College Hockey Stats Box Score

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The No. 2/3 Plattsburgh State women's ice hockey team went 3-for-8 on the power play to defeat Oswego State, 6-1, in Northeast Women's Hockey League (NEWHL) action Friday evening at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena.
 
Plattsburgh State is ranked at No. 2 in the D3hockey.com Women's Top-10 Poll and No. 3 in the USCHO.com Women's Division III Top-10 Poll.
 
The Cardinals outshot the Lakers, 57-17, while Oswego went 1-for-7 with the extra skater. Plattsburgh State killed off 36 seconds of a 5-on-3 opportunity late in the second period.
 
Sophomore forward Annie Katonka (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pittsburgh Penguins Elite) finished with two power-play goals to take over the NCAA Division III lead in the statistical category with nine on the season. Junior defenseman Hannah Kiraly (Glendale, Ariz./Northern Cyclones) and freshman forward Nicole Unsworth (Milwaukee, Wis./East Coast Wizards) both finished with a goal and an assist, while freshman forward Moe Tsukimoto (Sapporo, Japan/Northwood School) was credited with two assists.
 
Plattsburgh State rises to 16-2-0 overall (11-0-0 NEWHL) with the win, while Oswego slips to 8-5-3 overall (3-4-2 NEWHL) with the loss. The two teams will complete the weekend series tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m.
 
Katonka scored on the power play 9:34 into the first period to put the Cardinals on the board, as she deflected in a shot taken by senior forward Courtney Moriarty (Estero, Fla./Northfield Mount Hermon) from the left point.
 
Kiraly made it a 2-0 game at the 13:19 mark of the first. Freshman forward Taylor Whitney (Livonia, Mich./Little Caesars) passed to sophomore forward Kaitlin Drew-Mead (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Buffalo Bisons) in the neutral zone on the rush, and Oswego's freshman goaltender Cassie Shokar made a chest save on a shot by Drew-Mead that sent the puck out toward the blue line. Kiraly then one-timed the rebound from the right point, and the puck dribbled through the slot and past the goalie low stick side.
 
Just 4:58 into the second period, Katonka scored her second power-play goal of the contest. Unsworth played the puck up to Kiraly in the high slot, and Kiraly took a slap shot that was turned aside by a chest save. Katonka proceeded to poke in the rebound to push the advantage to three goals.
 
Senior forward Ashley Songin (Springville, N.Y./Nichols School) scored on the power play at 3:23 of the third period, using a pass from freshman defenseman Sierra Benjamin (Palm Coast, Fla./Northwood School) to beat the Oswego goalie blocker side. Tsukimoto also earned an assist on the play. Freshman forward Holly Schmelzer (East Amherst, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) scored her second collegiate goal 38 seconds later, as sophomore forward Madison Walker (Denver, Colo./Lansing Spartans) touched the puck in the low slot before Schmelzer scored through the five-hole.
 
Oswego erased the shutout bid 8:19 into the third period on the power play, as sophomore defenseman Philomena Teggart passed D-to-D to freshman defenseman Avery Webster, and Webster ended up scoring low stick side with a wrist shot from the right point. Junior forward Natalie Giglio also earned an assist on the goal.
 
Unsworth punctuated the win with a goal 50 seconds before the final horn. Tsukimoto intercepted an errant Oswego pass in the neutral zone and carried the puck into Laker territory. She sent a drop pass back to Unsworth, and Unsworth used elite stickhandling to evade an Oswego defender in the left face-off circle before dragging the puck across the crease to score low glove side.
 
Senior goaltender Kassi Abbott (Medford, Mass./Boston Shamrocks Elite) made 16 saves in the win for the Cardinals, while Shokar and junior goaltender Rachael Farmer combined to make 51 stops in the loss for the Lakers.