SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team lost to Saint Anselm College, 4-2, on Friday evening during the opener of a New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) series in Cairns Arena.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (0-13, 0-9 NEWHA), Saint Anselm (2-4-1, 2-4-1 NEWHA)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Junior Alicia McDonald (Kelowna, British Columbia/Rink Hockey Academy Kelowna), 1 goal
- Sophomore Kaydence Carpenter (Phoenix, Ariz./Arizona Kachinas 19U AAA), 1 goal (1st career)
- First-year Taryn Richter (Victoria, Minn./Holy Family Catholic), 1 assist, 7-for-10 faceoffs
- Junior Brianna Jarvis (Swanton, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 1 assist
- Junior Jordana DeMarinis (Beeton, Ontario/Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes), 39 saves
- Senior Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy), 22-for-28 faceoffs
- First-year Grace Bendickson (Lakeville, Minn./Benilde-Saint Margaret's School), 2 blocked shots, 8-for-14 faceoffs
- Senior Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 2 blocked shots
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Senior Justyce Ohlgren, 1 goal
- Junior Eden Granley, 1 goal
- Junior Taylor Hartinger, 1 goal
- Sophomore Talia Ondy, 1 goal
- First-year Kalyssa Bayne, 34 saves
GAME FACTS
- McDonald netted the fastest goal in program history from the start of a contest, just 12 seconds. She eclipsed the 17 seconds it took Meg Lyons '05 on Jan. 5, 2002, against the University of Southern Maine. It was also a NEWHA record, trimming a mark set by Assumption University only hours earlier, and tied for 10th in NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey history.
- Saint Michael's held a sizable 43-22 lead in faceoff wins while being trimmed on shots, 43-36, forging a 28-22 lead over the final two periods.
- Six of the last eight contests between the teams have been decided by two goals or fewer.
THE ACTION
- McDonald scored the fastest goal in program history just 12 seconds in. After a failed clearance hit her skate just outside the blue line, she went in alone on Bayne, finishing to her backhand.
- Ondy countered with 7:55 gone in the opening period, tucking a shot from the right circle under the crossbar during a power play.
- DeMarinis denied first-year Bavneet Dhaliwal with her left pad at 15:43 before smothering senior Hailey Tullo's bid after Tullo skated through the right circle to get behind the final Purple Knight defender and in close on the netminder with 36 seconds remaining.
- Bayne stopped Jerylo's attempt from first-year Jen Birolini's (Pembroke, Mass./Tabor Academy) breakout pass with her mask a little more than a minute into the second frame.
- Carpenter snapped the tie shortly thereafter, skating onto a loose puck in the left circle and blasting the go-ahead strike at 2:06. Richter and Jarvis picked up assists after having prior shots saved.
- DeMarinis denied Granley from out front with her pads at 13:02, and Bayne averted further damage around the 16-minute mark by saving consecutive Quinn shots before Bendickson pushed a follow-up try just wide from the left post.
- Ohlgren opened the third period with the tying strike after 1:07, picking DeMarinis' glove corner from the right circle.
- Bayne maintained the tie with a pair of glove stops on Purple Knight shots from the slot off the sticks of sophomore Kali Boychuk (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan/Windsor Southwest Wildcats) at 4:39 and McDonald with 6:28 gone.
- Hartinger struck for the winner at 12:46, only 12 seconds after the end of a Saint Michael's power play, also going to DeMarinis' glove corner from the right circle.
- Bayne snapped up Carpenter's shot with a glove stop at 17:16, and the Purple Knights put only one shot on goal with DeMarinis pulled for an extra skater before Granley scored on the empty net from her own slot with 0.9 seconds remaining.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Saturday vs. Saint Anselm, 3 p.m.
- The Purple Knights host their annual Try Hockey for Free and postgame Skate with the Purple Knights event.
