University of Minnesota Athletics
Saturday, January 15
4:00 PM
University of Minnesota
17-6-1, 12-5-1
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Minnesota State
10-11-1, 6-11-1
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Minnesota St.
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Photo by: Stacy Bengs
Gophers Fall to Mavericks in Overtime
1/15/2022 7:11:00 PM | Women's Hockey
Minnesota’s win streak over Minnesota State comes to an end at 53 games.
Minneapolis, Minn. -- The No. 4 Golden Gopher women's hockey team suffered its first defeat of 2022, 5-4 in overtime to Minnesota State at Ridder Arena on Saturday afternoon.
Minnesota (17-6-1) got off to its worst start of the season after conceding a season-high three first period goals to head into the intermission down 3-1. Abigail Boreen scored the lone Minnesota goal in the period. In the second, the Gophers battled back to even things up following goals from Savannah Norcross and Catie Skaja. The Mavericks (10-11-1) took the lead with just over 12 minutes to play in regulation after Jessica Kondas tallied her second of the game. The lead didn't last long for the visitors as Abigail Boreen tallied her second power-play goal of the game to even things up with 8:27 to play. In overtime, the Mavericks' Kelsey King bagged the winner with 1:11 left on the clock.
Lauren Bench started in goal for Minnesota, but was relieved by Makayla Pahl at the start of the second period. Pahl stopped 22 of 24 shots in relief. Minnesota State's Frank made 41 saves in the win.
Quotable
"A good opportunity for us to learn from tonight's result," said head coach Brad Frost. "When you go down 3-1 in the first period, it's hard to come back. Our team battled back and got it to 3-3. After getting down 4-3, we got the equalizer to make it 4-4 and for one reason or another, couldn't find the go-ahead go there. Once you get into overtime anything can happen. We need to learn from it and get better. We plan to do that this week."
Notable
Minnesota's 53-game win streak over Minnesota State was snapped with the loss. It was the first win by the Mavericks over the Gophers since 2007. Abigail Boreen recorded tallied two goals to push her January total to seven. Makayla Pahl suffers her first defeat of the season, snapping the nation's longest unbeaten streak by a goaltender.
Up Next
Minnesota hosts top-ranked Wisconsin next Friday and Saturday at Ridder Arena.
Minnesota (17-6-1) got off to its worst start of the season after conceding a season-high three first period goals to head into the intermission down 3-1. Abigail Boreen scored the lone Minnesota goal in the period. In the second, the Gophers battled back to even things up following goals from Savannah Norcross and Catie Skaja. The Mavericks (10-11-1) took the lead with just over 12 minutes to play in regulation after Jessica Kondas tallied her second of the game. The lead didn't last long for the visitors as Abigail Boreen tallied her second power-play goal of the game to even things up with 8:27 to play. In overtime, the Mavericks' Kelsey King bagged the winner with 1:11 left on the clock.
Lauren Bench started in goal for Minnesota, but was relieved by Makayla Pahl at the start of the second period. Pahl stopped 22 of 24 shots in relief. Minnesota State's Frank made 41 saves in the win.
Quotable
"A good opportunity for us to learn from tonight's result," said head coach Brad Frost. "When you go down 3-1 in the first period, it's hard to come back. Our team battled back and got it to 3-3. After getting down 4-3, we got the equalizer to make it 4-4 and for one reason or another, couldn't find the go-ahead go there. Once you get into overtime anything can happen. We need to learn from it and get better. We plan to do that this week."
Notable
Minnesota's 53-game win streak over Minnesota State was snapped with the loss. It was the first win by the Mavericks over the Gophers since 2007. Abigail Boreen recorded tallied two goals to push her January total to seven. Makayla Pahl suffers her first defeat of the season, snapping the nation's longest unbeaten streak by a goaltender.
Up Next
Minnesota hosts top-ranked Wisconsin next Friday and Saturday at Ridder Arena.
Team Stats
MSU
MIN
Shots
32
45
PPG
1
2
SHG
0
0
Penalties
3
1
Penalty Mins
6
2
Faceoffs Won
24
27
Game Leaders
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
7
A
3
+/-
0
Goals
2
Sh
6
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
1
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
7
A
0
Players Mentioned
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