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Follow the Gopher Women's Hockey Team
1/4/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Hockey
Follow the Golden Gopher women's hockey team as they compete at Niagara University this weekend.
MINNESOTA 5, NIAGARA 3. Jen Schoullis scores empty-net goal at the buzzer. FINAL
MINNESOTA 4, NIAGARA 3. Monique Lamoureux from Jocelyne Lamoureux. 3:04 remaining in the game
MINNESOTA 3, NIAGARA 3. Jen Schoullis ties the game on a rebound attempt. 8:23 remaining in the game.
NIAGARA 3, MINNESOTA 2. 9:51 remaining in the third.
START OF THE THIRD PERIOD
END OF SECOND PERIOD. Minnesota more than doubled its shots, putting 16 on net compared to the six in the first period. After two periods, Minnesota and Niagara are both 1-5 on the power play and have each had six penalties.
MINNESOTA 2 NIAGARA 2. Rebound goal of Emily West from Jocelyne Lamoureux and Michelle Maunu.
NIAGARA 2, MINNESOTA 1. Breakaway goal from Ashley Riggs
MINNESOTA 1 NIGARA 1. Power-play goal from Ashley Riggs at 9:35.
Minnesota on a power play, but with nine seconds remaining get called for a slash penalty giving the Purple Eagles a power play opp
MINNESOTA 1, NIAGARA 0. Emily West from Gigi Marvin and Melanie Gagnon at 2:32 PPG
START OF THE SECOND PERIOD
END OF FIRST PERIOD: MINNESOTA 0 NIAGARA 0
Niagara on their second power play attempt. 9:40 remaining in the first. Niagara is on a :29 5-on-3, but weren't able to capitalize and on the attempts. Minnesota was in the penalty box five times in the first period.
Niagara called for a slashing penalty, giving Minnesota a power play opportunity. Minnesota was 2-for-3 yesterday. Minnesota couldn't score on the power play. As Niagara went full strength, Monique Lamoureux was called with a slash giving NU a power play attempt. But Niagara couldn't score during its attempt either. 14:24 remaining in the first period.
SUNDAY IN GAME: Gophers' Sarah Erickson and Ashley Riggs take the opening faceoff as Erickson wins it at center ice.
Sunday pregame: Like yesterday, Minnesota and Niagara are participating in the Purple Eagles' cancer awareness weekend. For the second-straight day, Minnesota has pink tape just above the stick blade and around their maroon stripe in their game socks. A pregame puck drop will occur with Melanie Gagnon, a defenseman, taking one of her first faceoffs in a Gopher uniform. Kelli Blankenship, whose mother is a breast cancer survivor, taped her entire blade in pink.
Sunday pregame: Minnesota has changed its fourth and second line for the second game of the Niagara series. The Lamoureux twins are skating with Chelsey Jones, while NIkki Ludwigson is skating with Jaimie Horton and Laura May. Reading the updated linechart, Jen Schoullis centers Emily West and Gigi Marvin. Jocelyne Lamoureux is the center of the Monique Lamoureux and Chelsey Jones. Kelli Blankenship and Brittany Francis are the wings of center Sarah Erickson. D pairings remain the same: Melanie Gagnon and Kelly Seeler, Dagney Willey and Michelle Maunu and Anne Schleper and Alexandra Zebro. Minnesota will start Kim Hanlon as well as Gagnon, Seeler, Blankenship, Erickson and Francis. The start is the first for senior Kim Hanlon since the opening game against Robert Morris. Hanlon will see action now in three games this season with her other coming against Bemidji State earlier this year.
IN-GAME-SATURDAY
MINNESOTA 8, NIAGARA 0 FINAL
MINNESOTA 8 NIAGARA 0 Jen Schoullis from Gigi Marvin and Michelle Maunu
Minnesota on the power play.
MINNESOTA 7 NIAGARA 0; 2;12 in the third. Emily West from Gigi Marvin and Brittany Francis
minnesota on a power-play opportunity.
START OF THE THIRD PERIOD
END OF SECOND PERIOD: MINNESOTA 6, NIAGARA 0
MINNESOTA 6 NIAGARA 0 at 15:10 in the second. Jocelyne Lamoureux from Gigi Marvin and Emily West.
Minnesota changed goalies as Jenny Lura sees action. She replaced Grogan at 10:00 remaining in the second period. Niagara also changed goalies as Nikki Rudy sees her first action of the season and 40th of her career.
MINNESOTA 5, NIAGARA 0 at 10:30 in the second: Monique Lamoureux from Alexandra Zebro and Anne Schleper. With Zebro tallying the setup for Monique, every Gopher player as tallied a point.
Interference call on Anne Schleper; Niagara power play but killed off at 9:13 in the second.
START OF SECOND PERIOD
END OF THE FIRST PERIOD: MINNESOTA 4, NIAGARA 0
MINNESOTA 4, NIAGARA 0 at 19:12 in the first. Gigi Marvin from Emily West and Jen Schoullis.
MINNESOTA 3, NIAGARA 0 at 17:04 in the first: Sarah Erickson from Jen Schoullis and Jocelyne Lamoureux. Power-play goal
Niagara penalty;Minnesota on the power play.
MINNESOTA 2, NIAGARA 0 at 13:04: Gigi Marvin from Emily West and Dagney Willey.
MINNESOTA 1, NIAGARA 0 AT 9:33 in the first: Laura May on a rebound attempt from Gigi Marvin.
Second Gopher penalty at 6:28 for hooking. Niagara on the power play. Minnesota kills off the penalty at 8:28 in the first.
14:30 remaining in the first-Minnesota already killed off its first penalty and its best scoring chance so far came when Jocelyne Lamoureux's high wrister went off the crossbar.
Pregame: Minnesota is participating in Niagara's Breast Cancer Awareness Weekend this series. Minnesota has used pink tape just above the blade and around the white stripes on their game socks to represent breast cancer awareness. A ceremonial puck drop will also occur prior to today's game.
Minnesota's linechart: The Gophers have dramatically changed their lines from the last time they competed in December. Jen Schoullis will center the line of Emily West and Gigi Marvin and will start today's contest. Terra Rasmussen has moved up to the second line and will be the right wing of Jocelyne Lamoureux as Monique Lamoureux will be the right wing. Sarah Erickson will center Kelli Blankenship and Brittany Francis, while Jaimie Horton is the center to Laura May and Chelsey Jones. Defensive pairings: Since Rachael Drazan is out this series due to an ankle injury, Alexandra Zebro will be a defensemen this weekend. She is paired with Anne Schleper. Melanie Gagnon and Kelly Seeler and Dagney Willey and Michelle Maunu are the other D pairings. Alyssa Grogan will start today's contest as well as Gagnon and Seeler.
