What's On Tap: For its final regular season Western Collegiate Hockey Association series of 2016-17, Minnesota State women's hockey heads to Bemidji, Minn., to face Bemidji State on Friday at 7:07 p.m., and Saturday at 3:07 p.m.
Looking Back at Last Weekend: Minnesota State (6-23-4, 3-20-3-1 WCHA) faced Ohio State in a two-game WCHA series last weekend in Columbus, Ohio. The Mavericks and the Buckeyes tied 1-1 on Friday night with Minnesota State winning the shootout 4-3 in 10 rounds — its first shootout win since Oct. 19, 2012 against Minnesota Duluth. The Mavericks lost the series finale 4-2 on Saturday afternoon.
Fierce Freshmen: Freshman forward
Demi Gardner (4-1--5), who leads the freshman class in both goals (4) and points (5), is riding a three-game point streak after scoring her fourth goal of the season at Ohio State on Friday — the Mavericks' lone goal of the game — and recording her first career assist on Saturday. Freshman defenseman
Jordan Jackson (1-2--3), who tallied her second career assist on Gardner's goal at Ohio State on Friday, leads all Maverick freshmen and ranks seventh on the team with 27 blocked shots in 19 games played. Freshman forward
Sofia Poinar (1-0--1) ranks fourth on Minnesota State and leads the freshman class with 79 face-off wins in 2016-17.
Shootout Win: The Mavericks won their first shootout since Oct. 19, 2012 against Minnesota Duluth when they defeated Ohio State 4-3 in 10 rounds, following a 1-1 tie, on Friday in Columbus, Ohio. Junior defenseman
Anna Keys (2-8--10), sophomore forward
Steph Keryluk (1-1--2), junior forward
Hannah Davidson (3-7--10) and junior forward
Amanda Conway (1-1--2) each made their attempt in the shootout — with Conway's being the clincher.
Two in the Third: Trailing 4-0 at Ohio State on Saturday afternoon, the Mavericks scored the final two goals of the game to make the score 4-2. Sophomore forward
Steph Keryluk (1-1--2) and junior forward
Hannah Davidson (3-7--10) each scored in the third period. Keryluk's goal was her first of the season and the second of her collegiate career.
Clogging the Shooting Lanes: The Mavericks lead the WCHA and are third in the nation with 491 blocked shots in 2016-17. The top five Mavericks in blocked shots this season are: junior defenseman
Anna Keys (65), senior defenseman
Anna Fiegert (50), sophomore defenseman
Megan Hinze (43), Junior defenseman
Emma Wittchow (39) and sophomore forward
Jordan McLaughlin (37).
Sophomore Surge: The sophomore class leads all of the Maverick classes in goals (18), assists (27) and points (45). Sophomore forward
Steph Keryluk (1-1--2) scored her first goal of the season at Ohio State on Saturday. Sophomore forwards
Emily Antony (7-7--14) and
Corbin Boyd (2-10--12) lead all Maverick sophomores in points in 2016-17. Boyd leads the team in assists and Antony paces the team in goals and points.
2,000 Career Saves: Senior
Brianna Quade became the fifth goaltender in Maverick history to record 2,000 career saves at No. 1 Wisconsin on Jan. 28. Quade, who now has 2,141 career saves in 74 games played, joined Danielle Butters (2,632), Alli Altmann (2,750), Britni Kehler (3,156) and current Minnesota State women's hockey assistant coach Shari Dickerman (Vogt) (3,590) — the all-time Maverick save leader — as the only Maverick netminders to eclipse 2,000 career saves. Quade has eclipsed the 30-save plateau 11 times this season and has stopped at least 40 shots twice.
Scouting Bemidji State: The Beavers (10-17-3, 6-17-3-1 WCHA) are 1-3-1 in their last five contests, including a series split at St. Cloud State last weekend. Bemidji State lost 5-1 on Friday before rebounding for a 3-1 win on Saturday.
Bemidji State is led on offense by sophomore forward Emily Bergland (13-8--21) — the team leader in goals and points.
In net, senior goaltender Brittni Mowat (9-16-3) has recorded a 2.46 goals against average, a .920 save percentage and two shutouts.
Last Time Around: The Mavericks are 1-1-0 this season against the Beavers. Minnesota State lost 2-0 on Dec. 2, before bouncing back for a 3-2 win on Dec. 3 at Verizon Wireless Center.
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