Gameday Particulars
- Friday’s sport begins at 7 p.m., at Williams Area at Jack Katz Stadium. Admission is free and parking is obtainable at 705 Broad Avenue. The sport might be streamed on ACCNX.
- A restricted provide of LocoPops can be found for followers in attendance on the lookout for a cool deal with.
2023 Promotions Schedule
The Opening Hit
- Duke opens the 2023 season with a Friday matchup with Large Ten foe Indiana. It’s the first assembly between the Blue Devils and Hoosiers since 2014.
- The Blue Devils return an skilled core of gamers who’ve performed a mixed 690 collegiate area hockey contests and began 414 of these.
- Indiana completed final season with a 9-10 general file and 1-7 mark in league motion. Like Duke, the Hoosiers return nearly all of their scoring from final season, together with all 4 who had double-digit factors. Goaltender Arabella Loveridge can also be again after enjoying all however 29 minutes final season.
- The Blue Devils welcome again 89 p.c of their factors and 93 p.c of their targets from the 2022 season. Duke introduced in 4 rookies and a graduate scholar switch from Lehigh in Sarah Bonthuis.
By the Numbers
69 – Profession factors for senior Hannah Miller, tied for twenty first in Blue Satan historical past
207 – Profession saves for Piper Hampsch, rating tenth on the Duke file chart
15 – Factors within the remaining 9 video games of 2023 for sophomore Issy Carey
5 – Newcomers to the Blue Satan program – 4 rookies and one graduate scholar switch
690 – Collegiate area hockey video games performed by Duke’s 2023 roster
89 – % of Duke’s factors from the 2022 season returning for 2023
93 – % of Duke’s purpose scoring coming back from final season
8 – Video games towards 2022 NCAA Match groups on Duke’s 2023 slate
9 – House video games for the Blue Devils in 2023, together with 4 straight
16 – Targets scored by Duke within the first 5 minutes of 1 / 4 in 2022
306 – Profession wins by head coach Pam Bustin, the nineteenth Division I head coach to achieve the 300-win benchmark.
Preseason All-ACC
- Duke’s Hannah Miller was voted to the Preseason All-ACC group by the league’s seven coaches. Miller was a first-team selection in 2022 and returns for her remaining season as a Blue Satan after main Duke with 25 factors final season. Her 11 assists in 2022 tied for 18th in Duke single-season historical past as she turned simply the twentieth Blue Satan to file not less than 11 helpers in a season.
Preseason Prime 20
- Duke enters the 2023 season ranked twentieth within the NFHCA preseason ballot. The Blue Devils began final yr ranked 18th and climbed as excessive as sixteenth. Duke has 13 contests this season towards top-20 opponents. All seven ACC packages are within the preseason rankings.
Duke in Season Openers
- The Blue Devils are getting into their 53rd season as a area hockey program. Duke is 36-14-2 all-time in season-opening contests and 9-3 below head coach Pam Bustin within the first sport of the yr. The Blue Devils are beginning the 2023 season at dwelling for simply the sixth time since 2011.
Collection Historical past
- Duke and Indiana meet for the fourth time in program historical past and the primary time since 2014. The Blue Devils are 1-2 versus the Hoosiers with the win coming at dwelling in 2013. The newest contest in 2014 was a 3-2 setback in Bloomington. Head coach Pam Bustin is 7-6 towards Indiana in her teaching profession.
Scouting Indiana
- Indiana enters the 2023 season after a 9-10 file in 2022, together with a 1-7 mark in Large Ten motion. The Hoosiers return a wealth of expertise, which incorporates the highest 5 scorers. Like Duke, Indiana welcomes again 93 p.c of its factors and 94 p.c of its targets from a season in the past.
- Arabella Loveridge is again to anchor the backline in purpose. Loveridge performed all however 29 minutes final season, ending with a 2.86 targets towards common and a .702 save share. Redshirt senior Sydney Keld made a nation’s-best 12 defensive saves a yr in the past, whereas additionally registering six targets and three assists.
An Skilled Squad Returns
- The Blue Devils return a wealth of sport expertise in 2023. Duke has 690 video games performed throughout the 21 gamers with collegiate area hockey expertise, together with Hannah Miller with 72, Mary Harkins at 68, Charlie van Oirschot with 57 and Piper Hampsch at 50. Of these 690 video games, 414 have been beginning assignments.
- Along with having performed video games, Duke returns the majority of its scoring from final season with 93 p.c of the purpose scoring and 89 p.c of the general factors again for one more yr.
Miller Shifting On Up
- Hannah Miller goals to proceed climbing the Duke profession scoring chart. The veteran ahead ranks tied for twenty first with 69 profession factors. Her 25 profession targets are twenty fourth in Duke historical past.
- Miller, enjoying again within the midfield in 2022, dished a career-best 11 assists. Her 11 general assists and 0.61 per sport common ranked second within the ACC and seventeenth nationally. A starter in each sport of her profession as a Blue Satan, Miller has registered not less than 20 factors in two of her 4 seasons.
The Veens – A Area Hockey Household
- Veen hails from a area hockey household. Her mom and father each performed for Netherlands within the Olympics in Sydney (2000), Atlanta (1996) and Barcelona (1992). Her father, Stephan gained two Olympic Gold medals, whereas her mom, Suzan, took dwelling two bronze medals. Her brother, Lucas, is a member of the Dutch U21 Nationwide Staff.
Subsequent Recreation
- Duke hits the street for the ACC/Large Ten Cup at Maryland. The Blue Devils tackle host Maryland within the first sport Sept. 1 and Northwestern Sept. 3 earlier than returning to Durham for a four-game homestand.