wildcat HOCKEY producers in her freshman campaign of 2010-11. She scored a team-high 11 goals, which included a teamleading three power-play goals, and also was the top ‘Cat in shooting percentage. O’Neill ranked second in points with 19 and her eight assists tied for the third best mark on the squad. She was also second in plus/minus, third in shots (86) and The youthful UNH squad will be led by junior defenseman Kailey Chap- was the other UNH skater who netpell (Pickering, Ontario) as the cap- ted a shorthanded goal. tain. Classmate and fellow blueliner Katie Brock (Marblehead, Mass.) as The #3-point producing forward well as sophomore forward Nicole from last season is junior Kristine Gifford (Ennismore, Ontario) will Horn (Utica, Mich.), who ranked second in assists (10) and fourth serve as assistant captains. in goals (five) in addition to third in points (15). Horn ranked fourth forwards The top two point producers – and overall – and only behind Lavoie and top three scoring forwards overall O’Neill among returning players – in – return for another season with the shots with 62. ‘Cats. Kristina Lavoie (Fonthill, Ontario), who established herself as one Gifford is a shifty playmaker who of the team’s top scorers en route to tied with Horn for fourth on the team garnering Hockey East All-Rookie in goals (five). She also tallied two Team recognition in the 2009-10 assists for a total of seven points, season, led UNH in game-winning and Gifford ranked third on the team goals, assists (11) and points (20) in shooting percentage. Hannah a year ago. She ranked second in Armstrong (Newmarket, Ontario), both goals, with nine, and shots another sophomore, recorded three (95). Lavoie was third in plus/minus, goals and five assists for eight points fourth in shooting percentage and and she tied O’Neill for the lead in was one of two Wildcats to score a power-play goals (three). shorthanded goal. Emma Clark (East Barre, Vt.), a Arielle O’Neill (St. Catharines, On- speedy skater and tenacious foretario), a physical presence alongside checker, tallied a career-high six Lavoie on the front line, proved to be assists last season to account for all one of New Hampshire’s top point of her personal best of six points. New Hampshire has advanced to the NCAA tourney five of the last six years with trips to the Frozen Four in ‘06 and ‘08. The Wildcats finished first or second in the Hockey East standings each of the initial eight years of the league’s existence with a streak of six consecutive titles from 2004-09 (including one shared). The ‘Cats also won the league tourney four straight years (2005-09).
Season Outlook
introduction The University of New Hampshire women’s ice hockey team is one in transition. The Wildcats return just two seniors among 14 letterwinners, and nine newcomers join the fold for 10th-year head coach Brian McCloskey in the 2011-12 season.
Clark – one of the two aforementioned seniors on this year’s squad – was atop the team leaderboard in the plus/minus category. Paige Goloubef (Oakville, Ontario) battled through injuries last year as a sophomore and recorded one point (1a) in 21 games. Katie Kleinendorst (Vestal, N.Y.) incurred an injury prior to the start of the 2010-11 season and sat out with a redshirt year. She skated in 29 games as a freshman in 09-10. Four newcomers join the forward corps. Jenna Lascelle (Cornwall, Ontario) led Ontario Hockey Academy in scoring each of the last three years, and that included 87 points (34g, 53a) in 63 games in 2010-11. Heather Kashman (Edmonton, Alberta) comes from highly-successful Edmonton Thunder team that went undefeated through the regular season and captured the silver medal at last year’s national tournament; one
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