Huskies Shutout At No. 1 New Hampshire, 6-0
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Box Score [.html] DURHAM, N.H. (February
19, 2006) - The University of Connecticut women's hockey team fell to No. 1
New Hampshire, 6-0, on Sunday afternoon in the Whittemore Center. It was the
final game of the season series between the two teams, with the Wildcats
capturing all three games of the series. With the loss, the Huskies slip to
11-20-1 overall and 9-10-0 against Hockey East opponents. New Hampshire improves
to 27-2-1 overall and 16-1-1 in the league. The Wildcats opened the scoring
8:51 into the first period and never looked back, tallying two more goals in the
opening stanza to close out the period with a 3-0 lead. One more goal in the
second period and two in the third, the last coming at the 18:34 point in that
stanza, wrapped up the offense in the game.
The Huskies could only muster 14 shots on goal against the New
Hampshire offense for the game, a direct contrast to the 41 shots that
the Wildcats took on goal in the game. UConn was 0-for-5 on the power
play while New Hampshire went 2-for-6 with the extra skater on the
ice. Freshman Brittany Wilson (Nepean, Ontario) took the loss
for the Huskies, giving up three goals and stopping seven shots in the first
period. Senior Kaitlyn Shain (Calgary, Alberta) patrolled the crease for
UConn in the remaining two stanzas, giving up three goals and tallying 28 saves
in those 40 minutes.
Brittany Busa got the win for New Hampshire after stopping all 14
of the Huskies shots. Sam Faber had three point afternoon for the
Wildcats, including two goals, as did Nicole Heckle, who dished out
three assists in the win for New Hampshire. The Huskies are in
action next on Saturday, Feb. 25 when they host Providence in the Mark Edward
Freitas. The Hartford Courant careerbuilder.com Senior Salute game will
begin at 2:00 p.m. |
