Adrian College’s Bjelland and Truban Sweep
NCHA Women’s Hockey Weekly Honors

Adrian College senior Une Bjelland (F - Stavanger, Norway) is the NCHA Women’s Offensive Player of the Week and junior teammate Kathryn Truban (D - Hamilton, N.J.) is the NCHA Women’s Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.

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Bjelland is the NCHA Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season after compiling six points in a weekend sweep of Concordia University Wisconsin to help Adrian keep its hopes for a regular-season title alive. Her fourth career weekly honor came after tallying a pair of goals and four assists in the decisive victories over the Falcons, finishing +3 on the ice with a power play goal. On Saturday she exploded for five points with two goals and three assists to lead the charge in a 7-0 shutout victory, assisting on the first two goals of the game before netting the next two herself to bring her season point total to 37 (17G/20A).

Truban becomes the first student-athlete other than a goalie to claim NCHA Defensive Player of the Week honors this season, picking up the first of her career. Truban finished the weekend against CUW with four points on defense, while also leading the charge as the Bulldogs allowed just one goal over the two contests and a perfect 9-for-9 showing in keeping the opponent off the scoreboard on power plays. On Saturday she finished with a goal and an assist and followed up with a pair of goals on Sunday. She also finished with an impressive +/- of +7 and picked up the game-winning goal in the series opener.

2022-23 NCHA WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS

Sophia Chapman, Lake Forest
Chapman helped Lake Forest limit Lawrence to a single goal and just 31 shot attempts over the weekend. She also contributed to the offensive attack with three assists and was +5 during Saturday night’s 8-0 victory.

Ava Jaschke, St. Norbert
The All-American defenseman for the Green Knights had a big afternoon on Saturday in the Green Knights’ 9-2 win over Trine, posting two goals and three assists for five points. The five points were a career high for Jaschke and was one short of the St. Norbert single-game record.