Weekend Update: Goaltending Highlights Start of New Year
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The new year brought about solid play between
the pipes, as no game that ECAC Hockey teams were involved in
featured a team that netted more than three goals. All of the
five games played last night were decided by two goals or fewer,
including two shutouts.
North Dakota 3 vs. Rensselaer 2 (ot):
Freshman forward Alyssa Wiebe scored just 29 seconds into overtime
to give the North Dakota women's hockey team a 3-2 come-from-behind
victory over Rensselaer in the first game of the Easton/St. Cloud
State Showcase. The Fighting Sioux improve to 11-7-1 while
the Engineers fell to 10-6-2. The loss also saw RPI's
three-game winning streak come to an end. The Engineers had
not lost a game since a 5-0 defeat at nationally-ranked Dartmouth
on November 8. Both the Fighting Sioux and the Engineers
posted 24 shots on goal in the game. Sophomore netminder
Sonja van der Bliek posted 21 saves in the loss for RPI.
Princeton 1 at Harvard 0: Freshman Heather
Landry scored the lone goal and senior goaltender Kristen Young
made 31 saves as the Princeton women's hockey team blanked Harvard
1-0 Friday night at the Bright Hockey Center. Princeton's win moved
the Tigers to .500 at 8-8-1 overall and 5-5-0 in league play.
Young was strong in net for the Tigers as she stopped all 31 shots
she faced for her first shutout of the season and the 13th of her
career. She also stopped 30 or more shots for the third-straight
game as she has now turned away 123 of the last 129 shots she has
faced. Harvard outshot the Tigers 31-21 and had its biggest
shot advantage in the opening period, firing 13 shots on Young
while the Tigers managed six. Neither team converted on the power
play in the game as Princeton had five chances and Harvard had
four.
Yale 2 at Northeastern 0: Freshman forward
Aleca Hughes got her one midway through the second period Friday
night at Northeastern, and senior forward Crysti Howser tacked on
an empty-netter at the end, as sophomore goaltender Jackee Snikeris
and the Bulldogs beat NU 2-0 for their fifth win in six
games. It was also the fifth time in that stretch that
Snikeris has held an opponent to one goal or less. Snikeris
now 5-3-0 on the season has six career shutouts to her
credit. Freshman defender Heather Grant posted an assist,
which marked the third straight game, where she has registered a
point for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs outshot Northeastern by
a count of 32-22 in the game. Both teams went 0 for 3 with
the man advantage.
No. 7/8 Boston College 3 at Colgate 1:
Raiders' Junior Beth Rotenberg recorded her fourth goal of the
season early in the third, but it wasn't enough as the Colgate
University women's hockey team lost to Boston College 3-1 Saturday
evening at Starr Rink. Sophomore forward Jessi Waters and
senior defender Kiira Dosdall assisted on the lone goal for
Colgate. Boston College, ranked seventh in the latest
national polls, opened the scoring mid-way through the second when
freshman forward Mary Restuccia slid one by freshman goaltender
Kimberly Sass. The Eagles out-shot Colgate 32-28 for the
game. Sass made 29 saves in the loss while junior Molly
Schaus recorded 27 for Boston College. Colgate finished 0-7
on the power play, snapping an 18-game scoring streak, while the
Eagles went 0-5.
Quinnipiac 1 at No. 3/3 Dartmouth 1: The
third-ranked Dartmouth women's hockey team had a 42-16 shot
advantage over Quinnipiac, but the Big Green couldn't find the net
after the first period and had to settle for 1-1 tie with the
Bobcats Friday night at Thompson Arena. For Dartmouth,
sophomore forward Amanda Trunzo had the lone goal for the Big
Green, while junior Mariel Lacina made 15 stops in net to earn the
tie. For Quinnipiac, senior defender Trudy Reyns posted the
only goal for the Bobcats on the power play in the second period,
but the star of the game for both sides was junior netminder Nanna
Holm-Glaas who pushed aside 42 saves, one short of her career
high.
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