Series Notes
- The Lindenwood hockey team has a unique Saturday-Sunday series this weekend when it hosts Mercyhurst at the Lindenwood Ice Arena. Game one will be played at 2 p.m., followed by a noon game on Sunday.
- Lindenwood is currently 2-14-2 on the season, including 2-2-0 in the last four games. Mercyhurst enters play this weekend with a 12-5-2 record.
- Mercyhurst is in second play in the CHA with a 5-2-1 mark, six points behind Robert Morris. Lindenwood is fifth with a 2-5-1 record, three points behind fourth-place Syracuse.
- Mercyhurst is the only conference opponent that Lindenwood has not recorded a point against yet. Last season, the Lakers swept all four games. The scores were 6-1 and 6-0 in Wentzville, and 10-0 and 5-1 at Mercyhurst.
- Lindenwood is 0-8-0 all-time against Mercyhurst, including 0-4-0 in Wentzville. The Lakers were nationally-ranked in all eight of those meetings.
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Alyssa West and
Caitlyn Post are the leading Lindenwood scorers against Mercyhurst among current players. Both have one goal and one assist.
Jordyn Constance has also scored against the Lakers, and
Jocelyn Slattery and
Chelsea Witwicke each have an assist.
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Nicole Hensley has started just one game against Mercyhurst and has appeared in two contests. She has made 66 saves and has a .917 save percentage in just under 66 minutes.
- Lindenwood is 1-5-2 on its home ice this season. Mercyhurst is 5-4-1 away from Erie, Pa.
- The Lady Lions will be playing on a Sunday for the fifth time in their NCAA era. Lindenwood is 1-2-1 in previous contests.
A Look Back at Syracuse
- Lindenwood split a CHA series for the second straight week and picked up at least one point in a conference series for the third time in four series this year.
- In game one of the series,
Katie Erickson scored the game-winning goal with 6.7 seconds remaining in a 2-1 win.
- In the final period of that game,
Nicole Hensley made 24 saves and Lindenwood successfully killed off eight minutes of power play.
- Syracuse won game two of the series by a 4-1 margin. The Orange had a shorthanded goal, power-play goal, and an empty-net goal as part of their scores.
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Nicole Hensley had 90 saves in the series and recorded a .957 save percentage. She allowed just one even-strength goal.
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Katie Erickson finished the series with two points, adding an assist to go along with her game-winning goal.
Kendra Broad and
Alyssa West also had goals, and four players had one assist.
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Jocelyn Slattery and
Chelsea Witwicke each had a team-high +1 plus/minus for the series.
Lindenwood Notes
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Katie Erickson leads Lindenwood with three power-play goals and four power-play points. For her career, she has 11 power-play points with five goals and six assists.
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Jocelyn Slattery leads the team this season with a +3 plus/minus. Over the last six games, she has four contests with a positive plus/minus.
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Nicole Hensley leads the nation in saves with 638. She has 150 more than the next closest goalie. In just CHA games, she ranks third in the conference with a .934 save percentage.
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Kendra Broad and
Jocelyn Slattery have both had five-game point streaks this year. Those streaks were one shy of the school record.
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Lyndsay Kirkham has recorded four points over the last six games, all coming on assists. She is now tied with Broad for the team-high with five assists.
- Lindenwood converted 25 percent of its power plays last weekend against Syracuse, its best percentage since the opening weekend of the season.
- Over its last 15 CHA games, Lindenwood has won twice in nearly identical last-second fashion. Last year, the Lady Lions defeated RIT when
Alison Wickenheiser scored with 6.2 seconds remaining. This year, Lindenwood defeated Syracuse with a
Katie Erickson goal with 6.7 seconds left.
- In the last three series, the Lady Lions have a +1 scoring margin in game one of the series, and a -8 scoring margin in game two of the series.
- Lindenwood has scored 12 of its 20 goals this season in the second period.
College Hockey America Notes
- One CHA team, Robert Morris, is nationally-ranked. The Colonials are No. 10 in both national polls. Mercyhurst is receiving votes in one of the polls.
- Robert Morris currently leads the CHA with an 8-1-1 record. It is followed by Mercyhurst and RIT (4-3-1).
- The CHA Players of the Week are: Mercyhurst's Chrstine Bestland (Player of the Week), Robert Morris' Jessica Dodds (Goalie of the Week), and Syracuse's Larissa Martynuik (Rookie of the Week).
About Mercyhurst
- Mercyhurst has won five straight games and has outscored opponents 24-6 in that span.
- The Lakers are ranked in the top-10 nationally in both scoring offense (3.3) and scoring defense (1.7).
- Mercyhurst has scored on 15.8% of its power plays, and it has allowed goals on 11.2% of its penalty-kill opportunities.
- Christine Bestland, last season's CHA Player of the Year, leads the Lakers this season with 10 goals, 18 assists, and 28 points. She has recorded 200 career points.
- Amanda Makela has started 17 of 19 games in goal. She has a 1.83 GAA and a .933 save percentage.
- Head coach of Mercyhurst is Michael Sisti. He is in his 15th season as the Lakers head coach and has a career record of 365-104-32.
Up Next
- Lindenwood will ring in the New Year's on Dec. 31-Jan. 1 with a two-game series at Minnesota State.
