Box Score
 
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Teal Gove and Shannon Stewart each tallied three points as the Plattsburgh State women’s hockey team skated to a 5-0 shutout against Chatham to open its Eastern College Athletic Conference West schedule Saturday afternoon at the Stafford Ice Arena.
 
Plattsburgh opened the scoring at the 12:22 mark of the first period on Kenzie Menzak’s first collegiate goal. Caitlin Gilligan took a shot from the point that was stopped by Chatham goaltender Megan Buchanan but Menzak was on the doorstep to bury the rebound and give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.
 
The Cardinals made it 2-0 with 2:42 remaining in the opening stanza when Stewart’s shot was stopped by Buchanan but the puck popped out of the goalie’s glove and bounced across the goal line.
 
With 6:44 gone in the second period, Allison Era made a pass to Teal Gove who was located at the goal line to the left of Buchanan. Gove fired a cross-ice pass to Jenny Kistner who beat Buchanan inside the far post for the power-play goal to put Plattsburgh up by three.
 
Gove scored the next two for the Cardinals, giving her a team-best four goals on the year. Gove’s first of the game came at the 16:05 mark of the second from Shannon Stewart. She added another at 8:54 of the third period from Stewart and Bridget Balisy. Balisy’s shot deflected off a Chatham player before Stewart picked up the loose puck and found Gove in front for the Cardinals’ fifth goal of the game.
 
Plattsburgh (2-0-1, 1-0-0 ECAC West) dominated with a 71-7 advantage in shots on goal. Chatham (0-1-0, 0-1-0 ECAC West) went 0-for-2 on the power-play when the Cardinals were 1-for-8.
 
Buchanan recorded 66 saves in the loss for the Cougars. Plattsburgh’s Ally Ross turned away all seven shots she faced to earn her first shutout of the season.
 
The Cardinals wrap up the weekend series against Chatham tomorrow at the Stafford Ice Arena. Game time is set for 1 p.m.