Women’s Hockey for the week of Oct. 30, 2015

Tigers Win First Game of the Season

The Dalhousie Tigers Women’s Hockey team won their first game of the season 5-3 over the Mount Allison Mounties on Saturday, Oct. 24 at Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB.

The Mounties scored the first goal of the game in the first period. Kara Anthony scored on the powerplay to give the Mounties a 1-0 lead.

The game broke open in the second period as both teams combined to score seven goals.

The Tigers got the first two goals of the period to give the team a 2-1 lead. Forwards Sarah Robichaud and Corinne Desjardins scored for the Tigers.

Later in the period, Rosie Heffernan scored for the Mounties to tie the game at 2-2.

The Tigers regained their lead from a goal by forward Courtney Sheedy.

However, the Mounties tied the game again from a goal by Heather Richards.

The Tigers were stubborn to keep their lead and scored to make the score 4-3.  Sarah Robichaud was credited with the goal.

In the third period, Sarah Robichaud completed the hat trick and the Tigers ended up winning 5-3.

The win puts the Tigers’ record at (1-3-0).

Tigers Lose to St. Mary’s, 2-1

The Dalhousie Tiger’s women’s hockey team lost 2-1 to the St. Mary’s Huskies on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at the Alumni Arena.

The Huskies scored the game’s first goal when Breanna Lanceleve scored 03:55 into the first period. Laura Polak and Hayley Halilihan got the assists.

At 03:53 into the second period, Breanna Lanceleve scored her second goal of the game to make the score 2-0 for St. Mary’s. Haylee Tretiak and Gemma MacDonald got the assists.

Shortly after, the Tigers answered back. At the 04:27 mark of the period, Jesse Rietveld scored for the Tigers to make the game 2-1. Sarah Robichaud and Kayla Ogilvie got the assists.

In the third period, the Tigers fought hard to tie the game, outshooting the Huskies 16-11 in the period. However, they were not able to score and St. Mary’s won the game by a score of 2-1.

Tigers’ goaltender Mati Barrett was fantastic in the hockey game, stopping 46 out of the 48 shots she faced. Huskies goalie Rebecca Clark also had a great game stopping 27 out of 28 shots.

Neither team was able to score on the powerplay. Dalhousie had nine powerplay chances while St. Mary’s had seven.