The United Collegiate Hockey Conference is pleased to announce its weekly award winners, released on December 15, 2025, for games played from December 8 – December 14. The UCHC weekly awards program highlights the top performances from around the conference over each week of the regular season. It is the seventh UCHC weekly honors release of the 2025-26 season. 
 
UCHC MEN’S PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Antoine Lucier, Nazareth, So., F, Candiac, Quebec
Lucier scored Nazareth’s second goal in Friday’s 2-2 tie at No. 5 Hamilton. He tallied with 4:15 left in the second to give the Golden Flyers a 2-1 lead. Nazareth finished the opening semester with a 7-4-1 record.

UCHC WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Ella Mannila, Nazareth, Jr., F, Nipigon, Ontario
Mannila scored a goal and added an assist to lead Nazareth to a 3-1 road win over No. 15 Hamilton College on Tuesday evening, as the Golden Flyers ended the semester break 11-0-0. Mannila opened the scoring just over 12 minutes into the game and assisted on Lindsay Moses’ goal 1:58 into the third period that gave Nazareth a 3-1 lead.
 
UCHC MEN’S GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK – Mason Joseph, Nazareth, So., G, Cumberland, RI
Joseph was sensational in Nazareth’s 2-2 tie at No. 5 Hamilton, stopping 54-of-56 shots through regulation and overtime in addition to another three saves on four shootout attempts, as Nazareth won the shootout exhibition, 2-1. Joseph made 13 first period saves, 17 in both the second and third periods and another seven stops in the 3-on-3 overtime period, as Hamilton out-shot Nazareth, 56-23.
 
UCHC WOMEN’S GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK – Tia Card, Hilbert, Sr., G, Burlington, Ontario
Card was nearly flawless in Friday's 3-1 victory over Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. The senior goaltender made 41 stops on 42 shots for a .976 save percentage in the contest, earning the win in between the pipes. Card stopped the final 24 Trailblazer shots she saw, including all 21 third period attempts and she made seven saves while shorthanded throughout the game.
 
UCHC MEN’S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK – Mathieu Fehr, Nazareth, Fr., F, Rockland, Ontario
Fehr scored Nazareth’s first goal in Friday’s 2-2 tie at No. 5 Hamilton. He tallied 5:01 into the second period off a feed from Matthew Herb to tie the game at 1-1. Nazareth finished the opening semester with a 7-4-1 record.

UCHC WOMEN’S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK – Victoria Battaglia, Hilbert, Fr., F, Brampton, Ontario
Battaglia notched three points on a goal and a pair of assists this weekend against Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. She tallied a helper in Friday's 3-1 win, before igniting the Hawks' third-period comeback on Saturday with a goal and an assist in the final frame to erase a 2-0 deficit and force overtime in Saturday's 2-2 tie. Battaglia fired ten shots across the two games and led the Hawks with 26 faceoff wins on 49 draws (53 percent) while also blocking six shots.