Women's Hockey Falls to Hamline 3-1 in St. Paul

Women's Hockey Falls to Hamline 3-1 in St. Paul

Scoring Summary

1st - 14:10 - PP - Jordan Verleye (Hamline University (Minn.))
2nd - 07:09 - PP - Breanna Simon (Hamline University (Minn.))
2nd - 09:38 - Sam Knutson (UW-Eau Claire)
2nd - 12:32 - Jaci Reinke (Hamline University (Minn.))

Game Leaders

UW-Eau Claire
G: Sam Knutson - 1
A: 2 Players (#5, #20) - 1
Sh: Sam Knutson - 5
Sv: Kim Van Brunt - 24
Hamline University (Minn.)
G: 3 Players (#7, #15, #22) - 1
A: 6 Players (#8, #9, #12, #20, #21, #27) - 1
Sh: Jaci Reinke - 9
Sv: Katie Beckman - 15

Team Stats

UW-Eau Claire
Hamline University (Minn.)

PowerPlays

0 for 5
2 for 4

Shorthanded Goals

0
0

Penalties (min)

5 (10)
6 (12)

Shots on Goal

16
27

Face Offs Won

24
25
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Posted: Feb 05, 2014

ST. PAUL, Minn. (Blugolds.com) — The UW-Eau Claire women's hockey team squared off with Hamline University (Minn.) just a week ago in Eau Claire at Hobbs Ice Center. The Blugolds held on for a 4-3 victory. Wednesday night, the two teams met again, this time in St. Paul at Warner Coliseum. The result was not as favorable for the Blugolds this time, as they fell 3-1.

Penalties proved to be key in this matchup. All three of the Pipers' goals came with the power-play, while the Blugolds (4-16-2) were unable to capitalize with the advantage.

The Pipers scored their first power-play goal of the night in the first period at 14:10. That was the only goal of the period, as the Hamline took a 1-0 lead into the second period.

Both teams picked up goals in the second period, but it was Hamline that struck first, again on the power-play. The Pipers struck at 7:09 of the second period to take a 2-0 lead.

Just over two minutes later, the Blugolds cut the lead in half. Sam Knutson (Jr.-North St. Paul, Minn./North St. Paul) scored with helpers from Andi Husted (Jr.-Scottsdale, Ariz./Shattuck St. Mary's) and Paige Dale (Fr.-Andover, Minn./Andover).

Hamline took the two-goal lead back, however, at the 12:32 mark with their final goal of the night, another power-play tally. That was how the second period would end, with the Blugolds trailing 3-1.

UW-Eau Claire finished 0-for-5 on the power-play, while Hamline was 3-for-4 and that proved to be the difference in the game.

Hamline also held the edge in shots, outshooting the Blugolds 27-16. Kim Van Brunt (So.-Eagle River, Wis./Northland Pines) made 24 saves on 27 shots, but took the loss for the Blugolds.

UW-Eau Claire is hitting the final stretch of their season, with just three games left in the regular season. They will travel to Stevens Point on Saturday, Feb. 8 for an afternoon matchup with the Pointers. The game is set to start at 2:30 p.m.

After that, they are at River Falls on Saturday, Feb. 15 for a 2 p.m. game with the Falcons. They will play the Falcons again on Saturday Feb. 22, again at 2 p.m., this time at Hobbs Ice Center in Eau Claire. 

-JM-