Curtis' 50th Career Goal Lifts 'Cats to 3-3 Tie at Vermont

Friday, February 3

Burlington, VT

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

11-14-2, 9-8-2WHEA

Vermont

11-10-8, 7-6-6WHEA

OT 1

New Hampshire

Vermont

2/3/2017 10:17:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Jonna Curtis (Elk River, Minn.) scored her 50^th career goal on a shorthanded tally with 3:51 remaining in regulation to lift the University of New Hampshire women's hockey team to a 3-3 overtime tie against the University of Vermont on Friday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse.

UNH moves to 11-14-2 overall and 9-8-2 in Hockey East while UVM is now 11-10-8, 7-6-6. The tie creates a four-way tie for third place in the league standings.

Curtis finished the game with a goal and an assist. Carlee Toews (Grand Prairie, Alberta) set up UNH's second and third goals to finish with a career-high two assists. Kyra Smith (Littleton, Colo.), who entered the game at the start of the second period, finished with 23 saves, including five in OT, to earn the tie.

UVM goalie Madison Litchfield stopped 21 shots, including one in OT. Saana Valkama (1g, 1a) and Rachael Ade (2a) led the Catamounts' offense.

Vermont broke its regular-season record attendance record with an announced crowd of 2,136.

Next home game: Feb. 10 vs. Boston U., 7 pm • Senior Day
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Next game: Feb. 4 at Vermont, 4 pm

GAME INFORMATION
Date: Feb. 3, 2017 (7 p.m.)
Location: Gutterson Fieldhouse (Burlington, Vt.)
Attendance: 2,136
Score: University of New Hampshire 3, University of Vermont 3 (TIE-overtime)
Updated Records: UNH (11-14-2, 9-8-2 WHEA), UVM (11-10-8, 7-6-6 WHEA)

Goals:
   UNH (3) – Jonna Curtis, Ali Praus, Hannah Touzos
   UVM (3) – Victoria Andreakos, Saana Valkama, Eve-Audrey Picard

Assists:
   UNH (6) – Carlee Toews (2), Jonna Curtis, Julia Fedeski, Kate Haslett, Devan Taylor
   UVM (5) – Rachel Ade (2), Bridget Baker, Cassidy Campeau, Saana Valkama

Goaltenders:
   UNH- Hilary Cashin 8-x-x–8 (2 GA) {19:52} … Kyra Smith x-12-6-5–23 (1 GA) {45:00} [Tie]
   UVM- Madison Litchfield 5-9-6-1–21 (3 GA) {65:00} [Tie]

GAME RECAP

UVM controlled play for a majority of the first period and transformed a scoreless game quickly into a 2-0 lead with goals 48 seconds apart at 14:45 and 15:33.
Saana Valkama struck first when Hilary Cashin (Fredericton, New Brunswick) stopped Cassidy Campeau's initial shot from the right wing, but Valkama corralled the rebound on the left doorstep and deposited the puck into the open side of the cage.
Moments later, Bridget Baker led a 2-on-1 rush down the left wing. Her saucer pass found the stick of Victoria Andreakos, who redirected the puck into the open right side of the cage.
UNH closed within 2-1 at 7:30 of the second stanza. Amy Schlagel (Blaine, Minn.) initiated the scoring sequence by carrying the puck from the left corner to the high slot, where she blasted the puck through traffic. From the right doorstep, Devan Taylor (North Billerica, Mass.) pushed the puck to the top of the crease and Kate Haslett (Rothesay, New Brunswick) jammed a shot through Litchfield. Ali Praus (Long Lake, Minn.), standing at the right doorstep, lifted the loose puck under the crossbar.
Vermont reestablished a two-goal lead, 3-1, at 10:07 of the third period when Valkama won the puck in the left corner and fed a pass in front to Eve-Audrey Picard, whose shot fluttered into the upper-right corner.
Hannah Touzos (Foxboro, Mass.) scored her first career goal to once again make it a one-goal game, 3-2, at 14:49. Toews won the battle for the puck behind the net and slipped a pass to the low slot, where Curtis' initial shot was stopped. Touzos, in position near the left post, chipped the rebound into the cage.
Curtis netted her milestone goal – the Wildcats' first shorthanded tally since the 2014-15 season – to tie the score 80 seconds later. Julia Fedeski (Algonquin Highlands, Ontario) chipped the puck along the boards from deep in the defensive zone and Toews sent it further along the boards to the neutral zone. Curtis raced onto the loose puck to create a breakaway down the left wing. She was hooked by a Catamount but maintained control of the puck while falling to the ice and slipped a shot into the cage for her 17^th goal of the season and 50^th of her career.
Vermont recorded a 5-1 shot advantage in the scoreless five-minute extra session.

'CAT NIPS

Curtis increased her career totals to 50 goals and 45 assists for 95 points.
Toews matched her personal best of two points.
Smith stopped 23 of 24 shots for a .958 save percentage and 1.33 GAA.
UNH had not scored a shorthanded goal since the 2014-15 season.
The Wildcats are now 2-1-2 in OT this season.

PENALTIES
UNH: 1-2. UVM: 4-8.

POWER PLAYS
UNH: 0-4. UVM: 0-1.

NEW HAMPSHIRE LEADERS
Points (2): Jonna Curtis, Carlee Toews
Goals (1): Jonna Curtis, Ali Praus, Hannah Touzos
Assists (2): Carlee Toews
Shots (7): Jonna Curtis
Blocked Shots (2): Jonna Curtis, Julia Fedeski, Lexie Revkin, Amy Schlagel
Faceoffs Won (9): Jonna Curtis, Carlee Turner

UVM LEADERS
Points (2): Rachael Ade, Saana Valkama
Goals (1): Victoria Andreakos, Saana Valkama, Eve-Audrey Picard
Assists (2): Rachael Ade
Shots (7): Eve-Audrey Picard
Blocked Shots (2): four tied
Faceoffs Won (13): Bridget Baker