{"id":27787,"date":"2005-12-01T13:39:06","date_gmt":"2005-12-01T19:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2005\/12\/01\/uscho-womens-game-of-the-week-previews\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:56:22","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:56:22","slug":"uscho-womens-game-of-the-week-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2005\/12\/01\/uscho-womens-game-of-the-week-previews\/","title":{"rendered":"USCHO Women’s Game of the Week Previews"},"content":{"rendered":"
There are close series and then there’s Princeton-Colgate 2004-05. Two ties, including the rare scoreless deadlock last December at Baker Rink. Both teams have been playing solid hockey as of late. Colgate has won six of its last seven games including its first four conference tilts, and Princeton is coming off a respectable 2-1-1 run through No. 8 Clarkson, No. 1 St. Lawrence, and No. 6 Mercyhurst. In an ECACHL that has been every bit as close as advertised thus far, a sweep for either squad this weekend could come in handy in conference comparisons down the stretch. <\/p>\n
Top Scorers:<\/b> Sam Hunt, Fr., F (7-9-16), Allison Paiano, Sr., F (6-8-14), Becky Irvine, Sr., F (4-9-13)
\nTop Goaltender:<\/b> Brook Wheeler, Jr. (6-3-2, 1.86, .922)
\nScoring Offense:<\/b> 2.69 (17th)
\nScoring Defense:<\/b> 1.85 (9th)
\nPenalty Minutes:<\/b> 12.0 (T-23rd)
\nPower Play:<\/b> 15 of 74, 20.3% (10th)
\nPenalty Kill:<\/b> 60 of 71, 84.5% (17th)<\/p>\n
Brook Wheeler stopped 67 of 69 Princeton shots in last year’s series\u2026Senior linemates Allison Paiano and Becky Irvine are linked in many ways, including their race for 100 career points (Paiano 94, Irvine 93)…Junior defenseman Tara French (13 points) is second in the ECACHL in blueline scoring\u2026Raider freshman and leading scorer Sam Hunt is a former teammate of Tiger netminder Kristen Young on the Bowness Bruins\u2026Colgate did not win its fourth ECACHL game until its 12th league contest last season.<\/p>\n
Top Scorers:<\/b> Kim Pearce, Jr., F (4-9-13), Dina McCumber, Jr., D (3-6-9), Laura Watt, Jr., F (2-6-8)
\nTop Goaltender:<\/b> Roxanne Gaudiel, Sr. (5-3-2, 1.67, .934)
\nScoring Offense:<\/b> 2.30 (22nd)
\nScoring Defense:<\/b> 1.80 (8th)
\nPenalty Minutes:<\/b> 10.9 (30th)
\nPower Play:<\/b> 12 of 56, 21.4% (5th)
\nPenalty Kill:<\/b> 42 of 51, 82.4% (23rd)<\/p>\n
Roxanne Gaudiel stopped 50 of 52 Colgate shots in last year’s series\u2026Gaudiel has started 41 consecutive games\u2026Gaudiel was a Berkshire School teammate of Becky Irvine, who scored on Gaudiel in their collegiate meeting in November 2002\u2026Princeton is in the middle of a 10-game homestand after opening with six straight games away from Baker Rink\u2026Leading scorer Kim Pearce is working on a five-game point streak while freshman Annie Greenwood has a point in four straight outings\u2026The Tigers have neither swept or been swept in any weekend series this season\u2026Princeton games have been tied for 64 percent of the minutes so far.<\/p>\n
All-time: 6-0-2 Princeton<\/b> <\/p>\n
Last 5 Meetings:<\/b><\/p>\n
2\/12\/05: PU 0, Colgate 0 (OT)
\n12\/3\/04: PU 2, Colgate 2 (OT)
\n2\/14\/04: PU 3, Colgate 1
\n1\/9\/04: PU 2, Colgate 1
\n2\/9\/03: PU 6, Colgate 1<\/p>\n
The Providence Friars have worn the Hockey East crown since the league’s inception in 2002-03. Boston College is a program on the rise, coming off its first-ever conference semifinal appearance. Aside from No. 3 New Hampshire, the Eagles and the Friars are the only Hockey East schools with fewer than two conference defeats. Last March, the reigning titleholder administered a harsh 9-1 lesson to end the run of the upstart Eagles, and Sunday will be the team’s first meeting since that date. BC has already taken out UNH on the ice of Conte Forum this season and this Sunday, the Eagles look to duplicate the feat against the league’s three-time defending champion.<\/p>\n Top Scorers:<\/b> Karen Thatcher, Sr., F (7-13-20), Kristin Gigliotti, Jr., D (9-9-18), Sonny Watrous, Jr., F (8-10-18) Providence’s nine goals against Boston College in last year’s Hockey East semifinals were the most in one game by the Friars since a 9-0 win over Vermont in November 2001\u2026Providence is off to its best start since an 8-3-3 beginning to 2002-03\u2026Senior captain Karen Thatcher leads the nation with four short-handed goals, matching her career output prior to this season\u2026Junior defenseman Kristin Gigliotti leads the nation’s blueliners with nine goals, eclipsing the total of her first two years\u2026Senior forward Ashley Payton centers Thatcher and Sonny Watrous on the top line, filling the role held last season by her former Shattuck St. Mary’s teammate Rush Zimmerman.<\/p>\n Top Scorers:<\/b> Deborah Spillane, So., F (5-8-13), Sarah Feldman, So., F (7-4-11), Becky Zavisza, Fr., F (7-3-10) Boston College is 4-3-4 through 11 games this season, a 7-point improvement over last year’s 2-8-1 start\u2026Nine of BC’s 11 games have ended in ties or one-goal decisions\u2026sophomore forward Deb Spillane’s 36 points last season were the most by an Eagle since Erin Magee (the program’s all-time leading scorer) recorded 41 in 1998-99\u2026Spillane and fellow second-year Sarah Feldman have combined for 24 points in 11 games as linemates this year after totaling 63 points in 2004-05\u2026freshman Becky Zavisza leads the team with three game-winning goals\u2026BC’s top seven scorers are freshmen or sophomores\u2026Coach Tom Mutch’s wife Laurie was the 1997 ECAC Player of the Year with Providence. <\/p>\n All-time: 42-3-0 Providence <\/b> <\/p>\n Last 5 Meetings:<\/b> <\/p>\n *3\/12\/05: PC 9, BC 1 There are close series and then there’s Princeton-Colgate 2004-05. Two ties, including the rare scoreless deadlock last December at Baker Rink. Both teams have been playing solid hockey as of late. Colgate has won six of its last seven games including its first four conference tilts, and Princeton is coming off a respectable 2-1-1 run […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nProvidence (8-4-2 overall, 5-1-1 Hockey East)<\/h4>\n
\nTop Goaltender:<\/b> Jana Bugden, Sr. (7-4-2, 2.34, .904)
\nScoring Offense:<\/b> 3.46 (8th)
\nScoring Defense:<\/b> 2.15 (15th)
\nPenalty Minutes:<\/b> 17.4 (T-1st)
\nPower Play:<\/b> 20 of 100, 20.0% (T-11th)
\nPenalty Kill:<\/b> 89 of 105, 84.8% (16th)<\/p>\nBoston College (4-3-4 overall, 3-1-1 Hockey East)<\/h4>\n
\nTop Goaltenders:<\/b> Alison Quandt, Sr. (3-1-2, 2.07, .894), Johanna Ellison, Fr. (1-2-2, 2.72, .910)
\nScoring Offense:<\/b> 2.36 (21st)
\nScoring Defense:<\/b> 2.45 (17th)
\nPenalty Minutes:<\/b> 12.8 (19th)
\nPower Play:<\/b> 14 of 70, 20.0% (T-11th)
\nPenalty Kill:<\/b> 51 of 60, 85.0% (15th)<\/p>\nSeries History<\/h4>\n
\n2\/20\/05: PC 4, BC 2
\n2\/19\/05: BC 4, PC 1
\n12\/4\/04: PC 7, BC 5
\n12\/3\/04: PC 2, BC 0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"