Quinnipiac University
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No. 4/4 QU Women's Ice Hockey Handed First Loss of Season by Harvard, 2-1
12/6/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
Cambridge, Massachusetts – Lindsey West (Ajax, Ontario) scored the only goal of the game for the No. 4/4 Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team as it recorded its first loss of the season to Harvard, 2-1, Saturday evening at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center.
The loss snaps the Bobcats unbeaten streak of 16 games while the Crimson extended their own winning streak to four games. Quinnipiac sits at 13-1-3 (6-1-2, ECAC Hockey) following the loss while Harvard improves to 6-2-2 (5-1-1 ECAC Hockey).
West's goal was her second of the season and the fourth of the career while Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario) tallied her sixth assist of the season.
Despite recording her first loss of the season, Chelsea Laden (Lakeville, Minnesota) recorded 20 saves on 22 shots for the Bobcats, 10 of which came in the first period alone.
The Bobcats were outshot in a game for just the first time all season long, as Harvard outshot Quinnipiac 22 to 15, including 11-5 in the first period. After the first period, both defenses took over the control of the game.
Haley Mullins game-winning goal for the Crimson was her third of the season while Lyndsey Fry's game-tying power play goal was just her first of the season.
Harvard went 1-2 on the power play due to Fry's goal while Quinnipiac was 0-3 on the man advantage.
West gave the Bobcats a 1-0 lead 7:51 into the game to take the momentum of the first period. Emma Woods stole the puck on the forecheck and her shot from the right faceoff circle went wide caroming along the boards to West at the left point. West stepped up to play the puck and fired a shot low past Harvard goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer's blocker side.
Maschmeyer finished with 14 saves on 15 shots between the pipes for the Crimson
Harvard tied the game with just 28 seconds remaining in the first period when Lyndsey Fry skated the puck behind the net and positioned herself low in the left faceoff circle to rip a shot top shelf in the opposite corner of the net past Laden.
Mullins netted the game-winning goal with 12:51 remaining in the third period for the Crimson. Karly Heffernan shot the puck from the right faceoff circle and Heffernan stood on top of the crease to redirect the puck home.
The Bobcats have a few weeks off before returning to action in the new calendar year on Friday, Jan. 2, 2015 when they travel to Schenectady, New York to face the Union Dutchwomen at 7 P.M. and Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015 when they face the Rensselaer Engineers in Troy, New York at 4 P.M.
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