St. Norbert College’s Hogan and Trine University’s Frank
Tabbed for NCHA Women’s Hockey Weekly Honors
St. Norbert College sophomore Natalie Hogan (F - Hoffman Estates, Ill.) is the NCHA Women’s Offensive Player of the Week and Trine University freshman Casey Frank (G - Cranberry Township, Pa.) is the NCHA Women’s Defensive Player of the Week honors, the league office announced Tuesday.
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Hogan is the second straight St. Norbert skater to claim NCHA Offensive Player of the Week honors after she played a key role in the Green Knights extending their win streak on the season to seven in a row and make an appearance at No. 15 in the national poll. Hogan led SNC to the sweep of Concordia Wisconsin in a series between two teams that were unbeaten in NCHA play coming in. Hogan finished the week with four goals and one assist for five points, with two goals coming on the power play. Hogan had two goals in Friday’s 3-0 win, netting the eventual game-winner just 28 seconds into the contest. She then followed that up with two goals and an assist in Saturday’s 5-1 victory, scoring the go-ahead goal in the second before assisting and scoring another in the decisive third.
Frank becomes the first Trine player to pick up a weekly honor this season, earning the NCHA Defensive Player of the Week accolades from a deep field of nominees after helping the Thunder to their first two victories on the young season. Frank finished the weekend with a perfect 2-0 mark in net and 65 total saves (.915 save percentage), with her team needing every one of the stops in a pair of back-to-back one-goal decisions. On Friday she finished the game with 29 saves as the team came from behind to win a 4-3 nail-biter. On Saturday she recorded 36 more saves, warding off a major push by the Sabres in the third period in another 4-3 victory.
2022-23 NCHA WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS
Marissa Gebauer, Lake Forest
Gebauer racked up seven points on five goals and a pair of assists last week. After netting one goal and assisting on another in Friday night’s triumph at Northland, she scored twice in both victories at Finlandia over the weekend. She also added an assist on Sunday and was +10 as Lake Forest outscored opponents 18-1 in the three games combined.
Darci Matson, Aurora
Matson continued her ridiculous scoring prowess on the season, adding seven more points in a 5-0 and 11-1 series sweep of Lawrence. She now has 32 points in 11 games with 17 goals and 15 assists. In game one (5-0), she had a goal and three assists then added two goals and another assist in the 11-1 win. She is leading Division III with 2,91 points per game.
Abby Meyer, Lake Forest
Meyer completed a three-game week with two goals and two assists as Lake Forest prevailed at Northland Friday night and twice at Finlandia over the weekend. She netted the game-winner in the third period of Sunday’s game and was on the ice for 10 of the Foresters’ 18 goals in the three games combined.
Kailey Mleko, Trine
Mleko led the team offensively as they picked up the first two wins of the season against Marian. On Friday she scored a crucial power play goal in the final minutes to take the lead and secure the first win of the season. Then on Saturday she opened the scoring just over a minute into the contest with a coast-to-coast unassisted goal, she followed up with the team’s third goal of the period in similar fashion.
Samantha Steciak, Aurora
Steciak extended her scoreless streak to 250:57 spanning three games and two-and one-half periods of game action. In her latest shutout performance, Steciak blanked Lawrence with 17 saves in a 5-0 victory on Friday.
Brynn Waisman, St. Norbert
Waisman got both wins between the pipes as St. Norbert swept Concordia Wisconsin in a matchup of previously NCHA unbeaten squads. Waisman stopped 33 of 34 shots on the weekend for a .971 save percentage. Waisman made 11 saves in Friday’s 3-0 win and followed up with 22 stops in Saturday’s 5-1 victory.
Annalina Van Hercke, Concordia Wisconsin
Van Hercke posted 88 saves on the weekend, including 51 on Friday night.