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University of New Hampshire
DURHAM, N.H. – Junior forward Kelly Harty (Billerica, Mass.) has been named captain of the 2025-26 University of New Hampshire women’s hockey team with classmates Alyson Hush (Scarborough, Ontario) and Hannah Rodgers (Apex, N.C.) serving as assistant captains. The announcement was made by 11th-year head coach Hilary Witt. Harty recorded a goal and six […]
DURHAM, N.H. – Junior forward Kelly Harty (Billerica, Mass.) has been named captain of the 2025-26 University of New Hampshire women’s hockey team with classmates Alyson Hush (Scarborough, Ontario) and Hannah Rodgers (Apex, N.C.) serving as assistant captains. The announcement was made by 11th-year head coach Hilary Witt.
Harty recorded a goal and six assists for a total of seven points in 35 games, and she tied atop the team leaderboard in plus/minus at +3. In 27 Hockey East league games, she tallied five points on a goal and four assists.
Harty recorded a career high of two assists for a personal-best two points in UNH’s 4-3 overtime win against Merrimack College at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex on Feb. 6. She tallied an assist in consecutive wins against Merrimack (Jan. 10) and nationally-ranked Boston University (Jan. 18).
Hush, a co-recipient of this year’s Tricia Dunn Most Improved Player Award, had a breakout season with 11 goals and three assists for a total of 14 points. The junior forward had compiled a total of two points (one goal, one assist) in 32 games spanning her first two seasons as a Wildcat.
Hush ranked second on the team with those 11 goals, which included a team-leading six power-play goals, and she tied for sixth in points. The six power-play goals also tied for best in Hockey East and 13th in Division I.
Her season highlights included career highs of two points and two goals against both Assumption (Oct. 4) and nationally-ranked Boston U. (Feb. 15).
Rodgers, who matched Harty’s +3 rating atop UNH’s leaderboard, finished with two goals and two assists for a total of four points in 33 games. The junior forward tallied her first career point when she scored a goal in the season-opening win against Assumption. She struck again Oct. 25 at the University of Vermont.
Harty recorded a goal and six assists for a total of seven points in 35 games, and she tied atop the team leaderboard in plus/minus at +3. In 27 Hockey East league games, she tallied five points on a goal and four assists.
Harty recorded a career high of two assists for a personal-best two points in UNH’s 4-3 overtime win against Merrimack College at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex on Feb. 6. She tallied an assist in consecutive wins against Merrimack (Jan. 10) and nationally-ranked Boston University (Jan. 18).
Hush, a co-recipient of this year’s Tricia Dunn Most Improved Player Award, had a breakout season with 11 goals and three assists for a total of 14 points. The junior forward had compiled a total of two points (one goal, one assist) in 32 games spanning her first two seasons as a Wildcat.
Hush ranked second on the team with those 11 goals, which included a team-leading six power-play goals, and she tied for sixth in points. The six power-play goals also tied for best in Hockey East and 13th in Division I.
Her season highlights included career highs of two points and two goals against both Assumption (Oct. 4) and nationally-ranked Boston U. (Feb. 15).
Rodgers, who matched Harty’s +3 rating atop UNH’s leaderboard, finished with two goals and two assists for a total of four points in 33 games. The junior forward tallied her first career point when she scored a goal in the season-opening win against Assumption. She struck again Oct. 25 at the University of Vermont.