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Western New York Women’s College Hockey Report by Janet Schultz Janet@nyhockeyonline.com JDSchultz3663@gmail.com
Buffalo State
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he Bengals are winless as they close out the first half of the 2013-14 season. They come into 2014 with a heavy schedule of ECAC rivals on the slate including Oswego, Cortland, Elmira, Potsdam and Neumann before the ECAC playoffs begin. While the scoreboard is often empty on the Bengals side none of the games (with a couple exceptions) have been losses with more than one or two goals. Putting the Bengals on the scoreboard are Nikki Kirchberger with 5 goals and one assist and Kara Goodwin with 4 goals/1 assist. In goal Lee Jordan has played in 8 games and made 282 saves for a .876 save percentage and Sarah Quigley has played in 6 games with 117 saves and a .873 save percentage.
University of Buffalo
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he Lady Ice Bulls return to the ice January25 and 26 against Vermont and January 31 against Niagara University.
(West Notes Continued from Page 47) Many thanks to the Rochester Red Wings for hosting the event, as well as Stuart MacKenzie for putting together this once in a lifetime event. The Rochester Junior Americans 16U team has two league games at home versus the Bay State Breakers this weekend before a much deserved holiday break.
Condolences
RIT
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pated in. Kolbee McCrea (Wawa, Ontario/Burlington Barracudas) netted both RIT goals. McCrea leads all Tigers with 10 goals while Celeste Brown (Great Falls, MT/National Sports Academy) is second with six. In net, Ali Binnington (Oakville, Ontario/Mississauga Chiefs) is 8-7-1 with a 2.31 goals against average and .927 save percentage this season and is quickly closing in on several RIT career marks. She is tied for sixth nationally with three shutouts and is also 16th nationally in save percentage.
he RIT women’s hockey team rings in the 2014 calendar year with a pair of non-conference contests at Union College of the ECAC on Jan. 3-4. It is RIT’s first game in three weeks. Last time out, RIT fell to No. 6 Clarkson on Dec. 14 by a score of 6-2 at Frontier Field in downtown Rochester. It was the sixth outdoor game in the history of NCAA Women’s Hockey and first outdoor game that either program has ever partici-
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ondolences go to the family of the Ron Nowakowski family on the passing of his mother, Rosemary. Ron is a long-time West Section Adult Coordinator and manager of Holiday Twin and Leisure Rinks.
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