Weekend Update: The Comforts of Home Ice
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The first night of
quarterfinal action in the 2010 ECAC Hockey Women's Postseason
Tournament did not disappoint, as it featured a double overtime
clash, an offensive explosion, clutch play between the pipes, and a
career milestone. The one common element that all four
playoff games had was the home team earning the victory. One
of the highlights of the day's action was Harvard head coach Katey
Stone notching her 338th career win, setting the Division I
all-time record for women's coaches.
At No. 1 Cornell 2, No. 8 Colgate 1: Cornell
scored a pair of first period goals and held on for a 2-1 victory
over Colgate in an ECAC Hockey women's quarterfinal contest Friday
afternoon at Lynah Rink. Laura Fortino and Kendice Ogilvie
scored goals for the Big Red, which won a post-season game for the
first time in program history. Amanda Mazzotta stopped 25
shots for the Big Red, which improved to 16-8-6 on the year with
the victory. Colgate got its lone goal from Evan Minnick
early in the third period on a power-play, but could not get the
tying goal. Lisa Plenderleith stopped 23 shots in taking the
loss for the Raiders (12-19-4). Despite placing a combined 22
shots on net in the second period, neither team was able to find
the back of the net. The Raiders finished 1-for-5 with the
man-advantage, while Cornell was scoreless on three power-play
chances. The two teams will tangle again this afternoon at
Cornell (2 p.m.).
At No. 2 Clarkson 5, No. 7 St. Lawrence 0:
The Clarkson University Women's Hockey team earned its first
playoff victory in five tries against St. Lawrence University,
shutting out the Saints 5-0 in ECAC Hockey best-of-three
quarterfinal action Friday afternoon at Cheel Arena. The
Golden Knights, ranked sixth in the country, improved to 21-9-5
overall with the victory, while the Saints dropped to 15-13-7 on
the season. The two North Country rivals skated to a
scoreless first period, but then the flood gates opened for the
Golden Knights. Nine different student-athletes got into the
scoring act for the Green and Gold led by forward Kali Gillanders'
one goal and two assists. Lauren Dahm made 19 saves for her
ninth shutout of the season, while the combination of Maxie Weisz,
Brittony Chartier, and Nikki Bongaerts made 25 saves for the
Saints, with Weisz making 14 saves and Chartier stopping 11
shots. Clarkson out shot St. Lawrence 30-19 in the contest,
and both teams were scoreless in three chances on the
power-play.
At No. 3 Harvard 5, No. 6 Princeton 1: Katey
Stone, the Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Ice Hockey,
became the winningest coach in NCAA Division I history, as the
fourth-ranked Crimson women's hockey team defeated Princeton by a
score 5-1 in Game 1 of the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals. Stone
surpassed former Colby and Minnesota head coach Laura Halldorson,
as she earned the 338th victory in her legendary coaching career,
all coming at the helm of the Crimson. Stone, who has coached
at Harvard for 16 seasons, has compiled an impressive 338-142-27
(.693) overall record during her career. Harvard, which
improves to 19-6-5 on the season, opened the game netting four
goals in the first period. Forward Liza Ryabkina notched two
first period goals for the Crimson. Randi Griffin earned the
game-winner firing a shot past Princeton goaltender Rachel Weber at
7:40 in the first period. Laura Bellamy earned the victory in
net, stopping 16 shots, while her counterpart, Weber, recorded 33
saves. Each team netted a power-play goal, while the Crimson owned
a 38-17 advantage in shots.
At No. 4 Quinnipiac 2, No. 5 Rensselaer 1
(2ot): In a three-hour game sophomore forward
Chelsea Illchuk scored in double overtime to propel the Quinnipiac
University women's ice hockey team to its first-ever playoff
victory as it defeated Rensselaer, 2-1, Friday evening.
Freshman goaltender Victoria Vigilanti turned aside a season-high
40 saves as the Bobcats improved to 19-8-8 on the year. With
the win, Quinnipiac improves to 1-0 in the best-of-three game
series with the Engineers. After a scoreless opening period,
the Engineers got on the board first as senior Allison Wright
tallied her 12th goal of the season at 14:33 on the
power-play. The Bobcats capitalized on a power-play of their
own with 5:28 remaining in the third period to even the score at
1-1, as senior forward Kallie Flor scored her 14th goal of the
season. Sonja van der Bliek made 33 saves in the contest for
Rensselaer, including five in the first period, seven in the second
and third stanzas and a combined eight stops in the overtime
sessions.
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