North Bay, Ontario – Nipissing Lakers Women's Hockey completed a two game homestand this weekend.
On Friday, October 16, the Lakers welcomed the Windsor Lancers to Memorial Gardens for a Friday-night clash.
The first period saw Windsor take the lead at 11:00, 1-0. The Lakers fought back through the remainder of the frame and managed to tie the game at one goal apiece at 18:58. Lakers captain
Abby Lunney recorded the goal, assisted by
Jill Hennessy and
Lauren Dabrowski. The score remained tied at one at the end of the period.
The second saw Windsor regain the lead 2-1 at the 13:18 mark of the frame. Nipissing pressed hard to tie the game, but it was Windsor that struck again at 14:35 to lead 3-1.
Windsor held the lead 3-1 after the second period.
In the third, the Lakers came out firing early, eager to claw their way back into the game.
At 7:49, it was
Carlie Primomo who scored the Lakers second goal and gave Nipissing some life. The goal was unassisted, and cut the Windsor lead to just one.
The Lakers looked to tie the game, but it was Windsor who answered at 13:26 to regain a two-goal lead, 4-2.
Windsor would add another tally, this time an empty-net goal, to take the contest 5-2.
Shots in the game were 33-23 for Nipissing. Lakers goalie
Jordan Sladics recorded 19 saves in the loss.
Then, on Saturday, October 17, the Western Mustangs were the opponent as Nipissing looked to split their weekend homestand.
The first two periods of play saw no goals scored by either side. This contest was a showcase of solid goaltending as Nipissing's Allie Lehmann looked strong between the pipes.
In the third, it was Nipissing's
Jill Hennessy who scored at 4:38 to give the Lakers a 1-0 lead and break the game open.
From here, Nipissing defended their lead well, limiting Western's chances through the neutral zone.
The final horn would sound and the Lakers skated to a 1-0 shutout win.
Lehmann stopped all 25 shots she faced in her first shutout win of the season.
Western outshot Nipissing 25-22 in the game.
The win and loss move Women's Hockey to a 2-1-0 record, good for 5 points and a tie for 1
st place in the OUA East.
The Lakers are back in action on Friday, October 23
rd on the road at the Brock Badgers. Gametime is 6PM. Then, the Lakers will face the Guelph Gryphons at 7:30PM on Saturday, October 24th. Both games will be live on OUA.tv.
