Games 27 + 28
Lindenwood Lions (8-16-2, 6-9-1 AHA)
at. Syracuse Orange (12-13-3, 8-8-2 AHA)
Game Information:
Dates: Friday, January 23, 2026. | Saturday, January 24, 2026.
Location: Syracuse, N.Y.
Venue: Tennity Ice Pavilion
Times: 3:00 PM CT | 12:00 PM CT
All-Time Series: 11-45-4
Last Meeting: W, 4-1
Live Stats: Lindenwood @ Syracuse
Watch: FloHockey

Last Time Out
The Lindenwood Women's Hockey team swept the University of Delaware Blue Hens at Centene Community Ice Center to pick up their first home sweep in nearly two years last weekend. Molly Henderson and Tatiana Blichova led the way offensively for the Lions as each skater added a hat trick and had four total points in the weekend series against Delaware. Their performances led them both to be named the AHA Forward and Rookie of the Week respectively.

In Friday's 3-2 win, Henderson scored a goal in each period to get the Lions their first win of 2026 and registered her first career hat trick in her 112th career game played. Blichova followed Henderson's performance on Saturday with a hat trick of her own, scoring two of the Lions four goals in the first period as Lindenwood put the pressure on the Blue Hens early. The Freshman from Slovakia added her third goal of the game on an empty netter in the third period to record her first career hat trick and helped LU pick up their first sweep of the 2025-26 season in a 6-3 victory. The Lions won their second straight game for the first time this season and will look to keep the momentum going in this weekend's series at Syracuse.

About Syracuse
The Orange enter the series with Lindenwood having an overall record of 12-13-3 and a 8-8-2 record in the AHA. Syracuse split the first series with the Lions back in November at Centene Community Ice Center winning the series opener in Overtime by a score of 2-1 before LU took the series finale by a score of 4-1. Tatiana Blichova scored two goals in the victory over the Orange and recorded three total points, while Michaela Paulinyova and Hannah Dods each added a goal of their own to even the season series at one. 

Syrcause is led by Freshman Forward Emma Gnade who leads the team in goals (8) and points (16). Gnade has three multi point games this season and scored a hat trick in the Orange's 3-0 win at Rensselaer on November 29th and she leads the 2025-26 Syracuse squad with three game-winning-goals. Defensively, Freshman goaltender Ava Drabyk has a season GAA of 2.15 in 25 games played and has made 646 saves this season which ranks first among goaltenders in the AHA. The Orange rank fifth in the conference in power play percentage at 12.4% and rank near the bottom in penalty kill percentage at 77.6%.

The Orange lead the all-time series against the Lions posting a 45-11-4 record and have a home record of 22-4-2 in the series history. Lindenwood last defeated the Orange on their home ice back on November 17, 2023 as Molly Henderson scored the games first goal and added an assist in the 4-3 victory over the Orange in that contest. Lindenwood currently sits in fifth place in the AHA with Syracuse four points ahead of them in fourth place.

Stats To Know

• The Lions have two skaters that have 20 or more points on the season in Tatiana Blichova and Zsofia Pazmandi. The last time two or more skaters had 20+ points in a single season was back in the 2023-24 season. 
• Blichova has nine goals during AHA play which ranks tied for fourth best in the AHA.
• Blichova and Henderson became the fourth and fifth skaters in the AHA to record a hat trick during Conference play. 
• The last time the Lions recorded hat tricks in back-to-back games was October 10 and 30, 2015. 

Up Next
Lindenwood will return to Centene Community Ice Center for four straight home games beginning next Friday and Saturday as the Lions will host the RIT Tigers. Puck drop is set for 3 p.m. CT on Friday, January 30.