2008 Woodie Awards
Women's Hockey Finds Trouble On Weekend Roadtrip
Andy McPartland '08
Issue date: 11/12/04 Section: Sports
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Despite impressive play from sophomore goalie Brook Wheeler, who made her third start in the last four games, the Raiders were unable to come away from their first weekend of ECACHL play with a victory.
In a somewhat surprising move, head coach Scott Wiley went with "a gut feeling" and started Wheeler in net while leaving preseason all-ECACHL goalie Rebecca Lahar, a senior, on the bench.
"We needed to see what she is capable of doing in bigger games," Wiley said of Wheeler. "I knew that Brook needed to have an opportunity and I felt that the time was right."
Wheeler proved to be more than capable, as she resembled a veteran between the pipes in Friday's game at Harvard. It wasn't until 11 minutes in the second period that the Crimson, ranked third nationally, found the back of the net with a top-shelf goal on the power play. The Crimson tallied a second goal, also top-shelf, with only 1:32 left in the period.
Junior Allison Paiano made the game interesting with about five minutes to play in the contest when she scored her second goal of the season on the power play. In an attempt to knot up the score, Wheeler was pulled near the end of the game, but Harvard put the puck in Colgate's empty net with two seconds left to make the final score 3-1.
The Raiders were only able to muster 10 shots on net, with four of them coming from senior Amanda Barre. Wheeler, however, was pummeled with shots, finishing the game with 31 saves.
Penalties were abundant in the game - Colgate had 11 power play chances to Harvard's eight. Both teams scored a power play goal, but Harvard managed 14 shots with the extra skater while the Raiders only mustered three.
"The amount of penalties being called right now is challenging," Wiley noted. "There were times during the game against Harvard where we had eight players sitting on the bench for an extended period of time due to all the penalties. The penalties made it a difficult game to coach and I am sure it was frustrating to watch."
In a somewhat surprising move, head coach Scott Wiley went with "a gut feeling" and started Wheeler in net while leaving preseason all-ECACHL goalie Rebecca Lahar, a senior, on the bench.
"We needed to see what she is capable of doing in bigger games," Wiley said of Wheeler. "I knew that Brook needed to have an opportunity and I felt that the time was right."
Wheeler proved to be more than capable, as she resembled a veteran between the pipes in Friday's game at Harvard. It wasn't until 11 minutes in the second period that the Crimson, ranked third nationally, found the back of the net with a top-shelf goal on the power play. The Crimson tallied a second goal, also top-shelf, with only 1:32 left in the period.
Junior Allison Paiano made the game interesting with about five minutes to play in the contest when she scored her second goal of the season on the power play. In an attempt to knot up the score, Wheeler was pulled near the end of the game, but Harvard put the puck in Colgate's empty net with two seconds left to make the final score 3-1.
The Raiders were only able to muster 10 shots on net, with four of them coming from senior Amanda Barre. Wheeler, however, was pummeled with shots, finishing the game with 31 saves.
Penalties were abundant in the game - Colgate had 11 power play chances to Harvard's eight. Both teams scored a power play goal, but Harvard managed 14 shots with the extra skater while the Raiders only mustered three.
"The amount of penalties being called right now is challenging," Wiley noted. "There were times during the game against Harvard where we had eight players sitting on the bench for an extended period of time due to all the penalties. The penalties made it a difficult game to coach and I am sure it was frustrating to watch."