Women’s Ice Hockey’s Tessa Janecke and Danica Maynard Named to All-USCHO TeamsWomen’s Ice Hockey’s Tessa Janecke and Danica Maynard Named to All-USCHO Teams

Women’s Ice Hockey’s Tessa Janecke and Danica Maynard Named to All-USCHO Teams

Janecke earned All-USCHO First Team status while Maynard was selected to the All-USCHO Third Team and Rookie Team

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Tessa Janecke and Danica Maynard of Penn State women’s ice hockey were named to All-USCHO teams on Friday afternoon. Janecke was tabbed an All-USCHO First Team selection while Maynard was chosen to the All-USCHO Third Team and Rookie Team. 

Janecke, one of the most decorated student-athletes in Penn State history, became the program’s first CCM/AHCA First Team All-American on March 21 and is now the first All-USCHO selection as well. She was a second team selection for both honors the previous two seasons of her career.  

This season, the senior captain became the first Top-Three Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award and is a three-time Top-10 Finalist for the most prestigious award in collegiate women’s ice hockey.  

Janecke earned her third consecutive AHA Player and Forward of the Year honor this year and is a four-time All-AHA selection. The Penn State all-time leading scorer, for both the men’s and women’s programs, totaled 201 points on 89 goals and 112 assists in her four years as a Nittany Lion. She crossed the 200-point milestone with two goals in the Frozen Four against eventual national champion Wisconsin. 

The Orangeville, Illinois native earned a gold medal with Team USA at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, becoming the first gold medalist to take home gold in the Winter Olympics in the history of Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. She has also won gold at the 2023 and 2025 IIHF World Championships with the United States. 

Maynard adds to her list of accomplishments in her freshman campaign at Penn State with All-USCHO Third Team and Rookie Team honors. The defenseman secured three AHA postseason honors this season. Maynard was the league’s Rookie of the Year as well as an All-AHA Second Team selection and All-AHA Rookie Team honoree.

USCHO First Team - Tessa

Janecke scored 0.84 goals per game this season, which is the fourth-best mark in the nation. Her 26 goals tied her for seventh. Janecke is atop the conference leaderboard for both statistics. Her 1.55 points per game were eighth in the nation while her 48 total points rank 11th nationally. The senior led the AHA in both categories. 

More than just a scorer, Janecke established herself as a great distributor over her career as well. This season, her 0.71 assists per game ranked inside the top 20 in the country.  

One of the premier centers in America, Janecke owned the faceoff circle all season. She led the AHA in faceoff winning percentage at 65.8% while ranking second in the league and 13th in the country in faceoff wins with 406.   

Janecke excelled in special teams situations this season. Her nine powerplay goals tied for second in the country and led the AHA. The senior scored two shorthanded goals to tie for the best mark in the conference and tie for sixth nationally. Penn State tied for the nation's lead in short-handed goals with eight. 

USCHO Third Team - Danica Maynard

With 33 points this season, Maynard tied senior Kendall Butze for the most points by a defenseman in a single season in program history. Her nine goals this season tied her for the record for the most by a defenseman in team history. 

She tied for sixth nationally, second among freshmen, in points by a defenseman. When factoring in forwards, the Lake Country, British Columbia native ranked 13th in points by a freshman. That mark is tied for seventh in the AHA when compared to all skaters and is the most by a defenseman. Maynard finished the season fourth in points by a freshman in the AHA.  

Her 24 assists finished tied for fourth in the AHA and are the second most by a freshman defenseman in the country. Compared to the nation’s defensemen, she is eighth in assists. Among all freshman skaters, she places eighth in assists. Her 0.63 assists per game ranked eighth in the conference.  

Five of Maynard’s nine goals were scored on the power play, which is tied for the fifth best mark in the AHA and tied for 27th in the country. The freshman led the league in plus/minus at +45. 

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