Kelly Babstock Named ECAC Hockey/MLX Skates Rookie Of The Week
11/16/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
HAMDEN, Conn. - Quinnipiac University women's ice hockey freshman forward Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) was named ECAC Hockey/MLX Skates Rookie of the Week, as announced by ECAC Hockey on Tuesday, Nov. 16.
Babstock had one of the best two-game stretches
in the history of Quinnipiac women's ice hockey, as she recorded
the team's first ever back-to-back hat trick performances on
Friday, Nov. 12 against No. 10 Harvard and Saturday, Nov. 13.
against Dartmouth. No previous skater had registered two hat tricks
in the same season before in Quinnipiac's history.
With the six goals over the weekend, Babstock became the NCAA
Division I Women's Ice Hockey leading scorer with 13 goals and 27
total points. She ranks sixth in the country with 1.93 points per
game (first among all freshmen), seventh in goals per game with
.93, and eighth in assists per game with 1.00. In ECAC Hockey
action, Babstock leads the league in goals, assists, points and in
plus/minus with a plus-14 mark.
In just 14 games played this year, Babstock has already surpassed
the Bobcats' points leader from a season ago, in which the team
played a total of 37 games. She is currently tied for the all-time
freshman record for assists in a season and is just one goal away
from tying the freshman record of 14 goals scored in a season.
This was the second Rookie of the Week selection for Babstock this
season, as she was previously selected on Oct. 5.
Quinnipiac returns to action this weekend when it travels to Hamilton, N.Y. to face Colgate on Friday, Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. The Bobcats will then head to Ithaca, N.Y. to face No. 2 Cornell on Saturday, Nov. 20 at 3 p.m.
