ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES
7 ECAC West Championships
11 NCAA Tournament Appearances
THIS WEEKEND’S OPPONENT
Buffalo State BENGALS (15-4-0, 9-3-0 ECAC West)
3 NCAA National Championships
Last Time Out
The Elmira women hit a big snag in their run through ECAC West play this past weekend, dropping a pair of contests to top-ranked Plattsburgh State at the Murray Athletic Center Ice Arena. It was a slow start doomed the Purple and Gold on Saturday, as the Cardinals jumped out to a 3-0 lead during the first 17 minutes of play. Trailing 4-0 midway through the third period, EC came to life, scoring twice in the span of 1:06 to get back in the contest. Sarah Hughson ’18 punched in a loose puck near the back post to open the scoring, while Shannon Strawinski ’19 scored a sparkler of a goal on a partial break, setting up an exciting conclusion. Elmira was later awarded a lengthy 5-on-3 advantage with back-to-back Plattsburgh penalties; however, the Cardinals penalty kill rose to the occasion to stymie the comeback in its tracks. Sunday afternoon was all about the special teams, as Plattsburgh went 4-for-6 on the power play and added a shorthanded goal to run away with the contest in the third period.
Rookie Returns
It is safe to say that Elmira’s excellent crop of first-year players have had a major influence in helping the Soaring Eagles not miss a beat coming off its run to the National Championship Game a season ago. EC rookies have shown up on the Friday, February 5th, 2016 score sheet in a big way, combining for 23 goals and 36 assists. With the 59 points on the year, the Class of 2019 has accounted for 34.7-percent of the team’s total Buffalo State Ice Arena -- Buffalo, NY -- 4:00 p.m. scoring. EC rookies continued to play a big role in the offense over this past weekend, as Shannon Strawinski ’19 netted a goal, while Kristin Chivers ’19 and Katie Granato ’19 recorded assists on Saturday. Granato followed that up with the lone Saturday, February 6th, 2016 Murray Athletic Center Ice Arena -- Pine Valley, NY -- 3:00 p.m. Elmira goal on Sunday.
2015-16 SCHEDULE (15-3-1, 10-2-0 ECAC WEST)
Day OCT. NOV. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR.
Date 31 1 13 14 21 22 27 28 5 6 2 9 12 16 17 22 23 30 31 5 6 13 14 19 20 27 5 6 12
Opponent #6 Adrian #4 Norwich SUNY Cortland* SUNY Cortland* Utica* Utica* #3 Middlebury #9 Gustavus Adolphus SUNY Potsdam* SUNY Potsdam* Williams #9 Norwich #3/6 Amherst Neumann* Neumann* Chatham* Chatham* #1 Plattsburgh State* #1 Plattsburgh State* Buffalo State* Buffalo State* William Smith* William Smith* Oswego State* Oswego State* ECAC West Quarterfinals ECAC West Semifinals ECAC West Championship NCAA Quarterfinals
Home contests are bolded *Denotes ECAC West contest
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Chivers Continues to Rank High
Freshman blue-liner Kristin Chivers ’19 continues to rank among the nation’s best Time-Result in terms of both rookie and defenseman scoring. She pushed her point total on the year to 19, adding an assist on Elmira’s first goal on Saturday. The Antioch, IL, L, 1-4 native sits in a tie for fifth nationally among freshmen in point scoring, while her W, 7-2 19 points rank third among all defenders in the country. W, 5-1 Cleaning Up The PK W, 4-0 The Elmira penalty-killing unit has been a strength of the team all season; howW, 4-1 ever, it struggled to gain traction over the weekend against Plattsburgh State. W, 2-1 The Soaring Eagles had been 66-for-70 (94.3-percent) entering the weekend, but W, 3-1 conceded five goals on 10 opportunities to the Cardinals in the two-game set. EC W, 2-1 still ranks 17th in the nation at 88.8-percent on the year; however, the team will W, 5-0 need to sure things up ahead of facing Buffalo State’s 16th-ranked power-play unit, which has hummed at an 18.7-percent clip this season. W, 3-2 W, 2-1 Piku Closing In on Career High W, 2-1 With her primary assist on Granato’s goal on Sunday, Phoebe Piku ’16 moved T, 2-2 OT within one assist of tying her single-season career high of 12, which she set a seaW, 6-2 son ago. She has recorded helpers in five of her last six contests overall. W, 8-0 All-Time Series W, 4-1 Elmira has dominated the all-time series with Buffalo State, posting a 34-1-0 reW, 4-1 cord against its ECAC West counterpart. EC has won eight straight in the series L, 2-4 between the two teams heading into this weekend’s home-and-home. The lone L, 1-7 Buffalo State win was a 4-3 overtime decision during the 2010-11 campaign. 4:00 p.m. Scouting Buffalo State 3:00 p.m. The Bengals are enjoying a season to remember in 2015-16, as the team already 3:00 p.m. has shattered the program’s single-season win record. Buffalo State enters the 4:00 p.m. weekend with a 15-4-0 overall record and a 9-3-0 mark in ECAC West play. The 7:00 p.m. series will have big ECAC West Tournament implications, as Elmira holds just a 3:00 p.m. slim two-point advantage over Buffalo State for the second bye through the tourTBA nament’s opening round. The Bengals opened the year with eight consecutive victories, before falling into a rough patch falling in three straight, which included TBA a series sweep at the hands of Plattsburgh State. Buffalo State has rallied since TBA that point, entering the weekend as winners in seven of its last eight. The BenTBA gals are coming off a two-game sweep of Oswego State by 3-1 and 2-0 margins. Defense has been key for the squad, as it is tied with Elmira for 15th in the nation in scoring defense at 1.68 goals allowed per game. The offense is powered by a sophomore cast, as second-year players occupy six of the top seven spots in terms of points. Erin Gehen paces the group with a 14g-8a-22pts line in 18 appearances this season. Senior Nikki Kirchberger ranks second on the team with nine goals and nine assists; eight of her nine goals have come against ECAC West foes. Sophomore Justine Silva has seen the lion’s share of minutes in the cage this season. She ranks fourth in the nation in save percentage (.951) and seventh in ECSoaringEagles goals against average (1.34).
Sports Information: Don Sherman (dsherman@elmira.edu); Dan DeCaria (ddecaria@elmira.edu); Travis Larner (tlarner@elmira.edu) Phone: 607.735.1131 Fax: 607.735.1768 Website: athletics.elmira.edu Address: One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901
2015-16 SOARING EAGLES ICE HOCKEY
Games 20 & 21: Elmira College vs. Buffalo State
ELMIRA QUICK FACTS Location . .................................................. Elmira, NY Founded.............................................................1855 Enrollment........................................................1,200 School Colors...................................... Purple & Gold Team Nickname..................................Soaring Eagles Conference............................................... ECAC West President....................................... Dr. Norman Smith Athletic Director............................Pat Thompson ’75 Athletic Department........................... 607-735-1730 Ice Arena .............................. Murray Athletic Center Capacity . ..........................................................3,000 Athletics Affiliation......................... NCAA Division III
Series History
Elmira vs. Buffalo State 2014-15 2014-15 2013-14 2013-14 2012-13 2012-13 2011-12 2011-12 2010-11 2010-11 2009-10 2009-10 2008-09 2008-09 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08
HOCKEY INFORMATION Head Coach ................................... Dean Jackson ’03 Assistant Coach ............................. Kelsea Martalock First Season ................................................. 2001-02 ECAC West Playoff Appearances...........................14 ECAC West Tournament Titles.................................7 NCAA Playoff Appearances....................................11 2014-15 Overall Record.................................. 26-3-1 2014-15 ECAC West Record............................ 18-0-0 2015-16 EC WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY Scoring First..................................................... 11-0-1 Opposition Scored First..................................... 4-3-0 Leading after first period................................... 9-0-0 Trailing after the first period.............................. 2-2-0 Tied after the first period.................................. 4-1-1 Leading after the second period...................... 12-0-1 Trailing after the second period........................ 1-3-0 Tied after the second period............................. 2-0-0 2014-15 EC WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY Scoring First..................................................... 22-0-0 Opposition Scored First..................................... 4-3-1 Leading after first period................................. 19-0-0 Trailing after the first period.............................. 4-3-0 Tied after the first period.................................. 3-0-1 Leading after the second period...................... 21-0-0 Trailing after the second period........................ 2-2-0 Tied after the second period............................. 3-1-1 2013-14 EC WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY Scoring First..................................................... 19-3-0 Opposition Scores First...................................... 2-3-1 Leading After First Period................................ 16-1-0 Trailing After First Period................................... 0-1-1 Tied After First Period........................................ 5-4-0 Leading After the Second Period..................... 19-2-0 Trailing After the Second Period........................ 0-2-1 Tied After the Second Period............................. 2-2-0 2012-13 EC WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY Scoring First..................................................... 24-1-1 Opposition Scores First...................................... 0-4-0 Leading After First Period................................ 18-0-1 Trailing After First Period................................... 0-2-0 Tied After First Period........................................ 6-3-0 Leading After the Second Period..................... 21-1-1 Trailing After the Second Period........................ 0-3-0 Tied After the Second Period............................. 3-1-0
Record: 34-1-0
Elmira, 5-0 Elmira, 2-1 Elmira, 6-2 Elmira, 4-1 Elmira, 6-0 Elmira, 3-2 OT Elmira, 7-0 Elmira, 4-0 Buffalo State, 4-3 OT Elmira, 5-0 Elmira, 7-1 Elmira, 3-0 Elmira, 3-1 Elmira, 4-1 Elmira, 3-2 Elmira, 6-1 Elmira, 2-0
2006-07 2006-07 2005-06 2005-06 2004-05 2004-05 2003-04 2003-04 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02
Elmira, 5-0 Elmira, 7-1 Elmira, 6-0 Elmira, 8-1 Elmira, 4-0 Elmira, 5-0 Elmira, 8-1 Elmira, 5-0 Elmira, 4-0 Elmira, 11-0 Elmira, 5-0 Elmira, 10-0 Elmira, 7-0 Elmira, 6-5 OT Elmira, 4-0 Elmira, 5-0 Elmira, 5-0 Elmira, 5-0
2015-16 Season Awards NAME
McKenna Farole Kristin Chivers Louisa Lippiatt Durnell Olivia Nystrom Phoebe Piku Phoebe Piku Kelcey Crawford Louisa Lippiatt Durnell Maddy Jerolman Meghan Fonfara Kristin Chivers Meghan Fonfara Kristin Chivers Maddie Evangelous
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
AWARD
D3Hockey.com National Team of the Week ECAC West Rookie of the Week D3Hockey.com National Team of the Week D3Hockey.com National Team of the Week D3Hockey.com National Team of the Week ECAC West Player of the Week ECAC West Goaltender of the Week D3Hockey.com National Team of the Week ECAC West Rookie of the Week D3Hockey.com National Team of the Week D3Hockey.com National Team of the Week D3Hockey.com National Team of the Week D3Hockey.com National Team of the Week ECAC West Rookie of the Week
DATE
01/19 01/19 01/12 01/05 01/05 01/04 01/04 12/01 11/30 11/25 11/25 11/17 11/17 11/16
USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll
Team (First Place Votes) Plattsburgh (15) Adrian Elmira Lake Forest Amherst Middlebury Wisconsin-River Falls St. Thomas Norwich Castleton
Record 20-0-0 18-2-0 15-3-1 17-1-1 13-1-3 11-3-3 15-4-1 13-4-1 13-6-0 13-4-2
Points 150 133 115 101 92 76 54 46 25 20
Last Poll 1 3 2 5 6 7 8 4 10 9
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin-Stevens Point 8, Utica 3, St. Norbert 1, WisconsinSuperior 1. # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
D3hockey.com Women’s Poll
Team (First Place Votes) Plattsburgh (15) Lake Forest Elmira Adrian Amherst Middlebury Castleton Norwich Wisconsin-River Falls St. Thomas
Record 20-0-0 17-1-1 15-3-1 18-2-0 13-1-3 11-3-3 13-4-2 13-6-0 15-4-1 13-4-1
Others receiving votes: Buffalo State 10, Utica 9.
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Points 150 127 117 111 94 75 51 44 25 12
Last Poll 1 3 2 4 5 6 8 9 10 7
2015-16 SOARING EAGLES ICE HOCKEY
NO. 1 2 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 31
Games 20 & 21: Elmira College vs. Buffalo State
2015-16 ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY
NAME Kyle Nelson ’17 Maddie Evangelous ’19 Erin Kishoni ’18 Anna Tude ’17 Olivia Nyström ’16 Rachel Grampp ’18 Ari Smith ’18 Kristin Chivers ’19 Bobbi Strople ’19 Shannon Strawinski ’19 McKenna Farole ’16 Johanna Eidensten ’17 Sydney Fischer ’17 Phoebe Piku ’16 Maddy Jerolman ’19 Louisa Lippiatt Durnell ’18 Kyra McDonald ’18 Meghan Fonfara ’18 Meg Lahey ’19 Sarah Hughson ’18 Gyllian Smith ’18 Katie Granato ’19 Jessica Prance ’17 Kelcey Crawford ’18
POS. G F D F F D F D F-D F D F F D F F D F D F F F F G
HT. 5’6” 5’1” 5’1” 5’7” 5’6” 5’8” 5’8” 5’5” 5’6” 5’5” 5’8” 5’7” 5’7” 5’7” 5’3” 5’5” 5’4” 6’0” 5’7” 5’4” 5’9” 5’9” 5’10” 5’4”
HOMETOWN--PREVIOUS TEAM Chicago, IL -- Chicago Mission Hudson, MA -- Worcester Academy Duluth, GA -- Northwood School Stockholm, Sweden -- Balmoral Hall Blazers Vaxholm, Sweden -- Ormsta HC Williamsville, NY -- Buffalo Bisons Eagle, WI -- Chicago Young Americans Antioch, IL -- Chicago Young Americans Halifax, NS -- Canadian International Hockey Academy Toms River, NJ -- Loomis Chaffee School Irvine, CA -- Manhattanville College Täby, Sweden -- AIK Irma, AB -- Irma Grosse Pointe, MI -- Bluewater Jr Hawks Hamden, CT -- Williston Northampton School East Sussex, England -- Scanlon Creek Charlotte, NC -- Northfield Mount Herman Elma, NY -- Buffalo Bisons Latham, NY -- Millbrook School East Haddam, CT -- The Gunnery Fort Myers, FL -- Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Naperville, IL -- Chicago Mission Chaumont, NY -- Perth Predators Purcellville, VA -- Proctor Academy
COACHING STAFF
ELMIRA COLLEGE CAPTAINS
Head Coach: Dean Jackson ’03 Assistant Coach: Kelsea Martalock
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
#2 Maddie Evangelous . .....................ev-ANN-gel-liss #7 Anna Tude................................................ Too-DAH # 9 Olivia Nyström..................................... NEE-strum Olivia Nyström ’16 (A) # 15 McKenna Farole................................ FAH-roll-ee # 16 Johanna Eidensten......................... EYE-den-sten # 18 Phoebe Piku........................................... FEE-Bee ..................................................................... PEE-Koo # 19 Maddy Jerolman........................... JARE-uhl-man # 21 Kyra McDonald......................................KEER-ah # 23 Meg Lahey............................................. LAY-HEE # 25 Gyllian Smith.................................... Like “Jillian”
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Johanna Eidensten ’17 (C)
Phoebe Piku ’16 (A)
2015-16 SOARING EAGLES ICE HOCKEY
Games 20 & 21: Elmira College vs. Buffalo State
2015-16 Elmira Women's Ice Hockey Elmira College Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 02, 2016) All games
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Date 10/31/15 11/01/15 11/13/15 11/14/15 11/21/15 11/22/15 11/27/15 11/28/15 12/05/15 12/06/15 01/02/16 01/09/16 01/12/16 01/16/16 01/17/16 01/22/16 01/23/16 01/30/16 01/31/16
Opponent #6 ADRIAN at #4 Norwich CORTLAND at SUNY Cortland UTICA at Utica at #3 Middlebury vs #9 Gustavus Adolphus at SUNY Potsdam at SUNY Potsdam WILLIAMS #9 NORWICH #6 AMHERST NEUMANN NEUMANN at Chatham at Chatham #1 PLATTSBURGH #1 PLATTSBURGH
TEAM STATISTICS SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Shot pct. Goals/Gam e Sh o t s / G a m e POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays Conversion Percent Shot Attempts Shot Percent SHORT-HANDED Goals-Shot attempts Shot Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN Power Play Sh o rt -h a n d e d Empty net Penalty Unassisted Overtime Sh o o t o u t Delayed Penalty PENALTIES Num ber Minutes Pe n a l t i e s / G a m e Pen minutes/Game SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att)
Score 1-4 7-2 5-1 4-0 4-1 2-1 3-1 2-1 5-0 3-2 2-1 2-1 2-2 6-2 8-0 4-1 4-1 2-4 1-7
L W W W W W W W W W W W Tot W W W W L L
Att. 101 225 539 118 412 317 375 212 67 96 150 149 211 371 145 85 35 473 513
ELMIRA
OPP
67-566 .118 3.5 29.8
32-388 .082 1.7 20.4
14-69 .203 109 .128
9-78 .115 84 .107
4-30 .133
1-13 .077
14 4 1 0 3 0 0 0
9 1 0 0 6 0 0 0
92 184 4.8 9.7 0-0
82 164 4.3 8.6 0-0
Record: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE ##
9 12 20 22 19 18 14 2 27 24 7 16 21 10 15 6 28 17 11 13 23 1 8 25 TM
Overall 15-3-1 10-2-0 5-1-1
Player
gp
Olivia Nystrom Kristin Chivers L. Lippiat Durnell Meghan Fonfara Maddy Jerolman Phoebe Piku Shannon Strawinski Maddie Evangelous Katie Granato Sarah Hughson Anna Tude Johanna Eidensten Kyra McDonald Rachel Grampp McKenna Farole Erin Kishoni Jessica Prance Sydney Fischer Ari Smith Bobbi Strople Meg Lahey Kyle Nelson Brynn Rickard Gyllian Smith TEAM Total Opponents
Goalie 1 Kyle Nelson 31 Kelcey Crawford TM EMPTY NET ##
Total Opponents
19 19 17 16 18 19 16 16 16 15 18 19 18 14 18 17 15 15 15 6 10 10 4 2 6 19 19 gp
10 12 6 19 19
Home 6-3-1 4-2-0 2-1-1 g
a
min
546:37 597:23 1:00 1145:00 1145:00
ga
15 17 0 32 67
sh
gaavg
1.65 1.71 1.68 3.51
ELMIRA
3064 10/306 1/212
1st
2nd
3rd
Total 67 32
1st
2nd
3rd
Total 566 388
1st
2nd
3rd
Total 356 499
18 11
25 12
24 9
Shots by Period Elmira College Opponents
164 192 210 118 120 149
Saves by Period Elmira College Opponents
107 108 140 146 167 186
4
pts
12 7 19 60 5 14 19 41 6 10 16 39 10 3 13 37 5 7 12 44 0 11 11 34 2 8 10 24 5 3 8 27 5 3 8 32 4 4 8 19 2 6 8 27 2 5 7 30 0 6 6 23 2 3 5 21 1 4 5 16 0 5 5 21 3 0 3 17 1 2 3 5 1 2 3 16 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 67 105 172 566 32 38 70 388
Attendance Summary Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg Goals by Period Elmira College Opponents
Away 8-0-0 6-0-0 2-0-0
Neutral 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
sh% pen-min
.200 .122 .154 .270 .114 .000 .083 .185 .156 .211 .074 .067 .000 .095 .062 .000 .176 .200 .062 .000 .042 .000 .000 .000 .000 .118 .082
2-4 1-2 5-10 10-20 7-14 19-38 8-16 3-6 0-0 2-4 5-10 3-6 4-8 1-2 5-10 3-6 1-2 4-8 1-2 1-2 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-0 3-6 92-184 82-164
saves save%
177 179 0 356 499
pp sh
0 2 2 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 9
w-l-t
.922 6-1-1 .913 9-2-0 .000 0-0-0 .918 15-3-1 .882 3-15-1
Opponent
1318 8/165
1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1