CORTLAND, N.Y. – Nine different players scored goals as the Cortland women's ice hockey team skated past Buffalo St., 9-0, Saturday afternoon in NEWHL action at Alumni Arena. With the win, the Red Dragons set a school record for victories in a season since the program was re-established in 2000-01, improving to 16-4-1 overall and 11-4-1 in the conference. Cortland surpassed the previous mark of the 2018-19 team, which posted a 15-9-3 record.
Senior Amanda Gaffney (Williamsville/Amherst Knights) and freshman Mia Hlasnick (Olean/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) paced the Red Dragons with one goal and two assists. Senior Quinn Metcalfe (Churchville/Rochester Monarchs), junior Elena Eichmann (Rochester/Syracuse Nationals) and freshman Destiny Bautista (Quesnel, BC/Okanagan Hockey Academy) each tallied a goal and an assist. Graduate student Katie DeVoe (Mississauga, ON/Vaughan Vipers), senior Johna Ezzard (Vienna, VA/Dallas Stars Elite), junior Molly McCabe (Webster/Webster Thomas H.S. Boys) and freshman Nat O'Brien (Lockport/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) netted one goal.
Sophomore Jillian Hlasnick (Olean/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) recorded three assists for the Red Dragons. Senior Kirsten MacDowell (Ottsville, PA/New Jersey Rockets) picked up two assists, and graduate student Grace Schnorr (Camillus/Little Caesars) and junior Dany Donegan (Cicero/Syracuse Nationals) each contributed an assist.
Sophomore goalie Anna Hamid (Mineola/New Jersey Colonials) faced just three shots through the first two periods before giving way to senior Emily Steen (Windom, MN/Windom H.S.), who stopped all four shots on goal in the third period. Freshman goalie Jessica Auge (Laingsburg, MI/Honeybaked Detroit) stopped 35 shots through the first two periods for Buffalo St. Junior Valerie Helminen (Laurium, MI/Finlandia) made eight saves in the third period for the Bengals (1-19-1, 0-14 NEWHL).
Cortland led just 1-0 after the first period on DeVoe's goal. The Red Dragons took control of the game with a five-goal second period with Ezzard, Hlasnick, McCabe, Metcalfe and O'Brien each scoring. Bautista, Gaffney and Eichmann netted third-period goals for the 9-0 final.
The Red Dragons close the regular season with a pair of key NEWHL games next weekend at Canton.
Cortland 9, Buffalo St. 0
Score by periods:
Buffalo St. 0-0-0 0
Cortland 1-5-3 9
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Buffalo St.: no scoring
Cortland: Amanda Gaffney 1-2, Mia Hlasnick 1-2, Quinn Metcalfe 1-1, Elena Eichmann 1-1, Destiny Bautista 1-1, Katie DeVoe 1-0, Molly McCabe 1-0, Nat O'Brien 1-0, Johna Ezzard 1-0, Jillian Hlasnick 0-3, Kirsten MacDowell 0-2, Dany Donegan 0-1, Grace Schnorr 0-1
Saves: Jessica Auge (Buffalo St.) 35 saves (6 GA in 40:00), Valerie Helminen (Buffao St.) 8 saves (3 GA in 20:00); Anna Hamid (Cortland) 3 saves (0 GA in 39:45), Emily Steen (Cortland) 4 saves (0 GA in 20:00), Empty Net :15
Shots on goal: Cortland 52 (19-22-11), Buffalo St. 7 (1-2-4)
Penalties: Buffalo St. 4-8:00, Cortland 0-0:00
Power Play: Cortland 1-4, Buffalo St. 0-0
Records after game: Buffalo St. (Bengals) 1-19-1, 0-14 NEWHL, Cortland (Red Dragons) 16-4-1, 11-4-1 NEWHL