2002–03 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season

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2002–03 Mercyhurst Lakers
women's ice hockey season
CHA Regular season champions
CHA Playoff champions
Conference CHA
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine10
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports10
Record
Overall25-8-1
Coaches and captains
Head coachMichael Sisti
Alternate captain(s)Chrissy Yule [1]

The Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey team represented Mercyhurst College. The Lakers played in the first season of College Hockey America and CJ Ireland was team captain. In the Lakers first CHA season, the Lakers were 25-8-1. During the regular season, the Lakers finished first in the CHA. The Lakers would proceed to win the conference's playoffs, and finish the year ranked 10th in the national polls. Mercyhurst won the regular-season CHA title with a conference record of 6 wins and 0 losses. In the 6 conference games, the Lakers outscored its opposition by a 26-9 mark. [2]

Contents

Regular season

Players

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; GW = Game winning goals; PPL = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals

PlayerGPGAPtsGWPPLSHG
Sara McDonald34161026330
Samantha Shirley33151126450
Jessica Dillabough3471825110
Chrissy Yule3481624130
Jennifer Jeffrey3471724210
C.J. Ireland34111223231
Lyndsay Barch3410818320
Randi Pilger326713230
Lindsay Dellow3331013000
Danielle Lansing345712210
Britney Millar344812120
K.C. Gallo31459320
Aimee Collins33358100
Tracy Logan32213000
Seanna Murphy25112000
Christy Vinge13022000
Mariann MacDougall33011000
Rachelle Haight6011000
Elizabeth Betteridge33011000
Tiffany Ribble23000000
Natalie Schembri14000000
Kerry Ryan22000000
Shivaun Siegl1000000
Desirae Clark12000000

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