WINCHENDON, Mass. - Junior Carissa Mudrak's (Duluth, Minn./Gentry Academy) 46-save shutout lifted the Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team to a scoreless tie with Franklin Pierce University during a New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) contest on Friday evening in Jason Ritchie Ice Arena.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (1-5-1, 1-3-1 NEWHA), Franklin Pierce (2-5-1, 1-1-1 NEWHA)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Mudrak, 46 saves
- Senior Jenna Harrison (Kitchener, Ontario/Wellesley), 5 blocks, 18-for-34 faceoffs
- Senior Maeghan Kennard (Hamlin, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles), 9-for-13 faceoffs
OPPONENT LEADERS
- First-year Jill Hertl, 26 saves
GAME FACTS
- The Purple Knights played their first regular-season game since Oct. 15.
- Mudrak recorded her first collegiate shutout.
- Saint Michael's held a 29-26 lead in faceoff wins.
THE ACTION
- Mudrak made a pair of saves late in the first period during a Raven power play to keep the game scoreless, with sophomore Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy) adding a block in that time.
- Mudrak rejected four more shots just before the mid-period media timeout in the second frame, including three in an eight-second span that ended at 11:59.
- Harrison had two blocks and Mudrak a pair of saves as the Purple Knights killed a penalty that started at 14:01.
- Saint Michael's put four shots on net during a woman advantage that started at 18:29, but Ruiz, senior Callie Wiley (Andover, Mass./Andover), and juniors Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School) and Jace Zapata (Brea, Calif./Gentry Academy) were all turned away.
- In the final two minutes of the third period, Mudrak made five more saves to ensure overtime, while Harrison and Ruiz each blocked a shot.
- Kennard had back-to-back shots stopped 1:15 into the extra stanza before Mudrak denied consecutive shots from senior Ava Kison 30 seconds later.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Saturday at Franklin Pierce, 3 p.m.
