Women's hockey drops ECAC game

Women’s hockey drops ECAC game

By Angelique Fiske, QBSN Web-Editor

The Quinnipiac Bobcats’ hockey team could not bounce back after giving up two quick goals in Friday’s matchup as they played host to the Dartmouth Big Green.  Despite goals from both senior Kate Wheeler (Oakville, Ontario) and sophomore Amanda Colin (Burnsville, Minn.) the Bobcats still fell, losing 3-2.  The ECAC loss brings the Bobcats to 13-8-1 overall and 9-3-1 in conference play, while the Big Green bring their record up to 8-5-1 overall and 5-3-1 in the ECAC.

Before the Bobcats had time to lace their skates, Dartmouth had already struck – twice.  An inconceivable 37 seconds after the puck was dropped, junior Camille Dumais came up with an unassisted score.  To make matters for Quinnipiac worse, Dartmouth senior Erica Dobos took a mere 27 seconds after to come up with her own unassisted goal. 

Despite feeling pressure early on, the Bobcats managed to hold off the rest of Dartmouth’s offensive attacks until the third period when Jenna Hobeika scored a power play goal in the opening two minutes.  

Quinnipiac also came up with its own power play goal off the stick of Wheeler in the second period.  The goal makes for her second of the season.  Regan Boulton (Brandon, Manitoba) took the initial shot, but the Dartmouth keeper Lindsay Holdcroft could not control the puck.  Wheeler followed up on the shot and knocked it in.  Boulton was credited with her sixth assist on the year and sophomore Erica Uden Johansson (Sundsvall, Sweden) earned her second assist of the season.

Colin added in an unassisted goal of her own in the waning minutes of the third period, but in the end, Dartmouth held on for the win, denying attempts to tie up the game. 

Both goaltenders saw almost equal amounts of offensive pressure.  Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) came up with 26 saves while Holdcroft made 25 stops of her own. 

The Bobcats must quickly put this loss behind them as they host No. 8/10 Harvard in yet another ECAC contest on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 4 p.m. at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center.