University of New Hampshire Athletics
University of New Hampshire
3-11-1, 1-7-0WHEA
Boston University
9-3-2, 6-2-0WHEA
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Boston U. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
11/23/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
BOSTON – Hannah Armstrong (Keswick, Ontario) and Caroline Broderick (Marblehead, Mass.) recorded two points apiece, but the University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team was defeated 6-2 by seventh-ranked Boston University at Walter Brown Arena on Sunday.
UNH is now 3-11-1 overall with an 0-5-0 record against nationally-ranked teams and a 1-7-0 ledger in Hockey East. BU is 9-3-2 6-2-0.
Seven of the game's eight goals were scored on the power play, including one 5-on-3 power-play tally by both teams, as the Terriers converted 5 of 9 chances and the Wildcats were 2-for-7.
Armstrong finished with a goal and an assist, while Broderick recorded her first career multiple-assist game to match her personal best of two points. Heather Kashman (Edmonton, Alberta) scored UNH's other goal and Sara Carlson (Hutchinson, Minn.) was also credited with an assist.
Vilma Vaattovaara (Veikkola, Finland) stopped 10 of 11 shots in the second period and finished with 21 saves. BU goalie Victoria Hanson made 14 of her 24 saves in the second stanza.
Boston University was led offensively by Sarah Lefort (three goals, one assist), Marie-Philip Poulin (3a), Victoria Bach (2g) and Kayla Tutuino (2a).
UNH went on the first power play of the game just 54 seconds after the opening faceoff, but the Terriers' penalty kill unit did not allow a shot on goal during the Wildcats' skater advantage.
BU took a 1-0 lead at 3:54 by converting a 2-on-1 rush into a goal. Bach carried the puck into the offensive zone at the left point and continued through the circle to the faceoff dot before firing a shot that hit Vaattovaara, trickled between her legs and barely over the goal line. Dakota Woodworth, with the pass in the neutral zone, and Shannon Stoneburgh, who moved the puck out of the defensive end, were credited with assists.
With the Terriers on the power play midway through the first period, Sarah Steele was left alone in the slot with UNH's defense scrambling and her screened shot was stopped by Vaattovaara.
The Wildcats generated its first sustained pressure of the game in the 15th minute. The initial shot attempts by Nicoline Jensen (Rodovre, Denmark) and Jess Ryan (Cloquet, Minn.) were blocked by BU defenders, however, before Haley Breedlove (Plano, Texas) teed up a slap shot from the high slot that Hanson smothered.
One minute later, BU's Maddie Elia skated down the slot and snapped a wrister snared by Vaattovaara. The Terriers went on their second power play at 16:29 and, with 30 seconds left on the skater advantage, Vaattovaara made the save of the game by sliding across the crease to deny Bach at the right post.
BU took that 1-0 lead into the first intermission with a 7-3 shot advantage.
UNH was whistled for tripping 26 seconds into the second stanza but successfully killed off that Terriers' power play. The same was not true four minutes later, however, when Sarah Lefort netted a power-play goal at 4:11 to extend the advantage to 2-0. Kayla Tutino and Marie-Philip Poulin tallied assists.
At 5:30, Kayla Mork (Victoria, Minn.) made a shifty move down the slot but her forehand from close range was turned away by Hanson's leg pads. In the ninth minute, Armstrong won the battle for the puck in the left corner and moved the puck to the left point and quickly across to the right point. Broderick blasted a slap shot that Mork, positioned in front, redirected but Hanson was in position for the save.
With UNH on the penalty kill, Amy Boucher (Edmonton, Alberta) entered the offensive zone along the left boards, cut through the circle and across the top of the crease before lifting a backhander that was stopped by Hanson at 11:40.
The 'Cats immediately went on the power play, but Hanson kept the 'Cats out of the scoring column with stops against Armstrong and Sara Carlson (Hutchinson, Minn.).
New Hampshire sustained pressure in the 15th minute when Jensen's shot from the left circle was snared by Hanson. Off the ensuing faceoff, Julia Fedeski (Algonquin Highlands, Ontario) and Carlee Toews (Grand Prairie, Alberta) were also denied by Hanson.
UNH generated a 14-11 shot advantage in the second period.
The teams combined for eight penalties and six power-play goals in the third period. The Wildcats pulled within 2-1 at 4:37 Armstrong's initial shot sailed wide and was corralled by Broderick at the right point. Her shot deflected to Kashman, who blasted a shot into the cage.
Armstrong's shot from the slot ricocheted off the post at 6:10. The parade to the penalty box began at 6:13 with BU's Maddie Elia for cross checking. UNH was called for hooking at 7:33 and tripping at 7:49 to give the Terriers a power play. Elia returned at 8:13 and Caroline Campbell scored three seconds later for a 5x3 power-play goal. Lefort scored 21 seconds later (at 8:37) to extend the advantage to 4-1.
UNH called its timeout at 10:20 before starting a 5-on-3 power play for 43 seconds. The 'Cats did not need that long, however, to convert the two-skater advantage into a goal that made the score 4-2 at 10:30. Broderick slid the puck across the high slot from right to left and Carlson fed the puck down low to Armstrong for the goal.
BU's penalty kill did not yield a shot the remaining 1:50 of the power play, however, to preserve the two-goal lead.
Bach netted her second goal of the game with a power-play goal at 13:44 – just 33 seconds after UNH's checking penalty. Lefort competed her hat trick on a power-play goal at 16:36 off a backdoor pass from Samantha Sutherland.
New Hampshire returns to action Thanksgiving weekend with a two-game series at home against No. 3 University of Wisconsin. The teams face off Friday, Nov. 28 (7 p.m.) and Saturday, Nov. 29 (2 p.m.).
