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WHEELER LEADS RAIDERS TO

UPSET OVER SAINTS

Jan. 21: The St. Lawrence University women’s hockey team ran into a hot goaltender on Saturday afternoon, as Brook Wheeler backstopped the Colgate Raiders to a 3-0 shutout over the Saints at Appleton Arena. The Saints

(18-3-2, 8-2-2) totaled 51 shots against Wheeler, but couldn’t capitalize on any of their eight power play chances.

The Raiders’ ( 9-9-4, 6-4-2) penalty kill was their best offense, as each of their three goals came while down a player. The Saints were on the power play in the first period when Ashley Bradford took a tripping penalty. However, Colgate took advantage when the puck took a bad hop, giving the Raiders a two-on-one opportunity on Saints goaltender Jessica Moffat. Sam Hunt was on the receiving end of an Elin Brown pass, and the Raider freshman made a move around Moffat and gave Colgate a one goal lead at 8:31 of the first period.

The Saints threw everything they could muster at Wheeler, tallying 17 shots in the first frame alone. It was again on the penalty kill, this time at 15:17 of the second period that Colgate would strike again. Senior Becky Irvine beat a Saints skater to a loose puck, and using outstanding speed, closed in on Moffat one-on-one. She drew the puck to her forehand across the crease and slipped the puck between Moffat’s pads to put Colgate up by two.

Brown would then ice the victory for the visiting team, scoring the final goal of the contest with 11:35 to play in the game. Just as the final second of a Saints power play came to an end, Brown intercepted a Saints pass in the offensive zone and created a break away. She was able to beat Moffat, sending the puck to the back of the net, and the Raiders on to the upset.

GUAY TIES RECORDS AS SAINTS

ROLL TO ECACHL WIN

Jan. 20: Sophomore Annie Guay tied the single-season records for points (22) and assists (19) for a defenseman in the Saints 5-1 victory over the Cornell Big Red at Appleton Arena Friday night. The Saints ( 18-2-2; 8-1-2) climbed into sole possession of first place in the ECACHL. With the loss, Cornell falls to 5-12-0 overall and 1-10-0 in the league.

Cornell seemed to get off to a quick start, however, as Brianne Schmidt deflected a puck past Saints goaltender Meaghan Guckian a mere 29 seconds into the game. However, the officials ruled that Schmidt had kicked the puck, therefore waving off the goal.

The Saints took advantage of the no-goal call with a power play goal about six and a half minutes later. Senior Kate Michael slid a pass to her defensive partner junior Abbie Bullard who rifled a shot towards the Cornell goalie Beth Baronick. Halfway to the net, though, junior Crystal Connors deflected the puck over Baronick’s right shoulder, giving St. Lawrence a 1-0 lead.

The lead grew to 2-0 at 18:01 of the first period when sophomore Sabrina Harbec tallied her first goal of the evening on a beautiful pass from linemate freshman Carson Duggan. Sophomore Kerri Wallace passed the puck deep into the Big Red’s zone to Duggan, who patiently waited while Harbec found an opening across the ice. Duggan snapped a pass right on Harbec’s stick, and she wristed a shot past a beaten Baronick to give the Saints a two goal advantage to end the first period.

Annie Guay tied the St. Lawrence women’s hockey single season records for points and assists when she assisted on Duggan’s power play goal at 3:10 in the second period. Guay fed the puck to Harbec who put a shot towards the net. However, Duggan re-directed the shot past Baronick, sending the Saints lead to 3-0.

After the Big Red closed the gap to 3-1 on a Brittany Forgues power play goal, the Saints responded with another power play goal from Connors. Bullard had an opening from the point and rifled a shot that Connors re-directed from the slot. Baronick never saw the high deflection and the puck went into the upper right corner of the net, sending the Saints to the locker room with a 4-1 lead.

The final goal of the evening came only five seconds after the expiration of a Big Red penalty, as Harbec notched her second goal of the night, giving the Saints a commanding 5-1 lead. Harbec had the puck, and while losing her balance, passed it to Duggan just behind the goal line. Duggan wasted little time returning the pass back to Harbec after she regained her footing, and she slid the puck between Baronick’s pads to finish the scoring for the evening.

Guckian, playing just over 55 minutes, finished with 16 saves and improved to 7-1-2 on the season. Junior Kaitlin Branon played the remainder of the game, tallying one save. Baronick finished the night with 35 saves in 55:07 of play. Sarah McConnachie closed the game for Cornell, compiling three saves.

St. Lawrence returns to action on Saturday afternoon to take on the Raiders of Colgate University. The puck is set to drop at 4:00pm.