BOSTON, Mass. - Mégane Quirion (Saint-Eustache, Quebec) provided two assists and Reichen Kirchmair (Oakville, Ontario) scored the shootouter winner as the Providence College women's hockey team skated to a 2-2 tie against Harvard on Friday, Nov. 22, at Bright-Landry Hockey Center in Cambridge, Mass. Hope Walinski (Lincoln, R.I.) recorded 25 saves and stopped all three attempts in the shootout.
SCORE
Harvard - 2 | Providence - 2 (PC wins shootout, 1-0)
RECORDS
Harvard - 2-7-1 (3-5-0 ECAC) | Providence - 6-6-3 (3-5-2 HEAW)
VENUE
Bright-Landry Hockey Center | Cambridge, Mass.
GAME FLOW & NOTES
- Sarah Davies (Mississauga, Ontario) opened the scoring at 11:03 of the first period, jamming in her fifth goal of the season. Mégane Quirion (Saint-Eustache, Quebec) and Peyton Blaney (Millgrove, Ontario) earned the assists, marking Quirion's first point of the season.
- Jessie Pellerin (Bowmanville, Ontario) doubled the lead with 59 seconds left in the first period, finishing a feed from Quirion for her second assist of the night. Brooke Becker (Orchard Park, N.Y.) added a secondary assist.
- The score remained 2-0 Friars after the second period.
- Maria Pape cut the deficit to 2-1 for Harvard, scoring with the extra attacker on the ice and 1:28 left in regulation. Paige Lester and Brooke Manning earned the assists.
- With 29 seconds left in the third period, the Crimson tied the game 2-2 with a six-on-five goal. Kaley MacDonald scored, assisted by Antonina and Brooke Manning.
- Neither team could find a goal in overtime resulting in a 2-2 tie.
- Reichen Kirchmair secured the shootout victory with the game-winning goal, while Hope Walinski (Lincoln, R.I.) stopped all three Crimson attempts.
- Walinski recorded 25 saves in the game. - The Friars last had three consecutive ties during the 2009-2010 season (1-1 at UConn, 2-2 at Maine, and 1-1 vs. Northeastern).
- The Crimson extended their unbeaten streak against Providence to 12 games (10-0-2).
- With the tie, Providence improves 3-1-1 in non-league play this season.
STAT COMPARISON
Providence -2
Shots: 33
Face-offs: 26/46
Power plays: 0/0
Penalty Kill: 1/1
Harvard - 2
Shots: 27
Face-offs: 20/46
Power plays: 0/1
Penalty Kill: 0/0
PC GAME HIGHS
Shots: Davies, Knapp (4)
Blocks: Blaney, Knapp (3)
Goals: Davies, Pellerin (1)
Assists: Quirion (2)
Points: Quirion (2)
UP NEXT
Providence will host the Harvard University to finish the weekend series on Saturday, November 23 at 2:00 p.m. at Schneider Arena in Providence, R.I.
