THE WEEK AHEAD

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16
Lindenwood at #5/5 Penn State
2 p.m. ET
Pegula Ice Arena
University Park, Pa.
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• Penn State freshman Sofia Ismael (St. George, Ont.) has points in four straight games and leads the nation’s first-year players in goals (5) and points (9)
• Already 4-2-0 on the road, Lindenwood is just two wins shy of its road win total from last season (6)

Union at Delaware
6 p.m. ET
Fred Rust Ice Arena
Newark, Del.
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• Delaware hosts Union for the first time after traveling to Schenectady for a series last year, a Union sweep
• The Blue Hens have scored at least a goal in four straight games, matching their longest streak from their inaugural season last year (twice)

Brown at RIT
6 p.m. ET
Gene Polisseni Center
Rochester, N.Y.
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• RIT, 0-4-0 against ECAC Hockey foes Clarkson and Colgate, seeks its first non-conference win after sweeping Delaware
• These two teams met once last year, a 4-0 RIT win in Providence; this is Brown’s first visit to Rochester since 2019-20

Syracuse at Robert Morris
7 p.m. ET
Clearview Arena
Moon Township, Pa.
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• Robert Morris (3.17 goals per game) and Syracuse (2.83) are two of the AHA’s top three scoring teams
• The Colonials return home after posting their first two road wins of the season in a sweep of RPI
• The Orange are 3-0-0 on Fridays this season

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17
Lindenwood at Penn State
12 p.m. ET
Pegula Ice Arena
University Park, Pa.
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Brown at RIT
12 p.m. ET
Gene Polisseni Center
Rochester, N.Y.
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Union at Delaware
2 p.m. ET
Fred Rust Ice Arena
Newark, Del.
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Syracuse at Robert Morris
3 p.m. ET
Clearview Arena
Moon Township, Pa.
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TEAM NOTES

DELAWARE

• Freshmen lead three conference teams in scoring outright: Delaware, Mercyhurst and Penn State. Only one of those is a freshman defenseman, the Blue Hens’ Reese Reid (Mississauga, Ont.). She assisted on Delaware’s lone goal on Friday, then scored her first career goal on Saturday, Delaware’s first power play goal of the season. 

• Charlotte Payne (Oakville, Ont.) posted a .906 save percentage in the series at RIT and contributed her first career assist.

LINDENWOOD

• Freshman Ebba Ridderstolpe (Botkyrka, Sweden) made consecutive starts for the first time against Mercyhurst and stopped 77 of 81 shots (.951 save percentage). She is 2-2-0 on the season with a 1.51 goals-against average and a .946 save percentage.

• Six players have accounted for the Lions’ last six goals.

MERCYHURST

• Off this weekend, the Lakers return to action Oct. 23-24 at #8/8 UConn.

• Mercyhurst has back-to-back AHA Rookies of the Week in Halle Duchene (Saskatoon, Sask.) and Mariia Polozkova (Moscow, Russia). Duchene and Polozkova have combined to score five of the Lakers’ last nine goals.

• Mercyhurst has killed 27 of 28 shorthanded situations (96.4%).

• Mercyhurst’s next conference win will be its 300th, leading all AHA schools (299-74-30).

PENN STATE

• Nicole Hall (Stockholm, Sweden) scored three goals against Syracuse, including the game-tying goal Friday to force overtime and the game-winning goal Saturday, her first of two in the game. With Grace Outwater (Picton, Ont.) and Abby Stonehouse
(Blenheim, Ont.) attending Hockey Canada’s National Team Selection Camp, Penn State got goals in both games last weekend from Hall and Mikah Keller (Mosinee, Wis.).

• Sophomore Maddy Campbell (Courtice, Ont.) has five shutouts among her eight career wins after blanking Syracuse on Saturday.

RIT

• RIT is 2-0-0 to start the conference season for the first time in Division I.

• Junior Zoe Ziotas (Markham, Ont.) has goals in four straight games, the longest stretch for a Tiger since Jaymee Nolan scored in four consecutive games in 2019-20. Ziotas and Northeastern’s Stryker Zablocki are the only players in the nation with multiple shorthanded goals.

• Ireland Stein (Saskatoon, Sask.) had a team-high 11 shots in the Delaware series and her first goal of the season.

ROBERT MORRIS

• Goaltender Maggie Hatch (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) recorded her 2,500th career save Friday, becoming just the eighth netminder in conference history to reach that mark. She is 9:38 shy of 3,000 minutes in conference games, which only six AHA goaltenders have reached.
Career Save Leaders, Overall Games
4,094 – Nicole Hensley, Lindenwood (2012-16)
3,809 – Brianne McLaughlin, RMU (2005-09)
3,405 – Allison Rutledge, Niagara (2003-07)
3,254 – Terra Lateigne, RIT (2016-20)
2,926 – Jessica Dodds, RMU (2013-17)
2,805 – Sara Coe, RIT (2021-25)
2,622 – Ena Nystrøm, Mercyhurst (2020-24)
2,515 – Maggie Hatch, RMU (2023-present)
2,496 – Hillary Pattenden, Mercyhurst (2008-12)

• Junior Greta Brezenski (Waunakee, Wis.) has points in five of six games this season, including games with four and five points. She is one point off the national scoring lead and her +9 rating shares the national lead.

SYRACUSE

• Syracuse’s win against Penn State Friday was its first against a ranked opponent since March 5, 2021, also against the Nittany Lions. The Orange had gone 0-48-1 against ranked teams since then.

• Sophomore goaltender Ava Drabyk (Saskatoon, Sask.) is tied with Ohio State’s Rowan Houweling for the national lead with four wins. Drabyk is tied for third nationally with 150 saves on the season. She has made 32 straight starts for the Orange.

• Jordan Blouin (Calgary, Alta.) is the conference leader in shots on goal (34) and has had at least three in every game this season.

STAT OF THE WEEK
Robert Morris has three players in double digits in points: Greta Brezenski (12), Alaina Giampietro (11) and Jessica MacKinnon (10). The only other team with a trio of 10-plus point scorers is undefeated #1/1 Ohio State.

Mercyhurst has three goaltenders with at least one win this season: Magdalena Luggin (3), Grace Kipfer (1) and Lexington Secreto (1). The only other teams to boast three goaltenders with a victory this season are undefeated #1/1 Ohio State (6-0-0) and
Assumption (4-0-1).

THE AHA SHOW

The Atlantic Hockey America Show is published each Thursday during the season on AHA’s YouTube page and wherever you listen to podcasts. 

This week, host Mike Puzzanghera will welcome Syracuse head coach Brian Idalski ahead of his team’s trip to Robert Morris.