Tiley & Giguere Named Women’s HCA December Award Winners

1/4/2018 2:27:00 PM

The honors continue to come in for Clarkson University Women's Hockey standouts Shea Tiley and Elizabeth Giguere.

A senior goaltender, Tiley was named the Hockey Commissioners' Association National Division 1 Player of the Month for December. A freshman forward, Giguere was selected as HCA National Division I Rookie of the Month for December.

ECAC Hockey release

As she closes in on the 100 career-win total, Tiley backstopped the Golden Knights to a 4-0-0 record last month, while helping the Green and Gold a No. 3/3 ranking, The 5-10 native of Owen Sound, ONT recorded three games, where she allowed only one goal in each, and posted a shutout in another for best goals-against average (0.75) of any ECAC Hockey goaltender, who played in more than one game. In those four games, Tiley faced 82 shots and made 79 saves, recording a .963 save percentage. Tiley was twice named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week (12/5, 12/12), earned NCAA 2nd Star of the Week (12/12) and NCAA 3rd Star of the Week (12/5). She was also named ECAC Goaltender of the Month for the second time (October and December).

Tiley has been a mainstay between the pipes for the Golden Knights recording 96 career wins while registering 32 shutouts. An assistant captain, Tiley logged over 1200 minutes in net through the first half of the season, allowing only 24 goals in 21 games, while leading the nation in shutouts with eight.

A 5-10 right wing, Giguere has helped Clarkson to a solid 17-3-1 record, tied for the lead among all of her Division I rookies counterparts in scoring during the month. A seven-time winner of ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week, the Quebec City, QUE native has twice been ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month (October, December).

Giguere is making a very big impression in the league. Giguere led all ECAC Hockey rookies in points (eight) and plus/minus (+9) for the month and tied teammate Loren Gabel for most points among all conference players during December. She scored a goal in three of the four road games during the month to help Clarkson extend its win streak to six games to close out the 2017 calendar year. Giguere is tied for the scoring lead in overall games among her league counterparts through her first 21 collegiate games, while ranking second in the nation in nearly every statistical category on offense among rookies, including points per game (1.67); points (35); goals (14); assists (21) and plus/minus (+26). She has also recorded two game-winning goals on the season.

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