WCHA Offensive Player of the Week

Meghan Lorence

F, Jr., Minnesota

Mounds View, Minn.

Lorence led the No. 1-ranked Gophers with three points on three goals in Minnesota’s two-game conference sweep over St. Cloud State last weekend at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis. Lorence recorded her three goals on nine shots, and she also earned a +3 for the series. Her goals included both game-winners and a power-play goal, as Minnesota defeated the Huskies, 3-0 and 3-1.

Lorence scored Minnesota’s first two goals in last Friday’s (Jan. 24) 3-0 win, the Gophers’ third-straight shutout victory. Named the First Star, she scored her 10th goal of the season, which proved to be the game-winner, at 14:51 of the first period before tallying on the power-play at 8:40 of the second. In last Saturday’s (Jan. 25) 3-1 triumph, Lorence added her 12th goal of the season at 6:44 of the second period to give the Gophers a 2-0 lead. She finished with a +2.

Lorence, who has 21 points (12g, 9a) in 22 games, is also on a four-game goal-scoring streak, during which she has five points on five goals. She is tied for second in the nation with five game-winning goals and her 12 goals rank her 18th in the nation and fourth among WCHA players with 0.55 goals per game.