Spring Break
Women's Hockey Starts Season Off Strong
Brittany Perrotti
Issue date: 10/9/06 Section: Sports
After the game, both players and Linstad said the team needed to be prepared for Vermont to come out strong on Saturday.
"They're going to come out flying," Wilson said. "They're not gonna take this."
"We have to put it in the past," Linstad said. "Vermont is going to play better. We have to focus on the little things."
Vermont did come out strong and the Huskies found themselves in the penalty box more than on the ice for much of the first period, at one point having three players in. They were able to prevent the Catamounts from scoring during the game, however.
UConn took a 1-0 lead after Hawkins scored her fourth goal of the weekend on a power play as the puck hit the top of the net at 16:17 in the second period. The Huskies scored again with 36 seconds left in the period on a shot by Vibert. Hawkins connected again in the third period with less than three minutes left.
She said she felt that five goals was "asking a lot," after a phone message before the game suggested that she would score five during the weekend.
"But I did it," Hawkins said. "I'll take it. Whatever it takes to win. Everyone's producing right now."
The teams went head-to-head in penalties during the second game as Vermont came out fighting.
"They came with battle guns," Hawkins said.
"They were battling to win," Linstad said. "There was definite clutching and grabbing and it's certainly not the way I want my team to play. We were in the penalty box until the 12th minute and we battled through. We killed their power plays and Brittany Wilson kept the game simple."
"The defense communicated and let me know where the puck was," said Wilson. "They made my job easier. If Vermont wanted to mess around with the puck behind the net, that's fine. We weren't going to chase them."
"We played pretty well," Linstad said. "There are little thing to work on and get better. We have to buckle down. It was a good start but we have a lot of work to do."
"They're going to come out flying," Wilson said. "They're not gonna take this."
"We have to put it in the past," Linstad said. "Vermont is going to play better. We have to focus on the little things."
Vermont did come out strong and the Huskies found themselves in the penalty box more than on the ice for much of the first period, at one point having three players in. They were able to prevent the Catamounts from scoring during the game, however.
UConn took a 1-0 lead after Hawkins scored her fourth goal of the weekend on a power play as the puck hit the top of the net at 16:17 in the second period. The Huskies scored again with 36 seconds left in the period on a shot by Vibert. Hawkins connected again in the third period with less than three minutes left.
She said she felt that five goals was "asking a lot," after a phone message before the game suggested that she would score five during the weekend.
"But I did it," Hawkins said. "I'll take it. Whatever it takes to win. Everyone's producing right now."
The teams went head-to-head in penalties during the second game as Vermont came out fighting.
"They came with battle guns," Hawkins said.
"They were battling to win," Linstad said. "There was definite clutching and grabbing and it's certainly not the way I want my team to play. We were in the penalty box until the 12th minute and we battled through. We killed their power plays and Brittany Wilson kept the game simple."
"The defense communicated and let me know where the puck was," said Wilson. "They made my job easier. If Vermont wanted to mess around with the puck behind the net, that's fine. We weren't going to chase them."
"We played pretty well," Linstad said. "There are little thing to work on and get better. We have to buckle down. It was a good start but we have a lot of work to do."
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