A Terrier goalie was unable to match a Husky goalie midweek in February as is tradition, and a former Crimson returns.
Both teams were feeling the lag from their star players completing their national team duties early. Each team was missing a former BC star, New York had Alex Carpenter out and Boston was missing Hannah Bilka. Jillian Dempsey the personification of Boston women’s hockey got the nod to filial sin for Bilka, while she was held scoreless she created a few dangerous opportunities in a first period that saw both goalies stand tall against pressure. New York had the higher volume of high danger chances but AerinFrankel was resolute. It wasn’t until the death of the first that Boston’s Hilary Knight ripped a shot through traffic off of a face-off, which Susanna Tapani deflected in to give the Fleet the lead and eventually the win.
The second saw no scoring and a few penalties. This periods should have had more lamps lit but the goalies were showing off.
Early in the third Eagles fans finally got something to cheer about this week as Megan Keller snuck a shoot in to give eBoston a two goal lead and really start muting the Sirens out. The middle of the frame saw a puck bounce around the crease after Schroeder made a few great saves but Jamie-Lee Rattray was there to direct the puck in. There was a quick review for kicking but the goal stood. A few minutes later Alina Mueller led a great breakout pass which ended up setting up Shay Maloney’s third goal of the season to put the game on ice.
Highlights:
Game Notes
- Special teams are the Jekyll and Hyde for Boston. The PK was once again stout led by stellar goaltending. But the PP continues to struggle going 0/2 bringing the streak to 0/16 in the last 6 games.
- Frankel got the first start for her first shutout of the season. It’s been a rough go for her despite this being her 7th win oo the year as she is now well over 1000 saves for her career.
- This was the first regulation win for Boston on the road all year. This also moves them into a tie with New York for 4th place with a game in hand.
- This was the first of a four game stretch in six days, the only team in the league to have a stretch like this all season. They will have two more road games against this NY team in that stretch. The next game will be a Valentines Day date in Toronto.