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Three Former Friars Set To Compete In NWHL All-Star Weekend

1/10/2020 11:32:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The NWHL announced all 32 players to compete in the 2020 NWHL All-Star Weekend on Thursday, Jan. 10 with three former Friars being selected to Team Packer and Team Dempsey; Christina Putigna, Rebecca Morse and Corinne Buie.
 
Putigna, a member of the Boston Pride, has played in 17 games this season tallying five goals and 15 assists for a total of 20 points. Her 17 assists rank her second on the team. Buie has posted three goals and seven assists, playing in 16 games for the Buffalo Beauts. She is only one of two players in this All-Star class to ever win a skills event in the All-Star Weekend. Defenseman, Rebecca Morse, has had a strong year for the Metropolitan Riveters with three goals and four assists in 15 games.
 
The first eight All-Stars have been selected by Commissioner Dani Rylan and the league office. In honor of their extraordinary efforts for hockey, the following players with the league from the first NWHL season through today have been designated as 2020 NWHL All-Stars: Corinne Buie of the Buffalo Beauts; Jordan Brickner, Shannon Doyle and Elena Orlando of the Connecticut Whale; Jillian Dempsey and Kaleigh Fratkin of the Boston Pride; and Kiira Dosdall and Madison Packer of the Metropolitan Riveters. The remaining 21 players were picked by the league office which included Rebecca Morse and Christina Putigna.
 
The 2020 NWHL All-Star Game, two 25-minute periods of 4-on-4 play, is on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 2:30 p.m. The All-Star Skills Challenge which includes the Fastest Skater and Hardest Shot competitions, is on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. Tickets for the All-Star Game and Skills Challenge go on sale Monday, Dec. 23, at 11 a.m. ET at NWHL.zone/allstar. Each event will be held at Warrior Ice Arena in Boston, the home of the Pride, and will be streamed on Twitch.
 
The All-Star celebration during the league's fifth season is the first one in an existing NWHL market since the inaugural All-Star Game in Buffalo in 2016. Previous events were held in Pittsburgh (2017) and Minnesota (2018) and Nashville (2019).

-GO FRIARS-
 
 
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