QU Women’s Ice Hockey Skates to 3-3 Tie With Yale, Wins Shootout 2-1, Advances to Nutmeg Classic Final

Friday, November 24

Storrs, Conn.

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

8-7-1

Yale

2-6-3

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Quinnipiac

Yale

QU Women’s Ice Hockey Skates to 3-3 Tie With Yale, Wins Shootout 2-1, Advances to Nutmeg Classic Final

11/24/2017 5:27:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Storrs, Connecticut – The Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team needed more than 65 minutes to take home a victory on Friday afternoon. The Bobcats skated to a 3-3 tie with the Yale Bulldogs and would need four rounds of shootouts to determine a winner. Kenzie Lancaster and Kenzie Prater scored in the shootout to propel the Bobcats to victory.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 3 / Yale 3

LOCATION
Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum / Storrs, Connecticut

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (8-7-1, 4-4-0 ECAC) / Yale (2-6-3, 1-5-2 ECAC)

SCORING SUMMARY

7:48 1^st Period (QU 1-0): Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout sent a wrister low stick side to beat the goalie from the right circle after passes from Abby Cleary and Kate MacKenzie.
12:52 1^st Period (Tied 1-1): Greta Skarzynski tapped one in to the open net after a rebound came directly to her just outside the right post.
6:17 2^nd Period (QU 2-1): Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout flicked the puck to the top corner of the net from just outside the crease after passes from Abby Cleary and Randi Marcon.
18:35 2^nd Period (QU 3-1): Kati Tabin sent a one-time slap shot to the top left corner of the net after passes from Shannon Cherpak and Kenzie Lancaster on the power play.
2:52 3^rd Period (QU 3-2): Greta Skarzynski found the back of the net from between the circles.
3:16 3^rd Period (Tied 3-3): Emma Vlasic scored redirected the puck to find the twine from the right post.

NOTES

Juniors Kenzie Lancaster (Waxhaw, North Carolina) and Kenzie Prater (Hudson, Wisconsin) found the back of the net for the Bobcats in the shootout.
Sophomore goaltender Abbie Ives (Bedford Hills, New York) made two huge saves in the shootout, as well as 12 others during the first 65 minutes of play.
Sophomore Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout (Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) recorded her first multi-point game of the season with two goals. She is now second on the team with five goals for the year.
Sophomore Kati Tabin (Winnipeg, Manitoba) netted her first goal of the year. She now has three goals in her career at Quinnipiac.
Sophomore Abby Cleary (Buffalo, New York) picked up her second multi-point game on the campaign with a pair of assists.
Lancaster also added to her team lead in assists, tallying her ninth of the season.
Senior Shannon Cherpak (Enfield, Connecticut) recorded her first point of the season with an assist.
Junior Randi Marcon (Winnipeg, Manitoba) and sophomore Kate MacKenzie (Winnipeg, Manitoba) each added an assist. Marcon now has five helpers on the season, and MacKenzie has three.

UPCOMING GAME
The Bobcats are back in action tomorrow as they will face the winner of Penn State vs. UConn in the Championship Game at 6 PM. The Bobcats are looking for their 7^th Nutmeg Classic Championship.