Burlington, Vt. - The No. 2-ranked Gophers women's hockey beat host Vermont 6-2 on Saturday in the championship game of the Windjammer Classic. Taylor Heise, a freshman from Red Wing High School, put Minnesota ahead to stay with her fifth goal of the season and added two assists.
Six different Gophers score goals in women's hockey win over Vermont
November 25, 2018 at 4:14AM
The Gophers (13-2-1) scored early and late in the opening period to take a 2-1 lead. Catie Skaja got a goal at 1:13, and Heise scored with 1:02 left. In between those goals, Kristina Shanahan found the net for Vermont (3-8-4) at 12:51 for the first time this season.
Minnesota dominated the second period, outshooting the Catamounts 16-5 and expanding its lead to 4-1. Amy Potomak and Emily Oden scored the goals, with each getting an assist on the other's goal. Heise had assists on both those goals.
Vermont cut the Gophers' lead to 4-2 in the seventh minute of the third period on Alyssa Gorecki's unassisted goal.
The Gophers' Kelly Pannek, who had a hat trick on Friday in an 8-2 victory over No. 8 St. Lawrence, had her fourth goal of the weekend and ninth of the season three minutes later, and Katie Robinson got her team's final goal with 1:53 left.
Alex Gulstene stopped 19 shots for the Gophers, Melissa Black had 33 saves for the Catamounts.
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