UNH Downed by UConn 3-1 on Saturday Afternoon

Saturday, January 13

Durham, N.H.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

9-10-5, 6-7-3

University of Connecticut

7-9-7, 1-8-4

Team	1	2	3	F
Connecticut	1	1	1	3
New Hampshire	0	0	1	1

Taylor Wenczkowski (Photo by Greg Greene)

Photo by: Greg Greene

1/13/2018 4:51:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score Highlights

The Wildcats killed five penalties but couldn’t climb back from a three-goal deficit.

DURHAM, N.H.  – University of New Hampshire sophomore forward Taylor Wenczkowski (Rochester, N.H.) scored a power play goal in the third period, but the Wildcats fell to the University of Connecticut Huskies by a final score of 3-1 on Saturday afternoon.

Wenczkowski was assisted by fellow sophomores Nicole Dunbar (Coto de Caza, Calif.) and Tori Howran (Bancroft, Ontario) 13:52 into the third period on the power play, to give the Wildcats their first goal of the game.

A total of 17 penalties were called in the game; UNH was 1-6 on the power play, while killing off every UConn power play.

The Wildcats defeated the Huskies back in December by a score of 3-0; the Connecticut win puts the series even at 1-1-0.

GAME INFORMATION:
Date: Jan. 13, 2018
Location: Whittemore Center Arena – Durham, N.H.
Attendance: 254
Score: UNH 1 (9-10-5, 6-7-3 WHEA), UConn 3 (7-9-7, 1-8-4 WHEA)

Goals:
UNH (1) – Taylor Wenczkowski
UConn (3) – Justine Fredette, Theresa Knutson, Natalie Snodgrass

Assists:
UNH (2) – Nicole Dunbar, Tori Howran
UConn (5) – Catherine Crawley, Natalie Snodgrass, Leah Lum, Justine Fredette, Tristyn Svetek

Goaltenders:
Kyra Smith – 4-16-6 – 26 (3 GA) {57:29} (L, 2-2-0)
Annie Belanger – 5-6-12 – 23 (1 GA) {60:00} (W, 5-7-4)

GAME RECAP
-       A broken play in the final 10 seconds of the first period resulted in a UConn goal with 0.08 seconds left on the clock. UConn led 1-0 after the first period; shots were even at five each.
-       The Huskies struck again in the final minute of a period, scoring with 20 seconds remaining in the second period to lead 2-0.
-       The Huskies led in shots in the second period, 17 shots to six.
-       UConn scored early in the third, eight minutes into the period they led 3-0.
-       UNH answered back with their power play goal 13:52 into the final period. Dunbar got the feed from Howran, took a shot, and the rebound found Wenczkowski, who buried the shot to put UNH on the board.
-       The Wildcats played with an empty net for most of the final two minutes, but were unable to find another scoring chance.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
-       Wenczkowski's goal was her 15^th of the season. She is now tied for second on the team in goals. It was her fourth power play goal of the season.
-       Tori Howran expands upon her assist lead, now with 12 assists on the season.
-       Howran is also now on a two-game point streak, scoring two assists in as many games.
-       The Wildcats have 10 back-to-back games before this weekend's series. They now have a 1-2-3 record in the first game of a back-to-back weekend.
o   They are 2-1-2 in back ends of back-to-back games.
-       The Wildcats registered just 24 shots on net and are 3-7-0 when tallying 20-29 shots on goal.

PENALTIES
UNH: 8-16 UConn: 9-18

POWER PLAYS
UNH: 1-6 UConn 0-5

NEW HAMPSHIRE LEADERS:
Points (1): Three players
Goals (1): Taylor Wenczkowski
Assists (1): Nicole Dunbar, Tori Howran
Shots (5): Amy Schlagel
Blocked Shots (5): Jenna Rheault
Faceoffs (13): Carlee Turner

CONNECTICUT LEADERS:
Points (2): Justine Fredette, Natalie Snodgrass
Goals (1): Three players
Assists (1): Five players
Shots (8): Leah Lum
Blocked Shots (2): Jamie Fox, Carley Olivier
Faceoffs (16): Briana Colangelo