Syracuse (9-18-3, 0-5-3 CHA) at No. 5 Mercyhurst (19-6-2, 5-1-2) When: Friday, 3 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. Where: Mercyhurst Ice Center On the air: www.b2livetv.com (live stream), www.hurstathletics.com (live statistics) Up next: vs. Robert Morris (Feb. 17, 7 p.m.), at Robert Morris (Feb. 17, 7 p.m.) Fast facts: Mercyhurst begins the final two weekends of [...]

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ITHACA, N.Y. – The No. 5 Mercyhurst women’s hockey team had a chance to earn a key win. But a disastrous third period dashed the Lakers’ hopes. Third-ranked Cornell scored four goals in the final 20 minutes to hand the Lakers a 5-1 non-conference loss at James Lynah Rink on Tuesday night. Hayleigh Cudmore scored [...]

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No. 5 Mercyhurst (18-5-1, 4-1-1 CHA) at Niagara (9-12-6, 2-3-1 CHA) When: Friday, 7 p.m. Where: Dwyer Arena – Niagara University, N.Y. On the air: www.b2livetv.com (live stream), www.purpleeagles.com (live statistics) Up next: vs. Niagara (Saturday, 7 p.m.), at No. 3 Cornell (Tuesday, 7 p.m.) Fast facts: Mercyhurst plays for the first time since losing [...]

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Mercyhurst senior forward Kelley Steadman and freshman defenseman Molly Byrne were named College Hockey America player and rookie of the month for January, respectively, the league announced Wednesday. Steadman had 10 goals, including two hat tricks, and 12 points in leading the fifth-ranked Lakers to a 4-1-1 record this past month. She leads NCAA Division [...]

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Mercyhurst College senior forward Kelley Steadman earned College Hockey America player of the week after totaling five goals in two games this past weekend. She scored all four goals in a 4-2 win at Robert Morris on Friday. She added a goal in a 3-2 home loss to the Colonials on Saturday to become NCAA [...]

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Mercyhurst College senior forward Kelley Steadman has joined 40 of the nation’s top players in Blaine, Minn., this week at the 2011 USA Hockey Women’s Winter Training Camp. The five-day camp began Tuesday at the National Sports Center’s Schwan Super Rink and runs through Friday. It serves as an evaluation camp and training session for [...]

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MANKATO, Minn. – The Mercyhurst College women’s hockey team’s longest losing streak in three years ended Saturday. Christine Bestland made that happen. The sophomore forward scored with 2 minutes, 7 seconds left in the game in the Lakers’ 5-4 win against previously undefeated Minnesota State Mankato in front of 162 fans at Verizon Wireless Center. [...]

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Hillary Pattenden had a perfect start to her season Friday night. Mercyhurst College’s senior goaltender stopped 20 shots on the way to her 10th career shutout in the Lakers’ season-opening 4-0 win against Quinnipiac at Mercyhurst Ice Center. Bailey Bram’s short-handed goal 9 minutes, 44 seconds into the game was the only offensive support Pattenden [...]

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Presque Isle State Park attendance for 2007 was 4,073,053. To put that in perspective, that is more people in a year than visit Yosemite National Park (around 3.2 million), more people than visit Yellowstone National Park (around 2.8 million), more people than visit the Empire State Building (around 3.7 million), and just slightly fewer people [...]

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