GORHAM, Maine – Led by four two-point performances, the University of Southern Maine women's ice hockey team won their fourth game in six chances this season using a scorching hot second period in which they scored four times en route to a New England Hockey Conference victory against Johnson & Wales University Saturday afternoon in matinee hockey action. 
 
When and Where: Saturday, November 13, 2021 – University of Southern Maine – USM Ice Arena
 
Score: Huskies 5, Wildcats 1 
 
History: This was the seventh meeting between the two programs. Southern Maine leads the series 4-3-0. 
 
The Records: Southern Maine: 4-2-0, 3-1-0 NEHC; Johnson & Wales: 4-2-0, 2-2-0 NEHC
 
The Goaltenders: sophomore Haley McKim (Moncton, NB, Canada): 4-2-0, 24 saves, .954 save percentage; Anna Maulson: 0-2-0, 33 saves, .868 save percentage.
 
Three Stars of the Game:
1st: freshman forward Ally Stymiest (Moncton, NB, Canada): two goals (first career goal), two points, game-winning goal, power play goal
2nd: graduate forward Rylie Binette (Milan, New Hampshire): one goal, one assist, two points, one blocked shot
3rd: freshman forward Madison Chagnon (Saint Albans, Vermont): first career goal, one assist, two points, three face-off wins
 
How It Happened/Inside the Box Score:
-Johnson & Wales opened the scoring just 1:36 into the contest when Hannah Tracy cashed in a shot attempt off a rebound. The Huskies leveled the battled with about two and a half minutes to play when Chagnon collected a juicy rebound off a freshman defender Jess MacLean (Red Point, NS, Canada) shot and put home the attempt deadlocking the score minutes before the intermission. 
 
-The second period was all Huskies as Stymiest notched her first collegiate goal when she took the loose puck, went behind the goal, and snuck a wrap-around on the near post putting USM up for good. About six minutes passed when Stymiest struck again receiving a sophomore defender Eryn Taber (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) feed from behind the cage for the one-timer increasing the margin to 3-1. Graduate student Shannon Colbert (Manomet, Massachusetts) forced a turnover at the blue line and immediately went into the attacking zone, she passed possession to Binette for the easy score. 30 seconds later, the Huskies piled on their fifth goal of the game. 
 
-Taber tallied her team-leading fifth and sixth assist of the season. Her six helpers rank second in the NEHC.
 
-Sophomore forward Georgie Snow (Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts) had a game-high 13 face-off victories.
 
Up Next: Southern Maine heads out on the road next weekend for a two game road trip starting with conference opponent Plymouth State University on Friday, November 19th at 6:00 p.m.
 
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