It’s an Alaska hat trick; three local players score goals in same women’s college hockey game

by | Nov 30, 2021 | Hockey

Angelina Ruiz

Grace Canterbury

Angelina Ruiz, Grace Canterbury and Kaylee Merrill combined for an Alaska hat trick after each player from The Last Frontier bagged a goal in the same women’s college hockey game between Saint Michael’s and Potsdam.

Ruiz and Canterbury found the back of the net for Saint Michael’s in a 6-2 win over Potsdam, which got another goal from leading scorer Merrill.

Three goals by three Alaskans in about 25 minutes.

Ruiz, a freshman forward, scored her third goal of the season to extend her three-game points streak. Her scoring totals are 3-1-4 in 11 games.

Ruiz grew up in Alaska and played for the Mighty Moose U12 and U14 teams before leaving the state and attending high school in Minnesota.

Canterbury is a freshman forward from Eagle River. She too grew up in Alaska but attended high school in Minnesota, where she played for the famed Shattuck-Saint Mary’s School.

This was her first college goal and increased her season totals to 1-3-4 in 11 games.

Kaylee Merrill

Merrill, of Wasilla High fame, is a junior forward for Potsdam. She is by far the team’s most effective offensive player, bagging one-third of her team’s 15 goals.

She has racked up five goals and one assist for a team-leading six points in eight games.

Merrill has scored in back-to-back games and five out of her last six.

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