28 Veronika Metanova
Veronika Metanova
  • Height:
    5-2
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Palatine, Ill.
  • High School:
    Palatine
  • Position:
    F
  • Major:
    Criminal Justice
  • Previous Team:
    Chicago Young Americans U-19
  • gp
    28
  • p
    21
  • g
    6
  • a
    15
  • pim
    18
  • +/-
    +0

Bio

2014-15 Season (Sophomore): Skated in all 28 games...Finished season with a career-best 21 points...Ranked ninth in the NCHA with 15 assists...Scored six goals...Totaled 18 penalty minutes...Fired 62 shots...Scored two game-winning goals...Added one game-tying goal...Recorded a pair of power play scores...Her 21 points ranked ninth for most in a season in school history...Ranked tied for fifth with 15 assists in season...Already ranks eighth in career with 41 points after just two seasons...Also ranks in top ten in career in goals and assists...Set CUW single game record with four assists in a game in a 4-1 win over Finlandia (Feb. 7)...Scored two goals, including a game-tying score and added an assist in a 4-4 tie against Marian (Feb. 14)...Assisted on a goal in a 2-1 playoff win over St. Scholastica (Feb. 28)...Began season with a point in first four games, including two assists in season-opening 7-1 win over Finlandia (Oct. 31)...Scored a goal in a 2-0 win over Finlandia (Nov. 1) and scored teams only goal in a 1-1 tie against Augsburg (Nov. 7)...Added an assist in a 3-2 win over Augsburg (Nov. 8)...Scored game-winning goal in a 3-0 win against Lake Forest (Nov. 15)...Assisted on a score in a 3-2 victory over Concordia Moorhead (Jan. 3)...Added an assist in a 4-4 tie against No. 5 Adrian (Jan. 16)...Posted an assist in a 3-2 win over St. Scholastica (Feb. 6).

2013-14 Season (Freshman): Named to All-NCHA Freshman Team...Played in all 26 games...Led team with 20 points, scoring a team-best nine goals and adding 11 assists...Totaled eight penalty minutes...Scored a team-best three power play goals and added one game-winning goal...Recorded a season-best three points, scoring two goals, including game-winner, and adding one assist in 5-2 win over Marian University (Nov. 21)...Scored two third-period goals against Adrian College (Jan. 18)...Scored a goal and added an assist in NCHA Playoff game against Adrian (Feb. 28)...Dished out two assists in season-opening 8-2 win over Finlandia University (Nov. 1)...Added two assists in a 3-3 tie against College of St. Scholastica (Jan. 25)...Scored a goal in a 2-2 tie against Adrian (Feb. 22)...Assisted on a goal in a 2-1 win over Finlandia (Nov. 2)...Scored team's only goal in game's against Lake Forest College (Nov. 16) and Concordia College Moorhead (Jan. 9).

High School (Palatine High School): Lettered in lacrosse and golf...Earned All-Conference accolades in golf...MVP at the Nike Bauer Invite in 2010...Lacrosse team won conference championship senior year and sectional championship sophomore year.

Personal: Daughter of Georgi and Valentina...Speaks three languages (Bulgarian, Spanish and English).

Player Profile

Recent Games
Feb 14 at Marian T, 4-4
Feb 20 at Lake Forest L, 5-3
Feb 21 at Adrian L, 3-1
Feb 28 at St. Scholastica W, 2-1
Mar 6 at Adrian W, 2-1
Mar 7 vs. Lake Forest L, 2-1
  Overall Conf
Games 28 18
Points 21 17
Goals 6 5
Assists 15 12
PIM 18 6
+/- +0 +0
Power-play goals 2 2
Short-handed goals 0 0
Empty net goals 0 0
Games started 20 13
Game-winning goals 2 2
Game-tying goals 1 1
Hat tricks 0 0
Shots 62 33
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg s
Oct 31 Finlandia W, 7-1 - 0 2 2 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 1 Finlandia W, 2-0 1 1 0 1 0 +0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Nov 7 at Augsburg T, 1-1 1 1 0 1 4 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Nov 8 at Augsburg W, 3-2 - 0 1 1 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 14 at Lake Forest L, 5-1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Nov 15 Lake Forest W, 3-0 - 1 0 1 0 +0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Nov 21 at Marian L, 5-1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 22 Finlandia W, 4-0 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dec 5 at St. Norbert L, 3-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 6 at St. Norbert L, 4-1 1 1 0 1 0 +0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 2 Concordia Moorhead L, 4-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jan 3 Concordia Moorhead W, 3-2 - 0 1 1 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jan 9 St. Catherine W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jan 10 St. Catherine L, 2-1 1 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jan 16 No. 5 Adrian College T, 4-4 - 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jan 17 No. 5 Adrian College L, 2-1 - 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jan 23 at St. Scholastica L, 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jan 24 at St. Scholastica T, 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 30 St. Norbert T, 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 6 St. Scholastica W, 3-2 1 0 1 1 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 7 Finlandia W, 4-1 1 0 4 4 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 13 at Marian W, 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 14 at Marian T, 4-4 1 2 1 3 2 +0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Feb 20 at Lake Forest L, 5-3 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 21 at Adrian L, 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 28 at St. Scholastica W, 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Mar 6 at Adrian W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mar 7 vs. Lake Forest L, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
  gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
2013-14 26 9 11 20 8 +0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
2014-15 28 6 15 21 18 +0 2 0 0 2 1 0 62
2015-16 25 8 10 18 16 -4 2 0 0 1 0 0 63
2016-17 25 12 19 31 22 +5 3 3 0 3 0 0 67
Total 104 35 55 90 64 +1 9 3 0 7 1 0 192
    gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
Event Total 28 6 15 21 18 +0 2 0 0 2 1 0 62
Conference 18 5 12 17 6 +0 2 0 0 2 1 0 33
Exhibition - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 13 2 9 11 10 +0 1 0 0 2 0 0 34
Away 14 4 6 10 8 +0 1 0 0 0 1 0 24
Neutral 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Result Wins 12 2 11 13 8 +0 1 0 0 2 0 0 26
Losses 11 1 2 3 4 +0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24
Ties 5 3 2 5 6 +0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12
Month October 1 0 2 2 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 7 3 1 4 6 +0 1 0 0 2 0 0 21
December 2 1 0 1 0 +0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
January 9 0 3 3 8 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
February 7 2 9 11 4 +0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15
March 2 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5