(UW ATHLETICS/ST. NORBERT COMMUNICATIONS/LAWRENCE ATHLETICS) MADISON, Wis. – Five different Badgers lit the lamp as the top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team defeated No. 11 St. Cloud State, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon in front of a sellout crowd at LaBahn Arena.
Tied for the lead in goals nationwide, Laila Edwards notched her 25th goal of the season and sixth game-winning goal of the season. Laney Potter recorded two points for the Badgers (25-1-1, 19-1-1) with a goal and an assist, as did Cassie Hall and Lacey Eden. Casey O’Brien also lit the lamp in the triumph.
Wisconsin broke the ice early as blueliner Potter notched her third goal of the season. From the corner, Hall sent a pass into the slot where Potter was open enough to one-time into the Huskies net. St. Cloud State (12-9-4, 7-9-3-1-0-1 WCHA) equalized about two minutes later.
Co-captain O’Brien helped UW retake the lead 26 seconds after SCSU’s equalizer. From deep in the Badgers zone, Potter sent a stretch pass over to Kirsten Simms, who passed the puck to O’Brien who broke free and beat St. Cloud netminder Sanni Ahola. Wisconsin took its 2-1 lead in the second period.
Two St. Cloud State skaters picked up penalties three minutes into the second period, sending Wisconsin to a 5-on-3 power play and the Badgers capitalized. Simms passed across the slot to a wide-open Edwards in the left face-off circle who nailed the tight-angle shot past Ahola.
Just after the second penalty expired, Hall extended the Badgers lead to 4-1. Blueliner Vivian Jungels took a shot that Ahola saved but couldn’t handle and Hall tapped the trickling rebound into St. Cloud State’s net. Wisconsin took their 4-1 lead into the final frame leading shots on goal 33-9.
With seven minutes to play, Wisconsin headed to the penalty kill. St. Cloud State pulled their netminder to go 6-on-4, but Eden punished them, sending a cross-ice shot into the open net for the shorthanded tally.
St. Cloud scored on the power play with just under 20 seconds remaining to close out a 5-2 Badger victory.
McNaughton stopped 14 of 16 shots for her 24th win of the season.
Notes of the Game
- Wisconsin improved to 12-0-0 at home at LaBahn Arena and has outscored opponents 154 to 29 this season.
- This is the 19th game this season UW has scored 5 or more goals in a game.
- Wisconsin has recorded a power-play goal in five straight games and has 11 power-play goals in its last 10 games.
- The Badgers held their first-ever Teddy Toss presented by BMO after the game. UW collected 705 stuffed animals that will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House of Madison.
St. Norbert 5, MSOE 0
MILWAUKEE – St. Norbert College finished off a sweep of Milwaukee School of Engineering, finishing the back end of a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association home-and-home series at Kern Center.
The Green Knights (16-3, 12-0 NCHA) remained unbeaten in league play entering next weekend’s crucial home series with Adrian College, which is 11-0-1 in NCHA action.
St. Norbert went most of the opening period without scoring until Claire Healy scored her third goal of the year when she potted a marker at 19:52 for a 1-0 lead.
The Green Knights doubled their lead when Sydney Zurawik converted a power-play goal at 7:27 of the second period for her sixth score of the season. St. Norbert wasted little time adding to their lead, with Tristan Wicklund (pictured) scoring 13 seconds later for a 3-0 edge. Wicklund would score again, this time at 14:55 of the second period, for her sixth goal of the season and a 4-0 lead.
Emma Stebbeds registered her third goal of the season when she scored the third period’s lone goal at 5:38.
Wicklund added an assist to her two goals for a three-point night. Zurawik had one goal and one assist for two points, while Grace Wittkopf added two assists for two points.
Grendel Sprong fashioned a shutout between the pipes for St. Norbert, making 12 saves. Laura Melizza made 28 stops for the Raiders.
St. Norbert outshot MSOE 33-12. The Green Knights were 1-for-5 on the power play, while the Raiders were 0-for-5.
Lawrence 0, Marian 0
FOND DU LAC, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s hockey team grabbed a shootout win at Marian University on Saturday after the teams posted a 0–0 tie in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association game at the Blue Line Ice Center.
After going scoreless through regulation, neither team was able to score in the five-minute overtime.
Lawrence goaltender Sarah Dobrzynski turned in a superlative performance as she stopped 34 shots, including 16 in the third period and three in overtime. Sydney Magnuson made 25 saves for Marian (5-11-3, 3-6-3 NCHA).
The game went to a three-round shootout and both teams were unable to score in the first round.
Reese Deibert then gave the Vikings (6-10-3, 3-6-3) a 1-0 lead as she beat Magnuson to start the second round. Dobrzynski then stopped Marian’s Dayna Jones to keep Lawrence ahead.
Beth McArthur then won it for Lawrence when she scored to give the Vikings an insurmountable 2-0 lead.
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