The second ranked Montreal women’s hockey team would take on the third ranked New York team for the second time this season. The first time they played on January 10th, Montreal won 5-2.

Montreal would strike twice within 17 seconds in the first period, the first goal by Gabrielle David on the assists from Jillian Dempsey and Sarah Lefort. Leah Lum would strike again from a setup from Maureen Murphy and Teresa Vanisova putting Montreal up by two. The red hot New York women’s power play would strike at 8:14 into the second period cutting the deficit to one. Jamie Bourbonnais would net her first goal of the season on assists from the top two point leaders, Ella Shelton and Alex Carpenter. 11 seconds into the third period Jesse Eldridge would tie the game up on a feed from Alex Carpenter. To New York’s chagrin, Marie-Philip Poulin would ultimately score the game-winning goal 13:46 into the period on Maureen Murphy’s second assist of the game. New York would blast seventeen shots on goal in the third but Ann-Renee Desbiens would defend the lead stopping sixteen of seventeen shots.

   This was an important victory for Montreal as their captain played another great game in Marie-Philip Poulin, got depth scoring and another dominant goaltending performance from Anne-Renee Desbiens. For New York, it was another great outing for their special teams. Their power play finished one for three and their penalty kill went four for four. Their penalty kill is ten for eleven over the past three games. Alex Carpenter, Jessie Eldridge, and Ella Shelton continued their point streak and goalie Abigail Levi posted a 90% save.