ORONO, Maine – The Black Bears battled the Dutchwomen to a 3-3 overtime draw on Saturday, followed by a last minute goal to pull out a 2-1 win over Union last weekend. With a 10-6-2 overall record and 4-3-1 in the Hockey East Conference, Maine currently stands in fifth place.
Maine will be hosting the University of Vermont for a pair of games over the weekend, kicking off with a match at 12 p.m. on Saturday, December 2. The Black Bears are hoping to break the Women's Hockey East Association (WHEA) single-game attendance record on Saturday, while also raising funds for The Ashley Wade Foundation. In order to break the record, the Black Bears must surpass 2,136 fans attending their game, which was originally set earlier this year at Vermont's home rink when they hosted New Hampshire on February 3.
Vermont BY THE NUMBERS
2.06 : Goals per game
25.5 : Shots per game
2.94 : Goals against average
17.57% : Power play percentage
4.4 : Power plays per game
82.89% : Penalty kill percentage
4.8 : Penalties per game
Over Thanksgiving weekend, the Catamounts hosted Colgate, Minnesota Duluth, and RIT for the Windjammer Classic. On Friday, Vermont was able to hold off RIT, 1-0, until the third period when the Tigers tied up the score just 19 seconds in. Still neck-and-neck at the end of overtime, senior Taylor Willard's shootout goal helped Vermont grab the win to advance to the Windjammer Classic Championship game the next night. Senior Amanda Drobot recorded the lone goal of the game on a power play for the Catamounts, her first goal of the season.
The Catamounts dropped a close game to Minnesota Duluth in the Championships, after freshman Olivia Kilberg tied up the match 1-1 midway through the final frame, but their opponent took advantage of a power play in the final minutes of regulation to seize the 2-1 win. Four different players helped out with assists throughout the weekend.
Junior Melissa Black and sophomore Sydney Scobee split the time in net this weekend. Black fended off the Tigers with 25 saves on Friday to help the Catamounts advance to the Championship. Scobee turned down a total of 22 shots on Saturday as 14 were sent her way in the final period.
MAINE BY THE NUMBERS
2.61 : Goals per game
28.3 : Shots per game
2.28 : Goals against average
10.00% : Power play percentage
3.33 : Power plays per game
86.76% : Penalty kill percentage
4.2 : Penalties per game
Sophomore Tereza Vanisova tallied four points over Thanksgiving weekend, taking Union into overtime with a game-tying goal in the final minutes of the match on Friday, netting a pair of goals. The sophomore also helped out with assists on both goals the following day to help the Black Bears overpower the Dutchwomen. Vanisova has accumulated a team-high of 19 assists this season, dishing out the third most in division I women's hockey so far this year.
Sophomore
Ebba Strandberg dished out two helpers while senior
Mikayla Rogers recorded her first point of the year with an assist towards the opening goal of the match Friday night. Adding on a goal and assist was sophomore Vendula Pribylova. The following day, senior
Catherine Tufts saved the Black Bears from once again requiring overtime to decide the fate of the match, as she scored the game-winning goal in the final minutes of regulation.
Between both games, sophomore
Carly Jackson tallied 46 saves as her defense successfully protected her jumping in the way of 12 shots in the second matchup with the Dutchwomen, only allowing 19 shots through. With the 2-1 win over Union, Jackson has already exceeded the number of wins she accumulated last season with a record of 8-5-2.
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