PWHL Players of the Week: Jade Downie-Landry, Ella Shelton, Corinne Schroeder power New York

New York has been one of the surprises in this Professional Women’s Hockey League season, and three of their players helped pick up a couple of big wins in Week 3.

Here’s a look at three players in deserve of some attention:

Jade Downie-Landry (F, New York)

Capping off a fruitful week was one of the depth scorers coming alive for New York.

After only registering two assists in the first five games of the season, Jade Downie-Landry came up big in a game where her team was heavily outplayed. The 28-year-old opened the scoring on Sunday against Boston in the first period. After extending N.Y.’s lead to three early in the second, an empty-net goal from the Quebec native sealed a 4-1 win.

Downie-Landry has the potential to be a key asset for New York after leading the Montreal Force (PHF) in scoring last season. She quickly moved into a tie with teammate Alex Carpenter for fourth in the league in goals, keeping things interesting only.

Ella Shelton (D, New York)

One of the most consistent two-way defenders this season has been New York’s No. 1 blueliner.

Shelton made waves as the first player to score a goal in the PWHL, kickstarting her team in the historic win against Toronto on New Year’s Day. Since then, the Team Canada mainstay has been in the spotlight.

Last Sunday, Shelton picked up assists on all three of N.Y.’s goals against Minnesota, including earning the primary helper on Emma Woods’ overtime winner.

Shelton, who joins Carpenter as one of the players participating in the upcoming 3-on-3 Showcase at NHL All-Star Thursday, also picked up an apple on the power play against Montreal. Her three-game point streak was snapped in the win against Boston, but ended up with a +2.

Shelton had been leading the league in points before Carpenter’s big week. Through six games, the 26-year-old has two goals and five assists.

Corinne Schroeder (G, New York)

We have our first two-time goaltender of the week. While Ann-Renée Desbiens had a couple of good starts, it was hard to ignore how big Corrine Schroeder played this week.

The former Boston Pride star came up with 39 saves in New York’s win against Minnesota, handing the first-place team their first loss of the season.

Then, when her team was outshot by Boston 33-19, Schroeder was beaten just once on her way to her third win.

Schroeder is 3-1 on the season with a 1.72 goals-against average and .949 save percentage. She has had to make 30 saves in three of her four starts.