Women's Hockey Roundup 02/25/24
NCAA Women’s Division 1 (Ranked Teams)
February 21
ECAC Tournament: The #13 Princeton Tigers beat unranked RIT, 3-2. Aylah Cioffi gave Rensselaer the lead a little past halfway of the first period, but with 15 seconds left, Mackenzie Alexander tied it. In the second period, Issy Wunder scored the sole goal, giving the Tigers a 2-1 lead. That would last until 9:17 of the third period when Rensselaer’s Sophie Helgeson tied it up. One minute and 24 seconds later, Rosie Klein scored the game-winner for Princeton.
Hockey East: The #15 Boston College Eagles beat unranked New Hampshire, 2-0. Julia Pellerin and Alanna Devlin were the goalscorers. Grace Campbell made 28 saves to get the shutout win.
In an upset, unranked Connecticut beat #12 Boston University, 4-1. Sadie Hotles scored the first two goals of the game, followed shortly by Martha Mobarak and Jada Habisch. Connecticut had a 4-0 lead going into the third period. Boston University’s sole goal, a power play goal by Lindsay Bochna, came 3:53 into the final period.
In an upset, unranked Vermont beat #14 Northeastern, 3-2. The first period was scoreless, but 21 seconds into the second period, Maddy Skelton scored, giving Vermont the lead. 37 seconds later, Skelton’s teammate, Ashley Kokavec, added to the lead. Three minutes and three seconds later, Vermont had a 3-0 lead. Northeastern wouldn’t respond until two minutes into the third period. Lily Brazis scored that goal. Almost four minutes later, though, Skylar Irving sealed the deal for Vermont with the team’s fourth goal.
WCHA: The #4 Minnesota Golden Gophers beat the #6 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, 3-2. It was 1-1 going into the second period, but the second period belonged to the Golden Gophers as they would score twice. That would be all they’d need as the Bulldogs would only manage to score once in the third period. Olivia Wallin scored both goals for the Bulldogs while Audrey Wethington had two primary assists for the Golden Gophers.
The #2 Ohio State Buckeyes beat the #11 St. Cloud State Huskies, 5-3. The Buckeyes had a 3-0 lead late in the second period. But, the Huskies came back and tied it up by 7:25 of the third period. Unfortunately for the Huskies, just over a minute later, the Buckeyes would score twice more afterward. Jocelyn Amos had a hat trick for the Buckeyes while Emma Gentry had a goal and an assist for the Huskies.
The #1 Wisconsin Badgers beat unranked Bemidji State, 6-1. Casey O'Brien scored twice and had an assist while Laila Edwards had a goal and two assists. Genevieve Hendrickson scored the sole goal for Bemidji State.
February 22
ECAC Tournament: The #10 Quinnipiac Bobcats beat unranked Harvard, 2-0. Maya Labad scored and was the primary assist on the second goal. The other goal was scored by Makayla Watson, who was the secondary assist on the first goal. Kaley Doyle made 26 saves to get the shutout win.
Hockey East: #15 Boston College tied with unranked New Hampshire, 1-1. Boston College did get the extra point in the shootout, though. New Hampshire’s goalscorer was Charlie Rauch while Boston College’s goalscorer was Kate Ham.
The #14 Northeastern Huskies beat unranked Vermont, 3-1. Vermont’s sole goal was the first goal of the game scored by Natalie Zarcone. For the Huskies, Lily Shannon, Taze Thompson, and Skylar Irving scored.
In an upset, unranked Connecticut beat #12 Boston University, 3-1. Ava Rinker got Connecticut on the board early in the first and it wouldn’t be until the second period that Boston University’s Luisa Welcke responded with a goal. The third period was all Connecticut, though, as they scored twice, including Ava Rinker’s second goal of the game, to skate away with the win.
WCHA: The #2 Ohio State Buckeyes beat the #11 St. Cloud State Huskies, 3-2. Much like the day before, the Buckeyes took a lead, the Huskies came back and tied it. This time, it was merely a 2-0 lead before the Huskies tied it up. Also unlike the day before, the Buckeyes only scored once more after. The Huskies’ two goalscorers were Emma Gentry and Abby Promersberger. The Buckeyes’ three goalscorers were Makenna Webster, Riley Brengman, and Joy Dunne.
The #4 Minnesota Golden Gophers beat the #6 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, 1-0. Abbey Murphy scored the sole goal of the game 11:21 into the third period. Hannah Clark made 22 saves to get the shutout win. While normally I don’t shout out losing goaltenders, Ève Gascon deserves one here. She made 48 saves.
The #1 Wisconsin Badgers beat Bemidji State, 6-1. Bemidji State’s sole goal was the first goal of the game, scored by Raeley Carney. For the Badgers, Kirsten Simms got a hat trick and an assist while Casey O'Brien had three assists.
PWHL
February 17: The Fleet beat the Sirens, 4-1. Eldridge scored the Sirens’ sole goal. For the Fleet, Knight led the way with two goals and an assist while Müller had a goal and an assist.
February 18: The day started with the news that two Montréal Victoire players would be fined. Forward Marie-Philip Poulin was fined $500 for a retaliatory hit against Emmy Fecteau of the Sirens. Meanwhile, forward Dara Greig was fined $250 for boarding Allyson Simpson from behind, which caused Simpson to hit the boards dangerously.
Afterward, the Victoire announced that forward Gabrielle David was signed to a 10-day contract.
The day ended with the Victoire losing 4-0 to the Frost. Křížová scored twice while Schepers and Coyne Schofield also scored. In net, Rooney made 21 saves to get the shutout win.
February 19: The Sceptres beat the Sirens, 4-1. Miller had a hand in all four Sceptres' goals, including scoring two of them. Watts assisted on three of them. For the Sirens, Carpenter was their sole goalscorer.
February 20: The Fleet beat the Charge, 3-2, in overtime. The Fleet scored twice in eight minutes in the first period. Schafzahl and Müller were the goalscorers. It would take the Charge until the third period to respond, but they did twice in just over three minutes. Their final goal came with only three seconds left in regulation. That goal was scored by Vanišová, who was the primary assist on the first goal. In overtime, it was Tapani scoring the game-winner for Boston with just 48 seconds left.
February 21: The Fleet announced that they signed forward Jillian Dempsey to a contract. She had previously been signed to a 10-day contract with the team.
February 22: The Victoire activated defender Dominika Lásková from LTIR. In a corresponding move, they assigned forward Alexandra Labelle to LTIR.
Later that day, the Charge beat the Victoire, 3-1. Clark had a hand in all three goals for the Charge, including scoring the last two herself. Stacey scored the sole goal for the Victoire.
February 23: The Frost announced that they had activated defender Natalie Buchbinder from LTIR. In a corresponding move, they released defender Charlotte Akervik from her contract and put her back on the team’s Reserve Player List.
Later that day, the Sceptres would beat the Frost, 2-1. The Frost’s Cava scored the first goal of the game, a power play goal, 6:20 into regulation. It would take about 25 minutes for the Sceptres to respond. When they did, though, it was also on a power play, but by Maltais. Early in the third period, Compher would score the game-winner. Harmon assisted on both goals.
It required a shootout, but the Fleet would beat the Sirens, 3-2. Fillier got New York on the board just 2:09 into regulation. Nearly four-and-a-half minutes later, though, Gabel would tie it for Boston. With 50 seconds left in the first period, Eldridge would once again give the Sirens the lead. The game-tying goal that forced overtime would be scored with 37 seconds left in the second period, thanks to Pelkey. The shootout went five rounds. The only player who scored was Boston’s Tapani.
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