Team Notes: Ingalls Reopens This Weekend

The following article appeared November 6 on the Yale Web site.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The first weekend of play at newly renovated Ingalls Rink includes two key early season ECAC Hockey matchups for the Bulldogs. They are seeking their first win against No. 9 St. Lawrence in 35 tries (0-32-1) Friday night (7:00 p.m., GameTracker, free live video on Yale All*Access). Clarkson (Saturday, 4:00 p.m., GameTracker, Yale All*Access) has won five of the last six against Yale, including a sweep last season.

Yale Splits First Weekend of ECAC Hockey Play
Yale opened ECAC Hockey play with a 4-0 win at Union last Friday, getting 12 saves from freshman goaltender Genny Ladiges (Almonte, Ont.) and four points (2-2-4) from sophomore forward Bray Ketchum (Greenwich, Conn.). Senior forward Crysti Howser (Wilmette, Ill.) had a pair of goals and an assist. Her goals came 12 seconds into the first period and 41 seconds into the second period. The Bulldogs then dropped a 2-1 decision at RPI. The game was scoreless entering the third period, but after senior defenseman Helen Resor (Greenwich, Conn.) scored 45 seconds in the Engineers answered with a pair of 5-on-3 power-play goals for the win. Ladiges made 23 saves.

Bulldogs Among National Leaders
Senior forward Crysti Howser (Wilmette, Ill.) is fifth in the country in goals per game (four in three games) and tied for sixth in the country in points per game (4-2-6 in three games). Sophomore forward Bray Ketchum (Greenwich, Conn.) is also tied for sixth in points per game (2-4-6 in three games). Ketchum is tied for seventh in the country in assists per game (four in three games), while junior defenseman Alyssa Clarke (Donkin, N.S.) and freshman forward Aleca Hughes (Westwood, Mass.) are tied for 15th (three in three games). Clarke is tied for ninth in points per game among defensemen (0-3-3 in three games). Hughes is tied for sixth in points per game among rookies (1-3-4 in three games). Freshman goaltender Genny Ladiges (Almonte, Ont.) is fifth in the country in goals-against average (0.98) and sixth in save percentage (.949).

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