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After last weekend’s successful road trip against the University of Vermont, the University of Maine women’s hockey team received some good news from the Hockey East conference.
On Tuesday, sophomore netminder Rachel Gettings was named the Hockey East’s Defensive Player of the Week for her shutout performance against the Catamounts. The Watervliet, N.Y., native earned her first career shutout win in her first collegiate start. Gettings was able to stop 17 shots en route to the Black Bears first victory of the season.
The Black Bears received more good news when defender Julie Poulin and forward Sonia Corriveau were named to the Hockey East Honor Roll for their performances against Vermont.
“I think Rachel did well for her first game and with Julie being in her first year, she also did well,” Corriveau said. ” We are feeling confident in ourselves because we were able to win and get a tie.”
“At the beginning of the year we were nervous with having a new system, a new goalie and lots of first years, but after winning, we are looking forward towards the rest of the season.”
Corriveau was named to the honor roll after providing an insurance goal in Friday’s win.
As for Poulin, she played a key role in Saturday’s game as the Black Bears came back from a 2-0 score to tie the game at 2-2. The defender was able to setup the first goal when her shot was redirected by Karine Senecal to cut the lead to 2-1. Minutes later with a 6-on-5 advantage, Kate Sundstrom found Poulin when she was able to get the puck past Vermont goalie Kami Cote to send the game into overtime.
“I thought in the first, we came out and played solid and even though it was our first game and was on the road and got better as we went along,” said women’s hockey coach Guy Perron. “We faced a good goalie, and I thought on the second night we started playing well after the second period.”
“I was very pleased that we were able to do all that with a 6-on-5. Just to tie the game really made our evening. Ties are not great, but getting three out of four was not too shabby.”
Since the Black Bears will not play again until next weekend, the team will run several practices that focus on different aspects, such as taking advantage of power play opportunities. By having a week off, Perron made sure that his players have ample time to relax and study for exams. Perron admitted that this has been a difficult week with players on his teams having exams, but they have been able to stay sharp on the ice.
Maine’s next game on Oct. 29 will come against a Brown team that is ranked No. 10 in the country according to www.USCHO.com.
“Next weekend, is going to be a big game, and its not going to be the same team as Vermont,” Corriveau said. “Under the new system, everyone has done their job, and if we keep on doing that, we will continue to play well.”
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