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| Devon Fisk (left) and Darby Kern (right) were among PSU's All-ECWHL selections |
Six Lady Ice Lions have been named to the 2014-15 All-ECWHL teams, as determined by a vote of the league's head coaches.
Junior forward Darby Kern leads the group as Penn State's sole first-teamer. The January Harrow/ACHA Player of the Month had a staggering 18 goals and 10 assists in 12 conference matches. Her 28 points were second among all ECWHL players, trailing only the 30 of Rhode Island's Kristy Kennedy (who played 16 times). Kern surged in the regular-season closing weekend against Navy and Northeastern from January 30th through February 1st, scoring 10 times over the three games. On November 2nd against the Midshipmen, she posted a season-best six points on three goals and three assists.
Half of the second consists of Penn Staters: junior forward Devon Fisk, senior defenseman Madison Smiddy and senior goaltender Mary Kate Tonetti.
Fisk is among the most decorated players in the Lady Ice Lions' short history, as her all-league nod joins ACHA All-American honors in 2012-13 (honorable mention) and 2013-14 (second team), as well as first-team All-ACHA Tournament nods in each of those seasons. This season, the West Chester, PA native has 20 points against ECWHL competition, including four-point outings on September 28th at Vermont, November 2nd vs. Navy and January 31st vs. Northeastern.
After two years spent playing forward, Tonetti has emerged as one of the nation's best backstops this season. The September 2014 and January 2015 Warrior/ACHA Goaltender of the Month boasts a 0.953 save percentage in ECWHL play this season to go with a pair of shutouts, and is one of just two goalies in the league (first-team pick Kasey Zegel is the other) to defeat each conference rival in 2014-15.
2015 U.S. National University Team member Smiddy has headlined one of the ACHA's best defenses all year, while contributing key offensive production. Within the conference, she has chipped in a pair of assists and a goal - the overtime winner at Northeastern on November 22nd.
Cara Mendelson and Katie Murphy round out the PSU picks as honorable mention nominations. Murphy's strongest attributes are her two-way excellence, skating and ability to play in all situations. Along the way the Michigander has posted 10 points in ECWHL games, including five in her last three. Mendelson selflessly undertook a mid-season position change from defense to forward and has been one of the Lady Ice Lions' most explosive scorers since. Her eight goals in 14 league contests include her first career hat trick against Navy on January 30th, and a key goal in a November 9th win at Rhode Island.
Here is the complete list of All-ECWHL selections:
First Team All-ECWHL | Second Team All-ECWHL | |
|---|---|---|
Kasey Zegel Massachusetts | G | Mary Kate Tonetti Penn State |
Darby Kern Penn State | F | Devon Fisk Penn State |
Kristy Kennedy Rhode Island | F | Emily Ford Vermont |
Amanda Abromson Massachusetts | F | Brittani Lanzilli Massachusetts |
Paige Harrington Massachusetts | D | Madison Smiddy Penn State |
Caleigh LaBossiere Massachusetts | D | Sydney Collins Rhode Island |
Honorable Mention All-ECWHL | Pos. | School |
Cara Mendelson | F | Penn State |
Katie Murphy | F | Penn State |
Michaela Tosone | F | Massachusetts |
Emily Buzzard | F | Navy |
Claire Clark | D | Navy |
Sarah Hutchinson | G | Navy |
Cara Pastrana | D | Navy |
Allyson Strachan | F | Navy |
Kelsey Hickey | F | Northeastern |
Michelle Macchione | F | Northeastern |
Kat So | D | Northeastern |
Brenna Callahan | D | Rhode Island |
Cassie Catlow | F | Rhode Island |
Alisha DiFilippo | F | Rhode Island |
Kristen Levesque | F | Rhode Island |
Audrey Currier | G | Vermont |
Rosie Gluck | G | Vermont |
Katherine Kreis | F | Vermont |
Erin McDonald | F | Vermont |
Greer Vogl | D | Vermont |
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