SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Colby College and Elmira College earned
victories on Friday at the third annual Saint Michael's College
Holiday Tournament at Cairns Arena. In the opener, Elmira posted a
4-0 win versus Norwich University, and in the nightcap, Colby
skated to a 5-0 victory versus the host Purple Knights.
In the night game, Colby (3-3-2) received 25 saves from junior
Lacey Brown (Freeport, Maine) and two saves from
classmate Shelley Payne (Pelham, N.Y.) to earn the
combined shutout win. Fellow junior Laura Anning
(Ingramport, NS) netted two third-period goals to seal the
win for the Mules, while classmates Liz Osgood (North
Andover, Mass.) and Becky Julian (South Windsor,
Conn.), along with freshman Elissa Kurtz (Miami,
Fla.), each scored a goal.
For Saint Michael's (2-4-1), junior Melanie Cullen (Derry,
N.H./Pinkerton Academy) recorded 39 saves.
In game one, junior Kayla Coady (Charlottetown,
PEI) scored twice in the first period, and classmate
Jamie Huntley (La Jolla, Calif.) added a pair of
second-period goals, as sixth-ranked Elmira (9-2-0) earned the
shutout victory. Sophomore Jenna McCall (Thamesford,
Ont.) tallied two assists for the Soaring Eagles, while
senior Cara McGurry (Winnipeg, Man.) stopped 15
shots for the shutout win.
For Norwich (3-3-1), freshman Cindy Fortin (Quebec City,
Que.) turned aside 43 of 47 shots.
The Saint Michael's Holiday Tournament concludes on Saturday, as
Colby and Elmira square off at 1 p.m. in a predetermined format,
followed by Saint Michael's and Norwich at 4 p.m.
GAME #1 SUMMARY
Elmira
2
2
0
--4
Norwich 0
0
0
--0
First period: Scoring: 1. ELM,
Coady (McCall, Hart), 8:38. 2. ELM, Coady (unassisted), 16:45.
Penalties: Scardino, NOR (interference), 6:33;
Scully, NOR (tripping), 12:26; Colehour, ELM (hooking), 18:55;
LaSpina, NOR (hooking), 19:36.
Second period: Scoring: 3.
ELM, Huntley (McCall), 6:37. 4. ELM, Huntley (Ritzel, Kivi), 8:49
(pp). Penalties: Leclerc, NOR (body checking),
4:07; Leclerc, NOR (tripping), 8:40; Hart, ELM (hooking), 13:03.
Third period: Scoring: No
Scoring. Penalties: Cassan, NOR (hooking), 1:59;
Kivi, ELM (roughing), 2:53; Yeates, ELM (tripping), 8:18; Scardino,
NOR (body checking), 9:23; Yeates, ELM (body checking), 13:09;
DePaul, ELM (holding), 16:00; Ritzel, ELM (tripping), 16:42.
Shots: ELM (19 - 18 - 10 - 47), NOR (3 - 8 - 4
- 15).
Saves: ELM, McGurry (15 shots, 15 saves); NOR,
Fortin (47 shots, 43 saves).
GAME #2 SUMMARY
Colby
1
2
2
--5
Saint Michael's
0
0
0
--0
First period: Scoring: 1. COL,
Osgood (Caruso, Voyles), 2:11. Penalties: Anning,
COL (hooking), 4:17; Adams, SMC (body checking), 5:12; Paquin, SMC
(body checking), 12:42; Kowalewski, COL (body checking), 15:56.
Second period: Scoring: 2.
COL, Julian (Scarpato, Finley), 1:02. 3. COL, Kurtz (Comeau,
Essman), 2:08. Penalties: Sweezey, SMC (body
checking), 2:23; Mullane, COL (interference), 14:45; Essman, COL
(holding the stick), 19:35.
Third period: Scoring: 4. COL,
Anning (unassisted), 4:19 (pp). 5. COL, Anning (Goethals), 7:50.
Penalties: Chute, COL (interference), 1:24; Biron,
SMC (hooking), 2:31; Reardon, SMC (body checking), 11:20;
Tourville, SMC (body checking), 11:24; Sarno, SMC (body checking),
18:39.
Shots: COL (22 - 10 - 12 - 44), SMC (7 - 10 -
10 - 27).
Saves: COL, Brown (25 shots, 23 saves), Payne
at 15:18 of third (2 shots, 2 saves); SMC, Cullen (44 shots, 39
saves).
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