KEENE, N.H. – The Keene State College women's ice hockey team bounced back after suffering two tough defeats in the previous two matchups, by scoring the most goals in a game in program history as they tacked on seven goals in their 7-2 victory over New England College on Friday night.

Records

• Keene State: 6-4
• NEC: 0-10

How it Happened


NEC started the first few minutes of the contest on the attack with three shots on goal, but KSC's starting goaltender, Madelyn Adamic, saved all three to keep the game scoreless. KSC opened the scoring 4:51 into the game after Paige Henault won a faceoff in the offensive zone, which led to her and Madison Mosca picking up an assist eight seconds later when Ava Iantosca netted a goal for KSC. 1:08 later, KSC added another goal, as Brianna Finke scored, with Grace Bazin picking up an assist to put the Owls up a pair. NEC's goaltender, Lucy Armour, saved five shots from KSC over the remainder of the period, compared to three from Adamic. NEC was able to pull within a goal with 51 seconds left in the period as Samantha Babbitt game made the score 2-1 heading into the second period.
 
Makenna Montgomery entered the net for the Owls at the start of the second period and she made four saves between the pipes in the opening two minutes of the period. Armour saved the first two shots from the Owls in the period, but 3:18 into the second, KSC opened the scoring in the period as Grace Bazin and Ellie Patrick picked up assists on Haylee Owen's goal to put KSC back up a pair. Following a pair of saves from Montgomery,  Finke netted her second goal of the game, as she carved through the Pilgrims' defense and scored 2:01 after Owen's goal. Following a Pilgrims' timeout and a change in goalies, Kayden Lallier-Whissell entered the net for NEC and made three saves over just as many minutes. NEC had the first power play on the day, but they were unable to convert on it, as Montgomery saved NEC's two shots on goal over the two minutes. Shortly after KSC killed the penalty off, NEC scored their second goal of the game, as Meadow Gilchrist scored an unassisted goal to make the score 4-2 with 9:51 remaining in the period. Lallier-Whissell made a pair of saves over the next minute, before KSC was given their first power play of the day a few minutes later, but they were unable to convert as Lallier-Whissell made three more saves for the Pilgrims. Each goaltender made one more save the remainder of the period as the Owls took their 4-2 lead into the final 20 minutes of play.
 
The Owls once again scored first in the third period, after a penalty was called 2:49 into the period on the Pilgrims, it took just 11 seconds for the Owls to score a power play goal for Patrick to put KSC ahead by three. 1:40 later, KSC had another power play opportunity but their one shot on goal during it was saved and they did not capitalize on it. Both goalkeepers made five saves apiece over the next seven minutes, but Lallier-Whissell was unable to save the sixth and seventh shot in a row for KSC. The sixth was another goal for Patrick with 5:05 remaining, while the seventh came 29 seconds later, after she won the faceoff (following Patrick's goal), Henault sniped a shot above Lallier-Whissell's right shoulder and just under the crossbar into the top left corner of the goal for the Owls' seventh goal of the day. Montgomery made four more saves in net for the Owls the remainder of the day as cemented KSC's 7-2 final at the end of the contest.
 
Inside the Crease

• Adamic made six saves in net over her 20 minutes, while Montgomery made 19 saves over her 40 minutes.
• KSC dominated in the faceoff circle as the Owls went 38-for-51 (74.5%), while Patrick went 17-for-20 (85%) and Henault went 15-for-20 (75%).
• Both teams blocked nine shots apiece as Patrick recorded a team-high in the game with three, while Emma McNeil was in second with a pair of blocks.
• KSC outshot NEC, 35-27 in the contest.

Up Next
Both teams head to NEC on Saturday, December 7, at 1:00 PM for their next game.