BURLINGTON, Vt. – The 7th ranked Northeastern Huskies scored two goals in the final 5:40 of game action Saturday evening to outlast #11 Vermont 3-1 in Hockey East action from Gutterson Fieldhouse. Saturday was Alumnae Day in Catamount Country as UVM women's hockey celebrated its 25th season. With the setback Vermont falls to 17-9-1 this season and 12-7-1 in league play.
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Really proud of our team's effort today against an excellent Northeastern team," Head Coach
Jim Plumer said. "Our commitment to shot blocking really shows how our teams is committed to sacrificing for the betterment of the team and that was on full display today. We were right there with six minutes left in the game and I am pleased that we played so much better than we did in Boston a month and a half ago. I am looking forward to the stretch run now and continuing to improve. We have a tough weekend in Boston coming up and we will be ready for two big battles."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Huskies opened the scoring with 8:11 left in the opening frame on their first power play attempt of the contest. From the faceoff dot to the right of Jessie McPherson Northeastern's Peyton Anderson fired a shot through extensive traffic that found the back of the net. It was Anderson's seventh goal of the season and the assists were credited to Katy Knoll and Maureen Murphy.
- Vermont equalized 4:11 into the second period. On the rush Hailey Burns cut down the wing and from a sharp angle she fired to the top corner. The puck bounced off both posts and then caromed off a Northeastern defender and in. Krista Parkkonen and Lara Beecher assisted on Burns' third goal of the season.
- The teams entered the third period tied at one. Midway through the third the Catamounts earned their second power play of the game. On the ensuing power play UVM had two chances that were turned aside by Gwyneth Philips. With 10 seconds left in the initial opportunity Northeastern was called for another infraction. UVM called timeout to set up their opportunity.
- Northeastern blocked four shots on the UVM power play and then took advantage going the other way. On a two-on-one down low Murphy fed a perfect cross-crease pass to Katy Knoll and she tapped it home on her backhand for her 17th goal of the season with 5:40 to play.
- With 1:50 left in regulation Lily Shannon put the game out of reach with her fifth goal of the season.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Catamounts blocked a season-high 21 shots Saturday evening. First year defenseman Krista Parkkonen led the way with a game-high four blocked shots.
- With tonight's 3-1 decision, Community Bank N.A. will donate $75 to Special Olympics Vermont. Community Bank, N.A. donates $75 per goal to Special Olympics Vermont for every goal the men's and women's team scores this season.
UP NEXT
Vermont is back in action next weekend as they travel to Boston for a split weekend series with Boston University and #15 Boston College. On Friday night, the Catamounts will be in Chestnut Hill for a 6 p.m. start then on Saturday UVM will face the Terriers at Walter Brown Arena at 3 p.m. Both contests like all Hockey East games will air on ESPN+. The game will also be available on a pay-per-view basis outside of North America at
https://portal.stretchinternet.com/hockeyeast. Subscriptions to the service are available for $9.99 USD per month or $4.99 USD for individual games.
The Windjammer Inn and Conference Center is the presenting sponsor of the UVM women's hockey program
