BOSTON - Six Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) programs are set to faceoff in league play for the second-to-last week of the regular season.

MATCHUPS
Feb. 6/7 (Friday/Saturday)

• No. 4/4 Penn State at Lindenwood
• Delaware at Robert Morris
• RIT vs. Syracuse (Game One at Syracuse - Game Two at RIT)

AROUND AHA

• Delaware’s Lexie Lonask leads the nation with 129 blocks this season.
• Penn State senior Kendall Butze’s 24 assists are the third-most among Division I blueliners.
• Since Jan. 15, Lindenwood senior forward Molly Henderson is tied for the second-most points in the nation with 14 (7G-7A).
• Six active players from AHA are on Winter Olympic rosters, including Penn State’s Tessa Janecke (USA), Nicole Hall (Sweden), and Matilde Fantin (Italy); Mercyhurst’s Julia Schalin (Finland); and Lindenwood’s French duo of Lucie Quarto and Elina Zilliox.

QUICK HITS

• Robert Morris sophomore forward Jessica MacKinnon is one of seven AHA skaters with 10+ goals in conference play.
• Among all freshmen goaltenders, Syracuse’s Ava Drabyk leads with five shutouts and has the second-most saves with 745.
• RIT is tied for the national lead in power play goals with 30.

TOP SEEDS LOCKED
As league play concluded last weekend, the top two seeds are now locked in for the 2026 AHA postseason.

Penn State took the 2026 regular season crown to cement itself as the No. 1 seed. The Nittany Lions will host the lowest remaining seed in the conference tournament’s best-of-three semifinal round beginning on Feb. 27 at Pegula Ice Arena.

No. 2-seeded Mercyhurst will take on the second-lowest remaining seed in the semifinal round at Mercyhurst Ice Arena, also beginning Feb. 27.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Forward: Molly Henderson, SR, Lindenwood (Rockford, Ill.) - 2 GP, 6 PTS (1G-5A) vs. RIT
Defenseman: Ellie Muscedere, SO, Lindenwood (Harrow, Ontario) - 2 GP, 6 PTS (1G-5A) vs. RIT
Goaltender: Lexington Secreto, SR, Lindenwood (New Windsor, N.Y.) - 2 GP (2-0-0), 1.50 GAA, .948 SV%
Rookie: Berlin Lolacher, F, Mercyhurst (Regina, Saskatchewan) - 2 GP, 3 PTS (2G-1A) vs. Delaware

PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Forward: Molly Henderson, SR, Lindenwood (Rockford, Ill.) - 8 GP, 14 PTS (7G-7A)
Defenseman: Kendall Butze, SR, Penn State (Cleveland, Ohio) - 11 GP, 10 PTS (3G-7A)
Goaltender: Magdalena Luggin, SO, Mercyhurst (Vienna, Austria) - 7 GP (6-1-0), 1.69 GAA, .937 SV%
Rookie: Julia Perjus, F, Mercyhurst (Stockholm, Sweden) - 10 GP, 12 PTS (5G-7A)

SCORING LEADERS

*Stats are from all regular-season contests.

GOALS

1. Grace Outwater (Penn State) - 20
2. Tessa Janecke (Penn State) - 19
3. Maddy Christian (Penn State) - 16
4. Julia Perjus (Mercyhurst) - 15

ASSISTS

1. Tessa Janecke (Penn State) - 21
2. Kendall Butze (Penn State) - 21
3. Julia Schalin (Mercyhurst) - 21
4. Two tied - 20

POINTS

1. Tessa Janecke (Penn State) - 40
2. Grace Outwater (Penn State) - 34
3. Julia Perjus (Mercyhurst) - 33
4. Three tied - 30

GOALTENDING LEADERS

*Min. 33% of team minutes played.

GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE

1. Katie DeSa (Penn State) - 1.24
2. Magdalena Luggin (Mercyhurst) - 2.17
3. Ava Drabyk (Syracuse) - 2.18
4. Maggie Hatch (Robert Morris) - 2.41

SAVE PERCENTAGE

1. Katie DeSa (Penn State) - .934
2. Ava Drabyk (Syracuse) - .929
3. Magdalena Luggin (Mercyhurst) - .926
4. Lexington Secreto (Lindenwood) - .926

SAVES

1. Ava Drabyk (Syracuse) - 745
2. Magdalena Luggin (Mercyhurst) - 727
3. Charlotte Payne (Delaware) - 681
4. Sophia Bellina (RIT) - 642

ABOUT ATLANTIC HOCKEY AMERICA
Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) is in its second season following the merger between the Atlantic Hockey Association and College Hockey America. The conference fields 10 Division I men's teams and seven women's teams. For more information, visit atlantichockeyamerica.com.

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