WORCESTER – Hawks sophomore Cassidhe Wozniak (Turners Falls, Mass.) scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner in overtime as the Hawks came from behind to defeat the Suffolk Rams, 3-2 on Friday night.

THE BASICS

March 12, 2021

Worcester Ice Center

Score: Becker 3 – Suffolk 2 (Final/OT)

Records: The Becker College Hawks 4-5-0 | The Suffolk University Rams 1-3-0

GAME SUMMARY

Wozniak scored the game-winning goal just 1:25 into overtime, completing a two-goal comeback on her second goal of the game.

The play started with Hawks junior Julia Ravenelle (Barrington, N.H.) blocking a shot and gathering that block near the top of the Hawks defensive zone.

Becker ran into a bit of good luck as Wozniak was entering the ice on a line change and Ravenelle sprung Wozniak in on a breakaway. Entering the zone with no defense around, Wozniak was patient with her shot and finished the comeback in a 3-2 win.

The comeback started with Wozniak scoring her first of the game, late in the second period to cut into the Suffolk lead.

Sophomore Katie Puumala (Framingham, Mass.) entered the offensive zone with time winding down and was preparing to skate around the net from the right-wing side. But before she fully circled the cage, Puumala reversed a pass in front, finding the stick of Wozniak, who beat Rams sophomore goalie Julia McLellan (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.) through the five-hole to make it 2-1 Suffolk after two periods.

Hawks sophomore Shelby Reaugh (Raleigh, N.C.) tied the game 2-2 early in the third period on a power-play goal.

Becker junior Gabby Petrisin (High Bridge, N.J.) fired a shot from the point that was saved by McLellan but the rebound bounced off the leg of Reaugh to tie the game.

The Rams were out to a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal at 6:50 of the first period with junior Shana Cote (Broomfield, Colo.) netting her third of the season. Cote fluttered a shot past Hawks sophomore goalie Amber Lee (Nashua, N.H.) to give Suffolk the lead.

The Rams doubled their lead with 6:00 remaining in the second period on another power-play tally, this time from junior Stephanie Moy (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada).

After senior Maddy Burton (Aurora, Ill.) entered the Hawks zone, she rotated the puck to the point to Moy, who fired a wrist shot through a maze of bodies in front and past the blocker of Lee for a 2-0 lead.

FOR THE HAWKS

• Wozniak's two-goal night gives her a team-high seven goals this season.
• Lee made 35 saves for the Hawks and picks up the victory to improve to 3-3-0.

FOR THE RAMS

• Junior Madison Duff (Novi, Mich.) finished with two assists, her first two of the season.
• McLellan finished with 27 saves, but the loss drops her to 0-2-0.

UP NEXT

The Hawks and Rams battle again on March 16 for Becker's next game. Between then, Suffolk heads to Anna Maria on Saturday night for an 8:00 p.m. game.