USA Hockey article on Melissa Boal.

2007-08: Played in 32 games, tallying a point in 28 contests ... led the team with 69 points (35 goals, 34 assists) ... became the first women's hockey player in school history to be selected to the 2007-08 RBK All-American First Team along with being named one of the top-10 finalists for the 2008 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award by the USA Hockey Foundation, which recognizes the accomplishments of the most outstanding player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey each season ... selected to the First Team All-College Hockey America and the CHA All-Academic Team ... set season school records in points (69), hat tricks (4), power-play goals (11), short-handed goals (3), goals in a game (5, Oct. 19 vs. Union), points in a game (7, Oct. 19 vs. Union) and points in a series (9, Jan. 25-26 at Robert Morris) ... recorded a career-high 18-game point streak (Jan. 5-Mar. 7) ... led the nation in points-per-game (2.16), finished second in assists-per-game (1.06), tied for second in short-handed goals per game (.09), ranked third in goals-per-game (1.09) and fourth in power-play goals per game (.34) ... also tied for seventh in game-winning goals (6) ... named CHA Player of the Week a league-high five times ... in WSU's 7-1 victory over Union (Oct. 19), became the first Wayne State women's hockey player to score five goals and record seven points in a game ... added two assists in addition to her five tallies to earn the No. 1 star of the game ... her five goals broke her own record which she set last season scoring four times against Robert Morris (2-15-06) and her seven points eclipsed former WSU standout Kelly Zamora who notched five points at Sacred Heart (3-5-04) ... assisted on the game-winning goal Oct. 20 against Union ... also eclipsed the 100-point mark for her career ... had seven points (4G, 3A) Oct. 26-27 at Cornell, including an assist on the game-winning goal and a season-high 16 shots in the first game ... notched ninth goal of the season to give the Warriors a 5-4 overtime victory in the second game against the Big Red ... posted consecutive two-point performances Nov. 2-3 against St. Lawrence ... notched her second hat trick of the season Nov. 11 at Northeastern ... tallied eight points in the NE series (5G, 3A) ... posted her second consecutive hat trick and five-point output Nov. 16 against Rensselaer ... extended her point streak to 10 games with a helper on the game-tying goal the next night ... had her streak snapped when she left the Nov. 23 contest at Colgate with an injury, which forced her to miss a game for the first time in her career the following night ... recovered to start her 18-game point streak with a goal Jan. 5 at Minnesota and a helper Jan. 6 ... recorded three points (2G, 1A) in a series Jan. 11-12 against Maine ... had a goal and an assist in each game Jan. 18-19 versus Quinnipiac, including the game-winning goal in the latter contest ... scored five goals including two game-winners as part of her school record-setting nine points Jan. 25-26 at Robert Morris ... earned her fourth hat trick of the season in the second game at RMU ... registered three helpers including one on the game-winner Feb. 3 at Niagara ... posted three consecutive three-point series performances Feb. 8-9 at Mercyhurst, Feb. 15-16 against Robert Morris and Feb. 22-23 versus MC ... assisted on the game-winner Feb. 16 versus RMU ... scored WSU's second goal in a 3-2 overtime victory Feb. 23 against the Lakers which clinched the season series ... led the Warriors with five points (3G, 2A) Feb. 29-Mar. 1 versus Niagara, helping WSU clinch a share of its first CHA regular season title ... scored the game-winning goal in the CHA semifinals Mar. 7 against Robert Morris ... Game-by-Game Stats.

2006-07: Selected to the All-CHA First Team and the CHA All-Academic Team ... was awarded WSU's Most Valuable Player and Top Gun awards ... three-time CHA Offensive Player of the Week ... was the Easton Three-Star Award winner for Wayne State ... played in all 34 games ... recorded a point in 11 of the first 12 games, including a nine-game streak Oct. 21-Nov. 18 ... named CHA Offensive Player of the Week after scoring a goal and an assist Oct. 6 at #4 St. Lawrence ... tallied two goals Oct. 21 at Rensselaer, including the game-winner in overtime ... posted second-career hat trick Oct. 27 at Connecticut and was named CHA Offensive Player of the Week for a second time ... had two goals and one assist in series Nov. 3-4 against Cornell ... scored her 35th career goal, a new WSU record, Nov. 11 versus Minnesota State ... assisted on the game-winner Dec. 17 against Niagara ... scored a goal Jan. 6 versus Colgate ... earned her third CHA Offensive Player of the Week award of the season after scoring two goals, including her first career game-tying marker, Jan. 19 at Quinnipiac and posting an assist against the Bobcats the next day ... recorded three goals and three assists in a series Jan. 26-27 at Robert Morris ... set a WSU record with her third career hat trick in the first game at RMU and scored her second short-handed goal, setting a new single-season record and matching Heidi Burns' career record ... had a goal and two assists in a series Feb. 9-10 at Niagara, extending her point streak to five games ... recorded three goals and one assist Feb. 23-24 against RMU ... her goal in the second game of the series was her 90th career point, setting a new WSU record ... scored twice in the CHA semifinals Mar. 2 versus Niagara, including the game-winner ... added another tally in the championship game against #2 Mercyhurst ... named to the CHA All-Tournament Team ... Game-by-Game Stats.

2005-06: Played in all 35 games ... selected to the All-CHA First Team and All-Rookie Team ... earned Team MVP honors and the "Top Gun" Award as WSU's top scorer ... recorded her first assist of the season Oct. 8 at Bemidji State ... recorded two more assists Oct. 14 vs. St. Lawrence ... earned CHA Offensive Player of the Week honors following the St. Lawrence series ... recorded two power-play points (one assist, one goal) Oct. 29 at Colgate ... scored the lone goal in a 1-0 victory Nov. 4 vs. Connecticut ... scored the first goal of the game and recorded two assists, including one on the game-winner, Nov. 5 vs. Connecticut ... scored on a power play for WSU's first goal in a 3-2 loss, Nov. 11 at Minnesota State ... recorded the lone goal in a 5-1 loss at MSU the next day ... earned CHA Rookie of the Week honors for Nov. 15, and again on Nov. 22 coming off a six-point series at Cornell (two goals, four assists) ... had a goal and two assists Nov. 26 vs. St. Cloud State ... had an assist in both games at Princeton, Dec. 9-10 ... her assist Jan. 6 vs. Wisconsin gave her sole possession of first place on WSU's all-time rookie points list ... scored WSU's first goal in a 4-2 loss at Mercyhurst on Jan. 14 ... had four points in the series against Rensselaer, Jan. 20-21 ... had an assist and a power-play goal Jan. 27 at RMU ... tied a school record with two power-play goals in the Mercyhurst series, Feb. 10-11 ... earned CHA Offensive Player of the Week honors after a five-point series (2-3) against Niagara, Feb. 17-18, and again following a eight-point (6-2) performance versus Robert Morris, Feb. 24-25 ... scored a school-record four goals in the second game against RMU ... netted a power-play goal March 3 at Niagara ... assisted on WSU's third goal in the CHA semifinal game against Niagara on March 9 ... set a CHA single-season record with 201 shots on goal. Game-By-Game Stats.

Pre-WSU: Recorded 37 points on 21 goals and 16 assists in 2004-05 for the Ottawa Raiders in just 26 games ... helped her squad earn the 2002-03 OFSAA Silver Medal ... earned team Most Valuable Player honors every year ... graduated in 2005 from Almonte and District High School ... also lettered in soccer and badminton ... named to the honor roll every year.

Personal: Full name--Melissa L. M. Boal ... born September 6, 1986, in Almonte, Ont. ... daughter of Ross and Debbie Boal ... has two older brothers, Allan and Trevor ... is an accounting major ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2005, Winter 2006, Fall 2006 and Fall 2007 ... shoots left.

Streaks - Longest Point Streak: 18 games -- 1/5/08 vs. Minnesota to 3/7/08 vs. Robert Morris (16-20--36); Longest Goal Streak: 7 games (twice) -- most recently 10/26/07 at Cornell to 11/16/07 vs. Rensselaer (14-10--24); Longest Assist Streak: 10 games -- 10/19/07 vs. Union to 11/17/07 vs. Rensselaer (19-14--33).

Most Goals Game/Series: 5/6

Most Assists Game/Series: 3/4

Most Points Game/Series: 7/9

First Collegiate Goal:
10/29/05 at Colgate

First Collegiate Point:
10/8/05 at Bemidji State - assist

Playoff Scoring: 4-5--4 (5 games)

Melissa Boal's Career Statistics
Year	GP	G	A	PTS	PN/MN	PPG/SHG	GWG/GWA	HAT	GFG/ENG	MPG/PIG	MGG	+/-
2005-06	35	23	25	48	8/16	11/0	4/3	1	7/0	12/26	4	+4
2006-07	34	28	17	45	14/31	11/2	3/1	2	4/1	15/26	8	E
2007-08	32	35	34	69	19/38	11/3	6/8	4	4/0	19/28	10	+41
Career	101	86	76	162	41/85	33/5	13/12	7	15/1	46/80	22	+45