Dartmouth Wins Third Game of the Week, Defeats RPI in OT

Saturday, January 14

Hanover, N.H.

3:00 PM

Dartmouth College

5-12-0, 3-8-0

Rensselaer

8-15-1, 5-7-0

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RPI

Dartmouth

Dartmouth Wins Third Game of the Week, Defeats RPI in OT

1/14/2017 5:16:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. – The Dartmouth women's hockey team won its third game of the week, defeating Rensselaer, 2-1, in overtime at Thompson Arena on Saturday afternoon. So far this season, the Big Green are 2-0-0 in overtime contests.

Dartmouth is now 5-12-0 and 3-8-0 in ECAC Hockey play, while RPI – who defeated Harvard, 3-1, the previous evening – dipped to 8-15-1 and 5-7-0.

Just over a minute into the overtime period and 13 seconds into the power play, senior Kennedy Ottenbreit ended the game in dramatic fashion, shooting to the right when netminder Lovisa Selander was covering her left post after saving two shots just before. Sophomores Alyssa Baker and Tess Bracken were credited with the assists. Dartmouth's other goal that scored in the opening minute of the second period was freshman Cecilia Lopez's second of her career and the week.

“I am really proud of how our girls played today,” head coach Laura Schuler said. “They stuck to the game plan and did the little things they needed to do to be successful and I couldn't be happier for them. RPI really battled and fought hard and our girls had to bring their best in order to be successful.”

The game got off to a quick start when RPI got on the board just 50 seconds in. A backhander by Laura Horwood found its way into the far corner of the net to give the Engineers an early one-goal lead. Freshman Christina Rombaut and Baker, who were a great team last night with their two assists apiece, put together a nice play, but Selander knocked away multiple shots.

Dartmouth one-upped RPI by scoring 48 seconds into the second period. With the puck in Engineer territory, Lopez intercepted a pass meant for a player in red and fired a rocket to the left to tie the game at 1-1 with her unassisted goal. The Big Green tired to end the period the way they started – with a goal – but senior Devon Moir's impressive attempt with three seconds left went wide.

Eight minutes into the third, Rombaut wrapped around the net and, when her shot was saved by Selander, senior Eleni Tebano tried her hand at pocketing the rebound, but the goalie was able to make another save. RPI came alive in the third and outshot Dartmouth, 11-8, but neither team could make it past the other goaltender and the game went to overtime.

The five-minute overtime period proved to be a lot shorter than that. Fifty-six seconds in, Horwood – RPI's top scorer – got two minutes for boarding, which left her team playing a man down with four minutes to go in overtime. Thirteen seconds later, Bracken took a shot, which was saved and rebounded to Baker, whose shot was also saved and deflected. The third time, Selander was not so lucky, and Ottenbreit swept in and put the puck in the corner to win the game.

Having been home for three games this week, Dartmouth will have an identical schedule next week, except it will be on the road for a trio of contests, starting with Harvard on Tuesday.