Boxscore

NEW HAVEN, CT -- Crysti Howser's goal with 2:26 left in regulation, her second of the game, helped Yale to a 3-3 tie with Quinnipiac Saturday afternoon at Ingalls Rink. The Bulldogs had to rally three times to tie the game, allowing goals to the Bobcats in each of the first three periods but responding with one of their own each time. Quinnipiac goalie Tia Wishart had 50 saves for the second straight night. Jackee Snikeris made 23 for the Bulldogs.
 
After Elyse Cole's goal at 2:40 of the first staked the Bobcats to a 1-0 lead, the Bulldogs tied the game on the first of Howser's goals. Alyssa Clarke sent the puck to Samantha MacLean low in the left circle, and MacLean quickly touched it into the slot where two Bulldogs were waiting. The puck hit off Howser's skate, causing momentary confusion, but Mandi Schwartz got her stick on it to keep it alive.  Howser, as she was falling to the ice and with her back to the goal, executed a backhand swipe that got the puck past a surprised Wishart.
 
The Bobcats went back on top quickly in the second period, taking advantage of a Yale penalty with Cole's power-play goal at the 3:23 mark. Wishart continued to stymie the Bulldogs at the other end, denying Bray Ketchum right in front. The Bulldogs got a power play right after that, but Wishart sticked aside a shot by Sarah Tittman after a nice feed from Schwartz, then survived a series of blasts from the point by Helen Resor.
 
A pair of penalties on the Bobcats late in the second gave Yale a 5-on-3, but Wishart denied a backhander from in front by Caroline Murphy amidst heavy traffic. Later the Bobcats had a 5-on-3 of their own but a Yale's penalty-killing unit did not allow them to set up on offense. The Quinnipiac lead remained 2-1 heading into the third period.
 
Ketchum scored at 2:53 of the third, assisted by Murphy and Howser, to tie the game up again. But Quinnipiac answered immediately, as Kelley Davies scored 90 seconds later for a 3-2 Bobcat lead.
 
The Bulldogs unleashed a barrage of shots on Wishart after that. Resor, who had 15 shots for the game, started off the game-tying sequence with a blast from the point. Murphy kept the puck alive as Wishart went down to make the save, and Howser swooped in to knock the loose puck in and tie the game at three.
 
Yale finished the third period with 27 shots, including nine by Resor. The Bulldogs were whistled for a pair of penalties in overtime that stopped their momentum, and shots were even at three in the extra session.
 
This was the second "Pink at the Rink" game, with Yale sporting pink jerseys as part of ECAC Hockey's fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. The jerseys are now being auctioned at http://www.ecachockeycoachesvscancer.com/.