Another Win on the Road!

On Wednesday, the team traveled to Proctor for our first match up of the season. Proctor's squad of 30 was no match for the Huskies who came away with an impressive 5-3 victory.  Eva Thirion '24 put the huskies up 1-0 just over 1 minute into the game at the 13:52 mark of the first period.  She quickly added her second tally of the game a couple of minutes later at the 12:07 mark of the first, putting the Huskies up 3-0.  The team created several more chances in the first with the Proctor goalie making some very good saves to keep their team in it.  However, Thirion completed her natural hat trick at 6:50 in the first, and the Huskies were ahead 3-0.  Two minutes later Riley Proulx '26 added her first goal of the afternoon and the Huskies finished a solid first period up 4-0.  With a comfortable lead and some strong defensive play, The Huskies started the second period with confidence.  Proctor scored their first goal of the afternoon shortly into the second period, making the score 4-1, but that did not deter the Huskies from continuing to fight and have several more scoring chances of their own.  Three of our forward wingers Estelle Jennings, '26, Brooke King, '26 and Jocelyn Smith '27 showed a lot of growth in their game by making some great passes, being open in front of the net and getting a few rebound chances! Though no goals resulted from their solid play, it won't be long before they find the back of the net.  Proulx added another goal just before the halfway mark in the game and the Huskies went into the locker room up 5-1.  Determined to finish the game strong, the Huskies came out firing in the second half. The end of the second period saw strong defensive play from Roberta Scott '27 that resulted in some great scoring chances in our offensive zone and some key takeaways in our defensive zone.  Izzy Church '25 and Moriah Smith '24 we also solid on the blue line, keeping the pressure on Proctor for the entire afternoon and disrupting multiple breakout chances.  With a 5-1 lead going into the final period, the Huskies were focused on maintaining the lead and not giving Proctor any good chances against  Sarah Pollard '27, who had another impressive game in net. With a lucky breakaway chance, Proctor scored early in the 3rd bringing the score to 5-2.  As the back and forth defensive battle continued, the Huskies worked to keep fresh legs on the ice against the much deeper Proctor bench.  Working to keep the puck our of their defensive zone and the pressure on Proctor, the team held the 5-2 lead until the last minute of the game when Proctor was able to add one final goal after a large scrum in front of the net.  The last :45 of the game consisted of great puck possession and no more chances for Proctor.  The Huskies skated away with a hard fought 5-3 win. Congrats to Roberta Scott '27 for her willingness to take on a new sport with a positive attitude and several key defensive plays that earned her Husky of the Game1