ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Junior Madison Chagnon (St. Albans, Vt./Rice Memorial) scored the game-winning goal 2:17 into overtime to give the University of Southern Maine Huskies' women's ice hockey team a 3-2 win over the Johnson & Wales University Wildcats on Friday night. Chagnon's game-winner is her second of the season and the 11th of her career. Three of her game-winning goals have come against the Wildcats with two of them awarding the Huskies the sudden-death win in overtime. All three have come on the Wildcats' home ice.
 
Junior Madelyn McLeish (Dedham, Mass.) had assists on the first two Southern Maine goals and the Huskies also multiple-point games from sophomore Olivia Stewart (Fredericton, New Brunswick/Mount Academy) and freshman Ellie Eigner (Bowling Green, Ohio/ South Lyon East) with each player scoring a goal and assisting on another. Eigner scored with 1:17 left in the third period to send the game to overtime.
 
The Records:
Southern Maine: 11-7-2 (8-3-2 NEHC)
Johnson & Wales: 5-14-1 (4-9-0 NEHC)
 
Series History:
The two teams have now played a dozen times with the Huskies leading 8-4-0. Southern Maine completed the season series today after taking the previous meeting 1-0 on November 18 in Gorham. Chagnon also netted an overtime game-winner at Johnson & Wales on November 11, 2022 in a 2-1 win.
 
The Goaltenders:
Southern Maine: Haley McKim (8-4-2), 62:17, two goals allowed, 36 saves
Johnson & Wales: Leah White (3-11-1), 62:17, three goals allowed, 23 saves
 
How It Happened:

• The Wildcats struck first when McKim could not secure the rebound of a shot and Anna Luecht put the puck into the back of the net. Her goal was the only one of the opening period.
• Stewart tied that game 3:28 into the second period after Eigner forced a Wildcat turnover and found her in front of the net. Johnson & Wales retook the lead six minutes later off of a goal by Kylie O'Keefe. McKim made 20 saves in the period and the Huskies only managed four shots on goal.
• With the clock winding down in the third period Eigner collected a blocked McLeish shot and banked the puck off the crossbar and into the net to force overtime.
• Chagnon gave the Huskies the win in overtime with assists from sophomore Caroline Thompson (Crapaud, Prince Edward Island/Mount Academy) and senior Maddy Young (Westford, Vt.).

Inside The Stats:

• The Wildcats led in shots on goal 38-26 and in faceoffs 42-19. The Huskies had 29 shots blocked by Johnson & Wales led by six by Sara Cruise and five by Harmony Chicoose.
• All goals were scored at even-strength with the Huskies going 0-for-4 and the Wildcats going 0-for-5 on power-plays.
• Young and graduate student Jordan Colbert (Manomet, Mass./Plymouth South) each made their 100th appearance in a USM uniform tonight.

 
Up Next:
The Huskies play another road game tomorrow at 3:00 pm against UMass Boston.