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GUAY BREAKS SINGLE SEASON

RECORDS AS SAINTS ROLL 6-3

Jan. 28: The St. Lawrence University women’s hockey, ranked No. 5 in the country, got exactly what they needed heading into the final stretch of the season: a sweep. The Saints ( 20-3-2, 8-2-2) will roll into their eight ECACHL games in February with confidence as they knocked off the Niagara Purple Eagles 6-3 on Saturday.

The Saints twentieth win of the season can be credited to four first period goals in a span of four minutes and two seconds, eventually chasing Niagara’s goaltender Nikki Rudy only 15:42 into the first period. Trailing 1-0 after Charde Hoyle-Levy scored a short-handed goal to put Niagara on top only 4:20 into the contest, freshman Carson Duggan netted her team high 21 st goal of the season on the power play at the 11:40 mark of the first period. Sophomores Sabrina Harbec and Kerri Wallace assisted on the goal.

The flood gates would open from there for St. Lawrence, as junior Crystal Connors would score twice and Harbec once in the next four minutes of play. Connors scored to give the Saints a 2-1 lead at 13:42, taking a pass from sophomore Annie Guay and tucking it past Rudy. The assist put Guay into the Saints record books, breaking the all-time single season points and assists records by a defenseman with 23 and 20, respectively.

The Saints struck again on Rudy at the 15:16 mark of the first period, as Sabrina Harbec continued her outstanding play, scoring an unassisted goal to give St. Lawrence a 3-1 lead. The goal was Harbec’s third of the weekend series with the Purple Eagles and her 17 th of the season.

The final goal of the first period turned out to be the eventual game winner, as Connors again lit the lamp, this time at 15:42, only 26 seconds after Harbec’s goal. She was able to chase Rudy from the game on the Saints fourth goal, with assists going to Wallace and senior Emilie Berlinguette. Allison Rutledge went between the pipes for Niagara after the Saints fourth goal.

Freshman forward Marianna Locke got herself into the scoring with an unassisted goal a mere 2:12 after Niagara had pulled to within two goals at 4-2. The goal extended the Saints lead back to three, 5-2, and was the rookie’s tenth goal of her career.

The Purple Eagles were able to pull to within two goals again at 5-3 after Lisa Agonzzino scored at the 14:25 mark of the third period, taking a pass from Kerri-Lynn O’Hara and firing it past Saints goaltender Jessica Moffat. However, the Saints were able to keep Niagara controlled late in the third, and would put the game out of reach when Berlinguette scored with only 49 seconds left in regulation. Senior Kate Michael and Connors assisted on Berlinguette’s tenth goal of the season, her 57 th of her career.

Moffat finished the game with 23 saves on 26 shots, including 12 saves in the third period to earn the victory and improve to 12-2-0. Allison Rutledge had 23 saves in just over 44 minutes of play, while Rudy took the loss and fell to 0-4-1. The Saints outshot Niagara 40-26 with each team netting one power play goal (SLU 1-7; Niagara 1-8).

Guay is also on the verge of breaking the single season multi-point game record for a defenseman, as she is only one away from tying the record. Duggan, who now has 21 goals on the season, is only one score away from tying the record for most goals in a rookie season at St. Lawrence.

The Saints will look to carry their momentum into next weekend’s ECACHL series at Appleton Arena versus Princeton and Quinnipiac. The Saints meet the Tigers on Friday evening at 7:00pm.

GUCKIAN EARNS SEVENTH CAREER

SHUTOUT AS SAINTS TOP NIAGARA, 3-0

Jan. 27: The St. Lawrence University women’s hockey team used both outstanding special teams play and a solid performance between the pipes from sophomore goaltender Meaghan Guckian to top Niagara University Friday night, 3-0.

The Saints ( 19-3-2, 8-2-2) win extended their unbeaten streak versus the Purple Eagles to eight games, and improved their season mark to 5-0 against teams from College Hockey America (CHA).

St. Lawrence found themselves a player down when Alison Domenico took a penalty at 4:54 of the first period for roughing. However, the Saints, who were defeated by Colgate thanks to three short-handed goals, tallied one of their own at 5:28 of the opening frame. Sabrina Harbec notched her 16 th goal of the season, her second short-handed tally of the year, just over 30 seconds into Domenico’s penalty to give the Saints an early 1-0 lead.

Harbec’s goal turned out to be the game winner thanks to a solid performance by Guckian, who earned her seventh shutout of her career, stopping all twelve Purple Eagle shots she faced.

The Saints held a 1-0 lead until freshman Carson Duggan fired a shot past Niagara’s goalie Allison Rutledge after taking a pass from fellow classmate Marianna Locke. The rookie’s goal, which was netted on the power play, was her 20 th of the season, moving her within two goals of the Saints single season record for goals by a freshman (22).

St. Lawrence held Niagara to a limited amount of offense by staging a furious attack, taking 47 shots in the game against Rutledge. With the margin being two, the Saints found themselves on the power play late in the game. Domenico got the puck to Harbec, who put the game out of reach when she snapped a shot past Rutlidge for her second and the final goal of the game.

Niagara (6-14-3, 0-4-0) was unable to capitalize on any of their ten power play opportunities, while the Saints managed two score twice on fourteen chances. Niagara took 16 penalties for 40 minutes, giving the Saints control and many offensive opportunities.

The Saints and Purple Eagles will meet again on Saturday afternoon as the Saints look to finish their 2005-2006 non-conference schedule with a victory. The puck is set to drop at 2:00pm.