HAMILTON – Behind first-year
Kalty Kaltounkova's game-winning goal in overtime, the No. 5 Colgate women's hockey team remains undefeated in ECAC play with a 3-2 win over St. Lawrence. With the win, the Raiders are 9-1-1 and have extended their unbeaten streak to seven games.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Raiders dominated the first period offensively, which was highlighted by back-to-back goals from junior
Eleri MacKay. With the game scoreless, E. MacKay received a pass from junior
Delani MacKay in the slot and scored to give the Raiders the 1-0 advantage.
Not even two minutes later, sophomore
Sydney Bard passed the puck to E. MacKay who snuck it into the lower left part of the net to give the Raiders a 2-0 lead. Just as the first period was about to end, the Saints scored with 20 seconds remaining to cut the lead to 2-1. At the end of the first period, the Raiders led in shots on goal 13-4.
The second period saw the Raiders plagued by penalties, as Colgate was whistled for five throughout the period. Fortunately for the Raiders, St. Lawrence was unable to score any power play goals in the session and the contest remained at 2-1 when the period ended.
In a fast-paced final 20:00, Colgate outshot St. Lawrence by a 14-5 advantage, but the Saints continued to battle. With an empty net and extra attacker, the visitor was able to score with with 1:40 remaining in regulation to ultimately force overtime in a 2-2 game.
As overtime started, a Saint was whistled for slashing, giving the Raiders a 4-on-3 advantage in extra play. Swinging through the offensive zone, sophomore
Danielle Serdachny passed to first-year
Kalty Kaltounkova who scored with a one-timer from the right faceoff circle to give the Raiders the 3-2 overtime win.
COLGATE SCORING PLAYS
• Period 1 | 14:01 – Sophomore
Darcie Lappan centered the puck to junior
Delani MacKay, who passed it to junior
Eleri MacKay low in the slot to backhand it past the glove side of the Saints' goaltender.
• Period 1 | 15:55 – Sophomore
Allyson Simpson passed to sophomore
Sydney Bard at the right point, who then fed it down low to E. MacKay for a scoop and score at the edge of the crease.
• Overtime | 2:46 – Sophomore
Danielle Serdachny sent it to first-year
Kalty Kaltounkova in the right faceoff zone, who one-timed it for the overtime game-winner.
STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
• Behind a pair of tallies in regulation, junior
Eleri MacKay recorded her second multi-goal performance of the season.
• Sophomore
Danielle Serdachny extends to a five-game point streak (4G, 4A) with her assist on the overtime game-winner. She has now scored at least one point in nine of the season's 11 games.
• Producing two power play goals, the Raiders went 2-for-4 with the man advantage, while also holding St. Lawrence just 1-for-6 on the power play.
• Outstanding in the circle, the Raiders won 71.6 percent of their faceoffs, including junior
Delani MacKay going 14-for-16 on the night (87.5%).
• Colgate outshot the Saints 38-18 throughout the contest, including a game-high 14 shots on goal in the third period.
• The Raiders extend their unbeaten streak to seven games and remains undefeated in ECAC play with a 5-0 record.
THE BOTTOM LINE
• No. 5 Colgate 3, St. Lawrence 2
RECORD UPDATES
• No. 5 Colgate holds a 9-1-1 record and remains undefeated in the ECAC at 5-0-0.
• St. Lawrence falls to 0-2-0 overall and has an 0-1-0 conference record.
HEAD COACH GREG FARGO'S TAKE
"It was great to fight back and get the OT win tonight. You never like to give one up late like we did. I liked how we looked in the offensive zone most of the night. I thought St. Lawrence was ready to play and their goalie, Morgan had a great game. We really had to make our shots count."
UP NEXT
The Raiders travel to Canton, N.Y. on Sunday to conclude the series against St. Lawrence. Puck drop is slated for 2 p.m.
FOLLOW THE RAIDERS
For more information on the Colgate women's hockey program, follow the Raiders on Twitter @ColgateWIH and Instagram at colgatewih.
