Northeastern Travels to The Whitt For Jan. 28 Matchup

Northeastern (15-9-3, 11-7-2 Hockey East) at UNH (11-13-1, 9-7-1 WHEA)
Saturday, Jan. 28 • 2 p.m. • Whittemore Center • Durham, N.H.
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Skating Strides Against Breast Cancer

Skating Strides, founded in 2006, is a Hockey East initiative as a fund raising vehicle to bring awareness to breast cancer.
This Saturday's NU at UNH game is earmarked as part of this year's Skating Strides schedule. It is the only one on the nine-game schedule that includes UNH.
Stop by the marketing table on the concourse for a chance to win a special edition Skating Strides jersey and/or make a donation.

Curtis Wins Third Player of the Week Award

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 third time this season Curtis has received this honor; she was previously feted Oct. 21 and Nov. 17.
Curtis recorded eight points (4g, 4a) to propel UNH to a sweep of Maine last weekend at the Whittemore Center.
She netted her second hat trick of the season and also had a personal-best three assists for a career-high six points in a 7-0 victory Jan. 21. Prior to Curtis, the last time a Wildcat had a six-point performance was February 2004.
In the 4-1 win Jan. 20, Curtis gave the 'Cats a 1-0 lead they would not relinquish. She also set up the empty-net goal with 35 seconds left that secured the victory.

Home Sweet Home

Including Saturday's game against Northeastern, there are just two home games remaining on UNH's regular-season schedule.
The team will sign autographs following Saturday's game vs. NU. Free team posters are available are available to sign.
Senior Night is Feb. 10 (7 p.m.) against Boston University.
UNH is 5-1-0 the past six home games.
Hilary Cashin (Fredericton, New Brunswick) has a 6-4-0 record at the Whitt with a 2.10 GAA and .926 save percentage.
Jonna Curtis has 21 points (12g, 9a) in 14 home games.

The Series : UNH vs. Northeastern

One of the oldest rivalries in women's college hockey resumes Saturday afternoon when New Hampshire faces off against Northeastern University for the 136^th lifetime meeting.
UNH leads the all-time series by a mark of 80-46-9, including 1-1-0 this season. Earlier this month, the Wildcats and Huskies split a home-and-home series with the visiting team winning both games.
Jan. 6: UNH 3, at NU 2 (OT) Recap • Box
Jan. 7: NU 3, at UNH 0 Recap • Box
The Huskies have won 13 of the last 15 meetings vs. the Wildcats.
The 'Cats have a 34-18-6 home ledger vs. the Huskies.
The Wildcats have lost each of the last seven matchups at the Whittemore Center and are winless the past 11 home games (0-9-2); UNH's most recent win at the Whitt was Dec. 9, 2008 (3-0 win).

Buy Tickets

UNH women's ice hockey tickets are on sale now online at www.unhwildcats.com, by calling (603) 862-4000 or in person at the Whittemore Center box office.

The State of New Hampshire

UNH enters Saturday's game with an 11-13-1 overall record that includes 7-7-0 at home and 9-7-1 in Hockey East (6-4-0 in league home games).
New Hampshire is 3-2-0 in January and 7-2-1 the past 10 games.
Last weekend, UNH swept Maine in a two-game home series by an aggregate score of 11-1.
The Wildcats were 7-0 victors last Saturday to mark the first time in almost a year the 'Cats shut out an opponent (Jan. 24, 2016; 3-0 at Maine).
The seven goals marked the highest total by a UNH team since October 2013 (8-5 win at Penn State).
UNH's 11 wins matches last season's total.
Nine wins in Hockey East are the most by the Wildcats since the 2012-13 team went 10-8-3.
New Hampshire is 4-2 in games decided by one goal and that includes 2-1 in overtime.
New Hampshire is averaging 2.52 goals and 26.9 shots per game while yielding 2.88 goals and 30.3 shots per game. On special teams, the 'Cats are 13-for-103 (12.6%) on the power play and 99 of 114 (86.8%) on the penalty kill.
The Wildcats have recorded 30-plus shots three of the past four games and in 4 of 6; they missed extending the streak to four consecutive games by one shot (29 last Saturday vs. Maine). In comparison, UNH eclipsed 30 shots just five times the first 19 games.

'Cat Nips

Jonna Curtis recorded three goals and a personal-best three assists for a career high of six points Jan. 21 vs. Maine.
Curtis has factored in 29 of UNH's 63 goals (46%) this season with 16 goals and 13 assists.
Sophomore goalie Hilary Cashin recorded her first career shutout with a 22-save effort in last Saturday's 7-0 win against Maine. Cashin stopped 43 of 44 shots in the two-game series for a .978 save percentage and .050 GAA.
Freshman forward Abby Chapman (Beverly Hills, Mich.) tallied a personal-best three assists and scored a goal for a career-high four points last Saturday.
Junior defenseman Amy Schlagel (Blaine, Minn.) finished with a personal-best three assists to match her career high of three points on Saturday. She also scored a goal Friday to finish with a four-point weekend.
Sophomore forward Devan Taylor (North Billerica, Mass.) scored a goal and matched her career high of two assists for a personal-best three points last Friday vs. Maine.
Sophomore defenseman and captain Marie-Jo Pelletier (Dalhousie, New Brunswick) matched her personal best of two points (1g, 1a) on Saturday. She entered the weekend series vs. Maine with one career goal and scored a goal both games against the Black Bears.
Junior forward Carlee Toews (Grand Prairie, Alberta) matched her career high of two points (1g, 1a) on Saturday.
Junior forward Ali Praus (Long Lake, Minn.) recorded her first career multiple-point game with two assists last Friday.

Milestone Watch

Jonna Curtis enters Saturday's game with 93 career points (49 goals, 44 assists) in 112 games.
The most recent Wildcat to score 50 career goals is Kristina Lavoie (2010-13) with 57.
Lavoie (51) and Kristine Horn (2010-13; 55) are the most recent 'Cats to tally 50 career assists.
Lavoie is also the most recent UNH skater to reach the 100-point milestone with 108.

League Leaders

Jonna Curtis enters the weekend tied for third in Hockey East in goals (16) and fifth in points (29). She is fourth in power-play points (10) and second in shots (116).
Julia Fedeski (Algonquin Highlands, Ontario) is tied for the league lead in power-play goals with five.
Curtis and Amy Schlagel are tied for ninth in game-winning goals with two.
Schlagel is tied for ninth in defenseman scoring with 13 points (6g, 7a).
Meghara McManus (Milton, Mass.) is tied for eighth in freshman scoring with 14 points and Carlee Turner (Scottsdale, Ariz.) is tied for 10^th with 13.
Marie-Jo Pelletier is tied for fifth in blocked shots (48).

Conference Call

Jonna Curtis has tallied 22 points (13g, 9a) in 17 Hockey East games.
Also in league-only games, Meghara McManus ranks second on the team in goals (six), Carlee Turner is second in assists (eight) and Amy Schlagel ranks second in points (11).
Hilary Cashin has an 8-2-1 league record with a 2.22 GAA and .911 save percentage.

Cashin In Her Chance to Start

Sophomore goaltenders Hilary Cashin and Kyra Smith alternated starts through the first half of the season, but then Cashin started seven consecutive games spanning Nov. 20 to Jan. 7. The streak ended Jan. 10 at Dartmouth College, which marked the Wildcats' third game in five days, and Smith started between the pipes.
Cashin, who saw limited action in three games last season, has a 2.33 GAA and .915 save percentage with a 10-5-1 record in 17 games (16 starts).
Cashin recorded her first career shutout Jan. 21 with a 22-save effort against Maine at the Whittemore Center (3-0 win).
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 nine games (all starts), Smith has a 3.59 GAA and .899 save percentage with a 1-8-0 record; she is 1-5-0 in Hockey East with a 4.05 GAA and .888 save percentage.

Strong Starts

UNH has outscored the opposition 19-15 in the first period despite facing its largest shot deficit (-44; 247-203) of any period. The Wildcats have been outscored 33-20 in the final frame; the 'Cats scored five of those 20 third-period goals Jan. 21 against Maine.

First Blood

New Hampshire has a 7-4-0 record when scoring the game's first goal, and the 'Cats are 4-9-1 in the 14 games they have fallen behind 1-0.

Special Teams

UNH's penalty kill is a perfect 11-for-11 the past three games. The Wildcats' PK was 5 of 7 in this month's two-game series vs. Northeastern.
New Hampshire ended a drought of five consecutive games without a power-play goal by scoring twice on the power play last Saturday vs. Maine; it marked the third time this season the 'Cats netted two power-play goals in a game this season.

One For Me, One For You

Three Wildcats have an even total of goals and assists. Meghara McManus has a split of seven goals and assists apiece, followed by Julia Fedeski at six and Carlee Toews at five.

Scouting Northeastern

Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.) has a 15-9-3 overall record that includes 11-7-2 in Hockey East. The Huskies are 3-2-0 their last five games and 5-5-0 the past 10.
Northeastern has gone 9-2-1 on the road this season, and that includes 6-2-1 in Hockey East road games.
The Huskies are ranked 14^th in the most recent RPI rankings.
Last weekend, NU swept a home-and-home series against UConn with a 3-2 road win and 5-3 victory at home.
The five goals were scored by five different players.
Junior forward McKenna Brand is the Huskies' leader in goals (21) and shots (115); she ranks second in points (32).
Junior forward Denisa Krizova leads the team in assists (19), points (35), power-play goals (four) and plus/minus (+23); she also ranks second in goals (16).
Sophomore Brittany Bugalski, who has started all but two games, has a 2.06 GAA and a .922 save percentage with a 15-7-3 record.
Northeastern averages 3.00 goals and 31.3 shots per game while allowing 2.41 goals and 26.9 shots per game.
On special teams, the Huskies are 18 of 114 (15.8%) on the power play and 104-for-117 (88.9%) on the penalty kill.

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