January 2014 by NY Hockey OnLine

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he Raiders come into the New Year with a 3-12-2 overall record and look to face ECAC rivals in the upcoming weeks including Harvard, Dartmouth, Clarkson, St.Lawrence and Brown. Junior Miriam Drubel is leading the scoring sheet with 6 goals and 5 assists. Rochester’s Susan Allen has minded the net for seven games and has a 2.41 Average making 148 saves for a .914 save percentage.

Oswego

he Oswego State women’s ice hockey team cruised past SUNY Canton 6-1 to complete the sweep of the Kangaroos during White Out Weekend December 6-7. With the victory, the Lakers improve to 8-2-1 on the year, which is the best start in program history. The Lakers return to the ice January 10 against St. Norbert (Wisconsin) and then travel to play Buffalo State College on January 18/19 before returning home January 24 to take on Elmira. They will hold Military Appreciation Day on January 25 and Pink the Rink on February 1 and 2 when they play Stevenson. Three players tie for first place in the scoring with 8 points each including Melissa Seamont, Olivia Boersen and Megan Hagg.

Elmira

or the sixth week in a row, the Elmira College women’s ice hockey team remained at No. 4 in the latest U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) national poll. There was no movement in the top four as Plattsburgh State stayed at No. 1 in the rankings, followed by Middlebury College, Norwich University and Elmira College. However, there was plenty of movement in the remaining six spots of the national poll as none of the teams stayed in the same spot as the previous week. Despite playing in only two home games during the first half of the year, the Elmira women enter the holiday break with an 8-2-1 overall record and a

perfect 6-0-0 mark in ECAC West Conference play, placing the Soaring Eagles at the top of the conference standings with 12 points. Elmira started the year 0-1-1 but would go on to win eight of their next nine games which included a five-game win streak, four of those wins coming against ECAC West opponents. Third year talent Ashley Ryan leads the ECAC West in point scoring, averaging 2.00 points per game, good enough to be ranked third in NCAA Division III women’s ice hockey in that same category. Ryan is also fifth in the nation in assists per game while Brooke Wilgosh is fourth in the country in defensemen scoring. Johanna Eidensten was named one of the EC Athletes of the Week in the final installment of the award in 2013. Eidensten and the women’s ice hockey team enjoyed a successful weekend in Pittsburgh, PA, sweeping their weekend series with Chatham University by a combined score of 15-0. In Saturday’s 5-0 win over the Cougars, Eidensten picked up an assist on the final goal of the game, but came back on Sunday for a career performance. The Täby, Sweden native turned in her first career hat trick and scored the first game-winning goal of her career as she tallied the first goal in EC’s 10-0 victory. She also added an assist in the third period, giving her five points on the weekend. Tanis Lamoureux was named one of the Elmira College Athletes of the Week for the week ended December 1, 2013. Lamoureux and the women’s ice hockey team earned a weekend split at the Cardinal-Panther Classic, falling to No. 2 Middlebury College 5-3 on November 30 before coming back to defeat Amherst College 3-2 the following day. The captain tallied a combined two goals and one assist over the weekend, earning All-Tournament honors in the process. Despite falling to the Panthers in game one, Lamoureux came up with timely scores that nearly helped EC pull off the upset. Her second period goal put Elmira ahead 2-1, and after Middlebury tied the game in the third period, Lamoureux’s assist on an Ashton Hogan goal gave the Purple and Gold the 3-2 advantage in the third period. Lamoureux was back at the following day against Amherst as her second goal in as many days broke a 1-1 tie and swung the momentum back in the Soaring Eagles’ favor. Kyle Nelson and Tanis Lamoureux both received weekly honors from the ECAC West for their play in the Cardinal-Panther Classic. For Nelson, it is her first ECAC West Rookie of the Week award of her young career. (Continued on next page)