Former Mercyhurst University goaltender Hillary Pattenden was the No. 1 overall pick and one of three former Lakers selected in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League draft Tuesday.
Girard native and forward Jen Schoullis was Boston’s fourth-round selection.
Pattenden went first to Team Alberta, the first goalie ever to go No. 1 and the second straight season a Mercyhurst player has been selected in the top spot. Montreal drafted NCAA career scoring leader Meghan Agosta first in 2011.
Forward Bailey Bram was selected by Brampton in the second round and forward Kelley Steadman went to Boston in the fourth round
Pattenden, 21, is the first NCAA goaltender to earn 100 career victories. She is a native of Surrey, British Columbia.
Schoullis, 23, completed her playing career with Minnesota this past spring, winning the NCAA championship. She was among Division I’s scoring leaders and played prominent minutes for Team USA in international tournaments.
Bram, 21, played for Canada at the Women’s World Championship this year. She scored 201 career points for Mercyhurst including 68 as a senior.
Steadman, 22, led Mercyhurst with 33 goals as a senior. She played for the United States in the 2011 world championship.
The season is scheduled to start in October. Montreal is the defending Clarkson Cup champion.

- From staff reports

Mercyhurst seniors Bailey Bram and Hillary Pattenden were named College Hockey America player and goaltender of the month for February, the league announced Wednesday.

Bram, a forward, had five goals and 12 points in seven games. Pattenden had a 4-1-2 record, 2.59 goals-against average, .912 save percentage and one shutout. The sixth-ranked Lakers (22-6-3) return to action this weekend in the CHA tournament at Island Sports Center in Pittsburgh.

In Friday’s semifinals, Top-seeded Mercyhurst faces No. 4 Syracuse at noon and Niagara meets host Robert Morris at 3:45 p.m. The championship game is set for Saturday at 3 p.m.

PITTSBURGH – The Mercyhurst women’s hockey team wanted to sweep Robert Morris this weekend.

Two wins, coupled with two more wins in the College Hockey America tournament March 2-3, would strengthen the sixth-ranked Lakers’ résumé for the NCAA Division I Tournament selection committee.

But Mercyhurst, which secured the CHA’s regular-season championship on Friday, had to settle for a 4-4 overtime tie with the Colonials in front of 179 fans at Island Sports Center Saturday night. The Lakers (22-6-3, 8-1-3) squandered three separate leads, including a 4-3 advantage late in the third period.

RMU’s Dayna Newsom scored the tying goal with 3 minutes, 9 seconds left in regulation. The Colonials (17-9-4, 6-3-3), which were shut out in Friday’s 3-0 loss, also rallied from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits earlier in the game. Then they stymied the nation’s best power play for the final 1:10 of overtime.

Kelley Steadman scored two goals and Bailey Bram had a goal and an assist for the Lakers, which earned the No. 1 seed for the CHA playoffs and a semifinal matchup against No. 4 Syracuse. Hillary Pattenden stopped 32-of-36 shots, but fell short of becoming the first D-I goaltender to reach 100 career wins.

Thea Imbrogno had a goal and an assist for the Colonials, which are seeded second and will face No. 3 Niagara in the semifinals. Courtney Vinet stopped 23-of-25 shots in relief of Kristen DiCiocco.

SUMMARY

Mercyhurst 4, Robert Morris 4 (OT)

Mercyhurst  2  1  1  0  —  4

Robert Morris  1  2  1  0  —  4

1^st Period — 1. Mercyhurst, Kelley Steadman 31 (Luczak, Grenier), 6:59. 2. Mercyhurst, Steadman 32 (Cicero, Zgoda), 9:44. 3. RMU, Rebecca Vint 21 (Imbrogno, B. Delaney), 14:11 (pp). Penalties — Cicero (M) tripping, 7:30; L. Jones (M) interference, 13:48; Vint (R) cross checking, 15:33; B. Bram (M) interference, 15:41; B. Delaney (R) kneeing, 17:30; J. Jones (M) roughing, 17:45; C. Delaney (R) tripping, 18:48; S. Bram (M) embellishment, 18:48.

2^nd Period — 4. Mercyhurst, Jill Szandzik 7 (B. Bram, Bestland), 15:20. 5. RMU, Thea Imbrogno 15 (Vint), 17:28. 6. RMU, Cobina Delaney 8 (Thomas, Newsom), 18:21. Penalties — RMU, too many players (served by Scott), 8:33.

3^rd Period — 7. Mercyhurst, Bailey Bram 26 (unassisted), 4:33. 8. RMU, Dayna Newsom 4 (unassisted), 16:51. Penalties — J. Jones (M) hooking, 5:27; Bestland (M) roughing, 19:58; St. Louis (R) holding, 19:58.

3^rd Period — None. Penalties — Vint (R) body checking, 3:50.

Shots on goal — Mercyhurst, 13-11-10-4—38; Robert Morris, 12-10-8-6—36.

Goaltenders — Mercyhurst, Hillary Pattenden 19-6-3 (36 shots, 32 saves); RMU, Kristen DiCiocco (13 shots, 11 saves), Courtney Vinet 2-0-1 (25 shots, 23 saves).

Power plays — Mercyhurst (0-4), RMU (1-5).

Referees — Clint Evans, Gui Bradshaw. Linesmen — Jonah Paul, Steven Waters.

Attendance — 179.

The Mercyhurst women’s hockey team is accustomed to winning conference championships.

The Lakers secured their 10^th straight College Hockey America regular-season championship with a 3-0 win against Robert Morris in front of 800 fans at Mercyhurst Ice Center on Friday night.

But Jill Szandzik has waited four years to be a champion.

Szandzik played a leading role in the title-clinching victory against the Colonials (17-9-3, 6-3-2), which entered the game trailing the sixth-ranked Lakers (22-6-2, 8-1-2) by two points in the standings. Szandzik’s first of two goals, scored on the power play, snapped a scoreless tie 5 minutes, 4 seconds into the opening period. She scored again with 3:20 left in the second to hand the Lakers a 2-0 lead.

Senior forward Kelley Steadman capped the scoring on the power play 9:33 into the third with her 30^th goal of the season. That was more than enough offense for senior goaltender Hillary Pattenden, who stopped all 25 shots to record her sixth shutout of the season.

Pattenden needs one win to become the first goaltender in NCAA Division I history with 100 career wins.

- Victor Fernandes

SUMMARY

Mercyhurst 3, Robert Morris 0

Robert Morris  0  0  0  —  0

Mercyhurst  1  1  1  —  3

1^st Period — 1. Mercyhurst, Jill Szandzik 5 (Higson, B. Bram), 5:04 (pp). Penalties — Pietrangelo (R) tripping, 3:41; S. Bram (M) interference, 9:20; Collias (R) tripping, 18:32.

2^nd Period — 2. Mercyhurst, Szandzik 6 (Steadman), 16:40. Penalties — Stack (R) roughing, 13:15; Fergus (R) roughing, 17:27; Pattenden (M) slashing (served by J. Jones), 19:56.

3^rd Period — 3. Mercyhurst, Kelley Steadman 30 (B. Bram, J. Jones), 9:33 (pp). Penalties — Fergus (R) hooking, 1:37; Thomas (R) body checking, 9:06; Luczak (M) holding, 15:37; Steadman (M) high sticking, 18:55.

Shots on goal — RMU, 4-9-12—25; Mercyhurst, 15-11-12—38.

Goaltenders — RMU, Kristen DiCiocco 15-9-3 (38 shots, 35 saves); Mercyhurst, Hillary Pattenden 19-6-2 (25 shots, 25 saves).

Power plays — RMU (0-4), Mercyhurst (2-6).

Attendance — 800.

Robert Morris (17-8-3, 6-2-2 CHA) at No. 6 Mercyhurst (21-6-2, 7-1-2)

When: Friday, 7 p.m.

Where: Mercyhurst Ice Center

On the air: www.b2livetv.com (live stream), www.hurstathletics.com (live statistics)

Up next: at Robert Morris (Saturday, 7 p.m.), CHA Championship at RMU (March 2-3, TBA)

Fast facts: Mercyhurst slipped to sixth from fifth in the USCHO.com Division I poll despite a 2-1 record last week, which was capped by sweeping a two-game College Hockey America series against Syracuse last weekend. … The Lakers can capture at least a share of their 13^th straight regular-season conference championship. They won three straight Great Lakes Women’s Hockey Association titles from 1999-2002 before the league folded to form CHA. … Seniors Bailey Bram, Jess Jones, Hillary Pattenden, Kelley Steadman, Jill Szandzik and Pamela Zgoda play their final regular-season home games tonight. … Bram (21 goals, 33 assists, 54 points), Steadman (26-12-38), Jones (10-28-38) and sophomore Christine Bestland (18-30-48) have combined for 88 of the team’s 137 goals and 207-of-374 points. … Pattenden needs five wins to become the first NCAA D-I goaltender with 100 career wins. … RMU has broken the 7-year-old program’s record for wins in a season. The original mark was 12 set in 2007-08 and tied in 2008-09. … The Colonials are unbeaten in four straight games and are 4-1-1 in their last six outings.

- Victor Fernandes

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 her second goal of the season 6 minutes 5 seconds into the third to spark the Big Red’s decisive four-goal outburst in a 7½-minute span. Goals from Erin Barley-Maloney, Catherine White and Brianne Jenner sealed Cornell’s first victory in four home games against Mercyhurst (19-6-2).

The teams played evenly in the first two periods. Cornell held a 17-15 edge in shots. They traded goals late in the first period. Mercyhurst’s Kelley Steadman opened the scoring on the power play with her 27^th goal of the season at the 18:05 mark. Cornell responded 35 seconds later on Rebecca Johnson’s goal.

But Cornell (22-3-0) outshot the Lakers 23-5 in the third to finish with a 40-20 advantage in shots and earn a third straight win. The Big Red have won 12 of their last 13 games since a 5-2 loss to the Lakers at Mercyhurst Ice Center on Dec. 3. Cornell won two of three meetings against the Lakers this season.

Hillary Pattenden stopped 35-of-40 shots in a losing effort for the Lakers, which are 1-2-1 in their last four games. Cudmore, Jenner and Johnston had a goal and assist apiece for Cornell. Lauren Slebodnick stopped 19-of-20 shots in net to improve her record to 12-1-0. Mercyhurst returns to College Hockey America action with a two-game home series against Syracuse on Friday and Saturday.

SUMMARY

Cornell 5, Mercyhurst 1

Mercyhurst  1  0  0  —  1

Cornell  1  0  4  —  5

1^st Period — 1. Mercyhurst, Kelley Steadman 27 (J. Jones, Byrne), 18:05 (pp). 2. Cornell, Rebecca Johnston 23 (Jenner), 18:40. Penalties — Bestland (M) tripping, 7:21; Byrne (M) roughing, 8:51; Cicero (M) tripping, 13:33; Ogilvie (C) tripping, 14:45; Young (C) tripping, 17:29.

2^nd Period — None. Penalties — Saulnier (C) hooking, 2:53; Bestland (M) tripping, 16:54; Barley-Maloney (C) interference, 19:16.

3^rd Period — 3. Cornell, Hayleigh Cudmore 3 (Campbell), 6:05. 4. Cornell, Erin Barley-Maloney 6 (Karpenko, Gagliardi), 9:56 (pp). 5. Cornell, Catherine White 12 (Cudmore), 11:43. 6. Cornell, Brianne Jenner 13 (Johnston, Fortino), 13:43. Penalties — DeSutter (M) hooking, 8:59; Szandzik (M) high sticking, 12:56.

Shots on goal — Mercyhurst, 8-7-5—20; Cornell, 8-9-23—40.

Goaltenders — Mercyhurst, Hillary Pattenden 15-6-1 (40 shots, 35 saves); Cornell, Lauren Slebodnick 12-1-0 (20 shots, 19 saves).

Power plays — Mercyhurst (1-4), Cornell (1-6).

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 to Robert Morris 3-2 Jan. 21 at Mercyhurst Ice Center. The loss snapped the Lakers’ 28-game College Hockey America unbeaten streak, which began in the 2009-10 season. The Lakers’ eight-game overall winning streak also ended that night. … The Lakers face their second straight home-and-home series. They split with RMU two weeks ago. … Mercyhurst leads Niagara in the all-time series 39-6-3. … They rose to fifth from seventh in the USCHO.com Division I poll without playing a game last weekend. … They swept a two-game series at Niagara last month. … Senior F Kelley Steadman (26 goals, 48 points) ranks second to North Dakota junior F and U.S. Olympian Jocelyne Lamoureux (27 goals) on the NCAA D-I list. … Steadman ranks second nationally in goals per game (1.08). … Senior F Bailey Bram (pictured left) leads in points per game (2.45) and assists per game (1.50). … Bram and Steadman are tied for the lead with 10 power-play goals apiece. Steadman is tied for the lead with four short-handed goals. … They lead the nation’s top scoring offense (4.92 goals per game) and power play (30.8 percent). … Senior Hillary Pattenden needs five wins to become the first goaltender to reach 100 wins in NCAA history. … The Purple Eagles have rebounded from an eight-game winless streak (0-5-3) with two wins in their last three games. … They are 14^th nationally on the penalty kill (85.6 percent). … They are 0-4 against ranked teams (Mercyhurst and Boston University).

- Victor Fernandes

No. 5 Mercyhurst College (12-4-0, 0-0-0 CHA) at Syracuse (8-12-1, 0-1-1)

When: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m.

Where: Tennity Ice Pavilion – Syracuse, N.Y.

On the air: www.b2livetv.com (live stream), www.suathletics.com (live statistics)

Up next: vs. Niagara (Jan. 13, 7 p.m.), at Niagara (Jan. 14, 2 p.m.)

Fast facts: Mercyhurst plays for the first time since sweeping a doubleheader from Lindenwood Dec. 14-16 at Mercyhurst Ice Center. … The Lakers will be without the Bram sisters, Bailey (21 goals, 48 points) and Shelby (6 goals, 17 points), who are playing for the Canadian National Women’s Under-22/Development Team at the Meco Cup (formerly MLP Cup) in Germany. They have combined for one point in the first two games for Canada (2-0). … Senior G Hillary Pattenden can add to her NCAA Division I record total of 92 career wins. She is tied for fifth nationally with a .750 winning percentage (12-4-0), tied for sixth in save percentage (.939) and seventh in goals-against average (1.72). … Sophomore F Christine Bestland (15 goals, 39 points) ranks sixth nationally in scoring. … Syracuse is winless in three straight and in seven of 11 games since a season-high, three-game winning streak. … The Orange opened CHA play with a 2-1 loss and 1-1 tie against Robert Morris Dec. 9-10. … They have scored 48 goals in 21 games (2.28 per game).

- Victor Fernandes

Mercyhurst College’s Jess Jones, Hillary Pattenden and Molly Byrne swept College Hockey America’s three weekly honors, which were released Monday. Jones, a senior forward, was named player of the week after totaling three goals and five points in a two-game weekend split with Cornell.

Pattenden, a senior goaltender, made 27 saves in a 5-4 loss to the third-ranked Big Red on Friday. She stopped 33-of-35 shots in a 5-2 win on Saturday. Byrne, a defenseman, shared rookie honors with Syracuse forward Nicole Ferrara. Byrne had a goal and three points against the Big Red.

Meanwhile, the Lakers (11-3-0) remained sixth in the latest USCHO.com Division I poll, which was released Monday, after a weekend split with No. 3 Cornell (10-2). Wisconsin (17-1-0) and Minnesota (15-3-0) are still 1-2 in the poll. Boston College (12-4-1), which host Mercyhurst in a two-game series Friday and Saturday, and North Dakota (11-6-1) completed the top five.

Mercyhurst College seniors Bailey Bram and Hillary Pattenden were named College Hockey America’s player and goaltender of the week, respectively, the conference announced Monday.

Bram recorded her fourth career hat trick in a 5-0 win against Providence on Saturday, and added her team-leading sixth goal of the season and 66^th goal of her career in a 3-0 win against the Friars on Sunday.

Pattenden, who was honored for the second time this season, stopped all 53 shots she faced in posting her 14^th and 15^th career shutouts. She also earned wins No. 83 and 84 in her career, leaving her seven shy of equaling former Wisconsin All-American Jessie Vetter’s NCAA Division I record of 91.