November 13, 2008

Team Notes: Yale Heads Back to Empire State

The following article appeared November 13 on the Yale Web site.

 

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The ECAC Hockey standings are tightly packed in the early going, and Yale has a chance to separate itself this weekend with its last conference games until Dec. 4. The Bulldogs visit Colgate Friday (7:00 p.m., Live Stats on Colgate's website) and Cornell Saturday (3:00 p.m., Live Stats and Pay-per-view Video on Cornell's website).

The Bulldogs (2-3-0, 2-2-0 ECAC Hockey) split the first two weekends of conference play, placing themselves in a tie for fourth in the standings. Senior forward Crysti Howser (Wilmette, Ill.) is tied for fifth in the country in points per game (5-5-10 in five games), and sophomore forward Bray Ketchum (Greenwich, Conn.) (4-5-9) is tied for 10th. Howser is also tied for fifth in goals per game and tied with Ketchum and 11 other players for seventh in assists per game. Senior defenseman Helen Resor (Greenwich, Conn.) is tied for seventh in points per game (2-3-5) among defensemen and freshman forward Aleca Hughes (Westwood, Mass.) is tied for seventh in points per game (2-4-6) among rookies.

Colgate (6-5-0, 1-1-0 ECAC Hockey, t-7th) is 5-2 at Starr Rink. The Raiders have the No. 3 power play in the country at 30.4 percent, and freshman goalie Kimberly Sass is sixth in the country in save percentage at .949. Senior forward Sam Hunt, a former Team Canada U-22 player, has scored five of her team-high seven goals on the power play. Senior defenseman Kiira Dosdall leads the team in assists with 11.

Complete article can be accessed via the Yale Web site by clicking here.