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NWHL Weekend Recap

Welcome to the TXHT NWHL Weekend Recap for the Weekend of Saturday, December 28th and Sunday, December 29th, 2019, plus news coming out of the weekend.

 

Saturday, December 28th, 2019

Game #1 – Boston Pride v. Connecticut Whale

  • In the first game of the day the Connecticut Whale would host the Boston Pride and come ever so close to their first win of the season. In the first period McKenna Brand would score for the Pride to take the 1-0 lead, but in the third period Hanna Beatie would net her first of the season to tie the game at one to send it to overtime. After the scoreless extra fram Tori Sullivan would strike in the shootout to give the Pride the 2-1 victory.

 

Buffalo Believes Classic - White Metropolitan Riveters v. Buffalo Beauts

  • In the first ever outdoor regular season NWHL game, the Buffalo Beauts would play host to the Metropolitan Riveters in the Buffalo Believes Classic. Entering the third period the Riveters would be up 3-0 thanks to goals from Rebecca Morse, Madison Packer (PPG), and Brooke Baker (PPG), but it would be Taylor Accusi netting all four goals for the Beauts as part of an eight goal period as the Riveters would survive and hold on to win 7-4 thanks to goals from Brooke Avery, Packer (second of the game), Tatiana Shatalova, and Cailey Hutchison.

 

Sunday, December 29th, 2019

Game #1 – Metropolitan Riveters v. Buffalo Beauts

  • The Riveters would complete the weekend series against the Beauts with another victory giving the Riveters their first weekend sweep of the season. Madison Packer would remain hot for the Riveters as she factored on five of the six goals (2g, 3a) for the Riveters. Caily Hutchison, Nicole Arnold, Kendall Cornine, and Kate Leary would all score as well in the Riveters 6-3 victory. Brooke Stacey (2g) and Taylor Accursi would score for the Beauts.

 

Game #2 – Boston Pride v. Connecticut Whale

  • The Boston Pride would be back to their high scoring ways as they would get goald from Lexie Laing (2g), Emily Fluke (2g), McKenna Brand, Jillian Dempsey, and Tori Sullivan to defeat the Connecticut Whale 7-2 to remain undefeated this season. Hanna Beattie and Sararh Schwenzfeier would score for the Whale.

 

News and Notes

  • On Saturday the NWHL announced that defender Ashley Johnston would come out of retirement and sign a PTO to play for the Metropolitan Riveters in the Buffalo Believes Classic, and in Sunday’s matchup against the Beauts.

 

Standings

NWHL Standings

 

Player of the Week

  • Forward Madison Packer of the Metropolitan Riveters has been named the VEDA Player of the Week after having an eight point weekend. On Saturday, Dec. 27th in the Buffalo Believes Classic, Packer would lead the Riveters with two goals and an assist for a 7-4 victory over the Buffalo Beauts. Then on Sunday Packer would have a five point (2g, 3a) game as the Riveters would complete their first weekend series sweep of the season with a 6-3 victory over the Beauts.

Madison Packer.jpg

 

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*Photo of Madison Packer by Kate Frese

 

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2019 Ends For The Whale

The Whale skated again today, looking to build upon their performance yesterday, in which they took the undefeated Boston Pride to a shootout.

In the first period, the Boston Pride got off to a fast start again, scoring first in the game. The goal came a minute and a half into the game and it was scored by Lexie Laing, with the assist on the play coming from Taylor Wasylk. About 9 minutes later, the Pride would double their lead. This time the goal came from the former Whale captain Emily Fluke, the assist once again coming from Taylor Wasylk. The period would end with the Pride heavily out-shooting the Whale and having a 2-0 lead.

In the second period, the trend would continue with Boston heavily out-shooting the Whale and being rewarded for it, immediately. Just 16 seconds into the period, the Pride would get another goal, coming from McKenna Brand, and the assist on the play coming from Jillian Dempsey. 8 minutes later, the Pride would get another goal, shorthanded. Lexie Laing would nab her second goal of the game, unassisted, while on the penalty kill. 10 minutes later, before the end of the period, the Whale would get on the board. Fresh off scoring her first NWHL goal yesterday, Hanna Beattie would get her second career NWHL goal of the weekend. The assist on the play came from Kayla Meneghin, who was back in the lineup today.

In the third period, the Pride once again got off to a fast start, getting another goal within 5 minutes of the period. This time the goal came from Jillian Dempsey, who had 3 whacks at the puck before stashing it home. The assists on the play came from Christina Putigna and Kaleigh Fratkin. 6 mintes later the Whale would strike again, through a chaotic event in-front of the Pride net, Sarah Schwenzfeier would get her second goal of the season. The assist on the play came from Sarah Hughson. That would be the closest the Whale would get, as the Pride would get one back 7 minutes later, the goal coming unassisted from Tori Sullivan. The icing on the cake would be a goal coming from the ex-Whale captain Emily Fluke again. The assist on the play would come from Lexie Laing, it would be her third point of the game.

The goalies were once again on top of their games. Selander was the goalie yesterday for the Pride, today was Victoria Hanson. She faced 30 shots and made 28 saves. The Whale once again turned to Brooke Wolejko and she faced 54 shots and made 47 saves.

The Whale will have next weekend off, and their next game will be on January 11th against the Metropolitan Riveters at 630p.

 

Fundraisers

For those keeping track at home, Shannon Doyle added 1 blocked shot today, giving her a total of 42 blocks on the year. She is donating a $1 for every block she records for her fundraiser Blocks For Books. Here is the link for those who want to make a donation too:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/1s6bzhbt5c

Also, for those keeping track at home, Kendra Broad had 2 shots on goal today, giving her a total of 22 shots on goal for the season. She is also donating $2 for every shot on goal for Mental Health Connecticut. Here is a link for those who want to make a donation too:

https://mhconn.networkforgood.com/projects/83116-kendra-broad-s-fundraiser

 

 

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Whale Earn A Point Against The Pride

The Whale skated against the Boston Pride today, still looking for their first win on the season.

In the first period, the Pride got off to a great start. They out-shot the Whale a ton in the period, and were rewarded with the first goal of the game. The goal came from McKenna Brand, and the assist on the play came from Jillian Dempsey. The pride would take a 1-0 lead, heading into the second period. Where the domination continued, in which the Pride outclassed the Whale in all aspects of the game. However it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.

In the third period, even though the Whale were heavily out-shot, they tied the game up. The goal coming from Hanna Beattie, it would be her first NWHL goal of her career. The assists on the play came from Maddie Evangelous and Shannon Doyle. The game would head to overtime with the score tied 1-1.

In overtime, there was no scoring, and the game would go on to a shootout. In the shootout, it would be the Pride going first. McKenna Brand didn’t score, and the Whale would counter with Elena Gualtieri, she didn’t score. In the second round, the Pride would send out Tori Sullivan, who made a nice deke and scored. The Whale sent out their rookie top scorer Emma Vlasic, she did not score. In the third round, with a chance to end it, the Pride sent out Jillian Dempsey, she was unable to finish. The last hope for the Whale was Kaycie Anderson, who unfortunately was unable to score. The Pride would escape with a 2-1 victory.

Both goalies were spectacular, as the Pride had Lovisa Selander between the pipes. She faced 24 shots and made 23 saves, including stopping all three Whale players in the shootout. The Whale had Brooke Wolejko minding their net today, she faced an incredible 57 shots and made 56 saves. She even stopped 2 Pride players in the shootout.

The next Whale game will be against the Pride again tomorrow at 130p in Danbury, CT.

Fundraisers

For those keeping track at home, Shannon Doyle added 2 more blocked shots today, giving her a total of 41 blocks on the year. She is donating a $1 for every block she records for her fundraiser Blocks For Books. Here is the link for those who want to make a donation too:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/1s6bzhbt5c

Also, for those keeping track at home, Kendra Broad had 3 shots on goal today, giving her a total of 20 shots on goal for the season. She is also donating $2 for every shot on goal for Mental Health Connecticut. Here is a link for those who want to make a donation too:

https://mhconn.networkforgood.com/projects/83116-kendra-broad-s-fundraiser

 

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NWHL Weekend Recap

Welcome to the TXHT NWHL Weekend Recap for the Weekend of Saturday, December 21st and Sunday, December 22nd, 2019, plus news coming out of the weekend.

 

Saturday, December 21st, 2019

Game #1 – Minnesota Whitecaps v. Connecticut Whale

  • In Connecticut it would be the Allie Thunstrom show as she would score a natural hat trick to lead the Minnesota Whitecaps over the Whale. Amanda Leveille would would stop all 20 shots faced to record the shutout in the 3-0 victory.

 

Game #2 – Boston Pride v. Buffalo Beauts

  • In a tightly contested matchup between the Boston Pride and Buffalo Beauts we would see our first overtime game of the season. In the first period both teams would trade goals as Lexie Laing would score first for the Pride, but 25 seconds Marie-Jo Pelletier would tie the game at one. Then in the second period Taylor Accursi and Sara Bustad (PPG) would score to give the Beauts a two goal lead, but Tori Sullivan would cut the Beauts lead to one late in the period. In the thirs period Mary PArker would tie the game at three to force overtime which would see Jenna Rheault net the overtime winner to complete the comeback in the Pride’s 4-3 victory.

 

Sunday, December 22nd, 2019

Game #1 – Boston Pride v. Buffalo Beauts

  • In the second game of their back to back Tiffany Hsu would make her NWHL debut for the Buffalo Beauts and become the first player from Chinese Taipai (Taiwan) to play in the NWHL, however, the Boston Pride would overwhelm the Beauts. In the first period Jillian Dempsey and Christina Putigna would get the Pride on the board first for the 2-0 lead, but the Beauts would respond with a Corinne Buie powerplay tally to cut the Prides lead to one. However, on a Pride powerplay Dempsey would net her second of the game to retake the two goal lead. Then after a scoreless second period Emily Fluke would score to grow the Pride’s lead to three, and while Iveta Klimasova would score a powerplay goal late in the final minute of the game, it would not be enough as the Pride would go on to win 4-2.

 

Game #2 – Minnesota Whitecaps v. Connecticut Whale

  • In a tightly contested matchup in Connecticut to finish off their weekend series the Whale and Minnesota Whitecaps would only need the first period to determine the winner as Allie Thunstrom would score in the first three minutes of the game for the Whitecaps, but Emma Vlasic would respond later in the period to tie the game at one. However, the deciding goal would come with a little over two minutes left in the period when Haylea Schmid would net the game winner for the Whitecaps to take the 2-1 victory.

 

Standings

NWHL Standings

 

Player of the Week

  • The NWHL has announced that forward Allie Thunstrom of the Minnesota Whitecaps has been named the VEDA Player of the Week after recording four goals on the weekend. Thunstrom would net the hat trick on Saturday night, and then would record one more goal on Sunday afternoon in the Whitecaps weekend sweep of the Connecticut Whale.

Allie Thunstrom

 

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*Photo of Allie Thunstrom by Bryan Johnson

 

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NWHL Weekend Recap

Welcome to the TXHT NWHL Weekend Recap for the Weekend of Saturday, December 7th and Sunday, Dec. 8th, 2019, plus news coming out of the weekend.

 

Saturday, December 7th, 2019

Game #1 – Boston Pride v. Metropolitan Riveters

  • For the first time since October 5th the Metropolitan Riveters would play a game at home, and once again it would be against the Boston Pride for their fifth matchup of the season. However, the result would be the same as the Pride would remain undefeated after exploding for six goals in the second period. Christigna Putigna (1g, 1a), Jillian Dempsey (2g, 1a), McKenna Brand (1g, 2a), Alyssa Wohlfeiler (2g, 2a), and Mary Parker (1g, 1a) would lead the way for the Pride as they would cruise to an 8-3 victory over the Riveters. Kendall Cornine would have a two goal game for the Riveters.

 

Sunday, December 8th, 2019

Game #1 – Metropolitan Riveters v. Connecticut Whale

  • After being run over by the Pride, the Riveters looked to bounce back against the Whale on the road. After a scoreless first period Madison Packer would get the Riveters on the board first and Kendall Cornine would net a pair of goals to lead the Riveters to a 3-2 victory over the Whale. Emma Vlasic and Kaycie Anderson would score for the Whale.

 

News and Notes

  • The NWHL announced on Friday, Dec. 6th that the Boston Pride have signed goaltender Christina England to a PTO, and will be with the Pride for the week while Lovisa Selander is with Sweden’s national team.

 

Players of the Week

  • The NWHL has announced that forwards Kendall Cornine of the Metropolitan Riveters, and Alyssa Wohlfeiler of the Boston Pride have both been named the VEDA Players of the Week.
    • Wohlfeiler would register a goal and two assists against the Riveters on Saturday, Dec. 7th to help guide the Pride to an 8-3 victory.
    • Cornine would pace the Riveters with four goals for the weekend. Cornine would net two goals in the Riveters home loss to the Pride on Dec. 7th, and then on Dec. 8th at the Connecticut Whale, Cornine would score two more goals to lead the Riveters to the 3-2 victory.

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NWHL Game Recap – 12/7/2019 – Boston Pride v. Metropolitan Riveters

Boston Pride (10-0-0 20pts) v. Metropolitan Riveters (2-5-0 4pts)

 

Game Recap:

For the first time since early October for their home opener, the Metropolitan Riveters have finally returned home for a matchup against the undefeated Boston Pride. In the first period both teams would get themselves into penalty trouble as Kate Leary of the Riveters would take a high sticking penalty, and during the powerplay Kaleigh Fratkin would be called for interference. During the 4 on 4 play the Riveters would get some solid chances, but Victoria Hanson would stand tall for the Pride. Then both teams would trade penalties once again as Fratkin would get called again this time for body checking, and then Mallory Rushton would end the Riveters powerplay with a slashing minor. After the second round of penalties would expire the Pride would do some crisp passing as McKenna Brand would pass the puck to Christina Putigna who was sitting right in the slot to roof it past Sam Walther to give the Pride the 1-0 lead. However, the Riveters would respond as Kendall Cornine would snip a shot past Hanson to tie the game at one. But the Pride would not back down as they would get another powerplay opportunity, but while they did not capitalize with it, they would strike shortly after it ended as Tori Sullivan notched her fifth of the season for the 2-1 Pride lead.

 

In the second period the Pride would take advantage of a missed opportunity by the Riveters as they would take advantage of the Riveters defense to create an odd woman rush and Jillian Dempsey would score her seventh of the season to grow the Pride’s lead to two. Then the Pride’s lead would grow to three as McKenna Brand would score her 12th of the season, but the Riveters would respond as Madison Packer would feed Kate Leary with the puck to cut the Pride’s lead back to two. However, Dempsey would strike again as her second of the game to give the Pride the 5-2 lead. Then Alyssa Wohlfeiler would net her fourth and fifth of the season to give the Pride their first four and five goal leads of the game, but the Riveters would get on the board with Kendall Cornine’s second of the game while shorthanded. The Pride would get the last say as Mary Parker would net her ninth of the season to give the Pride the 8-3 lead going into the intermission.

 

In the third period the Riveters would start with a 1:57 long powerplay to start the period, and Dana DeMartino would start the third for the Riveters as well. The Pride would continue to give themselves penalty troubles, but the Riveters would nullify their sixth opportunity with a penalty of their own. The remainder of the period would be a penalty filled game that would see a total of 36 combined penalty minutes as the Boston Pride would hold on to win 8-3 to remain undefeated.

 

Lineups:

Boston Pride:

McKenna Brand – Jillian Dempsey – Christina Putigna
Emily Fluke – Mary Parker – Alyssa Wohlfeiler
Tori Sullivan – Lexie Laing – Carlee Toews

Kaleigh Fratkin – Mallory Souliotis
Briana Mastel – Lexi Bender
Lauren Kelly – Jenna Rheault
Whitney Renn

Victoria Hanson*

Christina England

 

Metropolitan Riveters:

Kate Leary – Cailey Hutchison – Madison Packer
Mallory Rushton – Kendall Cornine – Brooke Baker
Bulbul Kartanbay – Nichelle Simon – Tatiana Shatalova

Nicole Arnold – Rebecca Morse
Colleen Murphy – Kiira Dosdall
Leila Kilduff – Cassie Dunne

Sam Walther*

Dana DeMartino

 

First Period:

MET Penalty – 3:09 – Kate Leary 2 minutes for High Sticking

BOS Penalty – 3:30 – Kaleigh Fratkin 2 minutes for Interference

BOS Penalty – 6:20 – Kaleigh Fratkin 2 minutes for Body Checking

MET Penalty – 6:40 – Mallory Rushton 2 minutes for Slashing

BOS Goal – 9:15 – Christina Putigna (4) from McKenna Brand (8)

MET Goal – 11:25 – Kendall Cornine (6) from Mallory Rushton (5)

MET Penalty – 12:30 – Rebecca Morse 2 minutes for Interference

BOS Goal – 14:37 – Tori Sullivan (5) from Alyssa Wohlfeiler (10)

 

End of 1st – BOS – 2       MET – 1

Shots              11                 13

PP                  0/3                0/2

 

Second Period:

BOS Goal – :39 – Jillian Dempsey (7) from Mary Parker (6) and Christina Putigna (11)

BOS Penalty – 3:42 – Emily Fluke 2 minutes for Hooking

BOS Goal – 7:18 – McKenna Brand (12) from Jillian Dempsey (13)

MET Goal – 8:39 – Kate Leary (5) from Madison Packer (5)

BOS Goal – 9:13 – Jillian Dempsey (8) from McKenna Brand (9)

BOS Goal – 12:02 – Alyssa Wohlfeiler (4) from Mary Parker (7) and Emily Fluke (7)

MET Penalty – 12:31 – Colleen Murphy 2 minutes for Interference

BOS Goal – 14:36 – Alyssa Wohlfeiler (5) from Emily Fluke (8)

MET Penalty – 14:36 – Caily Hutchison 2 minutes for Cross Checking

MET SHG – 15:54 – Kendall Cornine (7) from unassisted

BOS Goal – 18:53 – Mary Parker (9) from Alyssa Wohlfeiler (11)

BOS Penalty – 19:57 – Lexi Bender 2 minutes for Tripping

 

End of 2nd – BOS – 8       MET – 3

Shots              25                 22

PP                  0/5                 0/3

 

Third Period:

BOS Penalty – 1:57 – Lauren Kelly 2 minutes for Cross Checking

BOS Penalty – 5:04 – Kaleigh Fratkin 2 minutes for Slashing

MET Penalty – 5:38 – Brooke Baker 2 minutes for Interference

MET Penalty – 5:38 – Madison Packer 10 minute Misconduct

MET Penalty – 6:13 – Caily Hutchison 2 minutes for Body Checking

BOS Penalty – 9:00 – Alyssa Wohlfeiler 2 minutes for Interference

BOS Penalty – 9:00 – Alyssa Wohlfeiler 2 minutes for Body Checking

BOS Penalty – 12:41 – Mallory Souliotis 2 minutes for Slashing

MET Penalty – 14:44 – Nicole Arnold 2 minutes for Roughing

BOS Penalty – 14:44 – Lauren Kelly 2 minutes for Roughing

MET Penalty – 15:03 – Rebecca Morse 2 minutes for Tripping

MET Penalty – 15:33 – Kendall Cornine 2 minutes for Body Checking

BOS Penalty – 17:14 – Mallory Souliotis 2 minutes for Roughing

MET Penalty – 17:14 – Kate Leary 2 minutes for Goalie Interference

 

End of 3rd – BOS – 8       MET – 3

Shots              33                 31

PP                 0/9                  0/8

 

Next Up:

Metropolitan (2-6-0 4pts) @ Connecticut (0-8-1 1pt) Dec. 8th

Boston (11-0-0 22pts) @ Buffalo (6-4-0 12pts) Dec. 21st and 22nd

 

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NWHL November Player of the Month

The National Women’s Hockey League has named Boston Pride forward Mary Parker the Player of the Month for the month of November.

 

Parker would record six goals and an assist in three games played in the month of November to help the Pride remain undefeated this season. Parker would record a hat trick against the Connecticut Whale on Nov. 23rd, and has scored goals in five of her last six games. Parker’s eight goals has her ranked third in the league for this season.

 

Congratulations to Mary on becoming the November NWHL Player of the Month.

 

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Pride Defeat Riveters To Remain Undefeated

The Riveters played for the first time in over a month, and they squared off against a red hot Boston Pride team.

In the first period, it would be the Riveters who would strike first, the goal coming from Kate Leary, and the assist coming from Madison Packer. However, it would not take the Pride long before they would strike back. The goal coming from their incredible second line, Alyssa Wohlfeiler. Assists on the play coming from her line mates Mary Parker, and Emily Fluke. Before the end of the first, the second line would strike again, this time the goal coming from Mary Parker. Assists on the play coming from Alyssa Wohlfeiler and Emily Fluke. Boston would take a 2-1 lead at the end of the first.

In the second period, the Riveters would tie the game up. The goal coming from Kate Leary again. Her second goal of the game. The assists on the play coming from Anna Keys and Cailey Hutchison. However, five minutes later, the Pride would restore their lead. Again, coming from their second line, this time the goal coming from Emily Fluke, and the assists on the play coming from Mallory Souliotis and Jillian Dempsey. The Pride would take a 3-2 lead, heading into the third period.

In the third period, the Pride would strike early on, giving them a two goal advantage. The goal coming from Jillian Dempsey, her second point of the game. The assist on the play coming from Christina Putigna. The Pride would put the icing on the cake, by adding another goal six minutes later. The goal coming from McKenna Brand, and the assist on the play coming from Jillian Dempsey, her third point of the game. The Pride would hold out to stay undefeated in the regular season.

Local MD native, Sam Walther was in net for the Riveters. She faced 43 shots and made 38 saves. While the Pride turned once again to Lovisa Selander. She faced 23 shots on net, while making 21 saves, and notching another win for her.

 

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NWHL Weekend Recap

Welcome to the TXHT NWHL Weekend Recap for the Weekend of Saturday, November 23rd and Sunday, November 24th, 2019, plus news coming out of the weekend.

 

Saturday, November 23rd, 2019

Game #1 – Connecticut Whale v. Boston Pride

  • In the first game of the weekend, and the only one for the Boston Pride and Connecticut Whale, it would be the Pride dominating the Whale throughout the game. In the first period the Pride would outshoot the Whale 20-9 and would get goals from Mary Parker and Lexi Bender. Then in the second period Parker would get her second of the game while shorthanded to make it 3-0. In the third period the Pride would erupt for five goals as Jillian Dempsey and McKenna Brand would both score while Lexie Laing would score back to back goals, and then Parker would finish off the game with a powerplay goal to cap off the hat trick as the Pride would defeat the Whale 8-0.

 

Game #2 – Minnesota Whitecaps v. Buffalo Beauts

  • In Buffalo the Minnesota Whitecaps and the Beauts would play the first game of their weekend back to back as both teams look to climb in the standings. In the first game on Saturday night the Whitecaps would take a commanding four goal lead with goals from Lauren Barnes, Meghan Lorence, and a pair of goals from Nicole Schammel (EVS and PPG) to take the commanding 4-0 lead, but the Beauts would strike late in the first with a Megan Delay tally to cut the deficit to three. In the second period Taylor Accursi would score on the powerplay, and then she would strike again in the third period to cut the Whitecaps lead to one. However, Meghan Lorence would score her second of the game while on the powerplay to give the Whitecaps the 5-3 victory.

 

Sunday, November 24th, 2019

Game #1 – Minnesota Whitecaps v. Buffalo Beauts

  • For the second game of the back to back in Buffalo the Whitecaps would get the jump on the Beauts as Allie Thunstrom would strike in the first period to take the 1-0 lead. Then in the second period while on the powerplay Thunstrom would strike for her second of the game, and in the third period the Whitecaps would get their third straight goal as Jonna Curtis would score to make it 3-0. However, the Beauts would respond with four straight goals as Taylor Accursi would net the hat trick, and Erin Gehen would tally to give the Buffalo Beauts the 4-3 victory to split the weekends series.

 

News and Notes

  • NWHL Founder and Commissioner Dani Rylan was named to the Fast Company Impact Council.

 

Player of the Week

  • The NWHL has announced that Buffalo Beauts forward Taylor Accursi has named the VEDA Player of the Week for her five goal weekend. Accursi would tally two goals on Saturday and three goals on Sunday, both against Minnesota, to lead the Beauts to a 1-1-0 weekend.

Taylor Accursi POTW.jpg

 

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*Photo of Taylor Accursi by Mike Hetzel

 

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Whale Blanked In Boston

The NWHL got back in to the full swing of things this weekend, and for the first time this season, the Boston Pride would square off against the Connecticut Whale. The Pride coming off of impressive performances lately, looked to continue their run of form, while the Whale were still searching for their first win of the season.

The Pride came out and blitzed the Whale early and often, however Sonija Shelly had all the answers to the Pride shots. It would take a little over half the period before the Pride would get on the board. The goal coming from Mary Parker, and the assist on the play came from Mallory Souliotis. It would not take long for Boston to double their lead as two minutes later, Lexi Bender would notch a goal. Assist on the play came from McKenna Brand. That would be how the period would end with the Pride up 2-0, and leading in the shots on goal department 23-8.

In the second period, the Boston Pride supplied even more pressure to the Whale. Sonija Shelly was standing on her head for almost the entire period. The only goal that was scored was late in the period, another goal coming from Mary Parker, her second of the game. Assist on the play came from Alyssa Wohlfeiler and former Whale captain Emily Fluke. The period would end with the Pride up 3-0. Boston outshot the Whale in that period 20-5.

In the third period, the Pride would explode on the score sheet. It would take almost five minutes for the party to start. While the Whale were on the power play, Jillian Dempsey would notch a short handed goal, unassisted. Three minutes later, the Pride would add to their, already impressive lead, the goal coming from McKenna Brand, also unassisted. It would be Brand’s second point of the game. Then nine seconds later, in the blink of an eye, the Pride would add another goal. The goalie coming from Lexie Laing, assists from Lexi Bender, and Carlee Toews. The Pride would add the extra point, the goal coming again from Lexie Laing. It would be her second goal of the game, assists from Carlee Toews, her second point of the game, and Tori Sullivan. The Pride would put the finishing touches on the game with six seconds left, it would be a hat trick goal coming from Mary Parker. Assists on the play came from Alyssa Wohlfeiler and Lauren Kelly.

Sonija Shelly hung in tough, she faced 51 shots, and made 45 saves. Brooke Wolejko also came into the game, she played about 12 minutes. She faced 7 shots and made 5 saves.

Not much for the Whale to do other than to completely forget about this game and look forward to the next game, which is against the Buffalo Beauts for the fifth and last time this regular season. That game will be on Saturday November 30th at 430p in Danbury, CT.

 

Fundraisers

For those keeping track at home, Shannon Doyle turned in 7 blocked shot for the game today, giving her a total of 24 blocks on the year. She is donating a $1 for every block she records for her fundraiser Blocks For Books. Here is the link for those who want to make a donation too:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/1s6bzhbt5c

Also, for those keeping track at home, Kendra Broad had 2 more shots on goal today, giving her a total of 10 shots on goal for the season. She is also donating $2 for every shot on goal for Mental Health Connecticut. Here is a link for those who want to make a donation too:

https://mhconn.networkforgood.com/projects/83116-kendra-broad-s-fundraiser

 

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