Coming off a thrilling, come-from-behind victory, the Nipissing Lakers women's hockey team was looking to make it two wins in a row this weekend and three in a row overall.
Unfortunately, the Brock Badgers had different plans.
The Lakers were hosting their annual Pink The Rink game, this year, sponsored by Scotiabank, but the party was ruined by the Badgers, who escaped with a 2-1 shootout win.
The second and final meeting between the two teams was a low scoring affair, with just two total goals scored in regulation and another in the shootout.
In their first meeting of the season, the teams combined for just two goals as well, but the Lakers scored both of those, winning 2-0 in October.
The Badgers, thanks to some strong goaltending, got their revenge.
After a scoreless first and second period, the Lakers opened up the scoring early in the third period as
Natalie Graham potted her first OUA goal.
Molly Sipprell and
Alexane Papineau picked up the assists on the go-ahead goal for Nipissing.
That score stood for over 10 minutes and with just over four minutes left in the game, the Badgers managed to tie the game.
The teams were tied 1-1 after 60 minutes of play, then after 65 as the first overtime period would solve nothing.
Same story in the second overtime, as the teams remained deadlocked and made their way to a shootout.
In the shootout, the Badgers found the back of the net, while all three Lakers shooters were denied giving Brock the extra point.
Nipissing ended up out-shooting the Badgers 30-28 in the 70 minutes of play, including a dominant 13-3 in the second period.
And while they came up short of the full three, or even two points, the Lakers did pick up a single point, extending that streak to three games – two wins and a shootout loss.
Sabrina Picard finished with 27 saves during the game, along with another one in the shootout.
Nipissing will look to next weekend, when they wrap up their play on home ice with a pair of game – Friday versus Queens and Saturday against UOIT.
The Lakers will wrap up the regular season the next weekend, when they travel to play the Guelph Gryphons.
