Box Score

NEW HANCEN, CT -- Yale rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the third period to earn a 3-3 tie against Dartmouth Friday night at Thompson Arena. The Bulldogs' comeback was ignited by junior forward Crysti Howser's goal at 5:22 of the third, as she threaded her way through a pair of defenders before wristing one past Dartmouth netminder Carli Clemis. Howser was in the middle of the game-tying goal just 25 seconds later, as she grabbed the rebound of a shot by sophomore defenseman Alyssa Clarke and fed junior forward Maggie Westfal right in front of the net. Yale freshman goalie Jackee Snikeris made 31 saves, including three in overtime. This was just the second time in the last 46 meetings between these two teams that Yale came away with a point. Two years ago the Bulldogs snapped a 41-game losing streak in the series with a 1-0 win.
 
Yale (9-8-5, 6-6-3 ECAC Hockey) didn't have a shot on goal until a 5-on-3 seven minutes into the period, but with the two-man advantage the Bulldogs began peppering Clemis. After junior defenseman Helen Resor sent a slap shot high, freshman forward Bray Ketchum sent another one on net that Clemis got her glove on, deflecting it up into the air momentarily before she finally grabbed it. Moments later Clemis was out of position after making a stop but forward Shannon Bowman managed to block Howser's shot at the open net.
 
Right after the 5-on-3 ended the Bulldogs caught a tough break. With Big Green forward Sarah Parsons chasing after a loose puck that drifted into the Yale zone, Snikeris came out of the net and attempted to send the puck back up the ice. But her pass went right into Parsons. Parsons kept going with the puck and knocked it into the empty net for a 1-0 Dartmouth lead at 9:03.
 
That ended Snikeris' scoreless streak at 130:21, and the Big Green (11-7-4, 8-5-2 ECAC Hockey) got right back on the scoreboard when defenseman Amy Cobb tipped a shot past Snikeris 54 seconds after Parsons' goal.
 
Yale closed the gap by taking advantage of the Big Green in transition. From the Yale zone Howser hit Westfal with a pass just outside the Dartmouth zone, and she touched it ahead for sophomore forward Mandi Schwartz. Schwartz skated in all alone on Clemis and rifled the puck in to bring Yale within one at the 15:53 mark.
 
The Big Green used a power play to go back up by two goals at 8:43 of the second, as defenseman Julia Bronson blasted a slap shot over Snikeris' left shoulder. The Bulldogs then had to kill off a 5-on-3 three minutes later. Sophomore forward Caroline Murphy got the penalty kill started right by winning a faceoff in the neutral zone, battling past a Big Green defender and getting off a short-handed shot on Clemis. But Yale could not take advantage of a power play of its own at the end of the period, and Snikeris wound up having to make a stick save on Sarah Newnam after a turnover in the Yale zone. Snikeris also had to glove a long-distance blast by Katie Gray as the second period ended.
 
The pair of Yale goals changed momentum quickly in the third. The Bulldogs then had a golden chance to go ahead with a 5-on-3 with four minutes left, but the Big Green killed that off. Snikeris had to make a quick save on Sarah Parsons right in front of the net with 15 seconds left in regulation to send the game to OT.
 
A penalty on Yale with 3:15 left in overtime gave Dartmouth a series of chances, but Snikeris stopped them all and the Bulldogs came away with an important point in the ECAC Hockey standings.