October 18, 2012

W-HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Badgers steal points from No. 6 Guelph

October 17 - Guelph @ Brock

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock University women's hockey team (0-4-1 OUA) came up short against the No. 6 ranked Guelph Gryphons (4-1-0 OUA) dropping a 4-3 shootout decision at the Seymour-Hannah Centre Wednesday night.

The Badgers opened the scoring 1:56 in as sophomore Jaclyn Conacher (Burlington, Ont.) and junior Katie Howlett (Burlington, Ont.) setup sophomore Laura Neu (Ayr, Ont.) for her second of the year.

Sophomore Brittney Cabral (Hamilton, Ont.) would put the Badgers up 2-0 midway through the second period as she beat Guelph starter Brooke Siddall for her first of the season.

Just over two minutes later, at 12:43, Guelph's Amanda Parkins would cut the lead in half registering her fifth goal of the season, with the assist going to Michelle Sabourin.

Midway through the third period, the Badgers would regain the two-goal lead, as senior Brianne Veale (Sault Ste Marie, Ont.) setup junior Jessica Fickel (Fort Erie, Ont.) for her first.

With just under five minutes left in regulation, Parkins would setup Emily Corbett who put it past Brock starter Emily Kelly (Port Elgin, Ont.) to make it 3-2.

Guelph would tie the time 3-3 at 16:37, as Gina Murray added her first of the campaign with Christine Grant and Jessica Pinkerton adding the assists.

After a scoreless overtime it would come down to shootout.

In shootout it would take six shooters before a scorer, as the Gryphons Corbett put it past Kelly for the road victory.

In goal, Kelly registered 37 saves in the loss. Siddall collected 15 saves for her fourth win of the season.

The Badgers next action is Friday, October 19th when they travel to Kingston to take on the No. 7 ranked Queen's Gaels. Brock is still in search of their first victory of the season.

Source: Brock Sports Info

October 18 - York @ Laurier

WATERLOO, Ont. (October 18, 2012) - Candice Styles of Orangeville, Ont., scored the only goal of the shootout as the No. 8 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey team (4-1-0) snuck past the York Lions (1-3-1) 3-1 on Thursday night.

The Hawks picked up the win despite allowing the Lions to claw their way back into the contest with two goals late in the third period.

After a scoreless opening 20 minutes, Laurier got on the board thanks to a great goal from Caitlin Muirhead of Waterloo, Ont. The fifth year forward cut off the wing and roofed the puck over the shoulder of York goaltender Megan Lee of Orillia, Ont., to put the Hawks in front 1-0.

The score would remain 1-0 until midway through the third period when defenceman Haley Baxter of Waterloo, Ont., buried her second goal of season to give Laurier a 2-0 lead.

However, just three minutes later, Victoria Benacquista of Keswick, Ont., cut the Lions deficit in half with her first tally of the year.

Late in regulation, with York pressing for the equalizer, it was captain Chloe Milano of Maple, Ont., who played the hero, sneaking one past Laurier goalie Erika Thunder of Buffalo Point, Man., with 38 seconds left on the clock to tie the game at two.

Neither team could end the game in overtime so Laurier went to their first shootout of the season. After the first three shooters missed, Styles beat Lee to put the Hawks in front. Thunder then shut the door on Kristen Barbara of Mount Hope, Ont., to give Laurier their fourth straight win.

Thunder played well in net for the Hawks as she made 32 saves to earn her fourth win of the season. Lee starred for the Lions in this one, keeping them in the game throughout the contest, finishing with 49 saves.

Laurier will now head on the road tomorrow for their first meeting of the season with the UOIT Ridgebacks. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m.

Source: Laurier Sports Info