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- Height:
- 5-7
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Billerica, Mass.
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- High School:
- Arlington Catholic
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- Position:
- F
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- Major:
- Health Sciences
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- gp
- 31
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- p
- 37
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- g
- 22
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- a
- 15
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- pim
- 18
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- +/-
- +13
Bio
Through the end of her sophomore season, was tied for first in program history in shorthanded goals (3). Also ranked second all-time in game-winning goals (10), was tied for third in power-play goals (10), was fourth in goals (41) and was fifth in points (75).
Through the end of her sophomore season, among program single-season records, was first in goals (22, 2018-19), game-winning goals (6, 2018-19) and shorthanded goals (3, 2018-19); second in goals (19, 2017-18) and points (38, 2017-18); tied for third in points (37, 2018-19); tied for fourth in game-winning goals (4, 2017-18); and tied for fifth in assists (19, 2017-18).
As a Sophomore in 2018-19: Played in all 31 games for the Ravens...All-NEWHA Second Team selection...NEWHA All-Tournament Team selection...Led the NEWHA in goals (22), shorthanded points (3), shorthanded goals (3) and game-winning goals (6)...Also finished tied for second in the NEWHA in points (37), tied for third in power-play goals (5) and tied for 10th in assists (15)...Led the team in goals (22), shorthanded goals (3) and game-winning goals (6)...Finished second on the team in points (37), power-play goals (5) and shots on goal (142)...Tallied 15 assists, recorded nine penalties for 18 minutes and finished the season +13...Scored twice, including a power-play goal, and fired 11 shots in the season opener at Post on 10/12...Dished out an assist at Plymouth State on 10/26...Put together her third career hat trick, including a power-play tally which was also the game-winner, against Becker on 10/28...Named NEWHA Player of the Week for the week ending on 10/28...Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist against Saint Michael's on 11/9...Contributed an assist against Saint Michael's on 11/10 to make it a three-point weekend (1-2-3)...Named to the NEWHA Honor Roll for the week ending on 11/11...Scored a goal at Sacred Heart on 11/16...Notched another goal at Sacred Heart on 11/17...Named to the NEWHA Honor Roll for the week ending on 11/18...Put home a goal against Morrisville on 12/1...Tallied a shorthanded marker and added an assist at Buffalo State on 12/7...Scored a goal against Potsdam on 1/4...Dished out two assists for a three-point weekend (1-2-3) against Potsdam on 1/5...Scored the game-winning goal while shorthanded and also chipped in an assist at Johnson & Wales on 1/12...Notched an assist against Saint Anselm on 1/18...Made it a three-point weekend (0-3-3) with a pair of assists at Salve Regina on 1/19...Scored twice, including the game-winner on the power play, at Saint Michael's on 1/25...Named to the NEWHA Honor Roll for the week ending on 1/27...Put home a power-play goal against Sacred Heart on 2/2...Dished out a pair of assists against Nichols on 2/8...Scored the game-winner on the power play at Anna Maria on 2/9 to complete a three-point weekend (1-2-3)...Piled up four points with her fourth career hat trick and an assist as well against Post on 2/15...Made it a seven-point weekend (5-2-7) with two goals, including a shorthanded tally, and an assist against Post on 2/16...Named NEWHA Player of the Week for the week ending on Feb. 17...Scored the game-winner and added an assist against Sacred Heart in the semifinal round of the NEWHA Tournament on 2/23...Chalked up a six-game point scoring streak (8-5-13) from 2/2 through 2/23.
2018-19 Statistics
As a Freshman in 2017-18: Played in all 30 games for the Ravens...NEWHA Co-Rookie of the Year...All-NEWHA Second Team selection...NEWHA All-Rookie Team selection...Led the NEWHA in points scored by a freshman (38)...Finished tied for second in the NEWHA in goals (19), tied for thrid in game-winning goals (4), ranked fourth in points (38), tied for fourth in power-play points (11), tied for fifth in power-play goals (5) and tied for seventh in assists (19)...Led the team in goals (19), points (38), game-winning goals (4) and plus/minus (+23)...Tied for the team lead in assists (19)...Finished second on the team in power-play goals (5) and shots on goal (118)...Tallied 19-19-38...Was whistled for 10 penalties totaling 20 minutes...Scored her first goal i nher collegiate debut, against Holy Cross on 10/20...Named to the NEWHA Honor Roll for the week ending on 10/22...Dished out her first career assist at Becker on 10/28...Scored a power-play goal and added an assist against Saint Michael's on 11/10...Made it a four-point weekend (2-2-4) with the game-winning goal, as well as an assist, against Saint Michael's on 11/11...Named NEWHA Rookie of the Week for the week ending on 11/12...Put home a power-play goal at Sacred Heart on 11/17...Scored a goal at Castleton on 11/21...Dished out a pair of assists at Morrisville State on 12/2...Scored a power-play goal, which stood as the game-winner, against Plymouth State on 12/8...Tallied a goal and an assist at Salem State on 12/9...Named NEWHA Player of the Week for the week ending on 12/10...Recorded her first career hat trick and added four assists for a seven-point night at Post on 1/12...Made it a nine-point weekend (4-5-9) with a goal and an assist at Post on 1/13...Named NEWHA Rookie of the Week for the week ending on 1/14...Scored the game-tying goal on the power play and also chipped in an assist at Saint Anselm on 1/20...Put home a pair of goals, including the game-winner on the power play, at Saint Michael's on 1/27...Posted her second career hat trick, this one of the natural variety, and added an assist for a four-point game against Post on 2/16...Piled up seven points on two goals, including the game-winner, and five assists, to make it an 11-point weekend (5-6-11), against Post on 2/17...Named NEWHA Player and Rookie of the Week for the week ending on 2/18...Dished out an assist against Holy Cross in the third-place game at the NEWHA Open Tournament on 2/25.
2017-18 Statistics
Before Franklin Pierce: Played at Arlington Catholic High School...Two-time All-League selection...League co-MVP as a senior...Aleppo Shriner's All-Star selection as a senior...Team captain as a senior...Two-time Boston Herald All-Scholastic selection...Played at the junior level for East Coast Wizards...Also a two-time captain in lacrosse and a member of the cross country team at Arlington Catholic.
Personal: Daughter of Jacquie and Vincent Amato...A health sciences major...Has an older brother, Anthony.
Player Profile
  | Overall | Conf | ||
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Games | 31 | 16 | ||
Points | 37 | 18 | ||
Goals | 22 | 13 | ||
Assists | 15 | 5 | ||
PIM | 18 | 6 | ||
+/- | +13 | +4 | ||
Power-play goals | 5 | 3 | ||
Short-handed goals | 3 | 1 | ||
Empty net goals | 0 | 0 | ||
Games started | 14 | 5 | ||
Game-winning goals | 6 | 2 | ||
Game-tying goals | 0 | 0 | ||
Hat tricks | 2 | 1 | ||
Shots | 116 | 69 |
Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | s |
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Oct 12 | at Post | W, 9-0 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Oct 13 | at Post | W, 5-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Oct 26 | at Plymouth State | W, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Oct 28 | Becker | W, 6-1 | - | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Nov 2 | at Saint Anselm | L, 8-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Nov 3 | Saint Anselm | L, 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Nov 9 | Saint Michael's | W, 4-3 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Nov 10 | Saint Michael's | L, 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Nov 16 | at Sacred Heart | L, 2-1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Nov 17 | at Sacred Heart | W, 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Nov 30 | Morrisville State | W, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Dec 1 | Morrisville State | L, 6-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Dec 4 | at Saint Anselm | L, 2-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Dec 7 | at Buffalo State | W, 5-2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Dec 8 | at Buffalo State | L, 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Jan 4 | SUNY Potsdam | W, 4-2 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Jan 5 | SUNY Potsdam | W, 6-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Jan 8 | at Suffolk | W, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jan 12 | at Johnson & Wales (R.I.) | W, 4-2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jan 18 | Saint Anselm | L, 3-1 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jan 19 | at Salve Regina | W, 3-1 | - | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Jan 25 | at Saint Michael's | W, 3-0 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Jan 26 | at Saint Michael's | W, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Feb 1 | Sacred Heart | T, 0-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Feb 2 | Sacred Heart | L, 5-3 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Feb 8 | Nichols | W, 5-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Feb 9 | at Anna Maria | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Feb 15 | Post | W, 13-0 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | +5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Feb 16 | Post | W, 5-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Feb 23 | vs. Sacred Heart | W, 3-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Feb 24 | at Saint Anselm | L, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
gp | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | hat | s | |
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2017-18 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 20 | +23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 118 |
2018-19 | 31 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 18 | +13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 116 |
2019-20 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 8 | +15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
2020-21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 95 | 56 | 47 | 103 | 48 | +52 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 339 |
gp | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | hat | s | ||
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Event | Total | 31 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 18 | +13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 116 |
Conference | 16 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 6 | +4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | 14 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 10 | +7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
Away | 16 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 8 | +7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | |
Neutral | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Result | Wins | 20 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 14 | +22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 84 |
Losses | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |
Ties | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Month | October | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | +4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
November | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
December | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
January | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | +6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
February | 8 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | +7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
News Mentions
Women’s Ice Hockey Falls to Saint Anselm in NEWHA Title Game, 3-0
MANCHESTER, N.H. (February 24, 2019) – A shorthanded and banged up team without its top-line center had a go of it on Sunday afternoon, but...
February 24, 2019
Women’s Ice Hockey Uses Strong Second to Push Past Sacred Heart, 3-2, in NEWHA Semifinal
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February 23, 2019
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February 22, 2019
Women’s Ice Hockey Blows Past Post, 13-0
WINCHENDON, Mass. (February 15, 2019) – Sophomore forward Nicole Amato (Billerica, Mass.) and junior defenseman Bridgette Prentiss (Buffalo,...
February 15, 2019
Women’s Ice Hockey Takes Care of Anna Maria, 3-0
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February 9, 2019
Women’s Ice Hockey Eases Past Nichols, 5-0
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February 8, 2019
Women’s Ice Hockey Tripped Up by Sacred Heart, 5-3
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February 2, 2019
Women’s Ice Hockey Rolls at Saint Michael’s in Weekend Opener, 3-0
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (January 25, 2019) – Two goals in the first and another in the third were more than enough on Friday night for the...
January 25, 2019
Plethora of Shots Leads Women’s Ice Hockey over Salve Regina, 3-1
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (January 19, 2019) – The Franklin Pierce University women’s ice hockey team piled up a shots advantage of 48-21 on...
January 19, 2019
First Period Sinks Women’s Ice Hockey in 3-1 Loss to Saint Anselm
WINCHENDON, Mass. (January 18, 2019) – A three-goal hole in the first period was too much for the Franklin Pierce University women’s...
January 18, 2019
Women’s Ice Hockey Jumps Out Front Early, Cruises to 4-2 win at Johnson & Wales
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (January 12, 2019) – Two goals in the first and two more in the second allowed the Franklin Pierce University women’s...
January 12, 2019
Women’s Ice Hockey Rolls to Weekend Sweep with 6-1 Win over SUNY Potsdam
WINCHENDON, Mass. (January 5, 2019) – Sophomore forward Haley Parker (Londonderry, N.H.) matched her career high with four points, on two...
January 5, 2019
Women’s Ice Hockey Doubles Up SUNY Potsdam, 4-2, to Open New Year
WINCHENDON, Mass. (January 4, 2019) – Two in the first, one in the second and one more in the third were enough to get the job done on...
January 4, 2019
Women’s Ice Hockey Breezes Past Buffalo State, 5-2
BUFFALO, N.Y. (December 7, 2018) – A four-goal second period proved to be more than enough for the Franklin Pierce University women’s...
December 7, 2018
Game Gets Away in Third, as Women’s Ice Hockey Falls to Morrisville State, 6-3
WINCHENDON, Mass. (December 1, 2018) – The goaltending for the Franklin Pierce University women’s ice hockey team surrendered five...
December 1, 2018
Women’s Ice Hockey Bounces Back with 2-0 Win at Sacred Heart
SHELTON, Conn. (November 17, 2018) – A day after dropping yet another one-goal loss to Sacred Heart, the Franklin Pierce University...
November 17, 2018
Sacred Heart Slips Past Women’s Ice Hockey in OT, 2-1
SHELTON, Conn. (November 16, 2018) – It was yet another one-goal game between the women’s ice hockey teams of Franklin Pierce...
November 16, 2018
Women’s Ice Hockey Tripped up by Saint Michael’s, 5-2
WINCHENDON, Mass. (November 10, 2018) – A pair of first-period power-play goals against put the Franklin Pierce University women’s ice...
November 10, 2018
Women’s Ice Hockey Outlasts Saint Michael’s, 4-3
WINCHENDON, Mass. (November 9, 2018) – The Franklin Pierce University women’s ice hockey team piled up 37 shots on goal on Friday...
November 9, 2018
Amato Tallies Hat Trick, Women’s Ice Hockey Notches Program’s 100th Win, 6-1 over Becker
WINCHENDON, Mass. (October 28, 2018) – Sophomore forward Nicole Amato (Billerica, Mass.) made the most of the Franklin Pierce University...
October 28, 2018
Women’s Ice Hockey Routs Post in Season Opener, 9-0
SHELTON, Conn. (October 12, 2018) – Four first-period goals were more than enough on Friday afternoon, as the Franklin Pierce University...
October 12, 2018