Yale Stuns No. 4 BU

0:00 - 3rd	1	2	3	Final
Boston U. (8-2-3, 5-0-0 HE)	0	1	0	1
Yale (2-5-0, 2-4-0 ECAC)	1	2	1	4

Scoring Summary
1st - 17:19	PP - Aleca Hughes (Yale)
2nd - 08:42	Kristen Stupay (Yale)
2nd - 09:24	Kohanchuk, Jenelle (Boston U.)
2nd - 14:52	PP - Danielle Kozlowski (Yale)
3rd - 12:28	Crysti Howser (Yale)

Boston U.	Yale
G: Kohanchuk, Jenelle - 1 A: 2 Players (#7, #24 - 1) Sh: 3 Players (#9, #16, #24 - 3) Sv: Wilcox, Allyse - 20	G: 4 Players (#2, #8, #10, #11 - 1) A: Helen Resor - 2 Sh: Bray Ketchum - 5 Sv: Jackee Snikeris - 18

TEAM STATISTICS	Boston U.	Yale
Power Plays	0 for 7	2 for 6
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	6 (12)	7 (14)
Shots on Goal	19	24
Face Offs Won	35	18

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Boxscore

NEW HAVEN, CT - Four goals from four different players and 18 saves from sophomore goaltender Jackee Snikeris led Yale to a 4-1 upset of No. 4 BU Tuesday night at Ingalls Rink, snapping the Terriers' 10-game unbeaten streak. The Bulldogs got a pair of power play goals, from freshman forward Aleca Hughes and senior forward Danielle Kozlowski, along with even-strength tallies from senior forward Kristen Stupay and senior forward Crysti Howser. Yale held BU scoreless on seven power plays.
 
The first period turned into a special teams battle. The Bulldogs had to kill off the first penalty, a too many men on the ice call, 90 seconds in. Snikeris denied the Terriers with a pair of loud stick saves, and senior defenseman Helen Resor got her stick on a loose puck high on the crease to clear it. Forechecking by Howser and junior forward Caroline Murphy finished off the rest of the kill.
 
BU goalie Allyse Wilcox made a tough save on a diving attempt by Kozlowski, who was trying to deflect in a crossing pass from senior forward Sarah Tittman six minutes in. Wilcox then stopped a pair of attempts by Howser from right in front after a feed from behind the net by senior forward Maggie Westfal.
 
A steal by junior forward Mandi Schwartz in the neutral zone generated the start of a series of penalties with 5:30 left in the period. Hughes picked up the loose puck at the blue line, and BU defenseman Tara Watchorn had to check Hughes to keep her from heading right to the net.
 
The Bulldogs were whistled for slashing right after that, but just as the Yale penalty was ending the Terriers were hit with a hooking call. There would not be any five-on-five hockey until the Bulldogs broke on top with 2:41 to play in the period. Resor sent the puck into the right corner, where Howser retrieved it. She skated patiently up to the top of the right circle for a wrist shot that Wilcox could not control. Hughes was stationed in perfect position to knock in the rebound.
 
Yale extended the lead midway through the second period. Hughes took a puck out of the left corner and fed Resor for a shot from the left circle that Wilcox stopped, but senior forward Kristen Stupay swooped in for the rebound at 8:42.
 
The Terriers took advantage of a delayed penalty to get back within one less than a minute later. Forward Melissa Anderson's pass from behind the net deflected off forward Lauren Cherewyk to forward Jenelle Kohanchuk, who put a slap shot past Snikeris at 9:24.
 
Yale extended the lead back to two with some hard work along the boards later in the period. Westfal battled for the puck deep in the right corner, freeing it up for Tittman, who grabbed it and came at Wilcox from a hard angle. Tittman's first attempt was stopped, but she kept fighting for the puck and that enabled Kozlowski to sneak in and poke in the rebound.
 
Snikeris made her best save of the night with 16 minutes left when forward Gina Kearns spun off her defender along the left boards and sent a pass to a wide-open defenseman Sarah Appleton in the right circle. Appleton appeared to have plenty of net to shoot at, but Snikeris lunged across and was able to get her glove on the shot. Howser then cleared it to safety.
 
Howser then put the game out of reach by sniping a wrist shot into the upper right corner of the net with 7:32 to play. She finished with a goal and an assist, while Resor and Westfal had a pair of assists each. Hughes, Tittman and freshman defenseman Samantha MacLean had one assist each.
 
Wilcox finished with 20 saves for BU (8-3-3, 5-0 Hockey East). BU's 10-game unbeaten streak had been the second longest current streak in the country.
 
Yale (3-5-0, 2-4-0 ECAC Hockey) plays Quinnipiac in the first round of the Nutmeg Classic Friday night at UConn.