Weekend Update: Nov. 30 - Dec. 1
Three NWHL games, two PWHPA exhibitions (and a partridge in a pear tree)
NWHL
Saturday, Nov. 30
Buffalo Beauts beat the Connecticut Whale; 6-2
Beauts: Erin Gehen (Marie-Jo Pelletier), Cassidy MacPherson (Sara Bustad, Brooke Stacey), Corinne Buie (Iveta Klimasova, Taylor Accursi), Gehen (MacPherson), Kim Brown (Pelletier), Accursi (Pelletier, Becki Bowering)
Whale: Kayla Meneghin (Taylor Marchin, Kendra Broad), Jane Morrisette (Elena Gualtieri, Meneghin)
Ten different Beauts hit the scoresheet Saturday lead by two goals from Erin Gehen and three assists from Pelletier.
The goal of the night - or maybe even season - came from Morrisette who cleanly knocked the puck out of midair.
Boston Pride beat Metropolitan Riveters; 5-2
Pride: Alyssa Wohlfeiler (Mary Parker, Emily Fluke), Parker (Wohlfeiler, Fluke), Fluke (Mallory Souliotis, Jillian Dempsey), Dempsey (Christina Putigna), McKenna Brand (Dempsey)
Riveters: Kate Leary (Madison Packer), Leary (Anna Keys, Cailey Hutchison)
The Pride came out shaky against a Riveters team that hadn’t seen game action in over a month. They made the first-place team pay early as Kate Leary took the puck off a Pride offensive zone turnover to shake and bake for a slick goal. Defensively, the Riveters mostly kept the Pride out of the middle of the ice - where they have succeeded most this season - for at least the first half of the game. As the game wore on; however, the Riveters were unable to sustain that pressure, and the Pride capitalized on that to stay undefeated.
Sunday, Dec. 1
Metropolitan Riveters beat Connecticut Whale; 2-1
Riveters: Madison Packer (Kate Leary, Cailey Hutchison), Brooke Baker (Kendall Cornine, Rebecca Morse)
Whale: Emma Vlasic (Kayla Meneghin, Jordan Brickner)
Over the whole game, 15 penalties were called with 13 of those coming in the second and third period. Add in the frequent whistles of offsides or icing, and it was tough for either team to get much going in this game. Depsite that, only two goals were scored during a power play - Vlasic scored a power play goal and Baker scored a shorthanded goal. The RIT alumna’s goal was her first in the NWHL and the eventual game winning goal.
NWHL standings as of 12/1
| Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | PTS | GF | GA | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 55 | 16 | 86 |
| Buffalo | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 128 |
| Minnesota | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 25 | 78 |
| Metropolitan | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 94 |
| Connecticut | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 43 | 99 |
PWHPA
Saturday, Nov. 30
Team Jenner beat Team Spooner; 4-1
Jenner: Jesse Eldridge, Brianne Jenner, Eldridge, Jamie Lee Rattray
Spooner: Natalie Spooner
Team Jenner defeats Team Spooner 4-1 today in Orangeville.
— PWHPA (@PWHPA) November 30, 2019
Thanks to the 800+ fans who made it out to the game and thank you to the sponsors who helped make this game possible! pic.twitter.com/fNgH9JnIBN
Sunday, Dec. 1
Princeton Tigers (NCAA) beat PWHPA; 2-1
Princeton: Sarah Fillier, Maggie Connors
PWHPA: Lauren Williams
See the goals and hear from Maggie Connors after the Tigers won an exhibition game 2-1 Sunday night against members of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association!
— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) December 2, 2019
🐯🏒 pic.twitter.com/fm36vLc1vX
The PWHPA’s jersey auction also closed on Dec. 1, with bidding for three jerseys going past $1,000.
Huge thank you to all of our supporters and fans for purchasing a jersey or puck! You helped us raise almost $24,000 to help continue to grow the game.
— PWHPA (@PWHPA) December 2, 2019
Can’t wait to see all of these beautiful jerseys in the stands at our next showcase! #ForTheGame pic.twitter.com/hIllyWBVLj
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