STORRS, Conn. - Freshman Tuva Kandell scored in overtime to propel the No. 14/12 Northeastern women's hockey team to a 4-3 victory over No. 15 Connecticut on Saturday night at Toscano Family Ice Forum.
Junior Lily Shannon, graduate student Lily Yovetich, graduate student Jaden Bogden and senior Skylar Irving all finished with multi-point performances for the Huskies.
- A scoreless first period gave way to Irving opening the scoring at the 6:23 mark of the second period with assists from Yovetich and Bogden. UConn then tied the game before the end of the second at 1-1.
- Connecticut took a 2-1 lead in the third with a power-play goal just over five minutes into the frame. Shannon tied the game up for the Huskies at 2-2 after blasting home a feed from Irving, with Yovetich picking up a secondary assist.
- Just under two minutes later, Bogden gave the Huskies a 3-2 lead with her sixth goal of the season off a feed from Shannon.
- Northeastern was assessed a five-minute major penalty and a two-minute minor penalty, with UConn scoring on the ensuing 5-on-3 advantage to once again tie the game at 3-3 at the 12:41 mark.
- UConn took a five-minute major penalty with a little over 30 seconds left to play in the game. The two sides then skated to overtime with Northeastern owning the player advantage.
- Kandell scored the game-winner for the Huskies 1:05 into overtime to deliver the Huskies a 4-3 victory. Kandell had helpers from junior Jules Constantinople and sophomore Allie Lalonde.
- Freshman netminder Lisa Jönsson posted 17 saves in her 14th win of the season.
Northeastern has a short turnaround and will host Boston University on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m.
