Women’s Hockey Set to Host No. 3 Clarkson (Fri.) and No. 9 St. Lawrence (Sat.)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown women's hockey team will close out the first half of conference play in 2018 and welcome No. 3 Clarkson and No. 9 St. Lawrence to Meehan Auditorium on Friday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 17, respectively. Friday's puck drop is set for 6:00 p.m. while Saturday's game will begin at 3:00 p.m. Both contests will be streamed on ESPN+.

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SCOUTING THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Clarkson enters the weekend 9-1-0 and is ranked third in both the USCHO.com and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. The Golden Knights have won five straight and last played on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3 in a series sweep against Union (5-1) and RPI (3-0). The team's one loss this season came at St. Lawrence in a non-conference game on Oct. 19, a 4-3 overtime defeat. Clarkson leads the ECAC in goals (43), assists (79), goals per game (4.30), power-play goals (9) and power play percentage (25%). The Golden Knights have struggled on the penalty kill and are 10th in the ECAC at 81.8%. Elizabeth Giguere leads the league in points (21) and goals (10). The Golden Knights hold the top four spots in points for the conference with Loren Gabel (19), Michaela Pejzlova (18) and T.T. Cianfarano (16) behind Giguere. Gabel has the ECAC assist lead with 12 while Giguere (11), Pejzlova (11), Ella Shelton (10) and Cianfarano (9) follow. Kassidy Sauve leads the team in net with nine starts, a 2.00 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage while having two shutouts. Marie-Pier Coulombe has seen action in one contest this season and has a 1.00 GAA and a .923 save percentage in her one victory.

SCOUTING THE SAINTS
St. Lawrence is 6-5-1 on the season and 2-0-0 in ECAC play. The team is ranked ninth in both the USCHO.com and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. The Saints have had six overtime games on the season, all of them coming consecutively, and went 2-3-1 in that span. St. Lawrence is tied for first in the ECAC in penalty kill at 96%. The Saints last played on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3 with two shutout victories over RPI (5-0) and Union (3-0). Justine Reyes leads the squad in points (9) and assists (6) while also having three goals. Natalie Grant has the team's goal lead with four and has five points with the addition of one goal on the season. Goaltending duties have been split this season with both Sonja Shelly and Grace Harrison, logging six starts apiece. Shelly has a 2.12 goals-against average, a .911 save percentage and two shutouts with a 2-4-0 record. Harrison has a 1.42 GAA and a .949 save percentage with one shutout for a 4-1-1 record. Harrison ranks second in the ECAC in both goals-against average and save percentage. St. Lawrence has both the third-best combined GAA (1.71) and save percentage (.933) in the conference.

BROWN LEADERS
Sena Hanson leads the Bears in scoring with nine points on a team-best six goals and three assists. The junior was named ECAC Player of the Week on Nov. 5 after she recorded four goals, including two game winners, and one assist in two 4-3 upset victories over No. 9/10 Colgate (Nov. 2) and No. 6/6 Cornell (Nov. 3). Freshman Shay Maloney (1-7-8) is tied for second on the team in scoring with fellow rookie Lizzy Gross (5-3-8) with eight points. Maloney paces the Bears in assists with seven. Junior Calla Isaac leads the netminder group in starts with five and has a 2.65 GAA and a .928 save percentage. She was named ECAC Goaltender of the Week after she made 38 saves in both of Brown's victories on Nov. 2-3, with 16 stops in a scoreless the third period versus the Raiders and 11 against the Big Red in another scoreless third. Freshman Hayley Kliczko has appeared in four games this season between the pipes, recording a 2.64 GAA and a .932 save percentage. The rookie recorded a career-best 44 saves at Union on Saturday, Nov. 10 in a 2-2 tie, including four saves in overtime.

HOME SWEET HOME
Brown is 4-0 this season at Meehan Auditorium with wins over Holy Cross (3-1, Oct. 19), UConn (5-3, Oct. 23), No. 9/10 Colgate (4-3, Nov. 2) and No. 6/6 Cornell (4-3, Nov. 3). The victories against the Huskies, Raiders and Big Red were all come-from-behind wins.

THIRD PERIOD'S A CHARM
The Bears are outscoring their opponents 10-3 in the third period this season. Brown has generated two come-from-behind wins in the third period this year, defeating UConn on Oct. 23 with a four-goal third, and knocking off No. 9/10 Colgate on Nov. 2 with the game-winner coming in the final frame. The Bears also battled back in the third at Union on Nov. 10, logging two goals in the stanza to battle to a 2-2 tie.

ROOKIES MAKE AN IMPACT
Two of Brown's top three scorers this season are freshmen. Lizzy Gross and Shay Maloney are both tied for second on the team in points with eight. Gross has five goals and three assists while Maloney has one goal and a squad-best seven assists. Gross has been named ECAC Rookie of the Week (Oct. 22) and Rookie of the Month (Nov. 1). The freshman group leads all classes in scoring this season, producing 42% of the Bears' goals (10), 36% of the team's assists (10) and 38% of Brown's points (20).

NEXT UP
After playing in eight consecutive ECAC contests, the Bears will return to non-conference play and host Boston University at Meehan Auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 6:00 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.

Women’s Hockey Set to Host No. 3 Clarkson (Fri.) and No. 9 St. Lawrence (Sat.)

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Sena Hanson

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Hayley Kliczko

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