Women's Ice Hockey Ties Saint Michael's 1-1

Friday, January 11

Colchester, VT

7 pm

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

14-4-3, 3-2-2NEWHA

St. Michael's

3-9-1, 2-4-1NEWHA

OT 1

Sacred Heart

Saint Michael's

Women's Ice Hockey Ties Saint Michael's 1-1

1/11/2019 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

COLCHESTER, V.T.- The Sacred Heart University Women's Ice Hockey team tied Saint Michael's 1-1 to kick the two game set with the Purple Knights. The Pioneers look to take the second game tomorrow for a 1:00 p.m. puck-drop.

First Period

Both teams would go scoreless in the first period as the Pioneers would outshoot the Purple Knights 18-7 in the first period.
At one point in the first period, the Pioneers would fire off five straight shots in a row each coming off the sticks of four different SHU players.
Two would be saved as those shots came flying from Jayne Lewis and Cannady Taleghani

Second Period

The Pioneers would this time tie Saint Michael's in shots as both sides would fire off 11 shots in the period.
SHU would be the first team to get on the board as freshman Kennedy Spiering would launch a shot passed the netminder at 11:10 in the period to put the Pioneers ahead 1-0.
A pair of assists by senior Brooke McGreen and junior Maddie Bishop would aid the Pioneer goal.

Third Period

While the Pioneers outshot the Purple Knights in the third period 18-12, it would be Saint Michael's that would net the game tying goal to send the game into overtime.
At 7:04 in the period Jordan Monbouquette would slip the game tying goal to tie the game up at 1-0 as the goal would go unassisted.

Overtime

SHU would be the only team that took shots in the first and only overtime period as the Pioneers fired off a total of four shots but none would be able to find the back of the net to conclude the game in a 1-1 tie.