Martinez Matches School Record of 52 Saves in 1-1 Tie vs. #15 BC

Saturday, February 22

Durham, N.H.

4 PM

University of New Hampshire

15-16-3, 11-14-2

Boston College

20-12-2, 16-9-2

OT 1

OT 2

Boston College

New Hampshire

Photo by: Alex Miller

Martinez Matches School Record of 52 Saves in 1-1 Tie vs. #15 BC

2/22/2025 9:13:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

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DURHAM, N.H. – Sophomore goaltender Noemi Martinez (Glen Ridge, N.J.) matched the program record of 52 saves to backstop the University of New Hampshire women's hockey team to a 1-1 tie against 15^th-ranked Boston College in Saturday afternoon's Senior Day game at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex.

BC won the shootout, 1-0, in three rounds to earn the extra point in the Hockey East standings.

In addition to equaling UNH's single-game saves benchmark, Martinez tied the single-period saves record with 22 in the third period. She also stopped 11 shots in the first period, 15 in the second and four more in overtime.

Freshman forward Charlie Rauch (Ramsey, N.J.) scored her first career goal to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead in the first period.

BC goalie Grace Campbell made 25 saves, including two in the extra session, and she did not allow a goal in the best-of-3 shootout. Kate Ham scored what proved to be the game-tying goal in the third period and Gaby Roy was the only skater to convert in the shootout.

UNH ends the regular season at 15-16-3 overall and 11-14-2 in Hockey East while BC is now 20-12-2, 16-9-2.

New Hampshire is the No. 7 seed in the Hockey East tournament and will play host to 10^th-seeded Merrimack College in a Feb. 26 (7 p.m.) first round game at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex. CLICK HERE to buy tickets.

UNH women's hockey group opportunities and individual game tickets are available online at UNHWildcats.com/BuyTickets or by calling the ticket office at (603) 862-4000 or e-mailing unh.tickets@unh.edu.

FIRST PERIOD

UNH recorded a 14-11 shot advantage in the opening 20 minutes.
Rauch gave the Wildcats a 1-0 lead at 16:41 when skated onto the loose puck on the end boards, threw it to the front of the net and it caromed off Campbell into the net.
The scoring sequence began when captain Kira Juodikis (LaSalle, Ontario) kept the puck in the zone at the left point and directed it to the slot. Lucie Legro (Brentwood, N.H.) slipped a pass in front to Hannah Rodgers (Apex, N.C.), who was denied by Campbell on the initial shot and rebound but Rauch followed up with the goal.
UNH nearly doubled the lead in a 2-on-1 rush with 20 seconds on the clock. Sara Boucher (Burlington, Ontario) carried the puck into the right circle and fed a pass to Julia Cabral (Lee, N.H.) cutting down the slot. Cabral sent a return pass to the right wing and Boucher's one-timer was stopped by Campbell.

SECOND PERIOD

BC recorded a 15-3 shot advantage in the scoreless second period.
With 8:20 on the clock, a stretch pass by Sadie Makokis (St. Albert, Alberta) and touch by Brooke Hammer (Commerce Township, Mich.) sent Shea Verrier (Reading, Mass.) into the offensive zone. Verrier split a pair of BC skaters in the right circle to advance to the low slot, where she backhanded a shot over the crossbar.
With 3:40 on the clock, BC generated a 3-on-2 rush that set up Lauren Glaser in the slot, but Martinez pokechecked the puck away when Glaser attempted to pull the puck around her to deny the scoring opportunity.

THIRD PERIOD

BC had a 23-7 shot advantage in the final frame and finally put a shot past Martinez when Ham scored at 6:55 to level the score, 1-1.
With the Eagles on the power play midway through the third period, Martinez blocked Glaser's shot from the slot high over the net to the end boards. The puck made its way back to the slot, and a scurrying Martinez extended her right leg back toward the right post to kick aside another shot by Glaser and keep the score tied.

OVERTIME

Boston College outshot the 'Cats 4-2 in the five-minute extra session.
With 1:30 remaining, Abby Newhook's one-timer off a centering pass in the slot was deflected aside by Martinez.

SHOOTOUT

BC took a 1-0 lead in the top of Round 2 of the shootout when Gaby Roy slipped a shot into the net.
The Wildcats did not match that goal in the bottom of the second round.
Martinez stopped Keri Clougherty in Round 3, but Campbell denied UNH in the bottom half to end the shootout and game.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Martinez matched the record of 52 saves established Feb. 3, 2011 by Kayley Herman at Boston University.
The record of 22 saves in a period was set Feb. 4, 2001 by Jen Huggon vs. Brown University and also matched earlier this season by Sedona Blair at Maine on Jan. 25.
Shea Verrier (Reading, Mass.) had a game-high 11 faceoff wins.
Maddie Crowley-Cahill (Haverhill, Mass.) led all skaters with four blocks.
UNH is now 3-1-3 in overtime games this season.
Three of the Wildcats' seven February games went into OT.

GAME NOTEBOOK

BC finished with a 53-26 shot advantage.
UNH had the 33-28 edge in the faceoff circle.
Both teams went 0-for-3 on the power play.
The 'Cats were credited with 10 blocks and the Eagles had 14.

SERIES NOTEBOOK

UNH has a 53-34-7 lifetime record against BC.
The Eagles skated to a 4-0 win on home ice Jan. 7.
UNH entered this season with a four-game unbeaten streak (3-0-1) in the series.

SENIOR DAY

New Hampshire honored its eight seniors in a pregame ceremony.
Assistant captain and fifth-year Wildcat Chavonne Truter (Uxbridge, Ontario) was honored alongside a quartet of four-year 'Cats: captain Juodikis, assistant captain Verrier, Marina Alvarez (Center Moriches, N.Y.) and Hammer.
Grad students and first-year Wildcats Andi Calderone (Kirkland, Quebec), Boucher and Crowley-Cahill were also honored.