2013-14 Schedule & Results (13-17-3, 12-7-3)
9/27 NEW HAMPSHIRE............... W, 4-2 9/28 NEW HAMPSHIRE................ L, 2-1 10/4 at #3 Clarkson.............................. L, 5-2 10/5 #3 CLARKSON........................ L, 4-1 10/8 MONTREAL (ex.).................. W, 7-0 10/11 at # 2 Boston College.................. L, 5-2 10/12 at #2 Boston College................... L, 2-1 10/25 at Colgate*................................... W, 3-0 10/26 at #3/4 Cornell*........................... L, 6-4 11/1 YALE*..................................... W, 4-1 11/2 BROWN*................................ W, 5-1 11/8 # 8 HARVARD*....................... L, 3-2 11/9 DARTMOUTH*..................... W, 4-1 11/16 at McGill (ex.).............................. L, 3-2 11/22 at #5/6 Quinnipiac*.......... T, 1-1 (OT) 11/23 at Princeton*............................... W, 4-1 11/26 at Mercyhurst.............................. L, 3-2 11/27 at Mercyhurst.............................. L, 3-2 1/4 at #10 Robert Morris.................. L, 4-2 1/5 at #10 Robert Morris.................. L, 3-0 1/10 #6 CLARKSON*...................... L, 6-0 1/11 at # 6 Clarkson*........................... L, 3-0 1/17 at Brown*..................................... L, 4-2 1/18 at Yale*................................ T, 1-1 (OT) 1/24 CORNELL*..................... T, 1-1 (OT) 1/25 COLGATE*............................. W, 3-1 1/31 at Rensselaer*............................. W, 4-2 2/1 at Union*..................................... W, 1-0 2/4 at Syracuse................................... L, 3-0 2/7 PRINCETON*......................... L, 2-1 2/8 QUINNIPIAC*....................... W, 3-0 2/14 at Dartmouth*............................ W, 4-1 2/15 at Harvard*.................................. L, 5-2 2/21 UNION*.................................. W, 4-0 2/22 RENSSELAER*....................... W, 3-2 2/28 at No. 7 Quinnipiac ^.................7 p.m. 3/1 at No. 7 Quinnipiac ^.................4 p.m. 3/2 at No. 7 Quinnipiac ^#...............2 p.m. * Denotes ECAC Hockey contests -- Home games in CAPS ^ ECAC Quarterfinal ^# If necessary game St. Lawrence Media Contacts Co-Sports Information Director......................Wally Johnson email....................................................
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In a rematch of last year’s quarterfinal series, the Saints will once again travel to Hamden, Conn. to take on the Quinnipiac Bobcats in a best-of-three series to see who will advance to the conference tournament at Clarkson next weekend. The fifth-seeded Saints and fourth-seeded Bobcats were in a tight race for homeice up until the final game of the regular season. St. Lawrence did all it could to control its own destiny, shutting out Union 4-0 on Friday before topping RPI 3-2 on senior day at Appleton Arena, but required the help of at least one Bobcat loss to pull even in the standings. Quinnipiac also swept its final league weekend, with a come-from-behind win at Cornell and a shutout of Colgate, leaving them two points head of the Saints and earning the right to host the series. Other playoff series this weekend include: Dartmouth at Clarkson, Yale at Harvard and Princeton at Cornell.
About the Saints...
St. Lawrence finished the regular season 13-17-3 and 12-7-3 against ECAC Hockey opponents and was led by senior defenseman and co-captain Mel Desrochers who has 10 goals and 21 assists for 31 points heading into this weekend’s series. Twenty-two of her 31 overall points came in conference play. Sophomore Kailee Heidersbach found her scoring touch in February, netting five of her eight goals this season in the Saints last five games, including two against the Bobcats on Feb. 8. Junior netminder Carmen MacDonald has been stellar of late, and is currently ranked seventh among Division I goaltenders in save percentage at .937.
About No. 7 Quinnipiac...
Senior Kelly Babstock is ranked among the league leaders in goals (18), assists (28) and points (46) and is eight nationally, averaging 1.35 points per game. Junior goaltender Chelsea Laden picked up her second ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week award earlier this week, after helping the Bobcats to a road sweep of No. 3 Cornell and Colgate and securing the No. 4 seed in the league tournament.
Last Time Out...
In the team’s last meeting, the Saints shut out the Bobcats in Appleton Arena to gain their first win over a nationally-ranked team during the 2013-14 season, as well as snap a two-game skid. It was only the second time Quinnipiac had been shut out all season, having previously lost 3-0 to Clarkson at home.
Tale of the Tape (2013-14 stats) Record Current Streak Scoring offense Scoring defense PIM/Game Power Play Penalty Kill Top Scorers PPG SHG GWG SV % GAA
St. Lawrence 13-17-3 Won Two 2.21 goals/game (20th) 2.36 goals/game (13th) 6.8 (32nd) 29/157; 18.5% (9th) 90/109; 82.6% (23rd) Mel Desrochers, 10-21-31 Rylee Smith, 9-15-24 Brooke Webster, 8-14-22 Desrochers & Webster 5 N/A Four players, 2 Carmen MacDonald, .937 Carmen MacDonald, 1.89
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Game Notes
National Numbers Points Per Game 40. Mel Desrochers 71. Rylee Smith 92. Brooke Webster
0.94 0.75 0.67
Goals Per Game T-76. Mel Desrochers T-88. Rylee Smith
0.30 0.28
Assists Per Game 27. Mel Desrochers 67. Rylee Smith T-84. Dayle Wilkinson T-99. Abbey McRae
0.64 0.47 0.42 0.39
Power Play Goals T-14. Mel Desrochers 5 Brooke Webster T-32. Dayle Wilkinson 4 Kayla Raniwsky Alex Moore Points Per Game (Defensemen) 4. Mel Desrochers 0.94 43. Dayle Wilkinson 0.45 Points Per Game (Rookies) 13. Brooke Webster 32. Alex Moore
0.67 0.45
Goals Against Average 14. Carmen MacDonald
1.89
Save Percentage 7. Carmen MacDonald
.937
Winning Percentage 20. Carmen MacDonald
.537
Shutouts T-10. Carmen MacDonald
4
Scoring Offense 20. 2.21 goals/game
Plenty of History...
The Saints took three points from the Bobcats in the regular season, earning a 1-1 tie on their first trip to High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center in November, before gaining the shutout on Feb. 8 at Appleton Arena. Since first meeting in 2005, St. Lawrence has built a 12-6-3 lead in the series. The Saints took the first eight matchups against the Bobcats from November 2005 to February 2009 and won six of those eight games scoring five or more goals. In last season’s three-game quarterfinal series, the Saints took the first of three with a 1-0 overtime victory on a goal by Kayla Raniwsky. The Saturday matchup appeared to be all Quinnipiac in the opening periods, but Rylee Smith scored two goals in a span of 31 seconds in the final minute of third period to tie the game at two and force overtime. Both extra-attacker goals, Smith’s second tally came with one second reamining in regulation. But it was Quinnipiac that struck next, nearly a full game later, when Amanda Colin finally broke a 2-2 tie 8:55 into the third overtime to even the series at one game a piece and force the if necessary Sunday game. Led by then seniors Brooke Fernandez and Kelly Sabatine, the Saints notched two first-period goals in the final game of the series and blanked the Bobcats 2-0 to advance.
Mel Makes Her Mark...
In the Saints 3-2 win over RPI, senior defenseman Mel Desrochers notched her 26th career goal on “Senior Day” to become the all-time program leader in goals by a defenseman at St. Lawrence. She was previously tied with former Saints standouts Annie Guay ‘08 and Brooke Fernandez ‘13.
The 100-point Club...
Senior forward and co-captain Rylee Smith is the only active Saints player to have reached the illustrious 100-point plateau for her career. With 124 points she is currently 12th on the program’s all-time leading scorer list, just 10 points behind her former teammate Kelly Sabatine ‘13.
50 & Counting...
Carmen MacDonald recorded her 50th career victory with a 4-0 shutout of Union at Appleton Arena last weekend. For her career, the Pictou, Nova Scotia native is 51-32-11 with a .601 win percentage and 13 career shutouts. Entering the weekend series with the Bobcats, she has a career goals-against average of 2.04 and a .930 save percentage. Not only has the junior amassed 51 wins, but she also recorded 51 saves this season in the team’s 1-1 tie with Cornell at Appleton Arena on Jan. 24.
Scoring Defense 13. 2.36 goals/game Power Play 9. 18.5 percent Penalty Kill 23. 82.6 percent
Division I Women’s Hockey Polls USCHO.com WEEKLY POLL (02/24/14) Team Points Record
1. Minnesota (15) 2. Wisconsin 3. Clarkson 4. Boston College 5. Harvard 6. Cornell 7. Quinnipiac 8. Mercyhurst 9. North Dakota 10. Robert Morris
150 133 120 100 85 81 52 43 27 24
32-1-1 25-5-2 25-4-5 25-5-3 21-4-4 20-5-4 20-5-9 22-7-4 17-11-4 24-7-3
USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY MAGAZINE WEEKLY POLL (02/25/14) Team
Record
1. Minnesota (19), 190 32-1-1 2. Wisconsin, 168 25-5-2 3. Clarkson, 153 25-4-5 4. Boston College, 124 25-5-3 5. Harvard, 114 21-4-4 6. Cornell, 101 20-5-4 7. Quinnipiac, 64 20-5-9 8. Mercyhurst, 57 22-7-4 9. Robert Morris, 34 24-7-3 10. North Dakota, 31 17-11-4 Others receiving votes: Boston University 6, Northeastern 4. Others receiving votes: Boston University 4, Northeastern 4, Ohio State 1.
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Game Notes
Second Line Magic...
The line of Kailee Heidersbach, Kayla Raniwsky and Jenna Marks has been the Saints hottest line of late, accounting for 10 of the team’s 18 goals in February. Marks recorded her first career hat trick in a 4-1 win at Dartmouth, while Heidersbach has produced a pair of multi-goal games.
Man-Up...
The St. Lawrence power play has already tallied 10 man-advantage goals in the month of February and has surged into the top-10, now ranked ninth in the country and operating at 18.5 percent efficiency. In league contests that number is even higher, as the Saints are 20.2 percent with the man-advantage and have recored 17 power-play goals. Meanwhile, the Bobcats are at 11.3 percent with seven power-play tallies agasint ECAC Hockey teams. Overall, they’re operating at 14.4 percent and have 17 manup goals on 118 opportunities.
The Newcomers...
Coach Wells and his staff added three rookies to the roster this season, including forwards Brooke Webster (8-14-22) Alex Moore (7-8-15) and Kirsten Padalis (46-10). Webster is third on the team in scoring, while Moore and Padalis have made significant contributions to the Saints blue line this season. Moore began the season as a forward, but transitioned to defense halfway through the season.
The Breakdown...
The St. Lawrence roster is made up of four seniors, seven juniors, eight sophomores and three first-year students. Eleven of the 22 active players are Canadian and represent three provinces: Nova Scotia, Ontario and Saskatchewan. The ten Americans come from eight states: California, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Giulia Mazzocchi is the only European on the roster, hailing from Italy.
Series Breakdown vs. Quinnipiac (12-6-3) 11.18.05 02.04.06 10.28.06 02.10.07 10.26.07 02.23.08 11.28.08 02.13.09 11.02.09 02.12.10 01.07.11 01.29.11 11.12.11 2.10.12 11.17.12 02.15.13 03.01.13 03.02.13 03.03.13 11.22.13 02.08.14
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W, 5-1 W, 7-1 W, 9-3 W, 4-1 W, 6-1 W, 9-1 W, 2-0 W, 6-2 T, 2-2 (OT) L, 2-1 L. 3-2 L, 4-3 L, 3-2 W, 4-3 L, 6-4 T, 1-1 (OT) W, 1-0 L, 3-2 (3OT) W, 2-0 T, 1-1 (OT) W, 3-0
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Coaching Staff
2013-14 St. Lawrence Saints Numerical Roster No. Name 2 Dayle Wilkinson 4 Jenna Marks 5 Kirsten Padalis 6 Margo Lund 7 Alex Moore 9 Abbey McRae 11 Jessica Hon 12 Dominique Korakianitis 14 Sydney Bell 15 Rylee Smith 17 Kayla Raniwsky 18 Mel Desrochers 20 Jacqueline Wand 21 Bailey Habscheid 22 Kailee Heidersbach 23 Carrie Wilder 24 Ellie Williams 25 Victoria Leimgardt 26 Brooke Webster 28 Giulia Mazzocchi 30 Carmen MacDonald 33 Mikaela Thompson
Cl. Sr. So. FY Jr. FY So. Jr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. So. FY So. Jr. So.
Pos. Ht. D 5-5 F 5-4 D 5-7 F 5-8 F 5-11 F 5-7 F 5-3 D 5-5 F 5-7 F 5-5 F 5-5 D 5-4 F 5-6 F 5-5 F 5-5 F 5-5 F 5-4 D 5-10 F 5-5 G 5-4 G 5-7 G 5-3
Hometown/ Last Team Stouffville, Ont./ Toronto Jr. Aeros Cottage Grove, Wis./ Shattuck-St. Mary’s Farmington, Mich./ Honeybaked U-19 White Bear Lake, Minn./ Hill-Murray School Napanee, Ont./ Team Ontario Chesterfield, Mo./ London Devilettes Fullerton, Cal./ N. American Hockey Acad. London, Ont./ Bluewater Hawks Cincinnati, Ohio/ Pittsburgh Penguins Elite Hagersville, Ont./ Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres Windsor, Ont./ Niagara University Welland, Ont./ Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres Cary, Ill./ Chicago Mission Wymark, Sask./ Swift Current D.E. Wildcats Park Ridge, Ill./ Chicago Mission Ithaca, N.Y./ Ithaca Shooting Stars Pryor, Ok./ Shattuck-St. Mary’s Stayner, Ont./ Mississauga Chiefs Aurora, Ont./ Team Ontario Marlengo, Italy/ Ev Bozen Eagles Pictou, N.S./ Westminster School Webster, N.Y./ Rochester Edge
Head Coach: Chris Wells • Associate Head Coach: Ted Wisner Assistant Coach: Mare MacDougall Bari • Athletic Trainer: Mike Ziemer Captains: Mel Desrochers (C), Rylee Smith (C) and Dayle Wilkinson (C)
Head Coach Chris Wells
Associate Head Coach Ted Wisner
Assistant Coach Mare MacDougall Bari
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2013-14 Individual Statistics ##
Name
GP
G
A
Pts
Sh.
Sh. %
+/-
Pen-Min
PPG
SHG
FG
GWG
Blk
18
Desrochers, Mel
33
10
21
31
117
.085
-2
15-30
5
0
3
2
32
15
Smith, Rylee
32
9
15
24
125
.072
-6
17-34
3
0
4
2
13
26
Webster, Brooke
33
8
14
22
120
.067
-13
12-24
5
0
0
1
12
17
Raniwsky, Kayla
33
6
13
19
68
.088
-10
10-20
4
0
2
2
29
7
Moore, Alex
33
7
8
15
55
.127
-5
7-14
4
0
1
1
13
2
Wilkinson, Dayle
33
5
10
15
33
.152
-6
4-8
4
0
1
2
66
22
Heidersbach, Kailee
33
8
6
14
86
.093
+6
8-16
1
0
3
1
11
9
McRae, Abbey
33
3
9
12
70
.043
-8
5-10
0
0
2
0
9
5
Padalis, Kirsten
33
4
6
10
41
.098
-10
8-16
2
0
0
0
81
4
Marks, Jenna
32
4
5
9
89
.045
-4
10-20
0
0
1
1
30
11
Hon, Jessica
33
4
4
8
56
.071
-12
2-4
0
0
0
1
38
24
Williams, Ellie
32
3
4
7
33
.091
-5
2-4
0
0
1
0
27
6
Lund, Margo
33
1
6
7
30
.033
+4
1-2
0
0
0
0
8
20
Wand, Jacqueline
22
1
2
3
20
.050
-7
5-10
1
0
0
0
12
12
Korakianitis, Dom.
33
0
3
3
7
.000
+3
4-8
0
0
0
0
24
14
Bell, Sydney
33
0
1
1
12
.000
-2
1-2
0
0
0
0
8
21
Habscheid, Bailey
6
0
1
1
9
.000
-5
0-0
0
0
0
0
3
25
Leimgardt, Victoria
30
0
0
0
0
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
23
Wilder, Carrie
27
0
0
0
0
.000
-1
0-0
0
0
0
0
0
TEAM
22
0
0
0
0
.000
0
1-2
0
0
0
0
0
TOTAL
33
73
128
201
971
.075
-83
112-224
29
0
18
13
420
OPPONENTS
33
78
118
196
978
.080
--
159-318
19
3
15
17
383
2013-14 Goaltending Statistics Record
##
Name
GP-GS
Mins
GA
Avg.
30
MacDonald, Carmen
28-27
1586:55
50
33
Thompson, Mikaela
1-0
24:54
28
Mazzochi, Giulia
7-6
EMPTY NET
Saves
Goals Allowed
Sv%
W
L
T
SO
PP
SH
EN
1.89 740
.937
13
11
3
4
17
0
0
1
2.41
8
.889
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
337:53
17
3.02
152
.899
0
6
0
0
2
2
0
22-0
45:18
10
---
0
.000
0
0
0
0
0
1
10
TOTAL
33-0
1995:00
78
2.35
900
.920
13
17
3
4
19
3
10
OPPONENTS
33-0
1995:00
73
2.20
898
.925
17
13
3
4
29
0
2
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2013-14 Individual Game Highs
2013-14 Team Game Highs
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