Your Northeastern Huskies welcomed again within the Quinnipiac Bobcats to Historic Matthews Area roughly 21 hours after their final matchup. This time the shoe was on the opposite foot because the Huskies couldn’t stand up to their very own miscues and ended up on the brief finish of a 3-0 sport the place Quinnipiac capitalized on each alternative and salted this one away.
The lineups remained the identical for each squads and we anticipated the tempo to reflect the top of final evening’s sport. That held true for the opening 20, with Quinnipiac coming with an aggressive forecheck within the opening interval. NU had been getting pucks on web and the vibes had been excessive, however they couldn’t get one previous Kaley Doyle (now 4-0-0 on the season).
Paige Taborski was strong on the different finish of the ice, out on prime of the blue paint and difficult shooters all through. QU had a protracted offensive strain within the first interval, however similar to the Huskies, the Bobcats couldn’t get one previous Ta-Brick-ski.
The edges remained knotted at gooses into the 2nd however a foul giveaway within the NU zone was a 3:1 odd man rush rolling proper down the slot at Taborski. Maya Labad put the puck on web together with her toes behind the GLE and the puck discovered residence. Should be a geometry main to get that one residence. 1-0 for Bobcats.
The Huskies bought issues going again in the correct path when the Re-vamped Nailgun Line appeared to show the tide again their manner after the objective. The OG Lily Brazis was a monster on the forecheck and Mia (nonetheless no nickname) Langlois and Molly Griffin (I so badly wish to name her Peter) did some strong work alongside the partitions, however the hometown staff nonetheless couldn’t money in. An awesome defensive play by Rylie Jones to select off an outlet cross ignited one other lengthy stretch of offensive possession, however nonetheless they couldn’t get one previous Doyle. Lily Shannon‘s line was dominant (cease me if you happen to’ve heard that earlier than) as she, Holly Abela and Ella “Honeybadger” Blackmore had been working the puck down within the QU zone.
Sadly one other turnover did the Huskies in, this time at their very own blue line. Kathryn Stockdale adopted up her personal shot and tucked residence the free puck in a netmouth scramble. 2-0 Bobcats and it appeared as if each mistake was costing the Huskies.
An awesome PK late within the 2nd gave some life to the Huskies as Abela ate one excessive in her personal zone and broke down ice with Taze Thompson driving the QU web. Thompson didn’t money in, however she drew a penalty, negating the PK and placing the Huskies on an abbreviated energy play. Quinnipiac was tremendous aggressive on the PK even with the NU PP leaking over into the third, however true to type for as we speak’s storyline: the Huskies couldn’t money in.
With beneath 3mins remaining within the remaining body, NU pulled Taborski and attacked QU with freshman Tristan Thompson offering some web entrance presence (assume Bruins circa 2011 with Chara manning the online entrance on the PP). Thompson was whistled for being too tall too robust roughing and with a PK and an empty web, Quinnipiac put residence the dagger; an ENG for Maddy Samoskevich. Very similar to with the Quinnipiac workers final evening, it’s a must to applaud Coach Flint and firm for doing all they might to win this one till the ultimate horn.
Some observations from contained in the rink
– Jules Constantinople seemed again to type as we speak. Fast shops and even faster toes.
– Éloïse Caron was drawing A LOT of consideration as we speak. I do must admire her enjoying totally to the whistle even when Quinnipiac as an entire didn’t appear to be followers.
– Nailguns are gonna nailgun. Each shift they made an impression. Like to see it.
– Gotta love the management on this squad, down 0-2 with lower than 6mins to play and Kristina Allard was down on one knee consuming a Quinnipiac bid.
– Jaden Bogden is nasty. That’s it, that’s the commentary.
– And lastly regardless that I’m the NU man: I wish to give a stick faucet to Kahlen Lamarche for the Bobcats. She’s a kind of gamers that you simply hate to play towards however would love in your squad. From giving it again to the followers within the balcony final evening to “by chance” placing the puck into the online after an offsides whistle, that’s the kind of thorn you want round roses. Marchey you possibly can go well with up for the Brownie squad any day.
The Huskies are again at it subsequent weekend after they have a pair towards their crosstown rivals Boston College. Nice weekend at Historic Matthews Area and hope to see you subsequent week.
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