Wildcats Defeated by Catamounts, 1-0

Friday, November 2

Burlington, Vt.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

Vermont

Lauren Martin (Photo by Matthew Troisi)

Photo by: Matthew Troisi

11/2/2018 4:25:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

A defensive battle for two periods, both goalies end the game with at least 25 saves.

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team fell to the University of Vermont Catamounts by a score of 1-0 on Friday afternoon.

UNH outshot Vermont 11-8 in the final period, after putting another 11 shots on their goalkeeper in the second, but a late power play goal from the Catamounts tipped the game in their favor.

Senior captain Kyra Smith (Littleton, Colo.) got the start in net and kept the 'Cats in the game after facing nine shots in the first period and 11 in the second, stopping all 20 of them. A late power play goal in the third just got enough of the crossbar to bounce down and into the net, as she suffers her second loss of the season.

The two teams will face off again on Saturday, November 3 at 2 P.M., wrapping up their regular season series.

GAME INFORMATION:
Date: Nov. 2, 2018
Location: Gutterson Fieldhouse – Burlington, Vt.
Attendance: 106
Score: UVM 1 (2-4-2, 2-4-0 WHEA) UNH 0 (1-7-1, 1-6-0 WHEA)

Goals:
UNH (0)
UVM (1) – Taylor Flaherty

Assists:
UNH (0)
UVM (2) – Anna Erickson, Sini Karjalainen

Goaltenders:
UNH – Kyra Smith– 9-11-7– 27 (1 GA) {58:49} (L)
UVM–Skodova Blanka - 3-11-11 – 25 (0 GA) {60:00} (W)

GAME RECAP

The Wildcats were whistled for the only penalty in the first period, but killed the Catamount power play off for a scoreless tie at first intermission. Vermont outshot UNH 9-4 in the period.
UNH got its first power play opportunity in the second period and fired off five shots on net, but were unable to break through.
A Vermont power play followed and the Wildcats were able to get a quality short-handed opportunity with the UVM goaltender out of position but a Catamount defender was able to block the open net and keep the game scoreless.
The first and only goal of the game came 5:40 into the third period on a Vermont power play. Just seconds into the power play a Catamount shot hit the crossbar and when in, giving Vermont a 1-0 lead.
The Wildcats committed a costly penalty with just over two minutes left, but a Vermont penalty not too long after gave UNH new life with a 4-on-4. After pulling the goaltender, the Wildcats got some traffic in front of the net but were unable to equalize.

PENALTIES
UNH: 6-12 UVM: 4-8

POWER PLAYS
UNH: 0-2 UVM: 1-5

NEW HAMPSHIRE LEADERS:
Points (0): --
Goals (0): --
Assists (0): --
Shots (7): Taylor Wenczkowski
Blocked Shots (5): Tori Howran
Faceoffs (10): Carlee Turner

VERMONT LEADERS:
Points (1): Three players
Goals (1): Taylor Flaherty
Assists (1): Anna Erickson, Sini Karjalainen
Shots (5): Taylor Flaherty
Blocked Shots (3): Sammy Kolowrat
Faceoffs (12): Eve-Audrey Picard