Dartmouth and Harvard Skate to a, 2-2, Tie

Friday, January 12

Cambridge, Mass.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Harvard

1/12/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

By: Dartmouth

Boxscore

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – A scoreless 37 minutes of play, led to a, 2-2, tie as the Big Green women's hockey (14-3-2, 11-2-1) team traveled down to the Bright Hockey Center to take on Ivy League rival Harvard (14-3-2, 5-1-1), Friday night.

The Crimson drew first blood midway through the first period as Jennifer Sifers moved into the Big Green zone cutting in front of the net and sliding a shot past Dartmouth netminder Carli Clemis (Taber, Alta.) giving Harvard a, 1-0, lead.

Dartmouth answered back three minutes later, when a Harvard penalty put the Big Green power play unit on the ice for the first time of the night. Careful passing in the Crimson zone lead to a blast by Gillian Apps (Unionville, Ont.) from the top of the circle that was re-directed by Katie Weatherston (Thunder Bay, Ont.) beating Harvard goalie Brittany Martin, and evening the scores to one apiece.

The second period was much like the first for the Big Green, as they again showed the strength of their power play squad. At 4:24, Weatherston cut to the net from behind the goal, finding Apps, who one-timed a shot over the head of Martin, giving the Big Green their first lead of the game.

After two Big Green penalties just after Apps' goal, the Crimson found themselves with a five-on-three power play. Using the two-man advantage, Harvard was able to work a back door into their offensive scheme, with Katie Johnston finally getting the goal that evened the score at twos.

Through the second period, Harvard out shot the Big Green, 24-17, with both teams' heading to the locker room with just 20 minutes to play.

In the final stanza, the Big Green dominated play, out shooting the Harvard, 18-5. All shots were turned away by the two goalies though, sending the contest into overtime.

The only time, before tonight, Dartmouth saw overtime action this season was on Dec. 10, when they skated to a, 3-3, tie at New Hampshire.

Both team's had solid scoring chances in the overtime session, but neither could put the game away, leading to a, 2-2, tie.

The Big Green will skate against the Huskies of Connecticut tomorrow afternoon in Storrs, Conn., for a non-league contest. Puck drops at 2:00 p.m.