CANTON, N.Y. (1/19/08) – The No. 6/7 St. Lawrence women’s hockey team scored five goals in the second period en route to a 5-3 win over Colgate University on Saturday, Jan. 19 at Appleton Arena.

 

Although it was a scoreless first period, St. Lawrence had the better looks at the net, and took 11 shots to Colgate’s seven. One of Raiders’ best chances came with about three minutes to play when a pass was sent to the paint but freshman Jacquie Colborne (Calgary, Alta.) got tied up and couldn’t put the puck into the empty net. Junior Elin Brown (Calgary, Alta.) tried to get there before it was cleared out but didn’t succeed.

 

St. Lawrence took the 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at the start of the second period. Tara Akstull took a shot from the left side that was saved by freshman Lisa Plenderleith (Ajax, Ont.), but the puck rebounded out onto the right side and Alison Domenico had the open net available for the taking.

 

Colgate had a productive power play, immediately setting up in power-play formation and winning consecutive face offs to keep possession. The Raiders had three shots on net before getting one by netminder Maxie Weisz. Junior Sam Hunt (Calgary, Alta.) lifted the puck over the blocker of Weisz after finding a redirect from Kiira Dosdall (Fairfield, Conn.). Sophomore Marissa Dombovy (Webster, N.Y.) was also credited with an assist on the play.

 

Penalties were called on both teams midway through the period, and after one minute Colgate was forced to play with just three skaters. The Raiders’s No. 4-ranked penalty kill was no match for St. Lawrence’s No. 7-ranked power play as it took 15 seconds for Chelsea Grills, Annie Guay and Sabrina Harbec to pair up for the Saints’ second goal at 10:03.

 

The Raiders had a chance to even it up about two minutes later when the puck slid across the goal mouth but no one was there to put the puck away.

 

St. Lawrence made is 3-1 at 12:03, when Guay ripped a shot from inside the left face-off circle that skimmed Plenderleith and skidded into the net. Britni Smith nailed a shot from the top of the right face-off circle and the puck made its way through traffic to light the lamp at 17:53. Carson Duggan stuffed in a Guay shot from the point less than two minutes later during a power-play to make it 5-1 St. Lawrence at the close of the middle frame.

 

Colgate cut the lead back with a power-play goal by junior Sam Hunt (Calgary, Alta.) when she rifled a slap shot from the point at 11:36, her second tally of the contest. Brown brought the contest within two, when she rifled in a Laura Jansen (Wilmette, Ill.) pass with just over two minutes remaining in regulation.

 

St. Lawrence outshot Colgate 30-22 in the game, with Plenderleith turning away 25, and Weisz stopping 19.

 

The Raiders went 2-for-8 on the power-play and the penalty kill went 5-for-8.

 

Colgate falls to 8-11-3 and 5-5-2 in ECAC Hockey, while St. Lawrence improves to 17-7 overall and 10-2 in the league.

 

Colgate travels to Yale and Brown next weekend, Jan. 25-26.