Harvard Nets Tie at UNH

Photo by DSPics.com

Final	1	2	3	OT	Final
Harvard (4-5-2)	0	1	0	0	1
New Hampshire (8-5-2)	0	1	0	0	1

Scoring Summary
2nd - 10:03	Wakefield, Jenn (New Hampshire)
2nd - 18:46	PP - Sarah Wilson (Harvard)

Harvard	New Hampshire
G: Sarah Wilson - 1 A: 2 Players (#20, #26 - 1) Sh: Sarah Wilson - 5 Sv: Christina Kessler - 12	G: Wakefield, Jenn - 1 A: 2 Players (#4, #20 - 1) Sh: 2 Players (#9, #24 - 3) Sv: Herman, Kayley - 36

TEAM STATISTICS	Harvard	New Hampshire
Power Plays	1 for 7	0 for 7
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	7 (14)	7 (14)
Shots on Goal	37	13
Face Offs Won	40	20

full stats

Boxscore

DURHAM, N.H. -- Christina Kessler made 12 saves and Sarah Wilson scored her seventh goal of the season on the power play to help No. 10 Harvard to a 1-1 tie at No. 7 New Hampshire Friday evening.

The Crimson was a perfect 7-for-7 on its penalty kill and scored on one of it seven chances to move to 4-4-3 on the season.

Neither team could generate much offense in the first period at the Whittemore, as the Crimson held a 6-1 advantage in shots. Each team had two power-play chances, but neither squad could capitalize in the frame. Harvard’s best chance of the period came with about two minutes ago when Sarah Vaillancourt skated into the UNH zone and left a drop pass for Jenny Brine. Brine collected the puck and took a shot that bounced a few times before Wildcat netminder Kayley Hermann kicked it away.

The Crimson had a two-skater advantage for almost two minutes at 6:22, but Harvard only managed only two shots on goal, including one by Kathryn Farni on a 2-on-1 chance. After killing off both penalties, UNH (8-4-4) scored the game’s first goal on a shot by Jenn Wakefield at 10:03. Wakefield flipped the shot past Kessler after receiving a pass from defender Kelly Cahill.

Harvard earned another 5-on-3 late in the second at 18:37, and this time the Crimson capitalized, lighting the lamp on a score by Wilson at 18:46. Vaillancourt and Kate Buesser were credited with assists on the play after Buesser won the faceoff and played the puck to Vaillancourt, who then slid it to Wilson towards the left circle. Wilson took the puck and lifted it top shelf for her team-leading seventh goal of the year to knot the game, 1-1. After two frames, Harvard still controlled shots, leading 15-5, and also had a sizable advantage in faceoffs, 24-13.

Vaillancourt almost gave the Crimson its first lead in a short-handed situation at 16:45 when the senior forward hit the left post on a slap shot from the top of the left circle. Harvard kept pressuring the Wildcats, mustering another 16 shots on target in the third, but none of them got through Hermann.

In the final minute of regulation, the Crimson kept possession of the puck and managed two more shots on goal, but could not find the go-ahead tally before the horn sounded. Harvard compiled 20 of the 24 shots in the third frame and led 35-10 in that category after three periods.

In overtime, Wakefield skated into the Crimson zone against three defenders and put the puck on net, but Kessler grabbed it at 2:15. After the ensuing faceoff, Harvard skated down the ice and managed two shots on goal by Vaillancourt and Anna McDonald. The latter shot created a rebound in the crease, but Hermann covered up before a Crimson skater could put it in the net.

With 30 seconds to go, Wakefield earned a one-timer from the slot, but Kessler kicked the puck aside with her left pad.

The Crimson will return to Bright Hockey Center to host the Wildcats Friday, Dec. 12. The puck is scheduled to drop at 7 p.m.