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Providence College Athletics
Friday, October 6
Canton, NY
6:00 PM
Providence College
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St. Lawrence University
Women’s Hockey Opens 2023-24 Season With Away Series At St. Lawrence
10/5/2023 1:09:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey
Friars are picked to finish third in the Hockey East preseason poll.
PROVIDENCE, R.I.– The Friars open the 2023-24 season with an away series against St. Lawrence University. Providence will travel to Canton, N.Y. to play on Friday, Oct. 6 at 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 7 at 2:00 p.m.
Scouting the Friars
The Friars finished the 2022-23 season with a 22-11-4 overall record, including a 15-8-4 mark in Hockey East play.
Providence returns offensive threat Reichen Kirchmair (Oakville, Ontario) who made the Hockey East All-Rookie Team after recording 11 goals and 11 assists for 22 points in her freshman season. Rachel Weiss (Calgary, Alberta) also returns to the lineup. Weiss posted nine goals and ten assists for 19 points.
Scouting the Friars
The Friars return top defensemen Lauren DeBlois (Lewiston, Maine) and Brooke Becker (Orchard Park, N.Y.). DeBlois totaled six goals, 14 assists and 49 blocks and was named to the All-Hockey East Second Team. Becker recorded three goals, 13 assists and 32 blocks last season.
In net, Hope Walinski (Lincoln, R.I.) returns for Providence. Walinski made her first collegiate appearance in February of last season. Walinski started in between the pipes for the final four games of the 2022-23 season and amassed a 1.76 goals against average, .944 save percentage and 3-1-0 record.
USCHO Division I Women's Poll: Oct. 2, 2023
As of Oct. 2, the Friars are slotting in at No. 15 in the USCHO NCAA Women's Hockey rankings.
Hockey East Preseason Poll
The Friars were picked to finish third in the Hockey East Preseason Poll, which was released on Tuesday, Sept. 12. The Friars, who received 74 points, were picked to finish behind Northeastern (88) and Vermont (75). The Huskies, who won the 2023 Hockey East Tournament, received eight first place votes.
Rounding out the poll was UConn (65), Boston University (59), Boston College (58), Maine (38), New Hampshire (35), Merrimack (28) and Holy Cross (20).
Fresh Friar Faces
Providence welcomes nine new players (two transfers and six freshmen) to the roster for the 2023-24 season. Grace Shirley (Saskatchewan, Canada) is a graduate student from University of Wisconsin and Hannah Johnson (Readfield, Maine) a junior from Syracuse University. The six freshmen are Audrey Knap (Stevens Point, Wis.), Kiara Kraft (Churchville, N.Y.), Peyton Blaney (Millgrove, Ontario), Dylan Berman (Deephaven, Minn.), Taylor Gilmour (Napanee, Ontario) and Taya Currie (Parkhill, Ontario).
Captains Named
Graduate student Lauren DeBlois (Lewiston, Maine) and senior Rachel Weiss (Calgary, Alberta) were named captains for the 2023-24 season, along with alternate captains Lindsay Bochna (Toronto, Ontario) and Lily Hendrikson (Edina, Minn.).
Scouting the Saints
The Saints enter the weekend at 2-0-0 (0-0-0 ECAC). Last weekend the Saints defeated Mercyhurst University 5-1 on Sept. 29 and 6-5 in overtime on Sept. 30.
Who to Watch
Julia Gosling leads the Saints in points with three goals and two assists. Following Gosling in points is Anna Segedi with two goals and two assists and Abby Hustler with four assists. Emma Nordström started in between the pipes this past weekeend where she recorded a 2.47 goals against average and a .907 save percentage.
All-Time Series with the Saints
Providence leads the current all-time series record with the Saints 25-9-6. The last time the Friars faced off against St. Lawrence was in September 2022. The two split the weekend with the Friars winning 3-2 in overtime on Sept. 23 and the Saints winning 5-2 on Sept. 24.
For more updates on the Providence women's hockey program, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram @PCWHockey
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