Dec. 31, 2016
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PRINCETON, N.J. - Four Nittany Lions scored en route to Penn State's 5-5 tie against the Princeton women's hockey team Saturday afternoon inside the Hobey Baker Rink. Freshman Brooke Madsen (Eagan, Minn.) recorded her first career two-goal game.
The Nittany Lions (5-11-4, 4-3-1 CHA) took a 2-1 lead into the first intermission after Penn State built a 2-0 lead on goals from Madsen and Meike Meilleur (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) during the final 5:14 of the first period.
Penn State netted its first goal of the game as Meilleur found the back of the net with 5:14 to go in the opening stanza. After classmate Victoria Samuelsson (Leksand, Sweden) forced a turnover in front of the Princeton net, Meilleur picked up the loose puck a fired a shot top-shelf past Princeton netminder Alysia DaSilva for her fifth goal of the season. With her assist on the Meilleur goal, Samuelsson extended her point streak to a career-best four games.
The Nittany Lions then extended their lead to 2-0 on Madsen's second career goal with 2:41 left in the opening stanza. On Madsen's goal, senior Sarah Nielsen (Edina, Minn.) and classmate Abby Welch (East Amherst, N.Y.) were each credited with an assist.
Princeton (9-6-2, 5-4-1 ECAC) made it a one-goal game with 1:03 left in the first period as Claire Thompson netted a power play goal.
Senior Amy Petersen (Minnetonka, Minn.) put the Blue & White up 3-1 with under 15 minutes to play in the second frame on assists from Aly Hardy (St. Albans, Vt.) and Kelly Seward (Williamsville, N.Y.). Petersen's goal Saturday was the 11th of the season and the 35th of her career.
During the second period, the Tigers went on to score twice within a three-minute span to tie the contest at three goals apiece, as Molly Contini and Morgan Sly recorded goals at 6:40 and 9:35, respectively.
Madsen posted her first multi-goal game as a Nittany Lion with 5:47 remaining in the second period as she scored a power play goal to give the Nittany Lions a 4-3 lead. On her goal, classmate Katie McMillan (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Seward were tabbed with assists.
With 2:18 left in the second stanza, Sly netted her second goal of the game on a rebound to tie the game at 4-4.
The two teams began the third period skating 4-on-4 for the first 1:12. Shortly after both teams returned to full strength, Princeton was called for tripping, which sent the Nittany Lions back to the power play at 2:02.
Midway through Penn State's fourth power play of the game, Laura Bowman (Minnetonka, Minn.) picked up her 14th goal of the year to put the Nittany Lions up 5-4. Bowman's shot hit DaSilva and went over her head and into the back of the net for the Nittany Lion tally. Bella Sutton (Shoreview, Minn.) assisted on the Bowman goal.
At 17:57, Princeton pulled DaSilva for the extra attacker and Thompson netted her second goal of the game at 18:22 to send the contest into overtime. Neither team was able to find the game-winner in OT, which ended the game in a 5-5 tie.
Nittany Lion netminder Hannah Ehresmann (Minnetonka, Minn.) finished the afternoon with a 48-save performance, which is two saves shy of her career-best. DaSilva made 20 saves for Princeton.
The Nittany Lions return home to the Pegula Ice Arena to close out their non-conference slate against Ohio State, Jan. 6-7. Puck drop is set for 6 p.m. and 2 p.m.
NOTES: Princeton leads the all-time series against Penn State, 5-1-1...Princeton outshot Penn State, 53-25...Penn State went 2-for-5 on the power play, while Princeton went for 1-for-5...Madsen recorded her first career two-goal game...Petersen netted her 91st career point...Samuelsson extended her point streak to a career-best four games (1g, 3a)...Seward tied a career-best two-assist performance...Bowman netted her 96th career point...Penn State recorded two power play goals in a game for the fourth time this season...Penn State has 17 power play goals this season...The Nittany Lions set a program record 22 power play goals in 2014-15...Penn State has scored at least five goals in two of its last three games...Petersen tied a carer-best 11 goals Saturday.