Big Green Drop Season Opener to the Huskies

Friday, October 21

Hanover, N.H.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

0-1-0

Northeastern

5-2-1

Northeastern

Dartmouth

10/21/2016 9:01:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. – The Dartmouth women's hockey team opened the 2016-17 season at Thompson Arena on Friday evening, falling to Northeastern, 3-0.

“I am really proud of our effort tonight,” head coach Laura Schuler said. “We had good first and third periods and played against a really good team. Our girls came ready to compete. I saw a lot of good things from a system standpoint and we're only going to get better.”

After a scoreless first period, Northeastern (5-2-1) got on the board halfway through the second when Kasidy Anderson broke away and backhanded the puck into the top of the net to make it 1-0. The Big Green (0-1) ended the second period with five straight shots, but the Huskies remained a goal ahead.

Dartmouth returned to the ice for the third a more determined group, outshooting Northeastern in the opening minutes while trying to even the score. Early on, seniors Kennedy Ottenbreit and Emma Korbs put together a pair of shots in rapid succession, but were thwarted by NU goaltender Brittany Bugalski.

A few minutes later, freshman Christina Rombaut tried her luck, but Bugalski got in the way of that one as well, making a big save to keep her team up one. At 10:57, Halle Silva made it 2-0 when she finished off a nice offensive zone passing play by batting in a puck at the side of the net.

With an empty net and 25 seconds left on the clock, McKenna Brand picked up the puck in the neutral zone with no one ahead of her. After losing the puck over her stick, she managed to corral it and get a backhand from behind her skates on goal. The puck seemed destined to cross the line and into the net, but sophomore Caroline Shaunessy reached out and pulled it off the goal line with her outreached stick.

The Huskies did eventually manage their third marker shortly thereafter when Denisa Krizova hit empty net from the blueline with just six seconds remaining.

Senior Robyn Chemago ended the night with 31 saves, compared to 19 by Bugalski.

The Big Green will return to action on Sunday when they open ECAC Hockey and Ivy League play against Harvard at 3 p.m.