Women's Hockey Sweeps Lindenwood

Feb. 11, 2017

1st 2nd 3rd Final Penn State 2 0 0 2 Lindenwood 0 0 0 0 Box Score (HTML) | Box Score (PDF) Coach Brandwene Press Conference --> GOAL SUMMARY Team Period Time Scoring PSU 1 3:31 Amy Petersen PSU 1 3:55 Aly Hardy SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd Final Penn State 8 6 7 21 Lindenwood 12 19 10 41 POWER PLAY 1st 2nd 3rd Final Penn State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Lindenwood 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 GOALTENDERS Min GA SV PSU Hannah Ehresmann 60:00 0 41 LU Jolene DeBruyn 58:21 2 19

WENTZVILLE, Mo. - Behind a pair of goals within the first 3:55 of play and a 41-save performance from junior goaltender Hannah Ehresmann (Minnetonka, Minn.), the Penn State women's hockey team shut out College Hockey America (CHA) opponent Lindenwood, 2-0, Saturday afternoon at the Lindenwood Ice Arena.

For the Nittany Lion (8-17-5, 7-7-2 CHA) offense Saturday, Amy Petersen (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Aly Hardy (St. Albans, Vt.) each scored once within a 24-second span to put the Blue & White up 2-0 early in the game.

Petersen tallied her 13th goal of the season, and her 99th career point, at 3:31 into the game and then Hardy picked up her third goal of the 2016-17 campaign at 3:55 to give Penn State a 2-0 lead.

In net for the Nittany Lions, Ehresmann posted 12 saves in the first period, a game-high 19 saves in the middle frame, and she completed the shutout with 10 saves over the final 20 minutes of play. For the Lindenwood Lions (5-20-2, 3-12-1 CHA), netminder Jolene deBruyn tallied a 19-save performance.

Next up for Penn State is a series at No. 8 Robert Morris on Feb. 17-18 for its final road trip of the 2016-17 regular season. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. and 3 p.m. inside the 84 Lumber Arena.

NOTES: Penn State leads the all-time series against Lindenwood, 10-9-3...Penn State went 3-0-1 against Lindenwood during the 2016-17 regular season...Lindenwood outshot Penn State, 41-21...Penn State did not have a power play, while Lindenwood went 0-for-1...Junior defenseman Bella Sutton skated in her 98th career game...Hannah Ehresmann recorded her fourth career solo shutout...Ehresmann's 41-save performance is the second-most saves she made in a single game this season (48 - Princeton - 12/31/16)...Amy Petersen has a three-game point streak (2-4--6)...Petersen is one point shy of becoming the second Nittany Lion to tally 100 career points (Bowman)...Petersen is one point shy of tying her career-best for points in a single-season (29 - 2015-16)...Penn State recorded its second road CHA sweep of the season and its second CHA road sweep in program history this weekend...Penn State committed only one penalty for the seventh time this season Saturday.