Syracuse, NY – After strong performances on the ice to open the season last weekend, senior Niko Schoner, freshman Paul Schlicher and senior Molly Lenihan have earned Spry SUNYAC weekly accolades, as announced by the conference office on Monday.  

Schoner, the SUNYAC Men's Hockey Athlete of the Week, had a monster opening weekend tallying six goals and an assist with a pair of hat tricks to lead Canton to an unbeaten start to the season as he set the Roos D-III era program record for career goals with 38. He now has 76 points on 38 goals and 38 assists in just 69 career games. He opened the weekend with three goals and an assist in a 9-1 road win at Misericordia. He had an assist on the eventual game-winning goal and scored three times, once in the second period and twice in the third period. On Saturday he scored three more goals including the eventual game-winner, all in the first period, in a 7-4 win at Misericordia. With the massive weekend Schoner now has four career hat tricks with half of them coming this past weekend as he leads the SUNYAC in both goals (6) and points (7) after opening weekend.
 

Schilcher, the SUNYAC Men's Hockey Rookie of the Week, recorded four assists leading the Roos to a pair of wins to start his collegiate career. The rookie opened the weekend with a primary assist on Canton's third and final goals recording a +3 on-ice rating in a 9-1 win at Misericordia on Friday. He followed that up with two more primary assists on Canton's third and fifth goals, the fifth being the eventual game-winner, in a 7-4 win against the Cougars on Saturday. Through a pair of games Schilcher is tied for first in the SUNYAC with four assists and tied for second with four points. 
 

Lenihan, the SUNYAC Women's Hockey Goaltender of the Week, had a big start to the season stopping 71 of the 74 shots she faced (.959 save %) as the Roos went 0-1-1 against a pair of top 15 nationally-ranked opponents. She opened the weekend stopping 44 of the 45 shots she faced (.978 save %) in a 1-1 OT tie against No. 3/2 nationally-ranked Nazareth, a team that appeared in last year's NCAA Division III national championship game. Lenihan stopped the first 36 shots she faced in the game and after allowing a goal stopped three more shots in the third period and all five she faced in OT to preserve the tie. Her 44 saves are tied for the second most stops for a single game in her career. On Saturday the senior turned aside 27 of the 29 shots she faced (.931 save %) including 14 in the second period of a 2-0 loss to No. 13/14 nationally-ranked Elmira.
     

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