Three Bears earn ECAC West Honors
POTSDAM, N.Y.—After a 3-0 week, three SUNY Potsdam women’s hockey players
were honored by the Eastern College Athletic Conference West. Senior
assistant captain Amanda Lucky (Kanata, Ontario/Clarkson University) was
named the conference’s Player of the Week. Freshman forward Jordan Ott
(Hilton, N.Y./Rochester Edge) earned her third Rookie of the Week award in
the last month and sophomore goaltender Alexane Rodrigue (Monkland,
Ontario/Bemidji State) was named to the ECAC West Honor Roll for the
second time in three weeks.
Lucky scored four goals and added an assist in the Bears’ three wins. Last
Tuesday, the forward scored the game winner in Potsdam’s 4-1 win over SUNY
Canton. Three days later she found the back of the net to cement Potsdam’s
2-0 win at Saint Michael’s. The following afternoon, Lucky scored the
game-winner and added another goal and an assist in a 6-2 victory over the
Purple Knights. This season, Lucky is tied for second on the team in
scoring with six goals and six assists for 12 points.
Ott also had four goals and a helper last week. She scored two goals
against the Kangaroos. She assisted on the game-winning goal at Saint
Michael’s on Friday. On Saturday, she twice erased Purple Knight leads
with power-play goals to wrap up her best week yet. The freshman now has
scored two goals in a game three times in the first 11 contests of her
career. Ott is tied with Lucky for second on the team in scoring this year
with nine goals and three assists for 12 points. She leads the team in
goals and both the Bears and ECAC West in and power-play goals (4). Ott’s
scoring average of 1.09 points-per-game is fifth-best in the nation by a
freshman and she is tied for fourth in the NCAA in power play-goals.
Rodrigue went 2-0 for Potsdam last week with a 1.50 goals against average
and a .938 save percentage. She stopped 24 of 25 shots against Canton and
then made 21 saves in the series finale at Saint Michael’s. This season
Rodrigue is 5-3-2 with a 3.01 goals against average, a .914 save
percentage and one shutout.
The Bears are 4-0-1 in their last five contests.
Potsdam is off until Jan. 7, when the Bears head to Castleton State for a
4 p.m. showdown with the Spartans.
