Seniors Kelly Paton and Micaela Long recorded three points apiece to propel the fourth-ranked UNH women's ice hockey team to Sunday afternoon's 4-1 victory over eighth-ranked UConn in Hockey East action
UNH, which extended its unbeaten streak against the Huskies to 16 games (14-0-2), is now 16-6-5 overall, and 10-5-2-0 in Hockey East. UConn, which entered the game on a nine-game winning streak as part of an 11-game unbeaten streak (10-0-1), falls to 18-7-5, 9-4-4-1.
Paton finished the game with a goal and two assists while Long tallied three assists. Kristina Lavoie extended her goal-scoring streak to 11 games, while goalie Lindsey Minton recorded 24 saves, with nine stops in both the first and third periods.
UConn goalie Alexandra Garcia was credited with 14 saves.
The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead at 6:00 in the first on the third goal of the year by Sarah Cuthbert. Shannon Sisk initiated the scoring sequence when she gathered a loose puck in the neutral zone and attacked along the left wing. After drawing a pair of defenders, Sisk slid the puck across to Cuthbert and she lifted a shot into the open right side of the net.
UNH struck again three minutes later with a power-play goal by Courtney Birchard, assisted by Paton and Long, to extend the advantage to 2-0.
The Huskies trimmed the deficit to 2-1 at 11:22 when Lisa Stathopulos' pass from the right corner was one-timed in the slot by Jennifer Chaisson into the upper-left corner of the cage.
After a scoreless second period, UConn was whistled for a major penalty at 2:31 of the third, and Lavoie scored less than a minute later to build a 3-1 UNH lead. Paton added an open-net goal with less than two minutes remaining to round out the scoring.
UNH returns to action this weekend with a two-game home series against Vermont. Both games at the Whittemore Center begin at 2 p.m.
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