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2005-2006 Archives HUSKIES EDGE SAINTS IN OVERTIME
Jan. 7: St. Lawrence and St. Cloud State went into overtime for the second straight day and once again it ended with players spilling onto the ice in celebration – this time for St. Cloud State. Denelle Maguet scored with 1:09 to play in the overtime period to give the Huskies a 4-3 win over the Saints at Appleton Arena Saturday afternoon. It was just the second loss of the season for the Saints and the first at home.
Ashely Stewart started the scoring for St. Cloud at 16:26 in the first. The Huskies went on the power play at 14:31 when senior Emilie Berlinguette was whistled for tripping. Stewart banged home a pass from Sammy Nixon to give St. Cloud the lead.
The Saints would answer at 4:29 in the second after an interference call on St. Cloud’s Brita Schroeder. Senior Laurie Ross fired a shot from the point that was tipped by junior Crystal Connors on the near post. The puck slid across to Berlinguette on the far post who buried it in the back of the St. Cloud net.
The Huskies took the lead again just 1:05 into the third period. Kristy Oonincx put home a pass from Hailey Clarkson putting the Huskies up 2-1. Four and a half minutes later, freshman Lisa Batchelor got her fourth of the season, knotting the score at 2-2. Freshman Carson Duggan wristed a shot from the near post and Batchelor banged home the rebound.
With 2:29 to play in the period, St. Cloud took a 3-2 when Oonincx scored her second of the afternoon. Clarkson carried the puck down the right board and centered the puck to Oonincx in the crease, who potted it in the net. Once again, the Saints would answer. Senior Kate Michael rifled a shot from the point with 1:22 to play that eluded Huskies goalie Kendall Newell and tied the game.
Once again the two teams needed an extra period to decide the game. Oonincx looked to put the game away with 1:22 to go when she got a breakaway. But for the third time in the game, Saints goalie Jessica Moffat got down and stoned Oonincx with her left leg. Just 13 seconds later Maguet would score the gamewinner off a rebound.
Moffat finished with 31 saves in her first loss since March 25, 2005. Newell finished with 25 saves, improving to 4-7-1 on the season.
The Saints continue their eight-game homestand next weekend. St. Lawrence will face the Yale Bulldogs on Friday, January 13 at 7:00 p.m. and the Brown Bears Saturday at 4:00 p.m.
PAHLER SCORES TWO AS NO.1 SAINTS TOP HUSKIES IN OT
Jan. 6: Junior Elisabeth Pahler scored two goals, with the second coming 2:34 into overtime, to lead the No.1 St. Lawrence University Women’s Hockey team (15-1-2, 5-1-2) to a 3-2 win over St. Cloud State (7-11-1, 5-8-1). The Saints remain unbeaten at home at 8-0-0 on the season.
Senior forward Emilie Berlinguette gave the Saints an early 1-0 lead when she scored just 46 seconds into the game. She collected the puck from senior defenseman Laurie Ross and skated through the neutral zone and into the Huskies zone. She beat a St. Cloud defender and then tucked the puck behind Lauri St. Jacques on her glove-side for her seventh of the season.
St. Cloud State answered at 13:12 in the period, knotting the score at 1-1. Kristy Oonincx snuck a rebound past sophomore goalie Meaghan Guckian to tie the game.
Midway through the second Pahler gave St. Lawrence a 2-1 lead. St. Jacques pulled in the puck as it rebounded off the boards, but she then dropped the puck. Pahler pounced on the loose puck and buried it in the back of the Huskies net for her second of the season.
The Huskies would answer again, with 6:11 to play in the third period. Oonincx, from behind the Saints net, sent the puck out to Hailey Clarkson in the slot. Clarkson one-timed the puck into the net, knotting the game at 2-2. Neither team was able to find the net again before the end of the period, sending the game into overtime, the fourth this season for St. Lawrence.
With just over two minutes gone in the overtime period, the Saints were banging on the doorstep. Pahler fired off a shot, setting off a flurry in front of the Huskies net. Pahler was able to find the puck and put back her rebound, sending the Saints players pouring onto the ice to celebrate.
Guckian finished with 18 saves to improve to 5-1-2 on the season. St. Jacques made 35 saves, falling to 3-7-1 on the season. The teams will meet in the rematch Saturday afternoon at Appleton Arena. The puck is set to drop at 4:00 p.m.
SAINTS-HUSKIES GAME ON 92.7 FM
Jan. 6 : The No.1 St. Lawrence Women’s Hockey team (14-1-2, 5-1-2) returns to action in 2006 against the St. Cloud State Huskies. Friday night's game, scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. start, will be broadcast on 92.7 FM The Border.
At 14-1-2, the Saints are having their best season in school history. After suffering its first loss of the season on Dec. 2, St. Lawrence returned to the win column with an impressive sweep over Union to close out 2005. The sweep propelled the Saints back into the No.1 spot in the USCHO.com Poll.
Fans can listen to all the action on the radio at 92.7 FM or on the web at http://www.stlawu.edu/sports/radio.html. Live stats are also available on the ECAC Hockey League website at http://www.ecachockeyleague.com/scoreboard
KINGSBURY NAMED TO CANADIAN OLYMPIC TEAM
Dec. 21: Former Saints forward Gina Kingsbury ’04 was named to Canada's Women’s Hockey roster for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Canada’s 21 player women’s hockey roster consists of 12 forwards, six defense and three goalies. The official Olympic roster will be 20 players ( Canada will bring one extra goalie to Turin in case of injury). Canada began the season on August 1st with 27 players who were centralized full time in Calgary, Alb.
Kingsbury graduated in 2004 as the Saints all-time points leader with 152. Rebecca Russell ’05 broke Kingsbury’s record in 2005. In four seasons with the Saints, Kingsbury played in 109 games, scoring 74 goals and picked up 78 assists. She has the second highest single season points (57), goals (26), and assists (31) totals set during her senior season.
Kingsbury, a 2004 AHCA All-America, has been a member of the Canadian National Team since 2001. This will be her first trip to the Olympics. Kingsbury was centralized for the 2002 Olympics but did not make the final roster for the Salt Lake Games.
Canada's National Women's Team will take a holiday break from December 22-27th, and will then be playing a number of games over the next month and will continue to train in Calgary leading to their departure on January 29th for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy. Canada will open up the 2006 Olympic Winter Games when they face Italy on Saturday, February 11 at 14:30 ET.
SAINTS MARCH BACK TO No. 1 Dec. 12: The St. Lawrence Women’s Hockey team (14-1-2, 5-1-2) regained the No.1 spot in the USCHO.com poll Monday afternoon. The Saints earned six of 15 first-place votes and 135 points to earn the top spot. The Saints had dropped to No.2 after splitting with Clarkson two weeks ago. This past weekend, St. Lawrence swept the Union Dutchwomen to move into a tie for first place in the ECAC Hockey League.The Saints are idle for the winter holidays as the Union series was the final of the fall semester. St. Lawrence will return to action January 6-7 at Appleton Arena when the St. Cloud State Huskies come to Canton, N.Y. Minnesota Duluth dropped from No.1 to No.4 after tying and losing to Wisconsin. New Hampshire moved up to No.2 and Wisconsin moved to No.3. The only other movement in the poll came at No.8 and No.10 as Clarkson and Minnesota State swapped places. Clarkson dropped to No.10 after being swept on the road to unranked Niagara. Minnesota State moved up to No.8 after earning one point from Minnesota (tie, loss). Earlier on Monday, sophomore forward Sabrina Harbec and freshman forward Carson Duggan were honored by the ECACHL. Harbec was named the Player of the Week and Duggan was named the Rookie of the Week.
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