ALBANY, N.Y. - ECAC Hockey women’s weekly awards were announced Tuesday, January 26 as Rensselaer’s Katie Rooney was selected as Player of the Week; Rhyen McGill, Clarkson earned Rookie of the Week honors, while Emerance Maschmeyer, Harvard was voted Goaltender of the Week.

Player of the Week

Katie Rooney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Junior, Forward - Buffalo, Minnesota)



Rooney registered her first-career four-point game (2 goals, 2 assists) in Rensselaer's only contest last week - a 6-2 win at Brown on Friday. She earned a plus/minus rating of +4 and recorded a team-best six shots on goal in the game. She now ranks second on the team with nine goals and is third in points with 14.



Other nominees: Genevieve Bannon, Clarkson, Hanna Bunton, Cornell, Taylar Cianfarano, Quinnipiac & Karly Heffernan, Harvard

Rookie of the Week

Rhyen McGill, Clarkson University

(Freshman, Forward - Whitby, Ontario)



McGill scored a goal in each game over the weekend to help Clarkson picked up three points on the road in ECAC Hockey play. She netted an unassisted goal in the second period for the Golden Knights at Cornell, and then tallied her 11th goal of the year to spark the Green and Gold's comeback in the 3-2 victory at Colgate. She now has 17 points in 26 games during her rookie campaign in Potsdam.



Other nominees: Leah Olson, Brown & Melissa Samoskevich, Quinnipiac

Goaltender of the Week

Emerance Maschmeyer, Harvard University

(Senior, Goaltender - Bruderheim, Alberta)



Maschmeyer tallied her fourth shutout of the season against Dartmouth on Saturday, while also holding the nation's top-ranked team and second-ranked offense - Boston College - to two goals in a non-league affair. She made 36 saves against the Eagles while holding BC scoreless on special teams. Maschmeyer made 23 saves in the 2-0 shutout over the Big Green. She improved her goals-against average to 1.63 in overall contests.



Other nominees: Hanna Mandl, Yale, Sydney Rossman, Quinnipiac, Shea Tiley, Clarkson & Paula Voorheis, Cornell

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