Notables
-Thomeczek stopped 70 of 71 shots on the weekend
-Nundahl and Forsman play in 100th career game
-First non-win vs. Trine in six total meetings
-First non-win when leading after two periods this season
DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – Trine University (Ind.) scored with less than seven minutes remaining in regulation to tie the St. Scholastica women's hockey team 1-1 in Saturday's Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) series finale at Mars Lakeview Arena.
How it Happened
Unlike Friday night's contest, the Saints would have the edge in shots on Saturday by a 28-23 margin. However, just like Friday, the first period went by scoreless with CSS holding a 14-11 edge in shots. Both teams went 0-for-1 on the power-play in the period.
Four minutes into the second period, the Thunder (7-6-4, 3-5-2 NCHA) would be called for penalty, but the Saints controlled the puck and brought on an extra-attacker. The Saints would score on the delayed penalty as
Lauryn Hull (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly HS) found the net from a tough angle on the left side of the net to make it 1-0.
Paige Forsman (Cokato, Minn./Dassel-Cokato HS) had the assist.
St. Scholastica remained in front 1-0 with less than 10 minutes remaining in regulation when Trine was able to score its first goal of the weekend off a rebound to tie the contest at 1-1 with 6:38 remaining. The Thunder then had a power-play in the final five minutes of regulation, but nothing came of it and the game went to overtime.
In overtime, the Saints would draw a penalty and have a power-play, but only got one shot on goal as the game ended in a 1-1 tie.
Goaltending
Lexi Thomeczek (St. Louis, Mo./St. Joseph Academy (St. Louis AAA Blues)) made 22 saves for the Saints and stopped 70 of 71 shots for the weekend. Molly Scarborough had 27 saves for Trine.
Up Next
The Saints (6-7-3, 3-3-2 NCHA) will be at Concordia University Wisconsin for a two-game NCHA series next weekend with everything beginning on Friday at 7 p.m.
