Princeton University Athletics
McCumber, Gaudiel Receive ECAC Weekly Awards
February 01, 2005 | Women's Ice Hockey
Feb. 1, 2005
Princeton, N.J. - Sophomore defender Dina McCumber and junior goaltender Roxanne Gaudiel were honored Monday as the ECAC Hockey League's Player and Goaltender of the Week, after Princeton's three-point weekend at Harvard and Brown. It was the first time that Princeton has taken three points from Harvard and Brown since the travel-partners pairings were instituted.
McCumber claimed Princeton's first Player of the Week Award of the season, while Gaudiel received her second award of the season.
McCumber helped lead the ninth-ranked Tigers to a three-point weekend with a tie vs. No. 6 Harvard and a win over Brown. She had a hand in three of the Tigers' five goals on the weekend with a goal and two assists. On Friday, the sophomore assisted on the team's lone goal in the tie. A blue liner, McCumber was part of the defensive unit that held the Crimson's powerful offense to just one goal on the night. Harvard entered the game averaging 3.76 goals per game. McCumber becomes the first defenseman all season to win the league's player of the week award. Saturday, she scored Princeton's second goal of the game and assisted on the game winner with less than three minutes to go in the third. She leads the Tiger's defensemen in scoring with 11 points on two goals and nine assists this season, one point more than her total of 10 from a season ago.
Gaudiel also played an important role in Princeton shutting down Harvard and earning the win over Brown. The junior netminder backstopped the Tigers with 43 saves in the tie vs. the Crimson. She then made 34 more saves the next day against the Bears for her 11th win of the year. Overall for the weekend, she made 77 saves while posting a 1.92 goals against average and a .951 save percentage.
Gaudiel has the nation's fifth-best goals against average at 1.57 and the is third in the land in save percentage at .941 to go along with her 11-5-4 season record. This is the second time this season that Gaudiel has earned the league's weekly goalie honors (Nov. 2). Gaudiel was also named the USCHO.com Defensive Player of the Week.
Princeton returns to action this weekend when the Tigers host Clarkson and St. Lawrence at Baker Rink.