New Haven, CT - Winning the draw with less than two seconds remaining in the third period, the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team put a shot into the back of the net, but unfortunately for the Golden Knights time expired along with any chances of an overtime win as Yale escaped with a 3-2 ECAC Hockey win Saturday afternoon.
The Golden Knights fell to 3-5-2 overall and saw their record in ECAC Hockey play evened at 1-1-0. Yale moved to 2-3-0 overall and 2-2-0 in conference games. Clarkson opens the home portion of the ECAC Hockey schedule next weekend with games against Harvard and Darmouth.
The Bulldogs opened the scoring midway through the first period when they took control with a man-advantage opportunity. Bray Ketcham scored her third goal of the season with assists going to Crysti Howser and Helen Resor on the power-play goal at 10:58. Just over a minute into the second period, Yale took a two-goal lead with an unassisted marker by Resor.
Clarkson finally got on the scoreboard against the Bulldogs at 5:49 of the second period when freshman Juana Baribeau (Amos, QUE) scored her sixth goal of the season, cutting the lead down to 2-1. Senior assistant captain Marie-Jo Gaudet (Sherbrooke, QUE) picked up her eighth assist of the season on Baribeau's goal. The momentum was shortlived for the Knights, though, as Ketcham scored another goal at 8:45.
The Knights once again had momentum going their way when junior Britney Selina (Thornhill, ONT) scored her second goal of the season at 14:09 with Clarkson skating on a two-player advantage power play. Baribeau and sophomore Melissa Waldie (Newmarket, ONT) recorded points on the goal as each gained an assist.
The shots in the third period, however, were few and far between as the two teams combined for just 10 attempts on net. Clarkson's fifth shot of the period, a goal, was waved off after the Knights won the faceoff with just 1.8 seconds remaining.
Eve Grandmont-Berube (Drummondville, QUE) made 23 saves in net for the Knights while Genny Ladiges stopped 28 shots for Yale. Clarkson held a narrow 30-26 edge in shots and each team scored once on the power play.
