Series Notes
- Lindenwood resumes CHA play this week with a two-game road series against last year's CHA Tournament Champion, Robert Morris.
- These two games are the first of 14 straight league games for Lindenwood to end the regular season. Eight of the 14 games will be on the road.
- The Lady Lions currently sit in fifth-place in the conference standings with a 1-4-1 mark, while Robert Morris is third with a 5-3-0 record.
- Lindenwood is looking to snap a four-game losing streak to start 2013 which included series losses to WCHA's Minnesota State and North Dakota.
- Robert Morris is on a two-game losing streak after being on the wrong side of a pair of 2-1 decisions last weekend against CHA's RIT.
- The Lady Lions are 0-7-1 on the road this season, including 0-1-1 in their only CHA road series at RIT.
- Robert Morris is 3-3-0 at home in 2012-13, including a 2-2-0 mark in league action.
- Robert Morris is 4-0-0 all-time against Lindenwood. The Lady Lions lost 8-0 and 7-2 in the two games played at Robert Morris last season.
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Allysson Arcibal and
Alison Wickenheiser each had three points last year against Robert Morris, and they combined for three of Lindenwood's four goals.
A Look Back At North Dakota
- Lindenwood was swept in a two-game home series against North Dakota by scores of 7-3 and 8-4.
- The four-goal margin in both games was the closest that the Lady Lions have played a nationally-ranked team. North Dakota was ranked No. 9 in one national poll before the series.
- Lindenwood's seven goals against North Dakota ties the most that the squad has scored in a series in 2012-13.
- The Lady Lions led 1-0 briefly in game one and trailed by just two late in the second period before North Dakota pulled away.
- Both teams scored four even-strength goals in game two, but North Dakota had four power-play goals, compared to none for Lindenwood.
- Lindenwood ran out of steam in game two, allowing six of its eight goals in the second half of each period.
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Allysson Arcibal led Lindenwood with five points in the series with three goals and two assists.
Alison Wickenheiser added two goals and an assist, and
Alyssa West had three assists.
- Lindenwood had a strong penalty kill in game one by stopping the first four and finishing four-for-five. It allowed four power-play goals though in game two on seven opportunities.
- On their power play, the Lady Lions were just one-for-12
Lindenwood Notes
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Allysson Arcibal was named last week's CHA Player of the Week. Arcibal collected five points in four games, with all of the points against nationally-ranked North Dakota. She had two goals and one assist in game one of the series, and one goal and one assist in the second game.
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Alison Wickenheiser leads the team in points (5) and assists (3) during CHA league games.
Allysson Arcibal has a team-high three goals in conference play, and
Chelsea Witwicke is tied with Wickenheiser in assists.
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Kendra Broad is a +1 in the team's CHA games this season.
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Nicole Hensley has been significantly better in goal in CHA games. She has a .933 save percentage and a 2.70 GAA in league games, compared to a .895 save percentage and a 5.19 GAA in non-conference contests.
- Lindenwood is allowing 3.7 goals a game in conference action, compared to 5.4 goals a game in non-conference games. The Lady Lions are scoring 0.3 more goals a game during league play.
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Allysson Arcibal moved into the top-ten in the CHA in goals after scoring three last week.
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Allysson Arcibal,
Alyssa West, and
Lyndsay Kirkham are currently seventh in the conference in power-play goals.
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Chelsea Witwicke is in the top-five in the conference in defenseman scoring.
- Lyndsey Kirkham is tenth in the CHA in freshman scoring.
- Lindenwood has scored the first goal seven times this season, but it is just 1-5-1 in those contests.
CHA Notes
- Mercyhurst is the lone nationally-ranked team out of the CHA. The Lakers are No. 7 in the USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls.
- Lindenwood returns home on Jan. 18-19 for a two-game series against Syracuse. That series will end the first half of conference play for the Lady Lions.
About the Colonials
- Robert Morris is 9-5-2 overall, including a 2-1-1 record against ranked teams.
- The Colonials are ninth in the nation in scoring defense, allowing 2.00 a game. It has allowed three or more goals just four times this season.
- Rebecca Vint leads the offense with 10 goals, 11 assists, and 21 points. She ranks third in the nation in game-winning goals.
- The other top offensive threat is Kelsey Thomas with eight goals and 10 assists.
- Kristen DiCiocco has seen the majority of time in goal. She has a .923 save percentage and a 2.06 GAA.
- Paul Colontino, last year's National Coach of the Year, is 28-14-6 in his second season as Robert Morris' head coach.
