Mercyhurst’s streak of five straight finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award has ended.

Senior forward Bailey Bram wasn’t named one of the three finalists for the prestigious award, which annually honors the top women’s hockey player in NCAA Division I. A 13-member selection committee chose Wisconsin junior forward Brianna Decker, North Dakota junior forward Jocelyne Lamoureux and Northeastern senior goaltender Florence Schelling. The finalists were unveiled Thursday.

Bram joined fellow Laker forwards Christine Bestland and Kelley Steadman as well as Girard native Jen Schoullis, a redshirt senior forward at Minnesota, on the initial list of 30 nominees two weeks. Bram survived the cut to 10 players a week ago. But she fell short of joining former teammates Meghan Agosta (2007-09, 2011) and Vicki Bendus (2010) as Kazmaier finalists. Bendus won the award in 2010.

Decker has 36 goals, 42 assists and 78 points for the top-ranked Badgers, who on Saturday begin their quest for a fifth national championship in the past seven years as the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

Lamoureux has 34 goals, 48 assists and 82 points for the Fighting Sioux, which earned the seventh seed in the NCAA tournament field. Like her twin sister, Monique Lamoureux-Kolls, she represented the United States in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Schelling finished the season with a 20-6-4 record, 1.42 goals-against average and .950 save percentage.

The award will be presented March 17 at the Greysolon Ballroom in Duluth, Minn., as part of the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four, which will be held March 16 and 18.

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

What: Mercyhurst College (0-4-1, 0-2-0 AHA) at Air Force (1-4-0, 1-2-0)

When: Today, 9:05 p.m.

Where: Cadet Arena – Colorado Springs, Colo.

On the air: www.americaone.com (Internet video), www.goairforcefalcons.com (Internet radio)

Players to watch

Mercyhurst – Sr. G Ryan Zapolski (0-1-0 record, 2.81 goals-against average, .917 save percentage), So. F Phil Ginand (1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points), Fr. F Taylor Holstrom (2-2-4), Sr. F Brandon Coccimiglio (2-1-3), So. F Paul Chiasson (2-1-3)

Air Force – Sr. F Jacques Lamoureux (3-5-8), So. F John Kruse (3-4-7), Sr. F Derrick Burnett (1-5-6), So. F Kyle DeLaurell (1-5-6), Fr. G Jason Torf (0-3-0, 3.42, .881)

Fast facts

Mercyhurst – The Lakers are winless in their last eight games (0-7-1) dating back to the 2009-10 season. They last won on Feb. 26 at Connecticut. … Each time, they failed to earn coach Rick Gotkin (399-276-53 record in 23 seasons) his 400^th career win. With a win, he becomes the 36^th NCAA men’s hockey coach to reach the 400-win mark. He would be the 24^th coach to reach that plateau while spending 10 or more years at the Division I level and the 11^th to earn 400 wins at the same school. … The teams have split the all-time series 6-6-2, but the Lakers have a 4-1-1 mark at Cadet Arena. … Zapolski, an Erie native, made his regular-season debut with 40 saves in a 5-3 loss at Niagara last weekend. … Frontline forwards Coccimiglio, Steve Cameron, Mike Gurtler and Scott Pitt have combined for 20 career points against the Falcons. … The Lakers play the next three games against the service academies. They face Army in a two-game series at Mercyhurst Ice Center next weekend.

Air Force – The Falcons snapped a season-opening, four-game losing streak with a 12-0 Atlantic Hockey Association win against American International on Oct. 23. … They are halfway through a six-game home stand which includes games against Rochester Institute of Technology, AHA champion and Frozen Four participant last season, No. 5 Yale and Colorado College, a perennial power in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. … Frank Serratore’s 215 wins rank atop the program’s all-time list. … The Falcons have struggled to find a replacement for graduated G Andrew Volkening. … Lamoreux’s twin sisters, Monique and Jocelyne, won silver with Team USA at the Vancouver Olympics.

Up next: vs. Army (Nov. 12-13, 7:05 p.m.)