Alvarez and Verrier Score in 3-2 Overtime Loss to No. 8 Quinnipiac

Friday, October 6

Durham, N.H.

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

0-1-0

Quinnipiac

1-0-0

OT 1

Quinnipiac

New Hampshire

Photo by: Stu Horne

Alvarez and Verrier Score in 3-2 Overtime Loss to No. 8 Quinnipiac

10/6/2023 10:50:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Marina Alvarez (Center Moriches, N.Y.) and Shea Verrier (Reading, Mass.) scored third-period goals to lift the University of New Hampshire women's hockey team into a 2-2 tie, but No. 8 Quinnipiac University scored at 2:19 of overtime to record a 3-2 win Friday night at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex.

Alvarez pulled UNH within 2-1 at 12:41 and Verrier scored an extra-attacker goal with 9.6 seconds remaining to level the score. Sedona Blair (Eden Prairie, Minn.) was credited with a season-high 33 saves.

Nina Steigauf scored at 2:19 of OT to lift the Bobcats to victory. Madison Chantler and Sadie Peart both scored in the second period. Logan Angers stopped 30 shots.

UNH is 2-1-0 and Quinnipiac is 3-0-0.

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FIRST PERIOD

Quinnipiac recorded a 9-8 shot advantage in the scoreless opening 20 minutes.

SECOND PERIOD

Chantler's first goal of the season gave the Bobcats a 1-0 lead at 3:53.
Kate Reilly snapped a diagonal pass from the top of the right circle to Peart cutting down the slot and she lifted a shot into the net for a 2-0 lead at 9:12.

THIRD PERIOD

Alvarez scored her first goal of the season to lift UNH within 2-1 at 12:41. Tamara Thiérus (Saint-Jérôme, Quebec) initiated the sequence from the right corner to the half-boards, where Chavonne Truter (Uxbridge, Ontario) shoveled a pass to the high slot for Alvarez's one-timer.
UNH pulled Blair in favor of an extra attacker with 2:06 remaining.
The Bobcats were whistled for icing at 19:37 and 19:45. Sydney Leonard (St. Bonifacius, Minn.) won the second faceoff into the left corner, where Kira Juodikis (LaSalle, Ontario) sent a backhanded pass to the low slot. Verrier, who was advancing toward the right post, double back onto the loose puck and slipped a low shot between Angers legs to tie the score, 2-2, at 19:50.4

OVERTIME

Maya Labad corralled a loose puck in the neutral zone and led a 2-on-1 break along the right boards. She saucered a centering pass and Steigauf's one-timer from the slot floated into the upper-left corner to end the game.

GAME NOTEBOOK

Quinnipiac finished with a 36-32 shot advantage and 47-27 edge in the faceoff circle.
UNH went 0-for-3 on the power play and the Bobcats were 0-for-2.
The Wildcats blocked 16 shot attempts and QU was credited with five blocks.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Juodikis, the reigning Hockey East Player of the Week, has recorded a point all three games this season.
Leonard has tallied an assist every game. She led the 'Cats with 15 faceoff wins.
Blair recorded 11 saves in the second stanza and 13 more in the final frame. She made a total of 29 saves in two wins last weekend.
Five Wildcats were credited with two blocked shots – Rae Breton (Brighton, Ontario), Juodikis, Jada Christian (Caledon East, Ontario), Kyla Bent (Halifax, Nova Scotia) and Sadie Makokis (St. Albert, Alberta).