St. Catharines/Guelph, Ontario – Nipissing Lakers Women's Hockey split their weekend road games, collecting a win over the Brock Badgers and loss at the Guelph Gryphons.
On Friday, October 23rd, the Lakers scored a 3-2 win in overtime over the Brock Badgers.
In the first, it was Brock that got on the board first at 4:59 to take a 1-0 lead. Nipissing's Carlie Primomo (assisted by Makayla Dunn) scored at 8:17 to tie the game at one goal apiece. The tie would last until the 17:46 mark when Brock would score their second goal of the period and take a 2-1 lead to the dressing rooms after 20 minutes of play.
In the second, no goals were had until Nipissing's Ella Frasca scored her first of the season (assisted by Lauren Dabrowski) to tie the game 2-2. The score would remain after 40 minutes of action.
The third period saw no scoring for either side and overtime was necessary to find a winner.
In OT, Nipissing won the opening faceoff and a pass was shot forward to a streaking Jill Hennessy, who scored a great goal to give the Lakers a 3-2 win.
Nipissing goalie Allie Lehmann made 23 saves in the OT win. Brock outshot Nipissing 25-23.
Then, on Saturday, October 24th, the Lakers travelled to Guelph looking to make it two wins on the roadtrip.
In the first, it was Guelph that got on the board first, scoring a power play goal at 10:44.
Nipissing's Abby Lunney would answer at 14:58 to tie the game 1-1. The score would remain tied through 20 minutes of play.
At 8:30 in the second, it was Guelph again scoring on the power play to take a 2-1 lead.
Just under 7 minutes later, it was Nipissing's Jill Hennessy who scored on the power play to tie the game 2-2. The score would remain tied at two after 40 minutes of play.
Guelph would score their third power play goal of the game at 1:36 of the third period to take a 3-2 lead. Nipissing would fight to tie the game, but Guelph would take it by one-goal.
Nipissing goalie Allie Lehmann made 25 saves in the loss. Guelph outshot Nipissing 28-26.
The OT win and loss move Women's Hockey to a 3-2-0-0 record, good for 7 points and a tie for 2nd in the OUA East.
The Lakers are back in action on Friday, October 30th at home as the Queen's Gaels are the visitors. Puck drop is 7:00PM at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens.
Tickets are available at the Box Office at Memorial Gardens or stream the game live on OUA.tv.
