The Oswego State Women's hockey team kicked off the 2012 portion of itsw schedule with a weekend series against the Cougars of Chatham at Chatham in Pittsburgh. The Lakers were shut out 6-0 at Amherst to end the first half of the season so it would be interesting to see how the team responded. They responded all right and in a very big way. The first game was at Chatham on Friday and Oswego domintated from opening puck drop to final horn, to the tune of a 10-0 victory. Yes it was indeed a 10-0 victory. Oswegp just dominated the entire night. In the first period, Oswego was able to skate away after 20 minutes with a 4-0 lead thanks to two goals from Carly Henderson, as well as goals from Megan Howe and Emma Smetaniuk. Oswego upped the lead to 8-0 after the 2nd period thanks to goals from Kelly Collins, Mackenzie Lee, Megan Howe's 2nd and Emma Smetaniuk's 2nd of the night. Oswego capped the explosion off with 2 goals in the 3rd to end this 10-0 whipping. The 3rd period goals were scored by Mady Paul and Mackenzie Lee.
Shot totals for this game where a bit one-sided as Oswego outshot Chatham 57-8 for the game and 12-1 in the 3rd period alone. Catherine Cote got the win and the 8 save shutout, quite possibly her easiest shutout of her career. Meanwhile for Chatham, Kaitlynn Smith allowed 8 goals on 37 shots and Megan Buchanan allowed 2 goals on 10 shots. Of the 18 skaters dressed for Oswego, only four of them (Melissa Seamont Breanne Reith Chelsa Hunt and Lesle Jarvis) were held pointless. Every other player dressed for the team had at least one point, and 5 Lakers had multi-point games: Carly Henders (2 goals) Mackenzie Lee (2 goals), Emma Smetaniuk (2 goals 1 assist), Olivia Boersen (2 assists), and Megan Howe (2 goals 2 assists) all had multi-point games in this contest. Oswego went 4 for 9 on the powerplay while Chatham went 0 for 4 with the man advantage
Game two of the series was played between these two teams on Saturday and the result was much of the same as Oswego skated away with a 9-3 victory over the Cougars. Chelsey Draker scored the lone goal of the 1st period on the powerplay, in what was a bit of a penalty filled period. Draker would score another powerplay goal in the 2nd period to extend the Oswego lead to 2-0. The Laker lead was increased to 3-0 when Mackenzie Lee connected shorthanded. Chatham finally connected thanks to Sarah Forbes, so it was 3-1 Oswego at the end of 40 minutes. The 3rd period saw an offensive explosion from both clubs. Chatham scored twice in the period thanks to Ashley Reid and Sarah Forbes again. But Oswego got 6 goals in the final frame, and the scoring was provided by Kelly Collins, who scored twice in the period, Jillian Bergeron, Lauren Gilpin, Jocelyn St. Clair, and Megan Howe.
Shot totals again where in favor of Oswego in this contest, 66-10 and 27-2 in the first period. Bridget Smith got the start and win for Oswego making 5 saves on 6 shots, and Megan Amlinger got the rest of the playing time and gave up two goals on both shots she faced. This is only the 2nd time Megan Amlinger has played a game during her college career. Chatham went 1 for 7 on the Powerplay while Oswego went 2 for 7. After the weekend series there is now a 3 way tie for the team leading scorer. Melissa Seamont, Jillian Bergeron and Mackenzie Lee are all tied for the team lead with 11 points. Lee leads the team in goals with 8 and Bergeron leads the team in assists with 9. Every Skater on the team except for Samm Reimer has at least one point during this season.
Oswego has three tough games coming up this week. First up is a rare tuesday night game against Hamilton College at home. Then this weekend, The Plattsburgh State Cardnials make the trip in for a two game series, Friday the puck drops at 7 and Saturday the puck drops at 3.
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