Fillier, Cava, Carpenter named Three Stars of the Week in PWHL

NEW YORK AND TORONTO  – New York Sirens ahead Sarah Fillier, Minnesota Frost ahead Michela Cava and New York Sirens ahead Alex Carpenter have been named the PWHL 3 Stars of the Week introduced by SharkNinja Canada following video games from Dec. 2-8.

FIRST STAR – SARAH FILLIER, F, NEW YORK SIRENS

Fillier, the highest decide within the 2024 PWHL Draft, collected her first two PWHL objectives and added two assists to guide all league scorers for the week because the Sirens received 4-1 in Montréal earlier than dropping a 4-2 resolution in Boston. On Wednesday, the 23-year-old from Georgetown, Ontario opened the scoring at 11:32 of the primary interval, driving to the goalmouth and changing a feed from Jessie Eldridge, who had collected the rebound of her personal shot off a steal. Fillier then arrange Alex Carpenter’s game-winner at 9:09 of the third interval and capped her night with a power-play objective from the left-wing circle at 19:42 of the third in a efficiency that earned her #1 star honors at Place Bell. On Sunday, Fillier collected the secondary help on a objective by Paetyn Levis, a tally that created a short lived 1-1 tie. With 2-4—6, the rookie leads the league in factors and shares the lead in assists with Sirens teammate Micah Zandee-Hart.

SECOND STAR – MICHELA CAVA, F, MINNESOTA FROST

Cava scored three objectives to assist the defending Walter Cup champions win each video games on their schedule – posting a 2-1 victory at Boston Wednesday previous to a 6-3 triumph at Toronto Saturday within the highest-scoring PWHL sport of the younger marketing campaign. In Boston, the 29-year-old from Thunder Bay, Ontario opened the scoring by driving to the goalmouth and slamming in Taylor Heise’s beautiful seeing-eye backhand go from behind the web. In Toronto, Cava adopted up with two third-period objectives, elevating her season’s complete to 3 in as many video games and pulling inside two of matching her output over 24 video games within the PWHL’s inaugural season. Cava’s output despatched the Frost into the break atop the PWHL standings with seven factors and no defeats in regulation time.

THIRD STAR – ALEX CARPENTER, F, NEW YORK SIRENS

The 30-year-old from North Studying, MA, final week’s PWHL First Star of the Week introduced by SharkNinja Canada, was a powerhouse in Wednesday’s 4-1 triumph at Montréal. Carpenter received her first six face-offs on the way in which to a 20-for-27 (71%) displaying on attracts, and her drive from the left-wing circle simply 21 seconds into the competition ignited a primary interval by which New York outshot Montréal 18-4 whereas taking a 1-0 lead. Carpenter additionally scored the game-winning objective at 9:09 of the third interval, snapping a 1-1 tie and sending the Sirens to their second consecutive triumph. At Boston Sunday, Carpenter crafted the first help on Abby Roque’s game-tying 2-2 objective at 4:50 of the second interval in what ended as a 4-2 victory by the Fleet. The competition accomplished a season-opening three sport journey for New York, which opens its dwelling season at Prudential Middle in opposition to Toronto on Wednesday, Dec. 18.

The PWHL 3 Stars of the Week Introduced by SharkNinja Canada are introduced every Monday all through the common season and playoffs encompassing video games from the earlier Monday via Sunday. Factors will probably be awarded to every choice and can assist decide rankings on the finish of the 12 months.

First Star = 30 PointsSecond Star = 20 PointsThird Star = 10 Factors

PWHL ‘3 Stars of the Week’ Standings:

Alex Carpenter (NY) = 40 Factors
Sarah Fillier (NY) = 30 Factors
Marie-Philip Poulin (MTL) = 20 Factors
Michela Cava (MIN) = 20 factors
Abby Boreen (MTL) = 10 Factors