Kiersten Falck

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Princeton Athletic Communications

Photo by: Eric Miller

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Blaine
Hometown:
Ham Lake, Minn.

Senior Year (2017-18): Team captain ... finished third on the team in scoring with a team-high 18 assists and three goals for 21 points ... played in all 32 games ... won 58.4 percentage of her face-offs (329-234), blocked 14 shots and took 17 penalties ... had an assist in a 2-2 draw with Providence on Oct. 21 ... added two assists in an 8-1 win over Dartmouth on Oct. 28 ... earned an assists in a 4-4 draw with No. 7 St. Lawrence on Nov. 17 ... picked up an assist in a 3-2 win at Dartmouth and assisted on the Tigers' lone tally in a loss at Harvard the net day ... assisted on all three goals in a 3-0 shutout of Quinnipiac on Dec. 8 ... had two assists in a 4-1 win over BU on Dec. 20 and scored in a 1-1 draw with the Terriers the next day ... tallied two assists in a 5-2 win over No. 5 Cornell on Jan. 5 ... scored the game winner at Penn State on Jan. 30 ... net a goal at Union and an assist at Rensselaer on Feb. 2 & 3 ... added an assist in a 4-1 win at Yale on Feb. 16 ... had two assists, including on the overtime game winner in Game 2 of the ECAC Quarterfinals at No. 5 Cornell.
Awards
• ECAC Player of the Week (Jan. 2)
• ECAC All-Academic Team

Junior Year (2016-17): Played in 32 games and tallied five goals, three of which were game winners and 13 assists with a +15 rating ... won 53.2% (312-275) of her face offs ... had an assist in the season opener at Providence and collected three assists in the next day in Game 2 ... scored against No. 7 St. Lawrence on Nov. 4 ... picked up a helper in an OT game at Boston University on Nov. 26 ... scored the game-winning goal and added an assist on Dec. 3 at Union ... recorded two goals, including the game winner, and one assist in a 4-2 win over Mercyhurst on Dec. 10 ... earned an assist in a 5-5 tie with Penn State on Dec. 31 and in a 4-0 win over Dartmouth on Jan. 6 ... scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 win versus Harvard ... had an assist against Yale on Feb. 3, No. 4 Clarkson on Feb. 11 and Rensselaer on Feb. 18 ... assisting on the game-winning oal in Game 2 of the ECAC Quarterfinal series with No. 10 Quinnipiac, a 2-0 game.
Awards
• ECAC All-Academic Team

Sophomore Year (2015-16): Appeared in all 33 games and finished with nine points on three goals and six assists ... blocked 15 shots and took 90 ... recorded a 55.9 face-off percentage (218-172) ... had assists in back-to-back wins at Yale and Brown on Oct. 30 & 31 .... scored a power-play goal agsint Cornell on Nov. 6 ... tallied an assist versus No. 8 Quinnipiac on Nov. 14 ... had a goal and an assist in a 6-1 win over RIT on Nov. 28 ... earned an assist in a 2-1 win over No. 7 Harvard on Dec. 4 ... chipped in a heper in a 4-0 shutout of Penn State on Dec. 11 ... scored in a 3-3 draw with Rensselaer on Feb. 19.
Awards
• ECAC All-Academic Team

Freshman Year (2014-15): Played in all 31 games ... finished with 15 points on 13 assists and two goals ... earned her first collegiate point, an assist in a 4-1 win at Penn State on Oct. 27 ... scored in a 5-4 win at No. 6 Cornell on Oct. 31 and had an assist the next day in a 4-2 win at Colgate ... had an assist in three straight games - against Rensselaer, Union and St. Lawrence ... collected two assists in a 3-2 loss to No. 5 Clarkson ... earned an assist and a +4 in at 5-2 win at Dartmouth on Dec. 6 ... scored a power-play goal and added an assist in a 5-1 win over Brown on Jan. 10 ... earned an assist in a 4-2 loss at No. 1 Boston College on Jan. 26 ... had assists in wins over Colgate on Feb. 6, St. Lawrence on Feb. 14 and Brown on Feb. 20.
Awards
• ECAC All-Academic Team

Before Princeton: Played four years at Blaine High School ... a two-year team captain ... three-time team MVP ... a two-time all-state player who was a semifinalist for the 2014 Ms. Hockey Award ... a four-time all-Northwest Suburban Conference (NWSC) player ... selected to the 2014 academic all-state team ... named third-team all metro by the Star Tribune ... Bengals won the 2014 conference championship and were the Section 5AA academic champions ... collected 190 points on 70 goals and 120 assists during her four years ... 50 of those points came her senior year when she tallied 21 goals and 29 assists ... participated in two USA Hockey Player Development Camps .... previously played for both the Minnesota Jr. Whitecaps and the Minnesota Ice Cats ... a three-sport athlete who played soccer and ran track ... named all-conference in the 4x400 relay, 4x200 relay and 400 ... took third in the state on the 4x200 relay ... captain of the soccer team as a senior ... soccer team won the 2012 section champions and placed fourth in the state.

Personal: Full name is Kiersten Marie Falck ... daughter of Joe and Brenda Falck ... Joe (Northwestern Electronics Institute '94) is a bricklayer and Brenda is a records administrator .. has an older brother Logan (Minnesota-Twin Cities '16) and a twin brother Connor (Minnesota-Duluth '18).

Season	GP	G	A	Pts.	+/-	P-PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	Blk
2014-15	31	2	13	15	+2	12-24	1	0	0	18
2015-16	33	3	6	9	+2	18-36	1	0	0	15
Career	64	5	19	24	+4	30-60	2	0	0	33

	Career Highs	Career Firsts	Multiple/Game
Goals	1, 5x MR vs. RPI (2/19/16)	at Cornell (10/31/14)	-
Assists	2 vs. Clarkson (11/22/14)	at Penn State (10/27/14)	1 (2- 1x)
Points	2, 2x MR vs. Brown (1/10/15)	A at Penn State (10/27/14)	3 (2- 3x)