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Women bounce back after Osborn splurge
The women’s hockey team was a little Jekyll and Hyde this weekend.
The Huskies began the weekend with a 6-0 loss to the Mavericks, then came back the next day to win 1-0. Head coach Jason Lesteberg was not pleased with his team’s performance Friday.
“We got out-played, out-worked, out-hustled and out-thought,” Lesteberg said.
The dismay on Lesteberg’s face and voice could easily be seen and heard after the loss. Lesteberg went on to say that his team didn’t follow the formula they needed to win the game.
“We played ‘pond hockey’ and they played hockey,” he said.
On the other side of the ice, nothing could go wrong for the Mavs. MSUM junior forward Amanda Osborn got things rolling for the Mavs, scoring a short-handed goal 4:08 into the first period.
In the second period, Osborn lit the lamp once again, scoring a power play goal at 5:35 into the period. She blasted a shot from the left face, off circle. The Mavs added a third goal at the 10:05 mark from freshman Katie Hainrich. With six minutes left in the period, MSUM struck again as sophomore Lindsay McCulloch rifled one in from the blue line to put the Mavs up 4-0.
Two minutes later, Osborn struck again scoring her third goal of the night, tapping it in from the right side of the crease. The tally also prompted a goaltender change from the SCSU bench as freshman Brie Anderson was replaced by senior Laura Gieselman.
Gieselman helped subdue some of the bleeding, allowing only one goal in the third period. Osborn would pump in her fourth goal of the night five minutes in, putting the Mavs up six. The game would end that way as MSUM junior goaltender Shari Vogt stopped all 43 shots she faced on the night for her third career shutout. The game marked the first time that the Mavs shut out a WCHA opponent. Mavs head coach Jeff Vizenor was happy with his team’s play.
“Obviously we’re happy with a nice win,” Vizenor said. “It’s funny how things kind of work out once you get on a roll. We just got bounces and pucks falling the right way. ”
Vizenor was also ecstatic about the play of Osborn. Her four goals tied an MSUM team record for most goals scored in a game by an individual player. The odd part of the situation was that Osborn had one goal last season. .
“She had a phenomenal game,” Vizenor said. “It’s just one of those games where magical things happen. Here’s a player who only scores one goal last season. How do you predict that?”
Osborn tried to downplay her four goal performance, crediting most of her success to her teammates.
“I just went out and played,” Osborn said. “My team did an awesome job getting me the puck. I can’t score if I don’t have the team behind me.”
As the old saying goes, what a difference a day makes. Saturday, SCSU began the day looking like a totally different team from the night before.
The second period was home to the lone, and game-winning goal. At the seven minute mark, freshman defenseman Kelly Stewart blasted one past Vogt to put the Huskies up 1-0. The goal was Stewart’s first career collegiate goal.
After the game, Lesteberg was reasonably pleased with his team’s performance.
“Yesterday we were kind of spectators with the puck, today we got in there and got dirty,” he said. “We did a good job with our backcheck and getting in there and causing some havoc.”
Both goaltenders were near-perfect during the afternoon matinee. But it was Gieselman who gained the win, stopping all 25 shots she faced. It was her fourth shutout of her collegiate career. Vogt stopped 45 shots in the loss. Lesteberg was happy and upbeat about Gieselman’s performance.“She played really well,” he said. “She had some nice saves and I’m proud of her effort.”
Gieselman was also happy with her performance, but happier all around just to pick up the win. “Coach told us we needed to work harder,” she said. “I think everyone stepped up as a whole. It was the whole team that got the shutout.”
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