Ice Hockey Edged Out By RPI

Friday, October 11

Syracuse, NY

6 pm

Syracuse University

2-2-0

RPI

3-2-0

Rensselaer

Syracuse

10/11/2024 9:27:00 PM | Ice Hockey

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse University women's ice hockey dropped a 2-1 nonconference game Friday evening, a 2-1 decision against RPI at Tennity Ice Pavilion in the first half of a home-and-home weekend between the teams.

Syracuse (2-2-0) got on the board first with a Jackson Kinsler goal, with Sami Gendron and Heidi Knoll on the back end of the power play goal. Allie Kelley made 27 saves in her 57 minutes and 35 minutes of action before she was pulled for the extra skater late in the third. Led by eight blocks by freshman Jessica Cheung, the Orange defense blocked 28 shots, tied for the second-most in a single game in program history and by an individual in a game.

RPI (3-2-0) had two power play goals 10 minutes apart as Aylah Cioffi and Ellie Kaiser scored. Andrea Trnkova and Nina Christof each scored on the first Engineer goal. Maelee Ambrass stopped 14 Syracuse attempts, including six in the second period and four in both the first and third.

How it Happened

Syracuse got on the board late in the first period, capitalizing 90 seconds into an RPI penalty. Kinsler potted her second goal of the season as the Orange wheeled the puck from Knoll down low up to Gendron along the blue line.
The Orange took the 1-0 lead into the first intermission.
The second period was scoreless for both teams, despite a combined 13 shots, six of which came from the Orange. Syracuse's defense limited the Engineers to half of their shot total from the first period.
RPI tied the game three minutes into the third period on a power play goal from Cioffi with Trnkova and Christof on the assists.
Ten minutes later on another power play chance, RPI took the lead for good as Kaiser collected a blocked shot and scored the game-winner from the left circle.
After pulling Kelley with just over two minutes to go, Syracuse got off six more shots with the extra skater, while limiting RPI to just two chances the other way. One went wide while Cheung blocked her eighth of the evening to finalize the game at 2-1.

Head Coach Britni Smith
We didn't have our best game tonight; I felt we were pretty inconsistent throughout the 60 minutes. Kudos to RPI - they came out really pressing and making us battle for every inch of the ice. For us, our focus is moving into tomorrow('s game at RPI).

Behind the Numbers

Syracuse blocked down 28 RPI shots, which is tied for the second-most block shots in program history for a single game. Cheung's eight blocked shots are also tied for the second-most by a single player in a game for the Orange.
Gendron, Knoll, and Nea Tervonen all blocked three shots apiece.
Kelley made 27 saves on the night at a 93.1 percent clip.
Despite allowing two power play goals, Syracuse killed off another two penalties while the Orange scored on half of their power play chances as well.
The Orange controlled the circles as well, winning 26 of the 48 faceoffs, paced by a 14-win night from Tatum White.