DURHAM, N.H. - Sophomore goaltender Sedona Blair (Eden Prairie, Minn.) stopped all 23 shots she faced to backstop the University of New Hampshire women's hockey team to a 6-0 win in Friday's season opener against Assumption University at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex.
Junior Alyson Hush (Toronto, Ontario), grad student Andi Calderone (Kirkland, Quebec) junior Hannah Rodgers (Apex, N.C.) senior Kira Juodikis (LaSalle, Ontario) and grad student Chavonne Truter (Uxbridge, Ontario) scored UNH's goals.
Hush (two goals) and Truter (goal, assist) both finished with multiple points. Seniors Brooke Hammer (Commerce Township, Mich.) and Shea Verrier (Reading, Mass.), as well as sophomore Lucie Legro (Brentwood, N.H.), tallied two assists apiece.
Carissa Mudrak was credited with 37 saves.
UP NEXT
- The 'Cats return to the ice Saturday night at 6 p.m. to rematch Assumption and will stick around for post-game autographs.
- UNH women's hockey season ticket memberships, group opportunities and individual game tickets are available at UNHWildcats.com/BuyTickets or by calling the ticket office at (603) 862-4000 or e-mailing unh.tickets@unh.edu.
FIRST PERIOD
- Hush put UNH on the board, scoring the first goal of the season at 8:43. Her shot went between the goalie's legs off a pass from Leonard giving the 'Cats a 1-0 lead.
- UNH outshot Assumption 14-11 as the period was neck-and-neck.
SECOND PERIOD
Hush scored her second goal of the night on the power play at 9:37 and was assisted by Truter and Verrier. A slap shot by Marina Alvarez (Center Moriches, N..Y.) hit the crossbar and ultimately set up the play. That shot and rebound allowed for the scrappy goal expanding UNH's lead to 2-0.
THIRD PERIOD
- Twenty-seven seconds into the period, Calderone scored her first goal as a Wildcat off a wrist shot that was assisted by Hammer and forecasted how the rest of the period would unfold.
- Rodgers extended UNH's lead by scoring at 7:08 for her first career goal. The redirection at the left post was set up by Legro and Courtney Lilley (Wakefield, Mass.).
- UNH's fifth goal was scored by Juodikis, who found the back of the net off a wrist shot that hit the top right corner at 13:35. This was assisted by Verrier and Hammer as Verrier had beautiful pass to set up the play.
- Truter continued the Wildcats remarkable third period with a shot that hit the bottom right corner of the net at 17:31. Charlie Rauch (Ramsey, N.J.) and Legro assisted, bringing UNH's lead to 6-0.
GAME NOTEBOOK
- UNH outshot Assumption, 43- 23.
- UNH went 1-for-1 on the power play while Assumption was 0-for-2.
- Faceoffs were even at 30.
- UNH blocked three shot attempts, and the Assumption had seven blocks.
UNH NOTEBOOK
- Alyson Hush recorded her first two-point game.
- Legro recorded two points in her first career game.
- Blair recorded her first shutout of the season and sixth career.
- Hammer matched her career high of two assists.
- Verrier also equaled her personal high of two assists.
- UNH has a 34-10-4 all-time record in season openers.
- The Wildcats are 33-12-3 in home openers.
SERIES NOTEBOOK
- This was the inaugural meeting between the New Hampshire and Assumption women's hockey programs.
