News: PACKER, WATTS, IVES NAMED PHF THREE STARS OF THE WEEK

BOSTON, MA – (March 14, 2023) – The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced its Three Stars of the Week following season-ending weekend action played March 10-12, 2023. Top performers include forwards Madison Packer of the Metropolitan Riveters, Daryl Watts of the Toronto Six, and goaltender Abbie Ives of the Connecticut Whale.

First Star: Madison Packer finished the season with a pair of multi-point performances for the Riveters in a weekend series sweep over Buffalo. The captain totaled four points including two goals and two assists spread evenly over both contests that contributed to the team’s four-game winning-streak and best consecutive stretch since the 2017-18 campaign. On Friday she scored the game-winning goal and added a primary assist in the 5-2 victory over the Beauts, then scored her team-leading 11th goal of the season on the power play and provided the secondary assist on the winning-goal by Fanni Gasparics in Saturday’s 3-2 triumph. The 31-year-old and six-time PHF All-Star from Detroit, MI finished her eighth season tied for the team lead in scoring with 21 points in 24 games. Since turning pro in 2015-16 following her NCAA career at the University of Wisconsin, Packer has played 131 career PHF games amassing 65 goals and 64 assists for 129 points which ranks second among all-time skaters. This is the second time in three weeks that she’s been recognized as the league’s first star.

Second Star: Daryl Watts scored two goals and one assist over two weekend games against Boston, finishing her first professional regular season on a three-game point-streak. The 23-year-old from Toronto, Ontario scored the team’s second goal in Saturday’s 3-2 loss, then picked up a pair of first period points in Sunday’s 5-4 win over the Pride including a primary assist on Shiann Darkangelo’s opening goal and a short-side snipe of her own. She preceded this week’s action with her first career multi-point game, a two-assist performance, on Feb. 26 to give her five points over three contests heading into playoffs and seven points including three goals in 12 appearances overall. Watts signed a historic two-year PHF contract with her hometown team in January following an illustrious collegiate career where she graduated as the second all-time leading scorer in NCAA history with 297 points in 172 games from 2017-22. She was the 2018 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award recipient as a freshman at Boston College, and captured a national…