The Penn men's club ice hockey team has made its climb to the top of its region.  Last weekend, the Red and Blue catapulted into first-place in the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association with wins over Princeton and Rider.  The Quakers headed into the playoff games with the regular-season league title in hand, after blowing out Seton Hall, 12-3, just one weekend before.

Although the squad started off the season with a series of losses, Penn bounced back in the latter part of the schedule.  The team finished off league play on a seven-game winning streak that warranted the league title.  Heading into the MACHA playoffs, the Quakers were ranked No. 1, which allowed them a bye through the first round of play.

Against their Ivy League archrivals, the Quakers pulled through, demonstrating the extreme poise and cohesive offensive effort that lead the team to its league title. Penn ultimately defeated the Tigers, 4-2.  In the championship game of the MACHA playoffs -- also the Quakers' final game of the 2001-02 season -- Penn obliterated MACHA rival Rider, 9-5.  Earlier this season, the Broncs defeated the Quakers, 5-1.  Penn finished the season 20-12-1 overall, and are 12th in ACHA Northeast rankings.
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Penn out-shot their opponents 83 to 59 throughout the playoffs.  In net, Pat Baude made 52 saves on the weekend.

PLAYOFF MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Whit Matthews - Pennsylvania
Penn Captain Whit Matthews finished his
MACHA career in style, earning Playoff MVP
as the Quakers won their first MACHA
Playoff Championship. Matthews scored
the game-winning goal as Penn beat the
Princeton Tigers 4-2 in the semi-finals,
and then scored another goal as the
Quakers defeated the Rider Broncs in the
finals.
 

PLAYER OF THE WEEK 
November 18, 2001
Patrick Baude - Pennsylvania
Patrick Baude stopped all 50 shots faced
as Penn defeated Rider 6-0 on
November 16. It was the Quakers' first
win over the Broncs since 10/9/99, a
span of 5 games that includes the last
two playoff tournaments.
 

PLAYER OF THE WEEK 
January 13, 2002
Todd Leri - Pennsylvania
Penn forward Todd Leri scored the only
goal, unassisted, in a 1-0 Quaker win
against the Princeton Tigers on January
13th to earn Player of the Week Honors.
This is Leri's 3rd career Player of the
Week Honor.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK 
February 10, 2002
Whit Matthews - Pennsylvania
Penn Captain Whit Matthews recorded a
hat trick and added two assists to lead
the Quakers to an 8-0 victory over
Montclair State on February 9, to earn
Player of the Week Honors, the third of
the senior's career. With the victory, the
Quakers (the only team to defeat the
Red Hawks in two seasons) clinched
their first MACHA Regular Season title.

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
February 2002
Whit Matthews - Pennsylvania
Penn Captain Whit Matthews led all
scorers with 14 points during the month
of February to earn Player of the Month
Honors, as the Quakers went 4-0 to
clinch the MACHA Regular Season Title.
Matthews scored 8 goals, including a
pair of hat tricks in both games against
Montclair State, and added 6 assists as
Penn beat Seton Hall, UMBC and
Montclair State twice.

MACHA TOP 20 REGULAR SEASON SCORERS
5.) Whit Matthews #11, 15g, 12a
9.) Todd Leri #7, 14g, 11a
18.) Dan Remick #8, 7g, 12a
20.) Micah Cohen #22, 10g, 7a