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Yahoo
11-03-2025
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Orangeville's Tessa Janeck and Penn State gearing up for more NCAA Tournament action
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Orangeville native Tessa Janecke and the Penn State women's ice hockey team will take the ice for NCAA Tournament action later this week. The Nittany Lions will play Thursday night in Columbus, Ohio in an opening game against number 7 seed St. State qualified for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Hockey American (AHA) championship this past Saturday with a 4-1 win against Mercyhurst. That improves Penn State's record to 35-1-1. Penn State is seeded is the third straight season that Penn State has qualified for the NCAA Tournament and the eighth time in the program's history. Penn State has never won an NCAA Tournament game. Last year the Nittany Lions lost to St. Laurence in an opening game in Madison1-0 in is a junior forward. She is far and away Penn State's leading scorer this season with 52 points (24 goals-28 assists) in 37 is also a top ten finalist for the 2025 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award which goes to the best female hockey player in the nation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
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Top 10 Finalists For NCAA's Patty Kazmaier Award Announced
The USA Hockey Foundation has announced the top 10 finalists for the 2025 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The award has been given annually since 1998 to the top NCAA Division I women's hockey player. This year the top 10 finalists include Joy Dunne (Ohio State), Laila Edwards (Wisconsin), Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin), Tessa Janecke (Penn State), Kristyna Kaltounkova (Colgate), Abbey Murphy (Minnesota), Casey O'Brien (Wisconsin), Kirsten Simms (Wisconsin), Haley Winn (Clarkson), and Issy Wunder (Princeton). Last year's Patty Kazmaier winner was Izzy Daniel, who currently plays for the PWHL's Toronto Sceptres. Among the top ten nominees are eight forwards and two defenders. Wisconsin has four members nominated. It's the first time a program has had ten players nominated since Minnesota in 2013. Kaltounkova is the first ever top 10 nominee for the Patty Kazmaier from Czechia. The top-three finalists will be announced March 12, with the winner being revealed on March 22. This will take place at the NCAA Frozen Four.
