Posted: Feb 03, 2013
Subway player of the game Katie Greenway picked up her seventh win between the pipes. The fourth year veteran goalie had 22 saves in the X victory.
Five different X-Women found the back of the Mounties net, while Alex Normore picked up three assists to pad her league-leading 27 points.
The X-Women opened the game with a pair of scoring chances as Molly MacDonald had a breakaway chance and Erin Brophy hit a goal post. Fourth year forward Brittney Perkins finally solved Mounties goaltender Meghan Corley-Byrne at 14:18 as her quick shot through traffic from the slot found its way in. Schyler Campbell and Taylor Dale assisted.
The X-Women outshot the Mounties 10-5 in the opening frame.
The second period saw the Mounties comeback to outshoot the home team 14-10 and tie the game with a goal by Courtney King at 7:07. After making the initial save on a shot on goal, King pounced on the rebound to beat Greenway. Sara Hubble and Sara Gagnier picked up assists.
Sara Kaljuvee regained the lead for the X-Women with three minutes left in the second period as she took a MacDonald pass in front of the net, flipped it to her backhand and roofed it past Corley-Byrne. Normore also collected an assist on the play.
The third period belonged to the X-Women as Aby Laking and Brophy scored power play goals to give the X-Women a 4-2 edge. Laking’s goal came at 9:02 from Alyssa Hennigar and Normore as she banged in a loose puck in front of the Mount Allison net. Brophy scored at 12:53 from Jenna Downey and Normore, scoring on a shot from the slot.
The Mounties scored their second goal of the game at 13:49 as Lauren Oickle caught Greenway out of position after a save, and knocked the puck into the open net. Shelby Colton assisted.
Freshman forward Taylor Dale wrapped up a three-goal X-Women third period with an unassisted, shorthanded marker at 15:11. Dale stole the puck and broke in alone outside the Mounties blue line, notching her seventh goal of the year.
Shots ended up 32-24 in favor of the X-Women, who improved to 20-1-0 atop the AUS conference with 40 points, 13 more than second place St. Thomas (13-7-1).
Next up on the StFX schedule is a game in Halifax on Sunday, February 10th against the third place Saint Mary’s Huskies (12-7-2).