Boucher centering Jonna Curtis and Cassandra Vilgrain has produced 24 goals and 22 assists for 46 points in 16 games together. After being held off the score sheet in the two-game series against Vermont (Feb. 5-6), the trio combined to score all four goals in the 6-4 loss at Boston University on Feb. 13 and netted another goal in the Feb. 14 game vs. BU. They also tallied four assists for a total of nine points in two games.

Let Me Assist You
Freshman defenseman Marie-Jo Pelletier recorded her seventh assist of the season last Saturday at Boston University. All seven of her points are on assists. Also of note, all five points recorded by Haley Breedlove have been on assists.

Special Teams
New Hampshire has scored a power-play goal each of the last three games and is 3-for-13 (23.1%) in that span. The Wildcats have scored a power-play goal five of the last six games and has a 25.0% success rate (6 of 24). Overall in 32 games, UNH is 18 of 104 (17.3%) and that includes 13-for-77 (16.9%) in Hockey East.
The Wildcats' penalty kill has also been strong the past six games with just one power-play goal allowed in 17 shorthanded situations for a 94.1% success rate. For the season, UNH's PK is 71-for-90 (78.9%) with an 81.5% success rate (53 of 65) in Hockey East.

First Strike
UNH has scored the game's first goal in half of its 32 games and has a 9-7-0 record when taking a 1-0 lead. The 'Cats have struck first three times during the current five-game losing streak.
New Hampshire recorded its first – and only – 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 1-14-1 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 66 – she trails leader Dominique Kremer of Merrimack by two – and Marie-Jo Pelletier is No. 3 at 61. Also of note, Jenna Rheault is No. 7 (48).
Jonna Curtis is among the Hockey East league leaders in a couple of stats. The junior forward is tied for eighth in goals (15) and ranks fourth in shots (148).
Amy Boucher ranks fourth in power-play goals (six) and is tied for ninth in power-play points (10).
Amy Schlagel is tied for sixth in defenseman scoring with 20 points and she ranks eighth in power-play points with 11.

Another Conference Call
In 22 Hockey East league games, Jonna Curtis has tallied nine goals and 13 assists for 22 points. Amy Boucher is next with 17 points on nine goals and eight assists, and she is followed by Amy Schlagel at 5-7-12.
In goal, Kyra Smith is 6-9-0 with a 2.75 GAA and .898 save percentage in 15 games.

'Cat Captain
Senior defenseman Sara Carlson has reprised 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 on the blue line and was paired with sophomore defenseman Amy Schlagel every game this season – until last weekend, when freshman Jenna Rheault was her D-partner. Carlson is tied for third on the team in assists (12) and is fourth in points (16). She is atop the team leaderboard in blocked shots (66). 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 has 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.

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 14 points (10g, 4a) in 32 games this season. She scored a goal both games last weekend vs. Boston University and that included matching her career high of two goals Feb. 13.
Vilgrain 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 (16 games total) with 11 points (9g, 2a) in that span.
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.
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 nine games.

Top Of The List
Junior forward Jonna Curtis leads the team in goals (15), assists (17), points (32), shots (148) and plus/minus (+1). Curtis recorded an assist both games last weekend vs. Boston U. and she also scored a goal last Saturday for a three-point weekend against the Terriers. She matched her season high of three points by scoring a goal and equalling a personal best of two assists Jan. 23 at Maine.
Curtis has tallied a point seven of the last 10 games (6g, 5a) and in 10 of 14 (8g, 7a). Overall, she has a point in 20 of 32 games with nine multiple-point efforts; she has scored a goal in 11 games and tallied an assist in 13 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 32 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 seven games, however.
Jensen has six points with two goals and four assists; in the Feb. 6 game 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 199 of 399 (.499 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 seven 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 returned to action last Sunday (Feb. 14) against Boston University – she had not played a stretch of 21 consecutive days since her last start Nov. 7 at Providence College. In that game vs. BU, she stopped 17 of 21 shots and that included all seven in a scoreless first period (UNH lost 6-2 with the Terriers scoring a pair of empty-net goals).
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.
She has eight starts overall and that included a stretch of six consecutive starts, three of which were against a Top 4 team (one at #2 BC, two at #4 Clarkson).
Vaattovaara is 1-7-0 with a 4.15 GAA and .860 save percentage; in five Hockey East games, she is 1-4-0 with a 3.94 GAA and .862 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 seven games – senior Haley Breedlove has joined the defensive unit.
Sophomore Amy Schlagel carries a three-game point streak into Saturday's game, and that is the longest active streak by a Wildcat; she recorded two assists last Saturday vs. BU to match her personal best in both assists and points. Schlagel is fourth on the team in goals (eight), second in power-play goals (three) and third in points (20); she is also tied for third in assists (12) and ranks fourth in shots (75); she leads all UNH defensemen in goals, assists and points. She has a point in 17 of 32 games overall.
Schlagel has recorded a point six of the last seven games with eight points (2g, 6a) in that time frame. She 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 fifth on the team in assists (eight); she also has two goals for a total of 10 points. Fedeski has a point two of the last four games and that includes an assist Feb. 13 vs. Boston U. 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 28 of 32 games – she dressed 24 consecutive games before a DNP on Jan. 29 at NU, and has skated all four games since then. Forster has tallied three points (1g, 2a). She 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 61 blocked shots – and she stands in at 4-foot-11. She has recorded seven points, all on assists, with the most recent one Feb. 13 against the Terriers of Boston University. Pelletier recorded her first career point 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 32 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). In last weekend's reshuffling of the D-pairs, Rheault was on the ice with Sara Carlson. 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 (369), taken (683) and win percentage (.540 – that's an improvement from .531 the previous week). She is at 50% or better in 22 of 32 games and that includes each of the last five games. In last weekend's home-and-home series vs. BU, Boucher won 31 of 47 faceoffs (66.0%) and that included 17 of 22 (77.3%) on Feb. 14; the 17 wins marked the second highest total of the season. She has won 10+ faceoffs a total of 22 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 199 wins, 399 total and a .499 win percentage. She is .500 or better in 18 of 32 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 14 of 32 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 started a stretch of 21 consecutive games spanning Nov. 8 (2-1 win at UConn) to Feb. 13 (6-4 loss at BU); it marked the longest streak of consecutive starts by a UNH goaltender since Kayley Herman's mark of 20 (Oct. 8, 2008 to Jan. 16, 2009). Smith is 9-12-1 with a 2.83 GAA and team-best .893 save percentage in 22 games (all starts). In 15 Hockey East conference games, Smith is 6-9-0 with a 2.75 GAA and .897 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.
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).
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.

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 vs. UConn with 25 points on 12 goals and 13 assists to rank second on the team in all three stats. Boucher is also second in shots (89), has a team-best .135 shooting percentage and is the leader with six power-play goals. She has a point in 17 of 32 games, including eight 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 4-6-10 in nine games.
Boucher is the top UNH center in the faceoff circle with 369 faceoffs won, 683 taken and a .540 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 23 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 32 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 nine games in the 2016 calendar year.
Ali Praus has skated in 28 of 32 games, including each of the last seven 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 32 games, six of them on the fourth line. She has not recorded a point and has been sidelined by injury the past 23 games.

One For Me, One For You
In her career, Jonna Curtis is nearly an equal finisher and distributor with 32 goals and 31 assists in 83 games. Amy Boucher has a career split of 22 goals and 20 assists in 67 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. Wenczkowski tallied her first career goal – and multiple-goal game – Dec. 4 vs. Merrimack at the Whittemore Center.
She has skated in 31 of 32 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 nine 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. Taylor 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 32 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 Huskies
The University of Connecticut (Storrs, Conn.) enters the weekend with an overall record of 14-13-5 and the Huskies have secured the No. 4 seed in the upcoming Hockey East tournament with a 10-9-3 league record. UConn is 6-7-1 on the road and that includes 4-5-1 in Hockey East.
UConn carries a three-game winning streak into Durham following last weekend's home sweep of the University of Maine (2-1, overtime, and 4-3). The Huskies are 5-1-0 the past six games with the only loss being a 5-4 setback to Boston College.
Theresa Knutson leads the team in goals (15) and points (24) while Justine Fredette has a team-high 16 assists and is second in points with 23. Leah Lum (9g, 11a) is the other 20-point scorer on the team.
Elaine Chuli is the team's primary goaltender. In 21 games (all starts), she is 9-10-2 with a 2.32 GAA and .940 save percentage. She has started each of the last six games and 10 of the last 11. Annie Belanger has a 5-3-3 record with a 2.76 GAA and .906 save percentage in 11 games (all starts).
UConn is averaging 2.19 goals per game while allowing 2.53 gpg. The Huskies have a .190 power play percentage (20 of 105) and are at .809 (89-for-110) on the penalty kill.
UConn has been an excellent frontrunning team. The Huskies are 12-2-2 when taking a 1-0 lead but are 2-11-3 when surrendering the game's first goal.