CIS women's hockey Sunday roundup: No. 4 X-Women pick up two weekend wins

The UPEI Panthers Sunday afternoon handled the Saint Huskies with ease winning 7-1 and improving to 7-6 on the season.
 
Ten different UPEI players earned points in the victory, with Jenelle MacKenzie leading the pack with a hat trick and an assist. UPEI started quickly, with Ferran Brown scoring the first goal only 22 seconds into the game and MacKenzie assisting. 

Just 2 minutes later MacKenzie scored her first goal of the game. The Huskies responded with a goal only 30 second later trailing 2-1. The period ended with MacKenzie adding her second of the game and the Panthers  leading 3-1.
 
The rest of the game was all Panthers with MacKenzie earning the hat trick early in the second followed by Jessie-Anne Howard's first of two to lead 5-1. The third period was cleaned up with a goal from 5th year player Kelsey O'Donnell and Howard's 2nd goal to finish 7-1.
 
 UPEI Panther Bailey Toupin earned the win between the pipes and the Panthers outshot the Huskies 35-13.

Source: UPEI Sports Info

The CIS ranked No. 4 X-Women hockey team picked up a pair of wins on the road this weekend as AUS regular season resumed for the New Year. Sunday afternoon in Sackville, NB StFX defeated Mount Allison 2-0, while they earned a 2-1 win over UPEI Saturday afternoon in Charlottetown.
 
Saturday's win over the Panthers was a close one for the second place X-Women over the fourth place Panthers team. Leah Boucher opened the scoring in the game with a first period goal for StFX at the 10:13 mark. Jessica McCullough and Daniela Falconio assisted on the play which was the only scoring in the first period.
 
Brittney Perkins increased the StFX lead to 2-0 with a second period marker from Sadie Whaley at 8:19. Samantha Sweet pulled the Panthers back to within one goal at 11:04 of the third period. Jessie-Anne Howard and Amber Gaudette picked up assists. Sweet's goal would be the only one for the home team as the X-Women were able to hang on for the 2-1 victory, despite being outshot 29-23 by the Panthers. Kristy Dobson took the loss in nets for UPEI while Katie Greenway picked up the win for StFX with 22 saves on goal.
 
In Sunday's 3-0 shutout over Mount Allison, Kristy Garrow earned the win for StFX with 25 saves as the X-Women outshot the Mounties 44-25. Megan Corley-Byrne posted 41 saves in a losing effort for Mount Allison.
 
The X-Women scored a goal per period in the victory. Alex Normore opened the scoring with a first period goal at 10:51 from Janelle Parent and Brittney Perkins. Nicole Hansom notched a second period marker at 12:26 with Abygail Laking and Molly MacDonald assisting, then Daniela Falconio rounded out the StFX scoring at 10:20 of the third period. Erin Brophy and Leah Boucher assisted on the play.
 
With the four point weekend, the X-Women (11-2-0) pull into a first place tie with Moncton (11-1-0). Next on the schedule for StFX is a pair of games on January 13th and 14th. Friday night, Jan. 13th the X-Women will travel to Halifax to play the Dalhousie Tigers (4-7-2), while on Saturday afternoon StFX will host Saint Mary's (1-10-1) in a 2:00 pm game at the StFX Keating Centre.

Source: StFX Sports Info

OSHAWA, Ont. – In a playoff type atmosphere at the Campus Ice Centre, the UOIT Ridgebacks women’s hockey team earned a 3-1 victory over the Brock Badgers.

The Ridgebacks were 2-0 in conference action this weekend and have jumped into a three-way tie for the final playoff position with Western and Waterloo. All three teams have 18 points and trail Brock by one point for seventh place.

UOIT opened up scoring 5:25 into the second period as Jaclyn Gibson (Cobourg, Ont.) finished a nice passing play by teammates Melissa Berney (Bowmanville, Ont.) and Jennifer Daly (Ajax, Ont.) on the power play.

Ten minutes later, Daly scored a power play goal of her own to put the Ridgebacks up 2-0, as Whitby line mates Jill Morillo and Sarah Worthington recorded assists.

In the third period, Brock would eventually score a power play marker of their own as Leigh Vanderveen scored her eighth goal of the season to get the Badgers within one.

The Badgers would throw everything they had at Ridgebacks goalie Emma Thompson (Hastings, Ont.) in the third period, but the fourth year netminder made 17 stops in the frame to earn her second win of the weekend.

Vanessa Johnstone (Niagara Falls, Ont.) scored an empty net goal to seal the Ridgebacks seventh conference victory.

UOIT’s special teams were outstanding on Sunday afternoon. The Ridgebacks fought off nine of ten Brock power plays including three 5-on-3’s. The Ridgebacks power play also scored two goals on seven attempts.

Thompson made 29 saves in the win while Oshawa native Chantal Bicket had 28 in the loss for Brock.

The Ridgebacks have won four straight games including two non-conference games against AUS opponents. The team will look to extend their winning streak to five games on Sunday, January 15 as they are on the road against York. Game time in Toronto is at 2 p.m.

Source: UOIT Sports Info