SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team lost to Stonehill College, 5-1, on Saturday afternoon in Cairns Arena during a New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) matchup. Junior Grace Canterbury (Eagle River, Alaska/Shattuck-Saint Mary's School) scored the lone goal in the third period for the Purple Knights.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-26, 0-20 NEWHA), Stonehill (13-13, 13-7 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Grace Canterbury (Eagle River, Alaska/Shattuck-Saint Mary's School), 1 goal
• Junior Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy), 1 assist
• Sophomore Emersynn McGillis (Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean Jr. Wildcats), 3 blocked shots
• First-year Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 3 blocked shots
• First-year Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy), 6-for-11 faceoffs, 2 blocked shots
• First-year Naomi Tink (Birmingham, Mich./Bishop Kearney Selects 19U AAA), 5-for-12 faceoffs
• Sophomore Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 34 saves in 31:11, loss
• First-year Abbey Gyurko (Dublin, Ohio/Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 19U AAA), 17 saves in 28:49 minutes of relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Sydney Russell, 1 goal, 2 assists, +2
• Sophomore Alexis Petford, 1 goal, 1 assist, +3
• Sophomore Gracie Sacca, 1 goal, +3
• Sophomore Bailey Feeney, 1 goal
• First-year Makenna Slocum, 1 goal
• Sophomore Brianna Walkom, 1 assist, 10-for-14 faceoffs, +3
• Sophomore Kathryn Karo, 13-for-20 faceoffs
• Sophomore Eve Stone, 21 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights blocked 15 shots in the contest.
• Lavender made 22 saves in the first period and moved into fourth in program history with 887 saves this season, passing Erin Stevens '13 (2011-12).

THE ACTION

• Stonehill scored the first goal of the game at 4:59 in the first period when Russell took a backhander in front of the crease and slotted the puck past Lavender on an assist from Walkom.
• The Skyhawks doubled their lead at 8:26 when Petford took the puck behind the net and found a crashing Sacca in the slot, where she took a one-timer to score.
• Slocum netted the third goal for Stonehill at 5:39 in the second period after the puck became loose in front of the net and she poked it past Lavender, assisted by Russell and senior Grace Parker.
• The Skyhawks scored at 11:11 when Petford took a one-timer in between faceoff circles on a bouncing puck that put the Skyhawks up 4-0, assisted by sophomore Sarah Taylar.
• Stonehill scored their final goal of the night at 12:49 when first-year Peyton Wise and Russell connected on passes that found Feeney on a breakout play that she capitalized on to put the Skyhawks up 5-0.
• During a Skyhawk power play in the third period, Ruiz stole the puck in the faceoff circle from a defender and found Canterbury, who took a wrist shot that went bar-down 2:30 in to put the Purple Knights on the board.
• Gyurko made 14 saves in a shutout final period to stop the Skyhawks from extending their lead.  

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday vs. Assumption University, 7:10 p.m.