Box Score

HAMILTON, N.Y. (10/28/11) – The Colgate women's hockey team played its first overtime game of the season on Friday night when it tied with ECAC Hockey opponent, Brown, 1-1 in overtime.
 
Freshman Miriam Drubel scored her second goal of the season in the third period to tie the game and force it into a scoreless overtime period. The Raiders now have a 0-1-1 league mark.
 
Both teams came out to an attacking start in the opening period in an attempt to get an early lead. Colgate (3-3-1, 0-1-1 ECAC Hockey) soon held the shooting advantage, coming close with a shot from junior Brittany Phillips in the fourth minute that hit the pipe. As the half progressed the game became more physical, resulting in a penalty on Brown midway through the period to give the Raiders an extra skater. Colgate was able to take a series of shots on goal, with three in a row coming from freshman Katie Case, but could not find the back of the net. The Raiders continued to outshoot Brown throughout the rest of period, finding several close scoring opportunities and gaining a second power play advantage in the closing minutes, but at the end of the first 20 minutes, the game remained scoreless.
 
Despite being outshot 15-5 by Colgate in the first frame, the Bears came out attacking the net aggressively. A penalty on the Raiders six minutes in allowed Brown to carry its shooting momentum but it could not get past senior Kimberly Sass who made some impressive stops. Colgate then found a pair of scoring opportunities that came close to putting the team on the scoreboard. The first was on a fast break by sophomore Jocelyn Simpson, who skated down the middle of the ice but had the puck stolen and knocked away by Brown's goalie, Aubree Moore. The second chance came minutes later when Phillips won a faceoff and passed the puck up the ice to freshman Melissa Kueber who then used some fancy stick work to get past the last defender but was denied by Moore on a save. As the clock wound down, Brown found some threatening opportunities on a power play but could not capitalize, resulting in another dry period. The Bears outshot Colgate 12-5 in the second frame and had three power play advantages.
 
The Bears then came out to an offensive start in the final period once again, putting pressure on the Raiders' net and eventually finding a goal at the 3:27 mark from a shot that slipped through Sass' pads and was knocked in by Katelyn Landry to take the 1-0 lead. Colgate then picked up its pace, wasting no time to generate some offense of its own and came close with a puck sliding across the crease but nobody could get a touch on it. The Raiders continued to play hard and earned their third power play advantage of the game midway through the period, but despite some great shots on goal, they could not find an equalizer. Another Brown penalty three minutes later put the Raiders with an extra skater once again however, this time they were able to capitalize at the 12:17 mark when Phillips slipped the puck to sophomore Shannon Doyle, who then knocked it just wide of the right post to Drubel, who one-timed it past Moore to tie the game at 1-1. The equalizing goal increased the intensity of the game as both teams fought to find a game-winner in the final minutes. Colgate then committed a roughing penalty giving Brown the power play advantage for the final two minutes of the period, but some important saves by Sass sent the game into overtime.
 
The Raiders started the overtime period with an offensive surge, creating the first opportunities of the period with five straight shots. Brown was then able to move the puck down the ice but failed to take a single shot due to some strong defense from Colgate. The Raiders continued to fight for a goal, coming close in the final thirty seconds of the game with a pass to Simpson at the top of the crease but she could not get the shot off, resulting in the team's first overtime tie of the season.

Kimberly Sass had 26 saves in the game for Colgate while Moore had 36 for the Bears.
 
The Raiders will continue ECAC Hockey play tomorrow with a matchup against Yale at 4 p.m. in Starr Rink.