Women's Hockey Ties Maine 2-2, Wins Shootout

Saturday, December 6

Durham, N.H.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

9-8-3, 5-5-2

Maine

6-11-2, 3-5-2

OT 1

OT 2

Maine

New Hampshire

Photo by: Kallie Gagne

12/6/2025 6:00:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Aurora Kahlert and Julia Cabral netted shootout goals to earn the extra point.

DURHAM, N.H. — The University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team skated to a 2-2 tie against Maine (6-11-2, 3-5-2 HEA) on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 6), before earning the extra league point with a 2-1 shootout win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

-Neither team broke onto the scoreboard in the opening frame, with the Black Bears outpacing the Wildcats 17-5 through 20 minutes.
-Kelly Harty (Billerica, Mass.) netted the first goal of the game 5:53 into the second period, ripping a shot from the right face-off circle and beating Maine's Kiia Lahtinen blocker-side for the 1-0 lead.
-The Wildcats doubled their lead 48 seconds into the third period when Danika Botterill (Portage La Prairie, Minn.) collected a cross-zone feed from Nina Rossi (Pittsgrove, N.J.), beating Lahtinen on the one-timer to make it a 2-0 contest.
-Maine got one back with 3:17 to play when Mikayla Boarder fired on net, rolling the puck off the shoulder of Sedona Blair (Eden Prairie, Minn.) to cut the lead in half.
-The Black Bears tied things up on the power-play 50 seconds later when Stephanie Jacob collected a Paige Fong rebound in the slot, firing glove-side on a backhanded try to force overtime.
-Neither team broke through in the extra period, leaving the 2-2 final score intact.
-The Black Bears opened the shootout with a score from Brenna Curl, but were unable to hang on, as Aurora Kahlert (Maple Ridge, British Columbia) and Julia Cabral (Lee, N.H.) netted tries in the third and fourth rounds, respectively, giving UNH the 2-1 shootout win.

WILDCAT GAME HIGHS
Goals: Harty, Botterill (1)
Assists: Rossi, Legro, Makokis (1)
Points: five players (1)
Shots: Kahlert (6)
Blocks: Printz (6)

SPECIAL TEAMS

Power Play: 1-4
Shorthanded: 4-5

BY THE NUMBERS

-Five different players landed a point in the win, paced by goals from Harty and Botterill.
-With her score in the second period, Kelly Harty netted her team-leading ninth goal of the season, tripling her career goal total from the beginning of the season (three).
-Four players finished the game with a positive plus/minus rating, each earning a plus-one.
-11 players tallied a shot attempt in the tie, paced by a six-shot day from Aurora Kahlert. Additionally, five players landed multiple shots on net.
-On special teams, the Wildcats finished one for four on the power-play while the Black Bears finished one for five.
-On defense, 13 different players blocked a shot, led by Callista Printz (Buffalo, N.Y.) with six blocks and both Kahlert and Sadie Makokis (St. Albert, Alberta) with three apiece.
-Sedona Blair closed her night in net denying 37-of-39 shots faced for an .949 save percentage.

NEXT UP • HOME VS. LIU, SATURDAY, JAN. 3, 2 P.M.
The Wildcats open the second half of their schedule at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex on Saturday, Jan. 3, when UNH hosts LIU (6-8-1, 4-8-1 NEWHA) for a 2pm puck drop.

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