SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team tied Assumption University, 2-2, on Saturday during New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) action in Cairns Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-27-1, 0-21-1 NEWHA), Assumption (8-18-2, 8-12-2 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Abbey Gyurko (Dublin, Ohio/Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 19U AAA), 58 saves (career high)
• Junior Grace Canterbury (Eagle River, Alaska/Shattuck-Saint Mary's School), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Senior Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School), 2 assists
• First-year Alizée LeBlanc (Dieppe, New Brunswick/Ridley College), 1 goal
• First-year Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 1 assist, 7 blocked shots
• Senior Emma Kelly (Dorchester, Mass./Boston Latin School), 10-for-21 faceoffs
• Sophomore Elisabeth Gerebi (Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen), 13-for-30 faceoffs
• Senior Jace Zapata (Brea, Calif./Gentry Academy), 4 blocked shots

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Alexa Hanrahan, 1 goal
• First-year Molly Walsh, 1 goal
• First-year Jayden Weiser, 28 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights scored both of their goals on power plays.

THE ACTION

• Saint Michael's nearly broke through at 7:48 of the first period, as Leys and senior Mikaela Langbacka (Lorton, Va./Washington Pride) worked a give-and-go deep in the Assumption zone, but Langbacka's shot from below the left circle was denied by Weiser's right pad.
• During a power play early in the second period, Quinn had a slap shot from between the circles stopped, but Leys chipped the loose puck out toward Canterbury, who found a vacated right side of the net at 2:13.
• First-year Lexi Kirkeby fired a shot from the point with 8:33 gone that Gyurko deflected off of the crossbar during an Assumption power play to keep it 1-0.
• Saint Michael's made it 2-0 on a power-play strike at 6:23 of the third, with LeBlanc slipping a shot home from below the right circle after taking a quick touch pass from Leys.
• Walsh found the net at 11:19 off of a rebound, and Hanrahan scored in similar fashion at 14:49, putting in a rebound following Gyurko's stop.
• The Purple Knights had four good looks during a power play over the final 1:05 of regulation, but Weiser stopped each, including using her blocker to turn away first-year Victoria FitzGibbon's (Stittsville, Ontario/East Ottawa Junior Stars U22 AA) shot from the blue line with three seconds left.
• Gerebi rung the crossbar only 15 seconds into overtime, and she was later stopped by Weiser at 49 seconds for the Purple Knights' lone shot during a power play.
• Gyurko made two saves in an Assumption power play that began at 2:54, while sophomore Emersynn McGillis (Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean Jr. Wildcats) blocked one shot during the woman advantage and another with three seconds left to seal the draw.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday at Sacred Heart University, 2 p.m.