Weekend Update: Home Cooking

ALBANY, N.Y. - In the friendly confines of ECAC Hockey rinks, the home team earned points in four out of the five games last evening in league action. Home teams - Dartmouth, Rensselaer, and St. Lawrence - each posted victories, while Union settled for a tie. The lone road team to score a win was Cornell, which blanked Harvard. 2-0 in a top ten showdown.

No. 3/3 Cornell 2 at No. 9/9 Harvard 0
*Cornell senior netminder Amanda Mazzotta earned her third shutout of the season in saving all 22 of the Crimson's shots.
*The Big Red now take sole possession of first-place in the league standings. Cornell has now won seven consecutive games overall, nine consecutive ECAC Hockey contests and five in a row against Harvard.
*The Crimson defense held Cornell to a season-low 14 shots, as well as stopping all power-play opportunities for the Big Red.
*Despite ample opportunities and 22 shots Harvard was kept off the board for the second time this season.

At Rensselaer 4, Yale 2
*All four of Rensselaer’s goals game in the second stanza. It marked the most goals scored in a single period by the Engineers this season.
*The Engineers put 44 shots on net which was their second highest output of the season. The top output of shots on the season for Rensselaer was 50 when they downed Yale, 5-0 on November12.
*Yale senior goalie Genny Ladiges made 40 saves -- her third straight 40+ save effort.
*Sophomore forward Jackie Raines scored both of Yale's goals on the evening. She leads the Bulldogs in goals with seven and is second on the team in scoring with a total of nine points this season.

At No. 10/10 Dartmouth 4, Colgate 3 (ot)
*Senior Reagan Fischer netted the game-winning goal with 25 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Big Green to the victory.
*Fischer tallied two goals and an assist and Camille Dumais had three helpers. It marked the fourth straight win for the Big Green and the team is unbeaten in their last eight games.
*After Colgate was down 3-0 in the second period it came roaring back to eventually tie the game with seven minutes left in the third.
*Junior Jenna Klynstra led the Raiders with two goals in the game. While in goal, the team had yet another impressive performance from senior Kimberly Sass who recorded 43 saves, 18 of which were in the second period.

At Union 2, Brown 2 (ot)
*The Bears battled back on two occasions on the evening to skate away with a tie. Union never trailed in the contest.
*Brown sophomore Jessica Hoyle's game-tying goal with just 1:57 left in regulation evened the score sending the game into the extras session.
*Kate Gallagher stopped 36 of 38 shots for the Dutchwomen, while Aubree Moore made 20 saves throughout the contest for Brown.

At St. Lawrence 3, Clarkson 2
*Saints sophomore Rylee Smith scored her 11th goal of the season on the power-play with only 3:40 left in regulation and added two assists, lifting to the victory at Appleton Arena.
*The win, which moves the Saints to 14-7-3 (8-4-1) on the year, is the eighth consecutive victory for the Scarlet and Brown and third straight against the Golden Knights.
*With the loss, the Golden Knights saw their five-game league winning streak come to an end.
*Clarkson outshot the St. Lawrence 34-31. Sophomore Eric Howe posted 28 saves for the Green and Gold. The Golden Knights were 1-of-5 on the power-play and killed off five off the Saints’ six man-advantage opportunities.

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