Women's Hockey News

Finlandia Women on NCHA All-Academic Team - February 26, 2009

HANCOCK, MI – Four Finlandia University women’s hockey team members have been named to the 2009 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) All-Academic Team.

They are junior nursing major, goalie Annika Danielson (Cokato, MN) with a 3.26 GPA; junior nursing major, forward Emily Conrad (Marquette, MI) with a 3.6 GPA; senior art and design major, defenseman Chaslyn Duffek (Houghton, MI) with a 3.3 GPA; and junior elementary education major, defenseman Jessica Jones, (Winnipeg, MB) with a 3.3 GPA.

Former Brown University Coach To Head Finlandia Women’s Hockey - May 19, 2008

HANCOCK – Finlandia University Athletic Director Chris Salani is pleased to announce that Heather Reinke has accepted the position of assistant athletic director/senior women’s administrator (SWA) and head women’s ice hockey coach beginning in the 2008-09 athletics season.

“Heather is coming from two exceptional NCAA Division I schools, having been assistant women’s ice hockey coach under two exceptional Division I coaches,” says Salani. “I fully anticipate that she will develop Finlandia’s women’s ice hockey program into not only a prominent NCHA contender, but into a prominent NCAA Division III hockey team.”

Heather Reinke comes to Finlandia from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. At Brown, she was assistant women’s hockey coach under Digit Murphy, the all-time winningest Division I women’s hockey coach in NCAA history, and the third collegiate women’s hockey coach to surpass the 300-win mark.

From 2000 to 2006, Reinke was assistant, then associate coach for the women’s hockey team at Niagara University, Niagara Falls, New York. Reinke worked under head coach Margot Page at Niagara, stepping in as interim head coach while Page helped coach the Canadian national women’s ice hockey team to a gold medal at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turino, Italy.

As assistant athletic director and senior women’s administrator, Reinke will assist in the administration of Finlandia’s athletic program, in particular overseeing NCAA rules compliance, supervising the student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC), and acting as a mentor and advocate of equity and diversity within the athletic department.

Reinke earned a bachelor of arts in psychology at University of New Hampshire, where she played defense on the women’s hockey team, earning All-Eastern College Athletic Conference honors in each of her four years there. She is pursuing a masters degree in sports psychology through Minnesota State University.

Finlandia Women's Hockey Team Award Winners - April 12, 2008

          Most Valuable Player - Danielle Syrowik and Katelyn McLean

          Most Improved Player - Brenda Peterson

          Lion Award - Ashley Leitch

          Academic - Corinne Czekaj

Finlandia’s McLean NCHA Player of the Week

HANCOCK, MI – Finlandia University forward Katelyn McLean, a freshman from Houghton, was named the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) women’s player of the week for the week of November 12, 2007, after scoring four goals and three assists as the Lions split a pair of games with Hamline University last weekend.

McLean outscored the entire Hamline offense in a 6-2 win on November 10, scoring three goals - two power play goals and a shorthanded goal - and two assists. In a 5-3 loss the following day, McLean tied the game at 1-1, then assisted on the go-ahead goal before Hamline came back with four straight goals.

Finlandia’s Danielson NCHA Player of the Week

Finlandia University athletic director and head women’s ice hockey coach Chris Salani announced today that sophomore goalie Annika Danielson has been named Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) women’s player of the week for the week of November 5, 2007.

Danielson, from Cokato, Minn., received the honor after leading the Lions to two shutout wins last weekend against Augsburg College.

Finlandia defeated Augsburg by identical 3-0 scores in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Danielson, who recorded her first two career shutouts, stopped 23 saves in the November 2 opener, and then turned away 19 saves the following day.

Women's Hockey sweeps Augsburg College - November 3, 2007

Claiming a 41-19 advantage in shots-on-goal, Finlandia University scored a 3-0 victory over host Augsburg College on Saturday afternoon, completing a weekend sweep of the Auggies at the Augsburg Ice Arena.

Scoring goals for the Lions, now 2-0-0 overall, were Amy Danielson (Jr., Centerville, Minn.), Katelyn McLean (Fr., Houghton, Mich.) her first career goal as a Lion, and Brenda Peterson (So., Calumet, Mich.).

Danielson opened the scoring at the 5:42 mark of the first period, deflecting a shot in front of the net into the goal. Adele Horrigan (Jr., Gaylord, Mich.) and Ashley Leitch (Sr., Garden City, Mich.) assisted on the goal.

The Lions out shot the Auggies by a 14-5 margin in the second period, scoring twice in a 1:17 span. McLean scored on a power-play tally from Danielle Syrowik (Fr., Selby Township, Mich.) at the 12:21 mark, and Peterson scored from Jennifer Kelly (So., Brownstown, Mich.) at the 13:38 mark.

Annika Danielson (So., Cokato, Minn.) had 19 saves for the Lions to record her second straight shutout to open the season.

Finlandia hosts Hamline next Saturday (11/10) at 7:15 p.m and Sunday (11/11) TBA.

Lady Lions start off the hockey season with a shutout - November 2, 2007

Coach Salani contributes a long bus ride to the Lions slow start, but they were able to get their legs and win a 3-0 shutout over the Auggies of Augsburg College on Friday night.

Scoring her first career goal as a Lion was Katie Fredianelli (Fr., Hancock, Mich.) at the 9:21 mark of the first period, assisted by Jennifer Kelly (So., Brownstown, Mich.) and Kendra Benson (So., Harrison Township, Mich.).  Danielle Syrowik (Sr., Shelby Township, Mich.) added two more goals for the Lions, one at the 12:34 mark or the second period, the other at the 10:11 mark in the third period.

Special teams were tested in this game as each team tallied 8 penalties a piece.  Neither team could cash in while the other was short-handed.

Recording her first career shutout as a Lion was Annika Danielson (So., Cokato, Minn.) with 23 saves.