Weekend Series Concludes Saturday at BU (3 p.m.)

Friday, February 10

Durham, NH

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

Boston University

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2/8/2017 12:44:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

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Boston University (13-10-6, 8-8-4 Hockey East) at UNH (11-15-2, 9-9-2 WHEA)
Friday, Feb. 10 • 7 p.m. • Whittemore Center • Durham, N.H.
SENIOR DAY
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UNH (11-15-2, 9-9-2 WHEA) at Boston University (13-10-6, 8-8-4 Hockey East)
Saturday, Feb. 11 • 3 p.m. • Walter Brown Arena • Boston, Mass.
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Senior Day

The UNH women's ice hokey program will pay tribute to the lone senior on its roster, captain Jonna Curtis (Elk River, Minn.), prior to the start of the Friday, Feb. 10 game vs. Boston University.
Curtis leads the team in goals (17), assists (15), points (32), shots (131), game-winning goals, shorthanded goals, faceoffs won (212) and total faceoffs (461).
Curtis has factored in 32 of the team's 67 goals – that's 48%.

I Believe In UNH: Pom Hat Giveaway

The first 100 fans at Friday's game will receive a free "I Believe in UNH" pom hat.

The Series : UNH vs. Boston U.

New Hampshire has a 20-20-3 lifetime record against BU, but the Terriers have won each of the last 12 meetings and that includes a 5-1 win at Walter Brown Arena back in early October.
Both teams hold a slight home ice advantage – UNH is 10-8-2 at home and BU has an 11-8-1 edge.
BU has won 10 consecutive matchups at Walter Brown Arena dating back to the Wildcats' 4-2 victory Feb. 3, 2011.
UNH's most recent win against the Terriers was Nov. 9, 2012, when the 'Cats prevailed 4-2 at the Whittemore Center.
Oct. 7, 2016: Boston University 5, UNH 1 • Recap • Box

The State of New Hampshire

UNH enters the weekend home-and-home series with an 11-15-2 overall record that includes 9-9-2 in Hockey East, 7-8-0 at home and 4-7-2 on the road; the Wildcats are 6-5-0 in home league games and 3-4-2 on the road in league action.
New Hampshire is 2-2-1 the past five games and 5-4-1 the past 10.
Last weekend, UNH went 0-1-1 in the Battle of the 'Cats in Burlington, Vermont. The Wildcats overcame a 3-1 third-period deficit to rally for a 3-3 tie on Friday, then lost 3-1 Saturday despite recording a 38-12 shot advantage. The season series ended in a 1-1-1 tie.
The 12 shots marked the lowest total yielded by New Hampshire this season; the previous low was 18 (Dec. 3 by Merrimack College; 4-2 win). It also marked the fewest shots by an opponent since Oct. 17, 2015, when Merrimack won 2-1 on home ice despite being outshot 35-12.
Jonna Curtis' game-tying goal last Friday at Gutterson Fieldhouse was while UNH was shorthanded. The last time the 'Cats had scored a shorthanded goal was Feb. 13, 2015, when both Curtis and Amy Schlagel (Blaine, Minn.) netted shorthanded tallies in a 4-2 win at UVM.
Following last Friday's tie, the Wildcats are 2-1-2 in OT this season.
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 averaging 2.39 goals and 27.3 shots per game while yielding 3.00 goals and 29.9 shots per game. On special teams, the 'Cats are 13-for-114 (11.4%) on the power play and 105 of 121 (86.8%) on the penalty kill.

'Cat Nips

Jonna Curtis scored her 50^th career goal Feb. 3 at Vermont. With the Wildcats trailing 3-2 late in the third period, Curtis skated down the left wing for a shorthanded breakaway, fended off a defender and shot the puck into the cage to tie the score with 3:51 remaining.
Curtis also tallied an assist that game for her 10^th multiple-point game of the season and 26^th of her career.
Junior forward Carlee Toews (Grand Prairie, Alberta) recorded a career-high two assists Feb. 3 at UVM to match her personal best of two points.
Sophomore goaltender Kyra Smith (Littleton, Colo.) stopped 23 of 24 shots for a .958 save percentage and 1.33 GAA in the 3-3 tie last Friday; she entered the game at the start of the second period and played the final 45 minutes in net.
Freshman forward Hannah Touzos (Foxboro, Mass.) scored her first career goal Feb. 3 at Vermont.
Junior defenseman Julia Fedeski (Algonquin Highlands, Ontario) recorded an assist both games last weekend at UVM. She ranks third on the team with eight assists this season.
Toews and classmate Amy Schlagel played in their 100^th career game Feb. 4 at Vermont.
Junior forward and captain Kate Haslett (Rothesay, New Brunswick) will play in her 100^th career game Friday vs. BU.
Sophomore goalie Hilary Cashin (Fredericton, New Brunswick) entered last Saturday's game with UNH trailing 3-0 at 7:55 of the second period and stopped all five shots she faced the rest of the way.
Both Cashin and Smith played in both games last weekend. Cashin got the start Friday and Smith was Saturday's starter.

Milestone Watch

Jonna Curtis enters the weekend with 96 career points (50 goals, 46 assists) in 114 games.
Curtis scored her 50^th career goal Feb. 3 at Vermont; prior to that, the most recent Wildcat to score 50 career goals was Kristina Lavoie (57; 2010-13).
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.

Developing the Playoff Picture

With two weekends remaining in the regular season, UNH is in a three-way tie for fourth place (with Boston University and Providence College) at 20 points.
There is a mere four point differential from third-place Vermont (22 points) to seventh-place UConn (18).
Boston College has secured the tournament's top seed for the fourth consecutive year.
Northeastern University sits comfortably in second place with 28 points.
Merrimack (12) is one point ahead of Maine (11) for the eighth and final playoff spot.
The top four seeds host a best-of-three quarterfinal series the weekend of Feb. 24-26.

Home Sweet Home

UNH is 7-8-0 at the Whittemore Center this season with a 5-2-0 mark the past seven home games.
Jonna Curtis has 21 points (12g, 9a) in 15 games at the Whitt, and that includes a 3-3-6 performance Jan. 21 vs. Maine.
Three defensemen are the next three top point producers with Amy Schlagel at nine (5g, 4a), Julia Fedeski at eight (3g, 5a) and Marie-Jo Pelletier at seven (2g, 5a).
Hilary Cashin is 6-5-0 with a 2.45 GAA and .914 save percentage.
Kyra Smith is 1-3-0 with a 2.49 GAA and .924 save percentage.

League Leaders

Jonna Curtis enters the weekend tied for fifth in Hockey East in goals (17) and sixth in points (32). She is tied for fifth in power-play points (10) and ranks second in shots (131).
Julia Fedeski is tied for fourth in power-play goals with five.
Marie-Jo Pelletier ranks eighth in blocked shots (51).

Conference Call

Jonna Curtis has tallied 25 points (14g, 11a) in 20 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 8-3-1 league record with a 2.52 GAA and .900 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 has started 11 of the last 13 games; Smith got the start last Saturday at Vermont.
Cashin, who saw limited action in three games last season, has a 2.54 GAA and .907 save percentage with a 10-6-1 record in 20 games (18 starts).
Cashin recorded her first career shutout Jan. 21 with a 22-save effort against Maine at the Whittemore Center (7-0 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 11 games (10 starts), Smith has a 3.55 GAA and .897 save percentage with a 1-9-1 record; she is 1-6-1 in Hockey East with a 3.91 GAA and .886 save percentage.

First Blood

New Hampshire has a 7-4-0 record when scoring the game's first goal, and the 'Cats are 4-11-2 in the 17 games they have fallen behind 1-0.
The opponent has scored first six of the past eight games (since Jan. 1).

Scouting Boston University

Boston University (Boston, Mass.) has a 13-10-6 overall record that includes 8-8-4 in Hockey East.
The Terriers are 1-2-2 in their last 5 games and 2-3-5 in the past 10 games.
BU has gone 5-6-3, including a 3-6-2 record in Hockey East, on the road this season.
The Terriers are ranked 15^th in the most recent RPI rankings.
The Terriers skated to a 6-6 tie against Harvard in Tuesday's consolation game of the Beanpot at Northeastern University.
Senior forward Mary Parker is the Terriers' leader in goals (20) and plus/minus (+16). Parker also ranks second in assists (16) and points (36).
Junior forward Victoria Bach leads BU in assists (22), points (40) and shots (149).
-Senior Victoria Hanson, who has played in 20 games, has a 2.42 GAA and a .927 save percentage with a 9-7-4 record and one shutout.
Boston U. averages 3.41 goals and 33.1 shots per game while allowing 2.97 goals and 33.9 shots per game.
On special teams, the Terriers are 24 of 120 (20%) on the power play and 113-for-137 (82.5%) on the penalty kill.
BU has an 11-3-4 record when scoring the game's first goal and is 2-7-2 when falling behind 1-0.