Truax Scores Again in 4-2 Loss at UVM

Sunday, January 30

Burlington, Vt.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

9-15-2, 7-11-1

Vermont

17-9-2, 14-6-1

New Hampshire

Vermont

Photo by: China Wong

1/30/2022 5:44:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Senior captain Maddie Truax (Gardner, Mass.) lifted the University of New Hampshire women's hockey team into a 2-2 third-period tie, but the University of Vermont skated to a 4-2 victory Sunday afternoon at Gutterson Fieldhouse.

It was the second goal of the weekend for Truax, who netted the game-winning goal Friday at Merrimack College. Junior Tamara Thiérus (Saint-Jérôme, Quebec) had given the Wildcats a 1-0 first-period lead Sunday, and classmate Nicky Harnett (Plymouth, Minn.) made 10 of her 22 saves in the second period.

Lily Humphrey and Maude Poulin-Labelle finished with a goal and an assist, and Corinne McCool tallied two assists to lead Vermont's offense. Jessie McPherson was credited with 20 saves, including 11 in the second stanza.

UNH is now 9-15-2 overall and 7-11-1 in Hockey East. UVM extended its winning streak to seven games to improve to 17-9-2, 14-6-1.

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UP NEXT

UNH returns to action Friday, Feb. 4 (6 p.m.) against Boston College. Free admission for everyone to this annual Stick it to Stigma game that will include a silent auction for the special-edition UNH game-worn jerseys.
The Wildcats also play host to UConn on Feb. 5 (3 p.m.).

FIRST PERIOD

Vermont recorded an 8-6 shot advantage and both teams scored one goal in the opening 20 minutes.
Junior Jada Christian (Caledon East, Ontario) had a quality scoring chance in the opening minute when she advanced down the slot and snapped a low shot that McPherson kicked aside with her left leg pad.
Harnett kept the game scoreless when she denied Humphrey at the top of the crease at 7:37.
UVM won a faceoff to Harnett's left and immediately moved the puck to the high slot, where Bella Parento ripped a shot that Harnett knocked down and covered at 10:51.
The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead at 14:16 when Thiérus wristed a shot from the high slot inside the right post.
Sophomore Avery Myers (Fargo, N.D.), who initiated the scoring sequence by intercepting a pass in the defensive zone and carrying the puck to the neutral zone before snapping a pass across the ice to Thiérus, was credited with the assist.
Ellice Murpy tied the game, 1-1, at 18:16.

SECOND PERIOD

UVM scored the only goal and the shots were even, 11-11, in the second stanza.
The Wildcats generated an excellent scoring chance in the opening minutes. Junior Annie Berry (Milton, Mass.) shifted to her backhand at the top of the crease but was denied by McPherson. UNH cycled the puck back to the right point, however, and sophomore Kyla Bent (Halifax, Nova Scotia) fired a slapshot through traffic that was also stopped by McPherson.
Two minutes later, sophomore Brianna Brooks (Whitby, Ontario) slipped a centering pass to Rae Breton (Brighton, Ontario) charging down the slot, but the junior defenseman was denied by McPherson. Brooks jammed at the rebound, but that was also enveloped by the netminder.
With Vermont on a power play, Theresa Schafzahl's hard shot from the slot went through traffic but Harnett snared the puck with her glove at 6:45.
The Catamounts took their first lead of the game, 2-1 when Humphrey's wrister from the slot sailed into the upper-right corner at 15:21.
With just under two minutes on the clock, Thierus one-timed Truax's diagonal pass from the right point but McPherson slid across the crease to make the save.

THIRD PERIOD

Vermont outscored the Wildcats 2-1 in the third period with a 7-5 shot advantage.
Sophomore Chavonne Truter (Uxbridge, Ontario) set up an excellent New Hampshire scoring bid at 6:17 when her pass split a pair of defenders to find Emily Rickwood (Brantford, Ontario) in the slot, but the senior defenseman's low shot was steered aside by McPherson.
Two minutes later, freshman Shea Verrier (Reading, Mass.) blasted a one-time from the slot that was knocked down by McPherson toward the left circle, where Myers chipped the puck back toward the far post but it trickled wide.
The teams combined to score three goals in 3 minutes, 16 seconds to push the score to 4-2; UVM netted power-play goals 1:47 apart just 89 seconds after the Wildcats pulled even.
Truax tied the score, 2-2, at 11:01. Freshman Kira Juodikis (LaSalle, Ontario) moved the puck back to the left point, where Bent sent a pass across the high slot. Truax corralled the pass and dangled around a defender to the outside before shooting low into the cage with Brooks setting a screen in front.
New Hampshire was whistled for cross checking just 16 seconds later, however, and UVM regained the lead, 3-2, on Poulin-Labelle's power-play goal at 12:30.
UNH went back to the penalty box for slashing at 12:55 and Schafzahl scored at 14:17 to give the home team a 4-2 lead.
The Wildcats pulled Harnett for an extra skater on a delayed penalty with 3:17 remaining. She remained on the bench when the UNH power play started at 17:00 to give the visiting 'Cats a two-skater advantage.
UVM's penalty kill held New Hampshire without a shot, however, and then McPherson did not face a shot in the final minute.

GAME NOTEBOOK

UVM finished with a 26-22 shot advantage
The Catamounts converted 2 of 4 power plays, whereas UNH was 0-for-3.
UVM blocked 14 shot attempts and UNH had 12 blocks.
New Hampshire had the 32-26 edge in the faceoff circle.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Thiérus scored her seventh goal of the season; she ranks second on the team in that stat and third in points (17).
Juodikis now has seven assists and a team-high 19 points.
Truax has four goals this season and six career.
Myers recorded her first point of the season; she now has seven career points (four goals, three assists).
Bent has three assists this season and five career; she also had five career points.
Breton and Charli Kettyle (Perth, Ontario) led all skaters with three blocks apiece.
Brooks led all players with 12 faceoff wins. Berry had a game-high .769 winning percentage in the circle (won 10 of 13 faceoffs).

SERIES NOTEBOOK

UNH has a 37-16-6 lifetime record against UVM that includes 15-11-5 on the road.
Vermont won the season series, 2-1-0. The teams split a two-game series at UNH's Whittemore Center back in early December.