Oct. 26, 2016
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State women's hockey team (1-5-2, 0-0-0 CHA) opens College Hockey America (CHA) play at RIT (1-7-0, 0-0-0 CHA), Oct. 27-28, in Rochester, N.Y. The Nittany Lions take on the Tigers, Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6 p.m. inside Ritter Arena. Then the Nittany Lions and Tigers close out the two-game series Friday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m. inside the Gene Polisseni Center.
FOLLOW ALONG
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SCOUTING RIT
The RIT Tigers enter the series against the Nittany Lions with an overall record of 1-7-0. Last weekend RIT dropped a pair of games against Yale, 4-1 and 8-2, in New Haven, Conn.
Offensively, senior Caitlin Wallace leads the team with three points on two goals and one assist. Mallory Rushton and Lindsey Stenason are tied for second on the team in points with two (0-2-2).
In net for the Tigers, Terra Lanteigne has played in and started six games on the year. On the year, Lanteigne has played in 340:24 minutes, allowed 14 goals, made 175 saves, recorded a goals against average of 2.47, has a save percentage of .926 and has tallied one shutout.
LAST TIME OUT: UCONN
The Penn State women's hockey team is coming off a 0-1-1 weekend in Storrs, Conn., against the UConn Huskies. The Nittany Lions and Huskies played to a 0-0 tie in the opener on Oct. 21 before UConn topped Penn State, 4-2, in the series finale on Oct. 22.
In the opener, Daniela Paniccia recorded a 33-save performance en route to the first solo shutout by a Nittany Lion freshman goaltender in program history. The next day, Laura Bowman recorded two goals and Amy Petersen tallied a pair of assists in a 4-2 loss. In the game, Bowman became the first Nittany Lion to record 50 career goals and Petersen became the first Nittany Lion to tally 50 career assists.
CHA HONORS
Three Nittany Lions have received College Hockey America (CHA) weekly honors during the 2016-17 season. Following the Union series (Oct. 7-8), Brooke Madsen was named the Rookie of the Week for the first time, while Amy Petersen was tabbed the Player of the Week for the second time in her career. Daniela Paniccia became the third Nittany Lion to garner CHA weekly honors in 2016-17 following her performance in net against UConn (Oct. 21).
Madsen tied a program-best three assists in Penn State's 8-1 win over the Union Dutchwomen on Oct. 7. She finished the game with a +5 rating, which is tied for a program-best mark. With her three assists on Oct. 7, Madsen opened up her Nittany Lion career with a three-game point streak (1-4-5).
Petersen tallied five points (3-2-5) in the Union series, which included a career-best four points (3-1-4) in the series opener.
In the series opener, Petersen recorded the fourth hat trick in program history over a span of 10:31 to open the game. Her natural hat trick started with the fastest goal in program history to start a game (29 seconds). Petersen also became the first Nittany Lion in program history to score two power play goals in a single game. She then closed out the series with one assist on Oct. 8.
After recording the first solo shutout by a Nittany Lion freshman goaltender in program history, Paniccia was named the CHA Rookie of the Week on Oct. 24. In net against UConn on Oct. 21, Paniccia made 33 saves in a 0-0 tie.
POWER PLAY SUCCESS
The Nittany Lions opened the 2016-17 season with at least one power play goal in each of the first five games. Dating back to last season, Penn State set a program-best six games with at least one power play goal.
As a team, the Nittany Lions have scored six power play goals, which is tied for ninth-best in the nation.
HAT TRICK (X2)
The Penn State women's hockey team recorded a pair of hat tricks in its 8-1 win at Union on Oct. 7. In the game, Amy Petersen scored her first career hat trick, while Laura Bowman netted her second career hat trick. In program history, the Nittany Lions have recorded five hat tricks.
In the 2016-17 season, Penn State is one of three teams to record multiple hat tricks (Boston University - 2 and Minnesota-Duluth - 2).
AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST
Heading into the series, Laura Bowman is tied for sixth in the nation in points with 12 (8-4-12). Along with Bowman, Amy Petersen is tied for 19th with nine points (4-5-9) and freshman Brooke Madsen is tied for 31st with eight points (1-7-8).
In goals scored, Bowman is tied for first with eight and Petersen is tied for 23rd with four.
In assists, Madsen is tied for seventh (seven), while Petersen and Bella Sutton are tied for 21st with five each.
Among freshmen, Madsen ranks third in assists (seven) and is fourth in points (eight).
PETERSEN TO BOWMAN
During the 2016-17 season, Amy Petersen has assisted on four Laura Bowman goals. Last season, Petersen recorded an assist on 12 Bowman goals.
PRESEASON POLL
The Penn State women's hockey team was selected fourth in the College Hockey America (CHA) Preseason Coaches' Poll, as announced by the conference office Sept. 19.
2016-17 CAPTAINS
Laura Bowman was named the captain of the 2016-17 Nittany Lions, while Kelsey Crow and Amy Petersen were named alternate captains.
WELCOME BACK
The Nittany Lions return 13 members from the 2015-16 campaign. Last year, Penn State finished third in the CHA regular season standings, its best finish in program history.
The Nittany Lions return four of their top six scorers from last season in Amy Petersen (29 points), Laura Bowman (25 points), Victoria Samuelsson (13 points) and Bella Sutton (12 points).
In net, junior Hannah Ehresmann returns to PSU after playing in 15 games last season.
DYNAMIC DUO
Nittany Lion linemates Laura Bowman and Amy Petersen return to the Blue and White for their senior season in 2016-17. During their junior seasons, Bowman tallied 25 points (17g, 8a) and Petersen recorded a career-best 29 points (8g, 21a).
Last season, Petersen recorded an assist on 12 Bowman goals. Petersen closed out her junior year with 18 points over the final 16 games and Bowman ended the year with four-straight games with a goal.
2015-16 RECAP
The Nittany Lions finished the 2015-16 season with an overall record of 12-19-6 and a record of 6-8-6 in CHA play. Penn State finished third in CHA regular season standings, its best finish in program history.
Penn State tallied a record of 5-2-1 during the month of January last season.
In the first-ever meeting between the Nittany Lions and the Boston University Terriers, Penn State topped the No. 7/8 Terriers, 5-3, for its third win in program history over a ranked team.
In the all-time record books, Laura Bowman scored a single-season program-record 17 goals, she also tied a single-season program-best six power play goals scored and Amy Petersen recorded a single-season program-best 21 assists.
NEW FACES TO THE PROGRAM
The 2016-17 team features eight Nittany Lion freshmen. The Nittany Lion class of 2020 includes: Caileah Forrest, Brooke Madsen, Amanda McLeod, Katie McMillan, Daniela Paniccia, Kate Rydland, Olivia Villani and Abby Welch.
Along with the eight freshmen, two assistant coaches are slated to begin their first year on the bench for Penn State. Dean Jackson and Lisa Marshall joined the Nittany Lion coaching staff prior to the start of the 2016-17 season.
Jackson joined the Nittany Lions after serving as the head coach of the Elmira College women's hockey program for the past four seasons. Prior to Penn State, Marshall was an assistant coach for two seasons with the RIT Tigers.
THE 2016-17 SLATE
The Nittany Lions will play 34 games over the course of the 2016-17 regular season, which includes 16 home games inside the Pegula Ice Arena.
The 2016-17 schedule features the 2014 NCAA champion Clarkson Golden Knights (Sept. 30-Oct. 1), the second-ever series against Boston University (Oct. 14-15), a home series against Ohio State (Jan. 6-7) and the Nittany Lions close out the regular season at home against Syracuse (Feb. 24-25).
NEXT UP
The Nittany Lions close out their six-game road trip against Mercyhurst in Erie, Pa., Nov. 4-5. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. on Nov. 4 and 2 p.m. on Nov. 5 inside the Mercyhurst Ice Center.