Jimmies women’s hockey can’t keep up in 6-1 loss to Minot State

JAMESTOWN — The No. 13-ranked College of Jamestown hosted No. 4-ranked Minot State trying to beat their rivals for the primary time in program historical past. Nonetheless, a foul first interval sunk the Jimmies in a 6-1 loss on Sunday, Feb. 5, at Wilson Enviornment.

The Beavers (17-8-1, 13-6-1) had sustained zone stress early on and it paid off as with 18:06 to go within the first interval, Olivia Opheim scored to make it 1-0. The Jimmies (8-16, 5-14) thought they in a short time tied it up on a scramble in entrance as even the pink gentle went on however the refs didn’t sign a objective and play continued. The Beavers added one other one with 12:28 to go within the interval when Gillian Gervin took a wrist shot by way of visitors previous Drew’s glove aspect to make it 2-0. The Beavers tripled their lead later within the interval when the Beavers’ Sydney Spicer intercepts a puck at her personal blue line and acquired sprung on a breakaway and buried it brief aspect to make it 3-0 with 2:46 to go within the first interval.

“We didn’t come out prepared,” Jimmies head coach Amber Schaack mentioned. “We didn’t come out able to play. Minot’s a stable squad, we’ve got to deliver our A sport, so simply being centered, being ready proper off the drop of the puck.”

The Beavers added one other one halfway by way of the second interval earlier than the Beavers’ Hannah Grey acquired referred to as for interference on the 8:27 mark of the second interval. That woke the Jimmies up as early within the benefit, the Jimmies’ Chloe Gauthier took a shot that discovered its approach by way of visitors and in to make it 4-1 with 10:54 to go within the second interval. The Beavers added one other one within the second to go up 5-1.

The Beavers added yet one more within the third to get the 6-1 win. After the sport, Schaack referred to as all of her gamers over to the bench and gave her postgame speech there.

“We don’t must say something after the sport, something like that, simply go to the locker room, get modified and transfer on,” Schaack mentioned.

All through the eight video games that the Jimmies and the Beavers have performed in opposition to one another all time, the Jimmies have struggled on the facility play as they went 1-for-10 on this sport to drop their energy play share all the way down to 25%.

The Jimmies are again in motion at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10, after they host Midland.

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