Four goals from four different scorers made for an easy victory for the Gophers women’s hockey team against Sacred Heart in Fairfield, Conn. Friday evening.
Kendra Distad logged the only goal the Gophers needed at 14:20 of the opening period, putting the visitors up for good.
However, Minnesota launched 52 shots at Pioneers goaltender Jillian Petruno, who kept the game closer on the scoreboard than it maybe should have been by turning away 48 of the pucks sent her way.
The Gophers still mustered up three more scores despite Petruno’s tremendous efforts. Abbey Murphy staked the Gophers to a 2-0 lead heading into the first intermission with a short-handed, unassisted tally at 2:10 of the initial stanza.
Minnesota netted one more goal in each of the final two periods. The first went to Nelli Laitinen at 11:53 of the second, with the final tally of the game claimed by Chloe Primerano at 5:56 of the third.
Dishing out assists in the four-score contest were Murphy, Primerano, Emma Kriesz, Tereza Plosova, Jamie Nelson and Josefin Bouveng.
Gophers netminder Hannah Clark didn’t have as tough of a go as her opposition, but still made 15 saves to earn the shutout victory.
Minnesota improved to 15-4 with the win, while Sacred Heart fell to 5-13-1 with the loss. The two teams play again at noon Saturday, with the game being televised on ESPN+.
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