Courtesy Norwich Sports Information<\/p>\n
NORTHFIELD –\u2013 The Plattsburgh State women\u2019s ice hockey team scored three times in a span of 1:01 in the second period to seize momentum en route to a 6-3 victory over Norwich University on Sunday afternoon at Kreitzberg Arena in the 10th annual East-West Hockey Classic.<\/p>\n
No. 1-nationally ranked Plattsburgh State (11-1-0) had goals from six different skaters as the Cardinals continued their mastery of the Cadets to sweep the season series. Over the past eight seasons the Cadets have gone 184-22-10 against all of their other competition … but in the same time frame they are 1-15-2 vs Plattsburgh.<\/p>\n
Norwich (10-2-0) was led by a three-point night from senior forward Amanda Conway (Methuen, Mass.), but Plattsburgh State scored five unanswered goals in the second and third period to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 6-2 lead.<\/p>\n
Conway opened the scoring at the 5:50 mark of the first period, shoving home a pass from Mikah Baptiste (Ottawa, Ontario) top shelf and over the glove of Plattsburgh goalie Ashley Davis to give the Cadets a 1-0 lead. The goal was Conway\u2019s team-leading 11th of the season and the 95th of her career. Baptiste made a terrific individual effort to strip the puck away from a Plattsburgh defender and then backhand a pass down to Conway at the far post who take care of the rest.<\/p>\n
Plattsburgh State responded at the 18:17 mark of the first period with Taylor Whitney scoring on a power play goal off assists from Sierra Benjamin and Nicole Unsworth to tie the game at 1-1.<\/p>\n
However, Norwich quickly seized the momentum back with a goal by 19 seconds later by senior Sophie McGovern (Hermantown, Minn.) off assists from Conway and Baptiste. McGovern shoveled home a rebound in the crease with a diving effort after Conway was initially denied on a shot by Davis. The goal was McGovern\u2019s sixth of the season and gave the Cadets a 2-1 lead heading into the first intermission.<\/p>\n
Plattsburgh State stole all the momentum back though, capitalizing on a tumultuous span of 1:01 for the Cadets in the middle of the second period as the Cardinals scored three goals to take a 4-2 lead. Madison Walker tied the game at the 9:18 mark, hammering home a feed from the left by Kaitlin Drew-Mead on a 2-on-1 rush.<\/p>\n
Abby Brush gave Plattsburgh its first lead of the game at the 9:57 mark with a goal off an assist from Emma Killeen. Killeen gathered the puck in the neutral zone and fed a pass up the boards to Brush. Brush skated in from the right and sent a backhander in that beat Emily Lambert (Riverview, Mich.) five-hole and make it 3-2 Cardinals.<\/p>\n
Plattsburgh finished off the three-goal blitzkrieg with Nicole Unsworth capitalizing on a Norwich turnover in front of its own net to deke out Lambert and shovel the puck into the open net on her backhand.<\/p>\n
The Cardinals added two more power play goals to open the third period and improve to 3-for-4 on the power play for the day with Sara Krauseneck and Ivy Boric scoring goals.<\/p>\n
Norwich was awarded a penalty shot at the 8:30 mark after Ann-Frederique Guay (St. Lambert-de-Lauzon, Quebec) was hauled down on a breakaway. Guay\u2019s penalty shot attempt was stoned by Davis to keep the score at 6-2.<\/p>\n
The Cadets did end up getting one back with Brynn Wopperer (Amherst, N.Y.) scoring her fourth goal of the season off assists from Kayla Goleniak (Canton, Mich.) and Conway. <\/p>\n
Lambert finished with 35 saves in the game and suffered her first loss of the season. Davis made 29 stops for Plattsburgh and improved to 6-0-0 on the year.<\/p>\n
Plattsburgh State outshot Norwich 41-31 and went 3-for-4 on the power play, while Norwich was 0-for-4.<\/p>\n
In the second semifinal, No. 8 Elmira and No. 6 Adrian skated to a 2-2 tie through regulation and overtime. Adrian ended up topping Elmira 2-1 in the ensuing shootout to punch its ticket to the East-West Classic Championship game. Adrian will meet Plattsburgh at 4 p.m. in the finals, while Norwich will host Elmira in the consolation game at 1 p.m. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Courtesy Norwich Sports Information NORTHFIELD –\u2013 The Plattsburgh State women\u2019s ice hockey team scored three times in a span of 1:01 in the second period to seize momentum en route to a 6-3 victory over Norwich University on Sunday afternoon at Kreitzberg Arena in the 10th annual East-West Hockey Classic. No. 1-nationally ranked Plattsburgh State […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[280,279],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n