| Prd | Time | Team | Score | Type | Scored By | Assists |
| 1st | 9:44 | UNH | 1-0 | EV | Jonna Curtis (1) | Carlee Turner/2, Julia Fedeski/1 |
| 2nd | 5:47 | MER | 1-1 | EV | Annie Boeckers (2) | Jackie Pieper/3 |
| 2nd | 6:36 | UNH | 2-1 | EV | Meghara McManus (1) | Carlee Toews/2, Nicole Dunbar/1 |
| 2nd | 13:45 | UNH | 3-1 | PP GW | Jonna Curtis (2) | Marie-Jo Pelletier/2, Carlee Turner/3 |
| 2nd | 16:25 | UNH | 4-1 | EV | Carlee Turner (1) | - |
| 3rd | 15:12 | MER | 2-4 | PP EA | Paige Sorensen (1) | Katelyn Rae/1, Allison Sexton/5 |
| 3rd | 17:45 | UNH | 5-2 | EV EN | Jonna Curtis (3) | - |
| 3rd | 19:47 | UNH | 6-2 | EV EN | Jonna Curtis (4) | Devan Taylor/1, Marie-Jo Pelletier/3 |
| Scoring | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| Merrimack | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Shots on Goal | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | SOG |
| Merrimack | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | 12 | 7 | 27 |
| Team Stats and Records | PP | PIM | SHGF |
| Merrimack (2-4-0) | 1/6 | 2/4 | 0 |
| New Hampshire (1-5-0) | 1/2 | 6/12 | 0 |
| Merrimack Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Léa-Kristine Demers (L, 2-4-0) | 56:41 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| Empty Net | 3:19 | 2 |
| New Hampshire Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Hilary Cashin (W, 1-2-0) | 60:00 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
DURHAM, N.H. - Jonna Curtis (Elk River, Minn.) scored a career-high four goals and Hilary Cashin (Fredericton, New Brunswick) made 21 saves for her first career victory as the University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team defeated Merrimack College, 6-2, Saturday afternoon at the Whittemore Center.
Cashin made nine of her 21 saves in the third period, and one of her goals against was when Merrimack had a three-skater advantage - two Wildcats in the penalty box and Warriors' goalie Lea-Kristine Demers pulled for an extra attacker.
Curtis' four points matched a personal best and marked the first time a UNH Wildcat scored four goals in a game since Oct. 22, 2005 (Leah Craig at Niagara University).
UNH improved to 1-5-0 overall and 1-2-0 in Hockey East. Merrimack is now 2-4-0, 1-1-0.
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Oct. 15, 2016 (7 p.m.)
Location: Whittemore Center (Durham, N.H.)
Attendance: 264
Score: University of New Hampshire 6, Merrimack 2
Updated Records: MC (2-4-0, 1-1-0 WHEA), UNH (1-5-0, 1-2-0 WHEA)
Goals:
MC (2) - Annie Boeckers, Paige Sorenson
UNH (6) - Jonna Curtis (4), Meghara McManus, Carlee Turner
Assists:
MC (6)- Jackie Pieper, Katelyn Rae, Allison Sexton
UNH (8) - Marie-Jo Pelletier (2), Carlee Turner (2), Nicole Dunbar, Julia Fedeski, Devan Taylor, Carlee Toews
Goaltenders:
MC- Lea-Kristine Demers 7-9-5-21 (4 GA) {56:41} (loss)
UNH- Hilary Cashin 5-7-9-21 (2 GA) {60:00} (win)
Up Next: Oct. 22 & 23 vs. Clarkson University, 2 p.m. (Whittemore Center)
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GAME RECAP
- Curtis scored the first goal of the game at 9:44 of the first period when she corralled a rebound in the left corner, looped around the circle to the slot and snapped a wrister into the upper-right corner.
- Carlee Turner (Scottsdale, Ariz.; 1g, 2a), with the initial shot from the left point, and Julia Fedeski (Algonquin Highlands, Ontario), who made the pass out of the defensive zone, were credited with assists.
- New Hampshire took that 1-0 lead and 8-5 shot advantage into the first intermission.
- Merrimack tied the score, 1-1, at 5:47 of the second stanza when Jackie Pieper fed a pass from behind the net to Annie Boeckers in the slot.
- UNH regained the lead 49 seconds later, however. Nicole Dunbar (Coto De Caza, Calif.) advanced the puck out of the D-zone to Carlee Toews (Grand Prairie, Alberta) at center ice. Toews quickly found Meghara McManus (Milton, Mass.) on the right wing and she scored from the right doorstep at 6:36 to give the 'Cats a lead they would not relinquish.
- Curtis and Turner scored less than three minutes apart - at 13:45 and 16:25, respectively - to quickly extend the lead to 4-1.
- On the power play, Curtis' shot from the left side of the high slot sailed through traffic inside the right post; Marie-Jo Pelletier (Dalhousie, New Brunswick) and Turner set up the goal.
- Turner recorded her third point of the game when she won the puck in the left corner and charged to the front of the net, where she beat Demers.
- UNH led 4-1 with a 20-13 shot advantage through 40 minutes.
- New Hampshire was whistled for minor penalties at 13:32 and 14:25 to give Merrimack a two-skater advantage. With a faceoff in the offensive zone, the Warriors pulled Demers in favor of an extra skater. Allison Sexton won the faceoff back to Katelyn Rae, who swung a pass to the high slot and that's where Paige Sorenson blasted a shot into the net at 15:12.
- MC pulled Demers twice more, but both times it was UNH - and Curtis, specifically - who scored to secure the victory.
- Curtis collected a loose puck near the middle of the defensive blue line and sped down the center of the ice for a breakaway. She deposited a shot from the high slot into the empty net to complete her hat trick and give the 'Cats a 5-2 lead at 17:45.
- In the closing minute, Devan Taylor (North Billerica, Mass.) tapped the puck from center ice ahead to Curtis. She advanced down the right wing and again scored into the empty net with 13 seconds left to close the scoring.
'CAT NIPS
- It was a notable game for Turner, who recorded her first career goal, first career multiple-assist game (two) and personal-best three points.
- McManus also scored her first career goal.
- Dunbar tallied her first career point with the assist on McManus' goal.
- Pelletier finished with two assists to mark personal bests in both assists and points.
WILDCAT NOTEBOOK
- The six goals marked the highest UNH total since Oct. 26, 2013, when the Wildcats won 8-5 at Penn State.
- Eight Wildcats recorded a point with three multiple-point performers.
PENALTIES
MC: 2-4. UNH: 6-12
POWER PLAYS
MC: 1-6. UNH: 1-2.
NEW HAMPSHIRE LEADERS
Points (4): Jonna Curtis
Goals (4): Jonna Curtis
Assists (2): Marie-Jo Pelletier, Carlee Turner
Shots (6): Jonna Curtis
Blocked Shots (1): six tied
Faceoffs Won (9): Carlee Turner
MC LEADERS
Points (1): Annie Boeckers, Paige Sorenson, Jackie Pieper, Katelyn Rae, Allison Sexton
Goals (1): Annie Boeckers, Paige Sorenson
Assists (1): Jackie Pieper, Katelyn Rae, Allison Sexton
Shots (5): Emily Volpe
Blocked Shots (4): Paige Sorenson
Faceoffs Won (11): Allison Sexton