WORCESTER, Mass. - Senior forward and assistant captain Shea Verrier (Reading, Mass.) scored 15 seconds into overtime to lift the University of New Hampshire women's hockey team to Friday night's 3-2 victory against College of the Holy Cross at Hart Center Rink.
Grad student Sara Boucher (Burlington, Ontario) and senior Brooke Hammer (Commerce Township, Mich.) both finished with a goal and an assist.
Sophomore goaltender Noemi Martinez (Glen Ridge, N.J.) made 20 saves.
HC goalie Abby Hornung was credited with 33 saves. Mackenzie King and Alexia Moreau scored the Crusaders' goals.
UNH improved to 7-5-1 overall and 4-5-0 in Hockey East, as well as 2-0-1 in overtime. Holy Cross is now 5-6-1, 2-5-1.
UP NEXT
- UNH and Holy Cross complete the weekend series Nov. 16 (6 p.m.) at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex.
- There will be a postgame autograph session.
FIRST PERIOD
- Boucher scored off her own rebound to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead at 16:56. Brooke Hammer (Commerce Township, Mich.) initiated the scoring sequence with a diagonal pass from the right corner to Sadie Makokis (St. Albert, Alberta) at the left point.
- Makokis' slap shot was blocked in front, but Boucher shoveled the rebound on net, corralled her own rebound, then drifted to the right to find a shooting lane and lift a backhander into the upper-right corner.
SECOND PERIOD
- King scored on a one-timer in front of the net to level the score, 1-1, at 13:56 of the second stanza.
- UNH converted a power play into a goal and 2-1 lead at 18:33. The scoring sequence quickly unfolded with all five 'Cats touching the puck in a five second span. Callista Printz (Buffalo, N.Y.) slid a pass from the high slot to the left point, where Maddie Crowley-Cahill (Haverhill, Mass.) snapped a pass to the slot and the shot by Chavonne Truter (Uxbridge, Ontario) deflected off Boucher toward the right post, where Hammer lifted the puck into the net.
THIRD PERIOD
- Holy Cross tied the score for the second time on Moreau's power-play goal at 14:52.
- HC took a timeout with 23.9 seconds on the clock with a faceoff to Martinez's right, but Truter won the faceoff and neither team recorded a shot the remainder of regulation.
OVERTIME
- UNH controlled the opening faceoff and Verrier sent a pass back into the defensive zone to Andi Calderone (Kirkland, Quebec). She left the puck behind the net for Verrier, who gained speed down the right wing, entered the attack zone and snapped a shot from the top of the circle under the crossbar to end the game.
UNH NOTEBOOK
- Verrier extended her goal and point streaks to four games. She has also tallied two assists during the streak.
- This was Verrier's second game-winning goal of the season and she has a team-high five goals this season.
- Boucher has scored a goal three of the last four games and is now tied for second with four goals.
- This was Boucher's second multiple-point game as a Wildcat.
- Hammer has two multiple-point games this season and seven career.
- She leads the team with six assists.
- Makokis has recorded a point each of her last three games; she was a DNP the previous three UNH games but tallied a point in games against Vermont (Oct. 26) and Northeastern (Nov. 1).
- Martinez' shutout streak ended at 115 minutes, 6 seconds.
- Truter had a team-high 10 faceoff wins.
- Printz led the 'Cats with three blocks.
GAME NOTEBOOK
- UNH recorded a 36-22 shot advantage.
- The 'Cats went 1-for-3 on the power play and HC was 1-for-2.
- Holy Cross had a 33-19 edge in the faceoff circle.
- The Wildcats were credited with 12 blocked shots while the Crusaders had 17.
SERIES NOTEBOOK
- New Hampshire has a 20-1-0 lifetime record against Holy Cross.
- UNH has won 12 straight in the series dating back to the Crusaders' lone win vs. the Wildcats on Dec. 30, 2020.
