Women's Hockey | 2/14/2015 2:18:00 PM
Box Score Karleigh Wolkerstorfer scored twice,
Chloe Kinsel had a goal and an assist to set one record and tie another and goalie
Angie Hall recorded her third straight shutout in the Falcon women's hockey team's 5-0 win at UW-Eau Claire on Saturday afternoon.
"We came out strong and had a really good first period," said Falcon Coach
Joe Cranston. "It was a very physical second and third periods, and we had a hard time getting clean scoring chances."
Kinsel has now scored 20 goals this year and has 41 points. She has tied the single season goals record and now holds the single season points record. Ali Slinden (2002-03) and
Kait Mason (2010-11) also scored 20 goals and Mason had the record for points in a season with 40, set in 2010-11.Â
The Falcons dominated the first period and led 5-0. UWRF outshot UWEC, 26-6, in the opening 20 minutes of play.Â
Wolkerstorfer started the scoring off with a goal at 6:34 with
Paige Johnson and
Carly Moran assisting. Kinsel then tied the Falcon goal record when she scored at 12:06 with assist to linemates
Brianna Breiland and
Alice Cranston.
Dani Kocina put the Falcons ahead, 3-0, with a goal at 15:33. It was her eighth of the season. She was assisted by
Emily Stark. Just 23 seconds after Kocina's goal the Falcons went on the power play and scored again. Breiland netted this one with Kinsel and Cranston assisting. It was her seventh goal of the year. With 50 seconds to play in the period Wolkerstorfer struck again. She was assisted by Moran and
Dani Sibley and it was Wolkerstorfer's 11 goal of the year.
Hall stopped 13 shots to get the win, she is now 17-3-1. She has now played 180:31 of shutout hockey.Â
The Falcons outshot UWEC 54-13 and were 1-4 on the power play while the Blugolds were 0-6. The Falcons took seven minor penalties and UWEC took nine.Â
The Falcons have won 20 games in a season for the seventh straight year. And this is the eighth time overall that the Falcons have hit the 20 win mark. The school record for wins in a season is 24 set in the 2010-11 school year.
The Falcons, now 20-3-1 overall and 9-1-1 in the WIAC, will have a rematch against UW-Eau Claire on Saturday at Hunt Arena with the puck dropping at 7:05 p.m., in the final game of the regular season. It will also be the annual Senior Night game.
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