Columbus, Ohio --- With Minnesota State women's hockey and Ohio State tied at 3-3 through the first nine rounds of a shootout, junior forward Amanda Conway made Minnesota State's 10th attempt and senior goaltender Brianna Quade stopped Ohio State's final try by junior defenseman Jessica Dunne to secure a 4-3 shootout win for Minnesota State on Friday night at Ohio State Ice Rink.
The Mavericks (6-22-4, 3-19-3-1 Western Collegiate Hockey Association) and the Buckeyes (11-15-5, 5-15-5-2 WCHA) tied 1-1 through 65:00 of play before the shootout. Each team earned one point in the WCHA standings from the tie, with the Mavericks earning a second point in the conference from the shootout victory. The shootout win is the first for the Mavericks since Oct. 19, 2012 against Minnesota Duluth.
Minnesota State scored first to take a 1-0 lead in the first period. Freshman forward Demi Gardner (4-0--4) scored for the second straight game on the Mavericks' first power play of the evening at 16:12 of the period. Junior defenseman Anna Keys (2-7--9) and freshman defenseman Jordan Jackson (1-2--3) assisted on the play.
However, the Mavericks were unable to get another shot past the Buckeyes' sophomore netminder Kassidy Sauve(11-14-5), who made 24 saves in the game.
Ohio State fought back – outshooting Minnesota State 31-12 through the final two periods of regulation and the overtime period. Quade (3-16-3), who tallied 40 saves in the game for the Mavericks, made at least 30 saves for the 10th time this season and reached 40 saves for the second time in 2016-17, but the Buckeyes broke through with their lone goal of the evening at 15:14 of the third period to tie the score at 1-1. Sophomore forward Maddy Field (9-13--22) scored and freshman forward Rebecca Freiburger (6-4--10) assisted on the play.
Neither team was able to score in the final minutes of regulation or in overtime – forcing the shootout.
After neither team was successful in the first round of the shootout, Keys put the Mavericks up 1-0 with a make in the second round. The Buckeyes tied the shootout at 1-1 when junior forward Julianna Iafallo was successful in the third round. Sophomore forward Steph Keryluk answered for the Mavericks with a successful attempt to start the fourth round, but junior forward Lauren Spring responded for Ohio State in the fourth round to tie the score at 2-2.
Neither team was able to score in the shootout from rounds five through eight.
Junior forward Hannah Davidson briefly put the Mavericks up 3-2 in the ninth round, but senior forward Breanne Grant tied the shootout at 3-3 in the Buckeyes ninth attempt. In the 10th round, Conway converted for Minnesota State and Quade made the final stop to secure the shootout win for Minnesota State.
Gardner, Keys, and Jackson each recorded a point for the second consecutive game for Minnesota State.
The Mavericks finished 1-of-4 on the power play and the Buckeyes finished 0-of-3 with the man advantage.
Minnesota State and Ohio State conclude their two-game WCHA series on Saturday at Ohio State Ice Rink. Puck drop is scheduled for 12:07 p.m. CDT.
Listen to senior goaltender Brianna Quade's postgame interview below.
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