Eleri MacKay Season 2022-23

2022-23 SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named CHA Forward of the Week (1/30)

Season: Played in 28 games...Scored 30 points on 13 goals and 17 assists. Registered a pair of unanswered goals. Named College Hockey America Forward of the Week. Received CHA All-Tournament Team recognition.

Wisconsin (9/22): Posted an assist to secure the Nittany Lions' 2-1 lead. Franklin Pierce (10/23): Recorded her first goal as a Nittany Lion in the shutout victory. Mercyhurst (11/4): Gave the Nittany Lions' a 2-1 lead in the first period. at Yale (11/19): Evened the score in the closing minutes of the third period. Syracuse (12/4): Scored a pair of unanswered goals to give Penn State the 11-3 victory. Lindenwood (1/27): Recorded a power-play goal and one even-strength goal for her second multi-goal game of the season. Lindenwood (1/28): Tallied her second straight three-point game with two goals and an assist. at Syracuse (2/4): Added a goal off a feed from Tessa Janecke to contribute to the Nittany Lions CHA Regular Season title. at RIT (2/17): Registered her fourth multi-goal game of the year with 2 goals and an assist. vs. Lindenwood (2/24): Led the team with one goal and one assist. vs. Mercyhurst (3/4): Added one to the scoreboard first in the second period after a scoreless opener.

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Played four seasons with the Colgate Raiders (2018-22)...Tallied 29 goals and 29 assists in 139 games played...Finished her senior season with a +17 rating...Won two consecutive ECAC conference tournament championships in 2021 and 2022...Captured the ECAC regular season championship in 2018...Named to the ECAC All-Academic Team three times...Nominated for the Mandi Schwartz ECAC Student-Athlete of the Year Award (2021). 

BEFORE COLLEGE
Competed for the North American Hockey Academy (NAHA) for three seasons and the Chicago Mission for one...Won the JHWL championship with NAHA three times...Captured the bronze medal at the U19 USA Hockey Nationals with the Chicago Mission in 2018...Selected to the USA Hockey National Camps four times. 

PERSONAL
Parents are Kevin and Kristin MacKay...Has one brother, Spencer, and a twin sister, Laini...Laini spent four seasons playing college hockey with Eleri at Colgate and now attends Sacred Heart...Earned a bachelor's degree in Economics in May 2022.