Fillier Earns ECAC Hockey Player and Rookie of the Week Honors

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Fillier Earns ECAC Hockey Player and Rookie of the Week Honors

January 07, 2019 | Women's Ice Hockey

Princeton's Sarah Fillier led the nation in scoring this week to capture both ECAC Hockey Player and Rookie of the Week honors.

Fillier had eight points with a national best five goals and three assists. She finished with a +8 on-ice average and won 36 face offs as Princeton defeated Merrimack on Monday before a sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth. With the wins Princeton improves its streak to 16 straight, the longest in the nation and in program history.

On Monday she had a two goals and the assist on the game winner in a 5-3 victory over Merrimack. At Harvard she tallied a goal and an assist and had two goals and an assist the next afternoon at Dartmouth.

She is currently on a five-game goal scoring streak.

Fillier ranks second in the nation in scoring, averaging 1.86 points per game.

Moving up to No. 5 in the national poll this week, Princeton takes on No. 4 Cornell and No. 9 Colgate this upcoming weekend and looks to stay unbeaten in the ECAC.