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Whale Get Blitzed At Home

The Connecticut Whale and the Minnesota Whitecaps squared off, with both teams looking to put behind their losing streaks early on in the season.

There would be great back and forth action in the first with both goalies coming up with huge saves. There was only one penalty called in the period, and it went against the Whale. The Whitecaps were able to take advantage on the power play, seconds before the period ended. Meghan Lorence managed to get one by Sonjia Shelly. Assists on the play went to Audra Richards and former Whale defender Amanda Boulier.

There was an explosion of scoring in the second. It started  minutes into the period, when the Whale would tie the game up. A great effort from Whale rookie Emma Vlasic which beat Amanda Leveille. Assist on the play came from Grace Kleinbach. 5 minutes later, Minnesota would get the lead back, an unassisted goal coming from Nicole Schammel. Then Schammel would get on the score sheet again 2 minutes later, via the power play. It would be her second goal of the game with the assists coming from Jonna Curtis and Sydney Baldwin. The Whale would answer back 2 minutes later and cut the lead in half. The goal coming from Kaycie Anderson, who managed to get behind the defense. Assists on the play came from Shannon Doyle and Erin Hall. Then, just like the end of the first period, the Whitecaps would get a late goal at the end of the second. The goal coming from Haylea Schmid. Assists on the play came from Sydney Baldwin, her second point of the game, and Nicole Schammel, her third point of the game.

The Whitecaps went on the offensive at the start of the third, getting a goal 30 seconds into the period. The goal coming from Sydney Baldwin, her third point of the game. Assists on the play came from Meghan Lorence, her second point of the game, and Haylea Schmid, her second point of the game. In quick succession, 2 minutes later, the Whitecaps would add another goal. This time the goal came from Brooke White-Lancette. Assists on the play came from Kelsey Cline and Sydney Baldwin, her fourth point of the game. This unfortunately spelled the end of Sonija Shelly’s day and she was replaced by Brooke Wolejko. It would be her first action of the season. About 10 minutes later, the Whitecaps would add a seventh goal, coming from their top player Jonna Curtis. It would be her second point of the game and the assists on the play came from Allie Thunstrom and Lisa Martinson.

Not much to say about this game other than they need to forget about it and come back strong tomorrow. The Whale will face off against these same Whitecaps at 130p.

 

For those keeping track, Whale defender Shannon Doyle was able to record 3 blocked shots today, giving her 12 blocked shots for the season! Doyle is donating a $1 for every block she records for her fundraiser Blocks For Books. Here is the link for those who want to make a donation too.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/1s6bzhbt5c?utm_medium=social

 

Additionally, Whale forward Kendra Broad was able to record 2 shots on goal today. She now has 6 shots on goal for the season. Broad is donating $2 for every shot on goal for Mental Health Connecticut. Here is a link for those who want to make a donation too.

https://mhconn.networkforgood.com/projects/83116-kendra-broad-s-fundraiser

 

 

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NWHL Weekend Recap

Welcome to the TXHT NWHL Weekend Recap for the Weekend of Saturday, October 19th and Sunday, October 20th, 2019, plus news coming out of the weekend.

 

Saturday, October 19th, 2019

Game #1 – Connecticut Whale v. Buffalo Beauts

  • The Whale would get a three point performance from Jane Morrisette (2g, 1a), but would blow a three goal lead as the Beauts would win their home opener 5-4 in overtime off of a Marie-Jo Pelletier powerplay goal.

 

Game #2 – Minnesota Whitecaps v. Boston Pride

  • In a high shooting affair with a total of 100 shots between the two teams, it would be the Boston Pride downing the Minnesota Whitecaps to remain undefeated to start the season.

 

Sunday, October 20th, 2019

Game #1 – Connecticut Whale v. Buffalo Beauts

  • The Buffalo Beauts would cap off the weekend with a 6-4 victory over the Connecticut Whale. Marie-Jo Pelletier would lead the way for the Beauts with a three point game (1g, 2a), and Brooke Stacey would have a two goal game to secure the Beauts victory.

 

Game #2 – Minnesota Whitecaps v. Boston Pride

  • The Boston Pride sweep their weekend series with the Minnesota Whitecaps to remain undefeated to start the 2019-20 NWHL season.

 

Players of the Week

  • Goaltender Lovisa Selander of the Boston Pride and forward Brooke Stacey of the Buffalo Beauts are the VEDA Players of the Week in the NWHL.

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  • Lovisa Selander (G, Boston Pride) would go a perfect 2-0 for the Pride as she would stop 47 shots in a 3-1 victory on Saturday that would see her take first star honors, and then on Sunday she would stop 35 shots as Boston would complete the sweep of Minnesota in a 5-2 victory.
  • Brooke Stacey (F, Buffalo Beauts) would lead the Beauts to back to back victories over Connecticut with three goals and one assist for the weekend. Stacey has recorded at least a point in every game the Beauts have played this season so far.

 

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*Photo of Brooke Stacey by Mike Hetzel, and Photo of Lovisa Selander by Michelle Jay.

 

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Whale Get Swept In Buffalo

After coming off an overtime defeat yesterday, the Whale were looking to bounce back and salvage the weekend. It unfortunately did not go in their favor as the Beauts defeated the Whale today by a final score of 6-4.

Here was the game day line up:

In the first period, Buffalo would jump out to a quick lead, only taking 3 minutes to break the ice and draw first blood. The goal came from Brooke Stacy with the assists going to Iveta Klimasova and Marie- Jo Pelletier. It wouldn’t take long for Buffalo to double their lead, the goal from Taylor Accursi on the power play would beat the debuting Cassandra Goyette. Assists on the play came from Marie- Jo Pelletier, her second of the game, and Becki Bowering. However the Whale would get one back 10 minutes later as Kayla Meneghin would notch her first goal of the season, with the assist coming from Kaycie Anderson. 2 minutes later, after a Whale penalty, the Beauts would add to their lead on the power play, with Cassidy MacPherson getting the goal, with Megan Delay and Erin Gehen getting the assists on the power play. Then in quick strike fashion, Buffalo would get another goal, this time from Marie- Jo Pelletier, this would be her third point of the period. Assists on the play came from Lenka Curmova and Sara Bustad. The period would end 4-1 in favor of the Beauts.

In the start of the second period, we would see a goalie change for the Whale. It just was not Cassandra Goyette’s day and definitely not a debut to remember. In stepped Sonjia Shelly for the Whale. Early on in the second period, the Whale would get a goal from their veteran defender Jordan Brickner. Assist on the play came from Grace Klienbach, and it cut the Beauts lead in half. However, about 2 minutes later the Beauts would answer right back, the goal coming from Lenka Curmova, her second point of the game. Assist on the play came from Sara Bustad, which would be her second assist on the day too. At the end of the second, the score would be 5-2 in favor of the Beauts.

In the third period, the Whale would begin their climb back into the game. It would take 6 minutes in the period to see them notch their first goal. The goal coming from Emma Vlasic, and the assist on the play from Shannon Doyle. Ripping a page out of the Buffalo playbook and getting a second goal in quick succession, the Whale would get one from Haley Payne, her first career NWHL goal, in just her second game. The assist on the play came from Hanna Beattie, which made it a one goal game. After some furious back and forth action, it unfortunately would be the closest the Whale would get to tying the game as Brooke Stacey would stash the empty netter. It would be Stacey’s second goal of the game. The assist on the play came from Marie- Jo Pelletier, it would be her third assist of the game and her fourth point.

A tough two games against the Beauts this weekend. Now the Whale will get to face someone different next weekend, as they will get the Whitecaps at home in Danbury. Puck drop will be at 330p on Saturday October 26th.

Notes

  • Some congratulations are in order for the following players: Jane Morrisette, Sarah Hughson, Emma Vlasic, and Emma Payne. All four of these players all notched their first career NWHL goals this weekend!

  • Unfortunately for the Whale, forward Kendra Broad was assessed a 5 minute major for checking from behind and also given a game misconduct in the second period.

 

Fundraising

For those keeping track, Whale defender Shannon Doyle was able to record 4 blocked shots today, giving her 9 blocked shots for the season! Doyle is donating a $1 for every block she records for her fundraiser Blocks For Books. Here is the link for those who want to make a donation too.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/1s6bzhbt5c?utm_medium=social

 

Additionally, Whale forward Kendra Broad was able to record a shot on goal today before her early exit. She has 4 shots on goal for the season. Broad is donating $2 for every shot on goal for Mental Health Connecticut. Here is a link for those who want to make a donation too.

https://mhconn.networkforgood.com/projects/83116-kendra-broad-s-fundraiser

 

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NWHL Game Recap – 10/20/2019 – Minnesota Whitecaps v. Boston Pride

Minnesota Whitecaps (1-1-1 3pts) v. Boston Pride (4-0-0 8pts)

 

Game Recap:

In the second game of their back to back weekend series the Minnesota Whitecaps look to bounce back against the Boston Pride, but the Whitecaps would not do themselves any favors as they would take three consecutive penalties that would cause the Whitecaps to go down two women at one point. However, the Pride would not be able to capitalize on any of their three powerplay opportunities, especially with the extended 5 on 3 chance, but they would strike a little later as they would get on the board first with McKenna Brand’s sixth of the season on a beautiful tic tac toe play with Christina Putigna. Then Tori Sullivan would score her second of the season to give the Pride the 2-0 lead. The Pride would take a late penalty, but the Whitecaps would not be able to capitalize on their lone opportunity.

 

In the second period the Whitecaps would get an early powerplay opportunity to when Christina Putigna would be called for high sticking, but were unable to capitalize on the opportunity. However, they would get on the board with a Sydney Baldwin goal to cut the Pride’s lead to one. But Jonna Curtis would take an ill advised tripping penalty, and with this powerplay opportunity the Pride would get on the board with a Lexie Laing marker. both teams would continue to generate chances, but the goaltending of Lovisa Selander of the Pride and Amanda Leveille of the Whitecaps would keep this a 3-1 Pride lead heading into the second intermission.

 

In the third period the Whitecaps would get another early powerplay opportunity to start a period, and this time they would capitalize as Stephanie Anderson would score her first career NWHL goal to cut the Pride’s lead to one once again. However, that would not deter the Pride as they would strike 90 seconds later as Mary Parker would score her first goal of the season to regain the two goal lead. Then Christina Putigna would knock in the loose puck after a hard Jillian Dempsey drive to secure the Pride a 5-2 victory. Both Selander and Leveille would put up strong perfomances again as they faced a combined 84 shots.

 

Lineups:

Minnesota Whitecaps:

Jonna Curtis – Nicole Schammel – Meaghan Pezon

Audra Richards – Lauren Barnes – Allie Thunstrom

Megan Lorence – Halea Schmid – Stephanie Anderson

Kalli Funk –  –

Sydney Baldwin – Amanda Boulier

Emma Stauber – Chelsey Rosenthal

Kelsey Cline –

Amanda Leveille*

Allie Morse

 

Boston Pride:

McKenna Brand – Jillian Dempsey – Christina Putigna

Emily Fluke – Mary Parker – Alyssa Wohlfeiler

Carlee Toews – Lexie Laing – Tori Sullivan

Kaleigh Fratkin – Briana Mastel

Lauren Kelly – Lexi Bender

Mallory Souliotis – Jenna Rheault

Whitney Renn

Lovisa Selander*

Victoria Hanson

 

First Period:

MIN Penalty – 6:20 – Bench (Kelsey Cline) 2 minutes for Too Many Women

MIN Penalty – 7:15 – Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal 2 minutes for Interference

MIN Penalty – 9:17 – Kalli Funk 2 minutes for Slashing

BOS Goal – 15:21 – McKenna Brand (6) from Christina Putigna (6)

BOS Goal – 16:01 – Tori Sullivan (2) from Lexi Bender (2)

BOS Penalty – 17:14 – Alyssa Wohlfeiler 2 minutes for Hooking

 

End of 1st – MIN – 0       BOS – 2

Shots              10                 15

PP                   0/1                0/3

 

Second Period:

BOS Penalty – 2:33 – Christina Putigna 2 minutes for High Sticking

MIN Goal – 6:56 – Sydney Baldwin (2) from Amanda Boulier (6)

MIN Penalty – 12:55 – Jonna Curtis 2 minutes for Tripping

BOS PPG – 13:40 – Lexie Laing (2) from Lauren Kelly (3)

 

End of 2nd – MIN – 1       BOS – 3

Shots              20                 25

PP                   0/2                1/4

 

Third Period:

BOS Penalty – 1:29 – Kaleigh Fratkin 2 minutes for Cross Checking

MIN PPG – 2:31 – Stephanie Anderson (1) from Nicole Schammel (3)

BOS Goal – 3:58 – Mary Parker (1) from Emily Fluke (1) and Alyssa Wohlfeiler (3)

MIN Penalty – 8:48 – Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal 2 minutes for Cross Checking

BOS Penalty – 9:56 – McKenna Brand 2 minutes for Slashing

BOS Goal – 12:46 – Christina Putigna (2) from Jillian Dempsey (6)

 

End of 3rd – MIN – 2       BOS – 5

Shots              37                 47

PP                   1/4                1/5

 

Next Up:

Metropolitan (1-2-0 2pts) v. Boston (5-0-0 10pts) October 26th and 27th

Minnesota (1-2-1 3pts) v. Connecticut (0-2-1 1pts) October 26th and 27th

 

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NWHL Game Recap – 10/19/2019 – Minnesota Whitecaps v. Boston Pride

Minnesota Whitecaps (1-0-1 3pts) v. Boston Pride (3-0-0 6pts)

 

Game Recap:

Coming into the weekend the undefeated Boston Pride play host to the 2019 Isobel Cup Champion Minnesota Whitecaps, and in this highly anticipated matchup it would not disappoint as both teams would play a very even game against eachother early on as both teams would trade chances. However, it would be Alyssa Wohlfeiler breaking the scoreless tie with a beautiful shot that would beat Whitecaps goaltender Amanda Leveille to give the Pride the 1-0 lead. The rest of the period it would be Leveille and Lovisa Selander playing aggressively in their respective nets and keeping the game close as both teams generated quality scoring chances. At the end of the period Leveille would have stopped 12 out of 13 shots faced while Selander stopped at 14 shots she faced in the first.

 

In the second period the physicality would pick up as this period would see a total of five penalties with three involving either roughing or body checking. However, when it came to the powerplay the Whitecaps were unable to convert on both of their opportunities, while the Pride woulkd not convert on their lone chance of the period. The Pride would strike once again as McKenna Brand would score her fifth of the season as Jillian Dempsey would feed Brand with a beautiful pass as she would bury it past Leveille to give the Pride the 2-0 lead heading into the second period. For the shots, the Pride would get 18 shots on goal for a total of 31 through 40 minutes while the Whitecaps had 16 shots in the second for a total of 30through 40 minutes.

 

In the third period it would be Kaleigh Fratkin extending the Pride’s lead to three as she would score from the point in the first 73 seconds of the period. However, the Whitecaps would respond with a couple of solid chances to try to get on the board and cut the deficit, but it would be Selander standing tall for the Pride between the pipes. near the midway mark of the period Lexi Bender would be called for roughing, and while on the powerplay the Whitecaps would give up a few quality shorthanded chances to the Pride but Leveille was up to the task, and then Allie Thunstrom would get a spectacular breakaway opportunity, but Selander would rob her with an even more spectacular save to keep the Pride’s lead at three. Late in the period Thunstrom would get another opportunity and this time she would drill it home as she would score her third of the season and cut the Pride’s lead to two. With the hopes to mount a comeback the Whitecaps would pull Leveille for the extra attacker, but it would not amount to anything as the Boston Pride would defeat the Minnesota Whitecaps 3-1 and remain undefeated with a 4-0-0 record.

 

Lineups:

Minnesota Whitecaps:

Jonna Curtis – Nicole Schammel – Meaghan Pezon

Audra Richards – Lauren Barnes – Allie Thunstrom

Megan Lorence – Halea Schmid – Stephanie Anderson

Kalli Funk –  –

Sydney Baldwin – Amanda Boulier

Emma Stauber – Chelsey Rosenthal

Kelsey Cline –

Amanda Leveille*

Allie Morse

 

Boston Pride:

McKenna Brand – Jillian Dempsey – Christina Putigna

Emily Fluke – Mary Parker – Alyssa Wohlfeiler

Carlee Toews – Lexie Laing – Tori Sullivan

Kaleigh Fratkin – Briana Mastel

Lauren Kelly – Lexi Bender

Mallory Souliotis – Jenna Rheault

Whitney Renn

Lovisa Selander*

Victoria Hanson

 

First Period:

BOS Goal – 6:04 – Alyssa Wohlfeiler (2) from Mary Parker (2)

 

End of 1st – MIN – 0       BOS – 1

Shots              14                 13

PP                 0/0                  0/0

 

Second Period:

BOS Penalty – 3:01 – Kaleigh Fratkin 2 minutes for Body Checking

MIN Penalty – 3:41 – Amanda Boulier 2 minutes for Holding

BOS Penalty – 8:42 – Jillian Dempsey 2 minutes for Roughing

MIN Penalty – 8:42 – Emma Stauber 2 minutes for Roughing

BOS Goal – 13:00 – McKenna Brand (5) from Jillian Dempsey (4) and Mallory Souliotis (3)

BOS Penalty – 13:20 – Carlee Toews 2 minutes for Hooking

 

End of 2nd – MIN – 0       BOS – 2

Shots              30                 31

PP                   0/2                0/1

 

Third Period:

BOS Goal – 1:13 – Kaleigh Fratkin (1) from Mallory Souliotis (4)

BOS Penalty – 9:05 – Lexi Bender 2 minutes for Roughing

MIN Goal – 17:29 – Allie Thunstrom (3)

 

End of 3rd – MIN – 0       BOS – 3

Shots              48                 42

PP                   0/3                0/1

 

Next Up:

Minnesota (1-1-1 3pts) v. Boston (4-0-0 8pts) October 20th

 

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Whale Earn Point In Buffalo

The Connecticut Whale came in looking to get their first win, on this early campaign. They unfortunately fell to the Beauts in their home opener 2 weeks ago, but there was a lot of positives to take from that game.

Here is the starting line up for today’s game:

The Whale hopped out to a quick start in the first period. It would only take 5 minutes for them to get their first goal. The goal coming from Jane Morrisette, it would be her first career NWHL goal. The assist on the play came from Jordan Brickner. It would not take long for Morrisette to add her second career NWHL goal as 2 minutes later, she would double the Whale lead. The assist on this play came from Elena Orlando. About 4 minutes later, the Whale would add a third goal, this time it came from Shannon Doyle, it would be her first goal of the season, assist from Jordan Brickner, her second of the period. It staked the Whale to a 3-0 lead at the end of the first.

Penalties in the first were 2 penalties to the Beauts, to the Whale’s 1. The Whale were the only team to capitalize on a power play in the first, with Shannon Doyle’s goal.

In the second period, both teams would get into penalty trouble as there were 11 total penalties called. 7 against the Beauts and 4 against the Whale. However the Beauts would begin their climb back into the game as 2 minutes into the frame, the Beauts would get their first goal of the game. It came from Taylor Accursi, with the assists coming from Corinne Buie and Iveta Klimasova. 9 minutes later, the Beauts would get another one back as Lenka Curmova would get one past Sonjia Shelly, with the assist coming form Brooke Stacey. That would be the end of the scoring for the period with the Whale holding a 3-2 lead heading into the third. Both goals for the Beauts in the period came via the power play.

In the third period, the Whale would get on the board first, as it would be Sarah Hughson who would beat Fujimagari. The assist came from Jane Morrisette, it would be her third point of the game, and it gave the Whale a 4-2 lead. However, this 2 goal lead would be short lived as 2 minutes later, Brooke Stacey would answer right back, assists on the play coming from Erin Gehen and Iveta Klimasova, her second assist of the game. 2 minutes later, the Beauts would get another quick strike, as Kim Brown would tie the game up, the assist on the play came from Lenka Curmova, her second point of the game. The Whale would get a late 5 on 3 power play but failed to capitalize and the game went to overtime.

Penalties in the third was 4 for the Beauts and 2 for the Whale. Both teams scored a goal while on the power play.

In the extra session, it would be almost the entire period before we got the decisive goal. After the Whale took a penalty late in the frame, it proved to be costly as Buffalo found a way to capitalize on it. The goal coming from Marie-Jo Pelletier who got it by Shelly.

 

The Whale can not dwell on this game, as they will play these same Beauts again tomorrow. Puck drop will be at 130p.

 

For those who are interested, Whale defender Shannon Doyle has 5 blocked shots on the season, while she did not register a blocked shot today, she is donating a $1 for every block she records for her fundraiser Blocks For Books. Here is the link for those who want to make a donation too.

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NWHL Weekend Recap – Game Recaps & News

Welcome to the TXHT NWHL Weekend Recap for the Weekend of Saturday, October 12th and Sunday, October 13th, 2019, plus news coming out of the weekend.

 

Saturday, October 12th, 2019

Game #1 – Metropolitan Riveters v. Minnesota Whitecaps

  • In Minnesota for their Banner Raising Ceremony, the Whitecaps would light up the Metropolitan Riveters 9-2  after getting four point nights from Jonna Curtis (3g, 1a) and Nicole Schammel (2g, 2a), and a five assist game from Amanda Boulier.

 

Game #2 – Buffalo Beauts v. Boston Pride

  • In a matchup that saw the Boston Pride dominate the Buffalo Beauts in the shot department, the Pride would double up the Beauts 4-2 in their Home Opener The trio of Carlee Toews (2g, 1a), Lexie Laing (1g, 2a), and Tori Sullivan (2a) would lead the way for the Pride as they took the home victory.

 

Sunday, October 13th, 2019

Game #1 – Buffalo Beauts v. Boston Pride

  • In the second game of their weekend series the Boston Pride would light up the Buffalo Beauts for eight goals as they coast to an 8-1 victory Sunday afternoon. The Pride would get multi-point performances from McKenna Brand (3g), Emily Fluke (2g), and Alyssa Wohlfeiler (1g, 2a) to lead the way.

 

Game #2 – Metropolitan Riveters v. Minnesota Whitecaps

  • In Minnesota the Metropolitan Riveters looked to avenge their 9-2 defeat to the Whitecaps, and that they would in a much more tightly contested contest that would feature the first overtime game of the 2019-20 NWHL season. Rebecca Morse (1g, 1a) would cap off her two point night with the game winning goal in overtime to give the Riveters the 4-3 victory.

 

News and Notes

  • On Monday, October 14th the Buffalo Beauts announced that they have signed forward/defender Nikki Kirchberger for the 2019-20 season.

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  • Kirchberger, a Buffalo native, played for Buffalo State College that saw her be an ECAC West All-Star during her freshman season in 2012-13. In 103 career games for the Bengals, Kichberger would score 31 goals along with 31 assists.

 

  • Buffalo Beuats announced on Tuesday, October 15th that they have signed Team Chinese Taipai goalie Tiffany Hsu for the 2019-20 season.

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  • Hsu, the 100th player to sign with the NWHL for the 2019-20 season, posted a .977 Save % during the 2019 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Division II Group B. Her performance secured the Chinese Taipei team their first ever gold medal, along with Best Goalkeeper and Most Valuable Player honors.

 

Player of the Week

  • The NWHL has announced that Boston Pride rookie forward Lexie Laing has been named the VEDA Player of the Week.

Lexie Laing POTW

  • Laing would kick off a high scoring weekend for the Pride when she would score her career NWHL goal to give the Pride the 1-0 lead over the Buffalo Beauts on Saturday. Laing would follow up with a pair of assists as the Pride would win 4-2. Laing would also pick up an assist on Sunday in Boston’s 8-1 win over the Beauts.

 

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*Photo of Lexie Laing by Michelle Jay

 

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Riveters Bounce Back And Beat Whitecaps In OT

Today, the Riveters and the Whitecaps played their second game of their weekend series. The Riveters would look to bounce back from their 9-2 drubbing yesterday.

The game was a much tighter affair than yesterday. There was great defensive effort from both teams. After some great back and forth action from both teams, and both goalies turning out some great saves, it would take till about a little over the 14 minute mark to get the games first goal. The goal came from the former Riveter, Audra Richards, who nabbed her first goal of the season. Assist on the play coming from Lauren Barnes.

The lead would be short though as two minutes later, the Riveters would answer. The goal coming off the rush, a great pass coming from Mallory Rushton across the offensive zone. It would be Kendall Cornine who would slot home the shot past Leveille.

That would be how the period would end with a 1-1 tie. Penalties in the period would be three for the Whitecaps and one for the Riveters. However, neither team would be able to take advantage of that. The Whitecaps also out-shot the Riveters 11-7 in the period.

In the second period, the Riveters would come out strong again, looking to capitalize on the late goal they scored. They would be rewarded for their momentum by scoring a little over halfway through the second period. The goal would be scored by the Riveters heart and soul of the team, Madison Packer. No assists came from the play.

The Riveters would keep the lead for a brief time as three minutes later, the Whitecaps would answer back. The goal coming from Amanda Boulier; who came off a great season last year, and is continuing her good play. The assist on the play coming from Allie Thunstrom.

The period would end with both teams again tied, 2-2. The only penalty in the period came from the Riveters, and the Whitecaps could not take advantage of it. However, the Whitecaps did again out-shoot the Riveters 17-10 in the period.

In the third period, there was pretty even match-up between both teams, however it would be the Riveters who would strike first blood in the period. The goal came from Kendall Cornine again, it would be her second of the game and it came on the power play.

The Whitecaps would pour on some more pressure to get the game tied, however the Riveters defense played well and staved off any offensive chances. It would be another 14 minutes before we would get the games next goal. (Yes, both goalies were playing that great.) It would be the Whitecaps who would eventually tie the game up. The goal coming from Allie Thunstrom, who slotted home the goal past Walther’s five hole.

The late goal would push the game to overtime, and in the extra session, it would only take 35 seconds. A great shot from the circle by Rebecca Morse would elude Leveille’s glove and would give the Riveters the overtime win.

The Riveters won’t be playing next weekend as they have a bye. The next game for the Whitecaps will be against the Boston Pride on October 19 at 630p in Boston.

 

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NWHL Game Recap – 10/13/2019 – Buffalo Beauts v. Boston Pride

Buffalo Beauts (1-1-0 2pts) v. Boston Pride (1-0-0 2pts)

 

Game Recap:

After falling short to the Boston Pride the night before the Buffalo Beauts look to get themselves back into the win column, but it would be the Pride striking early as McKenna Brand would be able to jam the puck past Beauts rookie goaltender Mariah Fuijimagari to make it 1-0 a minute forty-five seconds into the game. Following the goal the Pride would continue to surge against the Beauts, but the Beauts would create an offensive opportunity that would draw a powerplay opportunity. However, the Beauts would squander their opportunity when recently signed Pride forward Emily Fluke would be coming into the Beauts zone and Iveta Klimasova would take her down to end the Beauts powerplay early. Then once on the powerplay Kaleigh Fratkin would send an outlet pass to Brand who would streak in on Fujimagari to score her second of the game. However, the Beauts would respond as Brooke Stacey would drive to the net and a fight to get the puck past Lovisa Selander to get the Beauts back within one, but the McKenna Brand show would not be denied as Brand would score a little over a minute later to complete the hat trick. Then near the end of the period Fluke would tip a point shot from Jenna Rheault to score her first goal as a member of the Pride. At the end of the first period the Pride would be up 4 to 1.

 

In the second period the Pride would continue their push as Alyssa Wohlfeiler would make a drive to the net and put the puck top shelf over Fujimagari to make it 5-1 for the Pride, and also spell the end of Fujimagari’s game as Beauts Head Coach Pete Perram would send in Kelsey Neumann to tend the Beauts net. Then a little under eight minutes later Emily Fluke would get her second of the game after tipping a shot past Neumann to grow the Pride’s lead to five. Megan Delay would take an unnecessary penalty for the Beauts shortly after, but the Beauts would be up to the task as they would kill the Pride’s powerplay opportunity. But the Pride would still strike once again after the powerplay was over as the how duo of Carlee Toews and Lexie Laing would strike again as Toews would score her first of the game and third of the weekend series to give the Pride the 7-1. However, a late penalty by Tori Sullivan would give the Beauts a late powerplay, but before the period would end while shorthanded Mary Parker would make a great defensive play to give herself a breakaway, but she would be robbed by Kelsey Neumann with a spectacular split legged save to keep the game 7-1 for the Pride heading into the second intermission.

 

In the third period the Beauts would have thirty seconds left to their powerplay, but the Beauts would struggle to create any momentum with it. But the Beauts would get another opportunity when McKenna Brand took a tripping penalty, however, the Pride would kill this one off as well. The Pride would then take one more penalty as Lexi Bender would be called for body checking, but the Beauts uninspired play would cost them their powerplay as Kim Brown would be called for slashing. After the Pride’s powerplay had expired Jillian Dempsey would get through all of the defenders and Neumann to roof the puck to grow the lead to seven. After the goal both teams would trade penalties and result in some extended four on four hockey, and during the four on four the Pride would come close to extending their lead, but Neumann would find a way to keep the puck out of the net. At the end of the game McKenna Brand would try to get her fourth of the game, but she would be unable to do so before the final buzzer sounded. The Pride would sweep the weekend series two games to none, and will be back in action next weekend as they host the defending Isobel Cup Champion Minnesota Whitecaps.

 

Lineups:

Buffalo Beauts:

Taylor Accursi – Becki Bowering – Corinne Buie

Brooke Stacey – Cassidy MacPherson – Iveta Klimasova

Kim Brown – Sara Bustad – Kandice Sheriff

Erin Gehen –  –

Ashley Birdsall – Megan Delay

Lenka Curmova – Marie-Jo Pelletier

Richelle Skarbowski – Ana Orzechowski

Mariah Fujimagari

Kelsey Neumann

 

Boston Pride:

Carlee Toews – Lexie Laing – Tori Sullivan

Emily Fluke – Mary Parker – Alyssa Wohlfeiler

McKenna Brand – Jillian Dempsey – Christina Putigna

Kaleigh Fratkin – Jenna Rheault

Mallory Souliotis – Briana Mastel

Lauren Kelly – Lexi Bender

Whitney Renn –

Lovisa Selander*

Victoria Hanson

 

First Period:

BOS Goal – 1:45 – McKenna Brand (2) from Jillian Dempsey (2)

BOS Penalty – 8:13 – Kaleigh Fratkin 2 minutes for Interference

BUF Penalty – 9:58 – Iveta Klimasova 2 minutes for Tripping

BOS PPG – 10:39 – McKenna Brand (3) from Kaliegh Fratkin (2)

BUF Goal – 11:25 – Brooke Stacey (1) from Taylor Accursi (2) and Cassidy MacPherson (1)

BOS Goal – 12:36 – McKenna Brand (4) from Mallory Souliotis (2) and Christina Putigna (2)

BOS Goal – 14:41 – Emily Fluke (1) from Jenna Rheault (1)

 

End of 1st – BUF – 1       BOS – 4

Shots              12                 11

PP                 0/1                  1/1

 

Second Period:

BOS Goal – 3:15 – Alyssa Wohlfeiler (1) from Kaleigh Fratkin (3)

BOS Goal – 11:12 – Emily Fluke (2) from Lexi Bender (1) and Alyssa Wohlfeiler (1)

BUF Penalty – 12:46 – Megan Delay 2 minutes for Roughing

BOS Goal – 15:51 – Carlee Toews (3) from Lexie Laing (3)

BOS Penalty – 18:30 – Tori Sullivan 2 minutes for Tripping

 

End of 2nd – BUF – 1       BOS – 7

Shots              22                 26

PP                 0/2                  1/2

 

Third Period:

BOS Penalty – 1:41 – McKenna Brand 2 minutes for Tripping

BOS Penalty – 9:03 – Lexi Bender 2 minutes for Body Checking

BUF Penalty – 10:39 – Kim Brown 2 minutes for Slashing

BOS Goal – 13:29 – Jillian Dempsey (3) from Christina Putigna (3)

BUF Penalty – 14:40 – Becki Bowering 2 minutes for Hooking

BOS Penalty – 15:21 – McKenna Brand 2 minutes for Slashing

 

End of 3rd – BUF – 1       BOS – 8

Shots              27                 42

PP                 0/5                  1/4

 

Next Up:

Boston (3-0-0 6pts) v. Minnesota (1-0-0 2pts) Oct. 19th and 20th

Buffalo (1-2-0 2pts) v. Connecticut (0-1-0 0pts) October 19th and 20th

 

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Pride Defeat Beauts In Home Opener

Buffalo Beauts (1-0-0, 2 pts) @ Boston Pride (1-0-0, 2 pts)

In the second weekend of the NWHL, we got ourselves a pretty good match up with the Buffalo Beauts and the Boston Pride. Both teams were coming off victories in their opening weekend and were looking to continue their momentum early on in the season.

In the first period, there was complete domination by the Boston Pride. They came out strong in their home opener and really took it to the Beauts, as the Pride out-shot the Beauts by a tally of 19 to 4, however it took until late in the period before the Pride would be able to break through Beauts goalie Mariah Fujimagari. It was a great drive to the net by Carlee Toews, and with the puck loose in front of the net, it was Lexie Laing that would stash home the rebound with about a minute left in the period. The goal would be Lexi Laing’s first goal of her career in the NWHL.

Penalties in the period were one apiece with no power play goals coming from it with both penalty kills doing their job well.

In the second period, the Boston Pride came out and continued their momentum from the first period. The Pride would continue to out-shoot the Beauts, as Fujimagari would hold her own until the six and a half minute mark of the period when the Pride would get themselves an odd man rush, and a goal was slotted home by Carlee Toews. Assists on the play came from Lexie Laing and Tori Sullivan. For Toews, it would be her first goal of her career in the NWHL.

The Pride would continue the pressure on the Beauts, as wave after wave of offensive chances were coming for Boston. It would take twelve minutes before the Pride would get another goal. The goal coming from Christina Putigna, which would be unassisted. It would give the Pride a 3-0 lead. The goal would also be the first NWHL goal for Putigna.

About a little over a minute later, Carlee Toews would nab her second goal of the game as the assists would once again come from Lexie Laing and Tori Sullivan. The period would mercifully end for the Beauts with the Pride having a 4-0 lead.

The Pride out-shot the Beauts 16-8 in the second period. There were two penalties called on the Beauts, and one on the Pride, but neither team would be able to score on the power play.

In the third period, the game finally settled down. Everything was very even, in terms of offensive chances and shots on goal. Both Fujimagari and Lovisa Selander were making great saves. About halfway through the period, Brooke Stacey would get sprung on a breakaway, only to have Chritstina Putigna hook her as she was about to take the shot. A penalty shot was awarded on the play, where Stacey would skate down the middle and put a great shot past Selander to get the Beauts on the board.

Later on in the period, after some more back and forth action between both teams, Iveta Klimasova would gather the puck at center ice. She looked like she might wait for re-enforcement to come. However she wound up a beautiful slap shot that would beat Selander to cut the lead to two.

However, that would be the closest the Beauts would get to coming back in the game as the Pride defense shut them out the rest of the way to secure the 4-2 win for Boston.

The Pride out-shot the Beauts again in the third period 10-8. The only penalty called in the period went against the Pride but the Beauts could not capitalize on the power play.

It will be a quick turnaround for both teams, as they will square off against each other tomorrow at 230p.

 

Boxscore

https://www.nwhl.zone/stats#/100/game/268079/play-by-play

 

Starting line up for the Beauts:

Game day line up for the Pride: