News: DEMPSEY, GABEL, HOWARD NAMED PHF THREE STARS OF THE WEEK

BOSTON, MA – (December 13, 2022) – The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced its Three Stars of the Week following weekend action played December 9-11, 2022. Top performers include Boston Pride forwards Jillian Dempsey and Loren Gabel, and Toronto Six forward Brittany Howard.

First Star: Jillian Dempsey capped a special week off the ice with an incredible on-ice performance. The Boston Pride captain was honored last Wednesday with the Hockey Legacy Award at The Sports Museum’s annual fundraising gala, The Tradition, and scored four goals and two assists in two weekend games against Buffalo. She provided an insurance marker in Saturday’s 3-0 victory over the Beauts, then recorded a career-high five-point performance in Sunday’s 7-5 win that included her first career hat-trick in her all-time leading 126th regular season game. Her three goals were spread across all three periods and counted as the team’s third goal which was a power play marker, followed by the fourth at even strength, and the game-winner also played five-on-five with under four minutes in regulation to break a 5-5 tie. She also provided primary assists on two Loren Gabel goals. The 31-year-old from Winthrop, MA becomes the fourth member of the Pride to produce a five-point game and first since the 2016-17 season. The three-time Isobel Cup champion is now tied with Gabel for second in PHF scoring with 11 points including six goals in eight games. She has points in seven of those eight contests and continues to build on her all-time offensive records with 62 goals and 129 points amassed across all eight PHF seasons.

Second Star: Loren Gabel tied a PHF single game record on Sunday with a six-point performance in Buffalo as part of the Pride’s 7-5 victory over the Beauts. The 25-year-old from Kitchener, Ontario is just the second player in PHF history to achieve the feat, following Mikyla Grant-Mentis last January. The newcomer scored Boston’s second goal at even strength and added an empty-net marker for insurance, also providing primary assists on all-three of Dempsey’s goals as well as one by Élizabeth Giguère. She led the top line that combined for an impressive 15 points which represents a single-game record among three players. The two-time NCAA champion and 2019 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner from Clarkson University spent the last three seasons in the PWHPA before signing a two-year contract with Boston. She’s currently tied with Dempsey for second…