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Women's Hockey Hosts Ranked Opponents to Open ECAC Play on Friday and Saturday
10/27/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – After opening the 2016-17 season with a non-conference weekend sweep of Sacred Heart, the Brown women's hockey team will begin ECAC action, hosting No. 9 Princeton on Friday, Oct. 28 and No. 5/4 Quinnipiac on Saturday, Oct. 29. Friday's game will start at 6:00 p.m. while Saturday's game will begin at 3:00 p.m.
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SCOUTING TIGERS
Princeton enters Friday's match-up with a 2-0-0 record, defeating nearby Providence College in its opening weekend last Friday (4-2) and Saturday (7-3). The Tigers rank ninth in both the USCHO.com Poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll. Molly Contini leads the Tigers' offense and was named the ECAC Player of the Week after recording three goals and two assists for five points in the team's first two games. Kiersten Falck holds the squad's assist lead with four on the season. Alysia DaSilva has seen all of Princeton's action in net, and has recorded a .907 save percentage and a 2.50 goals-against average.
SCOUTING BOBCATS
Quinnipiac brings a record of 5-2-1 into the weekend and ranks fifth in the USCHO.com Poll and fourth in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll. The team's losses have come against No. 6/7 Boston College (4-1, Oct. 22) and Mercyhurst (3-2, Oct. 14). Taylar Cianfarano leads the team in scoring, with a squad-best six goals and three assists for nine points. Meghan Turner carries the Bobcats' lead in assists with four, to go along with two goals for six points. Sydney Rossman has played in all eight games in goal for Quinnipiac. She has recored a .933 save percentage, 1.36 goals-against average and five shutouts.
LAST SEASON VS. PRINCETON
The Tigers won last year's series, 2-0, taking the first meeting in Providence, 3-0, and the finale at home, 6-1. Princeton ended last season ranked No. 7 in both polls.
LAST SEASON VS. QUINNIPIAC
The Bobcats claimed last season's series starting with a 4-0 showing at Meehan Auditorium and ending with 5-1 win at TD Bank Sports Center. Quinnipiac concluded 2015-16 ranked No. 5 in both polls.
THE SERIES VS. PRINCETON
Series Record: Brown trails, 32-47-2
Current Streak: L12
First Meeting: Feb. 18, 1975 (at Princeton, Brown win, 2-1 OT)
Last Brown Win: Feb. 19, 2010 (at Princeton, 4-3 OT)
Last Princeton Win: Jan. 1, 2016 (at Princeton, 6-1)
Last Tie: Feb. 9, 2008 (at Brown, 2-2 OT)
THE SERIES VS. QUINNIPIAC
Series Record: Brown trails, 6-14-4
Current Streak: L9
First Meeting: Jan. 8, 2002 (at Brown, Brown win, 6-1)
Last Brown Win: Feb. 21, 2009 (at Brown, 3-1)
Last Quinnipiac Win: Jan. 2, 2016 (at Quinnipiac, 5-1)
Last Tie: Nov. 5, 2011 (at Quinnipiac, 2-2 OT)
LAST TIME OUT
The Bears swept their season opening weekend series against Sacred Heart with wins of 6-3 (Friday) and 7-0 (Saturday). Freshman Alley Rempe scored three points in both games, on a goal and two assists. Junior Sam Donovan tied Rempe for Saturday's game point lead (three), when she registered her second-career hat trick. Overall, 13 players notched points in the opening weekend, including 10 with multiple points. In goal, senior Monica Elvin started game one and made 18 stops while junior Julianne Landry started game two and made nine saves. Freshman Calla Isaac appeared in both games, and put up eight saves in the second game.
Alley Rempe TABBED ECAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Freshman Alley Rempe was named ECAC Rookie of the Week after recording a team-high six points, on two goals and four assists, in a weekend sweep over Sacred Heart, the conference announced on Tuesday, Oct. 26. Rempe tallied a goal and two assists in each of the team's two games to open the 2016-17 season.
In her first collegiate contest on Friday, a 6-3 win over the Pioneers, Rempe's first-career point was a power-play goal in the first period. The forward next had the primary assist on the game-winning goal before recording her final helper of the night on Brown's fifth goal.
On Saturday, in a 7-0 blanking of Sacred Heart, Rempe scored the game's first goal which was a shorthanded tally. The rookie added two more assists to duplicate her Friday performance while adding a +4 plus/minus.
NEXT UP
The Bears continue conference play and host Union on Friday Nov. 4 and Rensselaer on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Meehan Auditorium. The first game of the weekend starts at 6:00 p.m. while the second begins at 3:00 p.m.
