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5 Bryn Saarela

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Denver, Colo.

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS:
  • Team captain (2023-24)
  • Hockey East All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22 & 2023-24)
  • Hockey East Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week (Jan. 5, 2021)
  • Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week (Jan. 22-28, 2024)
CAREER:
  • Served as a team captain her senior year
  • Played in 120 games
  • Scored 21 goals and 31 assists for 52 points
  • Netted seven power-play goal and two game winner
  • Made 61 blocks and owned a 8-20 faceoff record
  • Had two career three-point performances in a single game, both products of one goal and two assists
AS A SENIOR IN 2023-2024:
  • Served as a team captain
  • Played in 33 games
  • Recorded three goals and 11 assists for 14 points
  • Scored a power-play goal and the game winner at Boston University (Jan. 26)
  • Had 11 blocks and owned a 14-27 faceoff record
  • Had a season high of one goal and one assist in a single game at Boston University (Jan. 26)
  • Named Crusader of the Week after netting the game winner and an assist in game one and making another assist in game two with Boston University (Jan. 22-28, 2024)
  • Named to Hockey East All-Academic Team
AS A JUNIOR IN 2022-2023:
  • Played in all 34 games
  • Posted the third-highest point total of 14, from six goals and eight assists
  • Tallied the team-high three power play goals
  • Had 12 blocks and owned a 4-4 faceoff record
  • Recorded the second three-point performance of her career scoring one goal and making two assists at Merrimack (Jan. 21)
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2021-2022:
  • Played in all 33 games
  • Notched six goals and six assists
  • Scored one game winner in the 2-0 victory over Franklin Pierce (Oct.15)
  • Made 23 blocks and owned a 1-3 faceoff record
  • Had a season high of one goal and one assist in a single game against Boston University (Jan. 28)
  • Had a season high of three blocked shots in a single game at Providence (Feb. 5)
  • Named to Hockey East All-Academic Team
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020-2021:
  • Played in all 20 games
  • Tied for the team lead with six goals and six assists for 12 points
  • Scored her first career goal against Maine in the season opener (Nov. 20)
  • Had 15 blocks and owned a 1-0 faceoff record
  • Had a season high of three blocked shots in a single game at Northeastern (Feb. 6)
  • Named Hockey East Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week after scoring a goal in game one and notching her first three-point performance by scoring a goal and making two assists in game two of the New Hampshire series (Jan. 5)
  • Named to Hockey East All-Academic Team
  • Season shortened due to COVID-19
BEFORE HOLY CROSS:
  • Member of the East Coast Wizards club team under head coach Scott Fusco
  • Played four years of varsity hockey at the Williston Northampton School under head coach Christa Talbot-Syfu
  • Recorded 45 goals and 37 assists for 82 points through three and a half seasons
  • Also a member of the field hockey and softball teams at Williston
  • Four-year member of high honors in high school
PERSONAL:
  • Graduated with a degree in sociology

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2020-21Freshman

    Forward
    5'6"
    5
  • 5

    2021-22Sophomore

    Forward
    5'6"
    5
  • 5

    2022-23Junior

    Forward
    5'6"
    5
  • 5
    C

    2023-24Senior

    Forward
    5'6"
    5
    C
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