Series Notes
- Lindenwood women's hockey hits the road for the first time this season. The Lady Lions will travel to St. Cloud, Minn. for a two-game series against St. Cloud State. Both Friday and Saturday games will start at 3:07 p.m.
- Lindenwood opened its season two weeks ago against No. 2 Wisconsin. The Badgers won both games at the Lindenwood Ice Arena by scores of 5-1 and 6-0.
- St. Cloud State is also 0-2-0 on the season. The Huskies opened the year last week with a 5-2 loss to nationally-ranked Boston, and a 3-2 setback against Penn State.
- The Lady Lions and Huskies have met four times before, all during the 2012-13 season. In St. Cloud, Minn., Lindenwood fell by scores of 2-0 and 7-2. In the rematch series in Wentzville, Mo., the Huskies won both games by scores of 3-1 and 3-2.
- Lindenwood is looking for its first win in program history against a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA).
- Both Lindenwood and St. Cloud State are looking for better production from its offense this season. The Lady Lions averaged just 1.29 goals a game last season, and the Huskies averaged 1.33 goals a game.
- Power plays could play a big role this weekend. This season, Lindenwood is scoreless in seven power plays, and allowed two goals in eight penalty kills. St. Cloud State is one-for-eight on the power play, and allowed four goals.
Lindenwood Notes
- In the first game of the Wisconsin series, the Badgers scored three times in the first 12 minutes of the game to jump out to a big lead. Lindenwood settled down after that as it didn't allow another goal for the next 36 minutes before Wisconsin scored two more times in the third period.
- The second game of that series was tight for 30 minutes as the Badgers scored the game's only goal in that span. Wisconsin broke out in the final 30 minutes with five shots that found the net.
- Lindenwood goalie Nicole Hensley was named the CHA Goalie of the Week after the Wisconsin series. The award was the third CHA Goalie of the Week honor of her career, and the eighth CHA weekly award that she has captured.
- Nicole Hensley made 91 saves in the Wisconsin series, with 49 in the first game and 42 in game two. She now has 29 career games with 40 or more saves, and five series with 90 or more saves.
- Shara Jasper scored Lindenwood's first goal of the season last week. She is the first Lady Lion in program history to score in her first game in a Lindenwood sweater.
- Jordyn Constance and Katie Erickson both assisted on Shara Jasper's goal. The point was the 16th of Constance's career and the 28th career point for Erickson.
- Team captain Tae Otte led the Lady Lions with eight blocks against Wisconsin. Otte had three in the opener and five in game two of the series.
- Five true freshmen saw their first collegiate action against Wisconsin. They were forwards Sarah Bobrowski, Darby Dodds, and Britannia Gillanders, and defensemen Emily Gunderson and Xylia Lang. Redshirt freshman Tae Otte also player her first collegiate game, and transfer Shara Jasper played her first game as a Lady Lion.
- Two Lindenwood players are expected to play in their 100th career game this weekend. Katie Erickson is just one appearance shy of 100, and Alyssa West is two games away from the milestone. The Lindenwood program will be playing its 102nd and 103rd games this weekend.
- Among active players, Alyssa West is the team leader with 33 career assists and 55 career points. Caitlyn Post is the lead with 23 goals. West is the program's all-time leader in career assists, and needs six points to take the lead in that category. Post needs eight goals to tie the program's all-time goals leader.
- Three current players, Caitlyn Post, Lyndsay Kirkham, and Alyssa West, have scored goals in the past against St. Cloud State.
- Lyndsay Kirkham is the team's top returning offensive threat from last season with six goals, 10 assists, and 16 points. Alyssa West and Katie Erickson are the top returning goal scorers with seven apiece.
- Redshirt freshman defenseman Tae Otte will serve as the captain for the 2014-15 Lady Lions. The alternative captains are junior defenseman Brooke Peden and junior forward Shara Jasper.
- Fourteen of Lindenwood's 31 regular season games are against teams that are currently ranked or receiving votes in the USCHO.com national poll.
- Lindenwood plays 11 games against members of the WCHA this season. The Lady Lions have already played two games against Wisconsin. After this weekend, the team has a road series at Minnesota Duluth, a two-game home series against Bemidji State, and a three-game home series versus Minnesota State.
- Lindenwood has its final tuneup before CHA play when it travels to Minnesota Duluth on Oct. 25-26. Both games in that Saturday/Sunday series will be at 3:07 p.m.
