Women's Hockey | 2/4/2012 5:32:00 PM
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OSWEGO, NY – The No. 1 RIT women's hockey team (19-1-1, 12-1-1 ECAC West) extended its winning streak to five games after hanging on to defeat ECAC West foe SUNY Oswego (9-10-2, 8-6-2 ECAC West) 2-1 at Campus Center Arena on Saturday afternoon. #
Danielle Read (Brantford, Ontario/Hamilton Hawks)# scored the game-winner with 6:45 left in the second period for the Tigers, breaking a 1-1 tie.
Read passed the puck to #
Kristina Moss (Webster, NY/Buffalo Bisons)# at the blueline, who then fired a pass back to Read. Read one-timed the shot from the point that hit an Oswego defenseman in front after a screen was set by #
Ali Hills (Honeoye Falls, NY)# went past goaltender Bridget Smith for Read's third goal of the season.
The Tigers out-shot Oswego, 30-16. RIT goaltender #
Ali Binnington (Oakville, Ontario/Mississauga Chiefs)# stopped 15 shots for her eighth straight win to start the season. RIT took a penalty with 1:11 left in regulation, allowing Oswego to pull Smith to get the sixth attacker. The Tigers were able to hold off Oswego, then with 15 seconds, a major skirmish ensued with the officials doling 35 minutes in penalties, 27 going to Oswego.
The Tigers opened the scoring a little over five minutes in, as on a 5-on-3 power-play, #
Kim Schlattman (Stratford, Ontario/Cambridge Fury) fired a cross-ice pass through the crease that Kunichika put in to the open side for her 13th goal of the season. (Drumbo, Ontario/Stoney Creek Sabres)Ariane Yokoyama (Van Nuys, CA/LA Selects)# also assisted on the goal.
Oswego tied the game 12 minutes into the period, as Melissa Seamont put a shot past Binnington from the slot.
Smith was strong in net for the Lakers, stopping 28 shots.
The Tigers were 1-for-6 on the power-play and held Oswego scoreless in five chances with the man-advantages.
RIT leads the all-time series between the two schools, 19-7-0, and have won nine of 10 meetings between the two schools since Oswego re-established its program in 2007.
The 19-1-1 start is the second best in school history after 21 games for the Tigers, only behind last season's 19-0-2 beginning.
Yesterday, #
Kolbee McCrea (Wawa, Ontario/Burlington Barracudas)# scored a pair of goals, while Kuncihika tallied three points on a goal and two assists in a 4-0 win over the Lakers. #
Laura Chamberlain (Norco, CA/LA Selects)# stopped all 15 shots she faced for her 10th career shutout.
The Tigers return to action on Friday, as they host ECAC West foe, No. 3 Elmira, in a crucial conference contest at 7:05 p.m. The Tigers will "Make the Rink Pink", wearing special pink jerseys to raise awareness for cancer research in the Rochester area.
