Three Women's Ice Hockey players earn All-ECHA honors
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— Junior forward Alexandrea Bednar (Vita, MB / University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) has been named to the ECHA All-Conference Second Team, while first-year forward Rebekah Ade (Yucca Valley, CA / New Jersey Colonials) and defenseman Natasha Lozowchuk (Canmore, AB / Athol Murray College of Notre Dame) have been named to ECHA All-Rookie Team.
Worcester State's Katie Puumala was named the Player of the Year, while Anna Maria's Sam Dahill was named Goaltender of the Year. The Rookie of the Year honor went to Worcester State's Fiona Hatton. Worcester State's Eliza Kelley was named the Coach of the Year.
Bednar was honored with her first ECHA All-Conference Team appointment. She appeared in 25 of the Trailblazer's 26 games, starting in 17. The junior from Vita, MB, finished the season with six goals, nine assists, and 15 points, leading the Trailblazers in all three categories. She also scored the game-winning goal and added a helper on another goal when MCLA took down Hilbert College on the road on January 12, 2024. Bednar also brought home the ECHA Player of the Week award for the Week honor for the week ending December 3rd after scoring a goal and dealing out two assists in the Trailblazers home-and-home series with New England College
Lozowchuk and Ade earned their first All-Conference honors following a season in which each also picked up an ECHA Rookie of the Week honor. Lozowchuk earned the first such honor in the Trailblazers history when she was named Rookie of the Week for the week ending November 5th. That week, the first year from Canmore, AB, had three assists and finished the weekend as a +5 in MCLA's sweep of Hilbert College. She scored her first collegiate goal in the Trailblazers' 3-1 victory over Rivier on February 18th, 2024.
Ade earned her ROW honor for the week ending December 10th after scoring a short-handed tally for the lone goal in MCLA's 1-0 shutout win over Lebanon Valley College. The first year from Yucca Valley, CA, was third on the Trailblazers with four goals and seven points and scored both of her team's short-handed goals, scoring the other on November 9, 2023, against Anna Maria College.
The All-ECHA First Team consisted of Anna Maria College's Jordyn Bleaney and Dahill, Rivier's Molly Dukesherer, and Worcester State's Puumala, Cassidhe Wozniak, and Lea Gaspar.
Joining Bednar on the second team were Anna Maria's Julia Ballinger and Tessa Henry, Rivier's Paige Anger and Rachel Hinkley, and Worcester State's Ellen Cook.
Ade and Lozowchuk were joined on the rookie team by Rivier's Tia Picardi, and Worcester State's Hatton, Maddy Franta, and Lana Pacific.
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