Weekend Update: Timely Goals Spark Wins

ALBANY, N.Y. - Clutch scoring to give leads, send games into overtime, and propel a team to victory in an extra session were the story of the night in ECAC Women’s Ice Hockey play last evening.

Dartmouth 5 at No. 2/2 Cornell 4
*Big Green sophomore forward Ali Winkel more than doubled her career point total on her first career hat-trick.
*With two first-line forwards and the top defensive pairing competing in the Four Nations Cup in Sweden with the Canadian National Team, Cornell was forced to dress 13 skaters, use just three natural defensemen, and play forwards on the blue line to help defense.
*Cornell outshot Dartmouth 28-26 on the evening. The 28 shots was the fewest in one game for the Big Red this season.

No. 9/9 Harvard 2 at Colgate 0
*The Crimson ups its record to a perfect 3-0-0 on the season with all three victories coming on the road against conference opponents.  
*Harvard has only surrendered two goals in three games (0.67G/GM), which is good enough to lead the nation in scoring defense on the young season.
*Netminder Susan Allen had 12 saves in the first period in her first collegiate appearance and start for the Raiders

At St. Lawrence 4, Princeton 1
*Four different players scored goals and sophomore goaltender Caitlyn Lahonen turned in a solid 29-save performance, lifting St. Lawrence to a 4-1 win over Princeton.
*The Saints closed with a 35-30 advantage in shots on goal, while neither team (SLU 0-for-5; Princeton 0-for-6) scored on the power-play.
*The Tigers saw their four-game unbeaten streak snapped Friday. Princeton falls to 4-2-1 overall and 3-1-1 in the league with its first ECAC Hockey loss of the season.

At Brown 2, Rensselaer 2 (ot)
*Brown scored the first and last goals of the game Friday night at Meehan Auditorium against ECAC Hockey foe Rensselaer, on their way to a 2-2 tie.
*Aubree Moore stopped 34 shots for the Bears in the draw, including 10 in the first period and 13 in the third. Rookie netminder Kelly O'Brien stopped 20 of the 22 shots she faced, including 11 in the second period for Rensselaer

At Yale 3, Union 2 (ot)
*Yale was missing its top four defensemen in last night’s game who were out with injuries.
*Union held a 14-1 shots on goal advantage after the first period of play, but the Bulldogs rebounded with 15 shots in the second period to the Dutchwomen’s six.
*Union has already been involved in five one-goal games on the season (2-3-0).

At Clarkson 3, Quinnipiac 0
*Quinnipiac outshot Clarkson 27-22. Golden Knights goaltender Erica Howe posted 15 first-period saves, nine stops in the second, and three more saves in the final frame for her second shutout of the season and fourth career whitewash.
*The Bobcats have now been shutout three times this season. They were blanked a totally of four times in 2010-11.
*Quinnipiac dominated at the faceoff circle all evening last night, edging Clarkson with a 36-to-23 mark.

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