BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (December 3, 2022)- In a game that saw six combined goals in the second period, it was the Stonehill College women's ice hockey team who came out on top in the high-scoring contest, 5-3 on Saturday afternoon at the Bridgewater Ice Arena.

Scoring

STO: Kathryn Karo (Bailey Feeney), 17:24-1st period

        Alexis Petford (Paige Whaley and Bailey Feeney), 05:20-2nd period

        Paige Whaley (Bailey Feeney and Sydney Russell), 10:16-2nd period

        Lucie Turcotte, 18:32-2nd period

        Bailey Feeney, 17:42-3rd period

LIN: Kaitlin Finnegan (Chloe Corbin and Sarah Davies), 05:55-2nd period

       Brooke Pioske, 11:53-2nd period

       Rachel Goff (Morgan Neitzke and Emma Hoen), 16:33-2nd period

Goaltending

STO: Hanna Zukow (59:42)-39 saves

LIN: Natalie Ferenc (59:27)- 17 saves

The Details

• Early in the first period, Lindenwood put the offensive pressure on the Skyhawks as the Lions generated six powerplay opportunities including two five-on-three advantages. Despite taking 12 shots, Zukow and the Stonehill power-play kill shut down the Lions each time.
• With less than three minutes left in the opening period, the Purple and White grabbed the first goal courtesy of Karo. After Feeney made a nice move on the Stonehill end of the ice, she pushed up the right side and found a skating Karo on the left side and after she swung the puck over to her, Karo buried her shot past Ferenc's glove side.
• Stonehill continued their offensive momentum early into the second (14:40) when Whaley and Feeney played give-and-go passing and Feeney found an open Petford who put her shot past the Lindenwood netminder for a 2-0 advantage.
• However, the Lions cut the lead to one (2-1) when Finnegan snuck the puck past Zukow but the Skyhawks pushed it back to two five minutes later at the 9:44 mark. Russell found an open Feeney at the left face-off circle who then pushed the puck over to Whaley at the bottom of the net for an open score.
• Despite the two-goal lead, the Lions responded and evened the contest at three courtesy of goals from both Pioske and Goff at 8:07 and 3:27 respectively.
• As the second period wound down with 1:28 remaining, Turcotte corralled a loose puck in front of the Lindenwood net and netted the eventual game-winner as the Skyhawks headed into the final frame up 4-3.
• Lindenwood had great looks in the final period for the tying goal as they generated a powerplay with 6:50 left and peppered Zukow with three shots but she stonewalled each attempt. Petford tacked on an empty-net goal with 2:18 remaining as Stonehill held on for the 5-3 win.

Up Next

Stonehill will have some much-deserved time off as the squad hosts Dartmouth on Friday, December 30 for a 1 p.m. puck drop.

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