Quinnipiac University
No. 9/10 Cornell
Raquel Pennoyer Records First Two Career Points in No. 5/5 QU Women's Ice Hockey's 4-3 Overtime Loss to No. 9/10 Cornell
2/6/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
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HAMDEN, Conn. – Freshman Raquel Pennoyer (Rehoboth, Massachusetts) recorded the first two points of her career Friday night in No. 5/5 QU Women's Ice Hockey's 4-3 overtime loss to the No. 9/10 Cornell Big Red at High Point Solutions Arena.
Pennoyer scored her first career goal when she tied the game 1-1 with 12:23 remaining in the first period then tallied her first career assist that helped give Quinnipiac a 3-2 lead in the second period. She was the only Quinnipiac player to have a two-point game against the Big Red.
Nicole Kosta (Mississauga, Ontario) scored her 10th goal of the season and recorded the 97th point of her career with her goal 40 seconds into the second period. Kosta remains in second on the Bobcats team with 25 points on the season as she moves closer to the 100-point club.
Nicole Connery (Newmarket, Ontario) also scored her 10th goal of the season to give the Bobcats a 3-2 lead late in the second period. Connery's goal ties her career-high for goals in a season.
Tori DeAngelis (Saunderstown, Rhode Island) picked up her first career assist on Pennoyer's first career goal in the first period and Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) recorded her 12th assist of the season on the goal to give her a team-leading 26 points.
Erica Uden Johansson (Sundsvall, Sweden) inched closer to the 100-point club as well, as she tied her career high with her 14th assist of the season. Taryn Baumgardt (Innisfail, Alberta) notched her third assist of the season as Lindsay West also recorded her fourth assist of the season, tying her career-high for assists in a season and setting a new career-high with her seventh point.
Chelsea Laden (Lakeville, Minnesota) stopped 24 of the 28 shots she faced between the pipes for the Bobcats while her counterpart Paula Voorheis made 29 saves on 32 shots.
The Bobcats outshot the Big Red 32-28 in the game, including 16-4 in the second period. Neither team was successful on the power play as the Bobcats were 0-2 and the Big Red were 0-3.
Cornell jumped out to a 1-0 lead 1:25 into the first when Brown carried the puck up the left boards and fired a pass to Poudrier on the crease. Poudrier tapped the puck at Laden where she made a pad save. The puck trickled into the slot and Brown was there to wrist the puck past Laden for the goal for her eighth goal of the season.
Brown thought she had a second goal for Cornell with 14:45 remaining in the first period after redirecting a shot from Cassandra Poudrier at the point. After a lengthy review, Brown's goal was disallowed and the score remaining 1-0.
Pennoyer scored her first career at an opportune time in the first period with the Bobcats down 1-0 after the disallowed goal. Cianfarano freed the puck in the left corner where DeAngelis chased it down along the end boards. DeAngelis then skated the puck along the end boards before passing the puck to Pennoyer who streaked down the middle of the slot and rocketed a shot past Voorheis' blocker to tie the game 1-1.
The Big Red reclaimed its lead with only 30 seconds remaining in the first period as Poudrier rocketed a pass from the defensive zone and was redirected by Emily Fulton at the center line to Brianne Jenner skating into the offensive zone. Jenner skated with the puck through the faceoff circle towards Laden before passing the puck to Jillian Saulnier skating through the slot and controlled the puck before tucking it past Laden to give Cornell at 2-1 lead with her ninth goal of the season.
Kosta tied the game for the Bobcats just 40 seconds into the second period to swing the pendulum of momentum in Quinnipiac's favor. Baumgardt sent a blue line to blue line pass to Uden Johansson entering the offensive zone. Uden Johansson wristed a shot right at Voorheis' right pad and the rebound kicked out to Kosta who one-timed the puck into the back of the net to tie the game 2-2.
Connery put the Bobcats back on top with 4:17 remaining in the second period for the Bobcats. Pennoyer chased down the puck in the left corner of the offensive zone where she spun and flung a pass to West at the left point. From there, West one-timed a shot on net where Connery re-directed it past Voorhies to make it 3-2 Quinnipiac.
The Big Red tied the game with 6:18 remaining in the third period with Kaitlin Doering's ninth goal of the season. Erin O'Connor controlled the puck in the defensive zone before falling and pushing the puck to Taylor Woods. Woods gathered the puck against the boards, spun and sent a cross-ice pass to the far boards to Doering who skated on net and rocketed a slap-shot off Laden's glove into the net.
Cornell scored the game-winning goal on Hanna Bunton's ninth goal of the season. Woods picked up her second assist on the play when she backhanded a shot on goal that was saved by Laden but the rebound kicked out and Bunton was right next to the goal to tap the puck into the net.
The Bobcats will honor their senior class prior to the final home game of the season on Saturday, Feb. 7 when they host the Colgate Raiders at High Point Solutions Arena with puck drop scheduled for 4 P.M.
