SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Plattsburgh State women’s ice hockey junior Melissa Sheeran (Schaghticoke, N.Y./Millbrook School) and freshman Hannah Kiraly (Newport Beach, Calif./Northern Cyclones) were both selected to the latest D3hockey.com National Women’s Team of the Week. Sheeran was one of three forwards chosen and Kiraly makes up the other part of the defensive duo. The six-person team draws from a pool of all Division III women’s ice hockey programs and recognizes individual performances from the previous week.
Sheeran, who was also tabbed on Monday as Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Women’s West Player of the Week, recorded six points on five goals and one assist as top-ranked Plattsburgh State posted a 3-0 mark last week. The Cardinals capped the weekend by winning the Panther/Cardinal Classic at Middlebury College. Sheeran also eclipsed the 100-career point mark over the weekend, logging a pair of multi-point games in the process. She deposited two goals, including a power-play tally, in last Tuesday’s 7-3 non-conference win at Castleton University before netting a pair of goals in Saturday’s Panther/Cardinal Classic 5-0 win against No. 3 Adrian (Mich.) College. During Saturday’s game, she became just the 12th player in program history to eclipse the 100-career point mark. Sheeran wrapped up the week by burying the game-winning marker in Plattsburgh State’s 2-1 victory over No. 5 Middlebury in the Panther/Cardinal Classic championship tilt. With four points on the weekend, Sheeran was named the Classic’s most outstanding player. Sheeran currently leads the ECAC Women’s West in total goals (9), power-play goals (4) and game-winning goals (4) and is seventh in points (13). Among all Division III skaters, Sheeran is tied for the lead in game-winning goals and is third in power-play tallies. Through 63 career games, Sheeran is 12th in program history with 103 points.
Kiraly had all five of her week’s points go as assists for Plattsburgh State last week. Kiraly dished three helpers, including having the primary assist on the game-winning goal, in last Tuesday’s 7-3 non-conference victory at Castleton. She then assisted twice more as Plattsburgh State beat No. 3 Adrian (Mich.), 5-0, on day one of the Panther/Cardinal Classic at Middlebury College. Adrian had entered the day averaging 5.8 goals per game, and Kiraly was part of a defensive corps that kept the Bulldogs scoreless. Kiraly was also part of a blue line that kept No. 5 Middlebury to just one goal, a power-play tally, in Sunday’s Panther/Cardinal Classic championship tilt. Kiraly is second among all ECAC Women’s West blue liners and second overall among rookies in points (8) and is tied for sixth in assists (7).
