Grossi’s Two Points Help Orange to a 2-2 Tie with New Hampshire
Freshman forward Stephanie Grossi netted a goal and an assist for the Orange (1-1-2), who came away with a tie for the second night in a row, this time 2-2 with New Hampshire (1-3-1).
‘Cuse would own a 40-32 advantage in shots and much of that would be earned through the first two periods, putting 30 pucks on net in the first 40 minutes.
“We had chances,” said head coach Paul Flanagan. “Like last night, we had probably eight to 10 minutes in the second period, we probably had 15 minutes tonight. We had a lot of chances, we just didn’t bury our scoring chances. I give their goalie a lot of credit, but all in all that’s a disappointing tie for us.”
The Orange once again jumped out to an early lead, this time 1:33 into the game when Nicole Renault buried a feed from Stephanie Grossi.
The Wildcats answered soon just over eight minutes later when Amy Boucher fired a puck past Orange goaltender Jenn Gilligan for the tying goal. Julia Fedeski and Heather Kashman recorded assists on the play.
Gilligan made 30 saves in the game.
Midway through the second period SU would again regain the lead, this time Grossi created her own scoring chance.
After just stepping onto the ice to begin her shift, Grossi collected an errant pass and rifled a shot past Wildcats’ goaltender Vilma Vaattovaara to give the Orange a 2-1 advantage.
After heading into the second intermission with the lead, the Orange allowed the equalizing goal eight minutes into the third period when Jonna Curtis sent a shot that tipped off Gilligan’s glove and into the back of the net.
Both teams managed to create scoring chances in the overtime periods, but the defenses held strong ending the game in a tie.
Syracuse returns to action on Saturday when the team continues its four-game home stand by hosting Providence at 2 p.m.
