Women's Hockey Draws With UConn
October 21, 2001 | Women's Hockey
Jocelyn Cookson (Edina, Minn.) scored with 59 seconds left in the third period to help the Badgers to a 1-1 tie against visiting Connecticut at the Kohl Center, Sunday.
The teams skated to a scoreless first two periods with Wisconsin outshooting the Huskies 11-2 in the first period and 6-2 in the second. Despite the shot margin, neither team generated much of a scoring chance. The first good one of the game came early in the third period when Jackie Friesen (Regina, Saskatchewan) exited the penalty box and was on her way to the bench when another Badger spotted the frosh. Friesen took the puck and skated in alone on UConn's Shannon Murphy. Friesen went low to Murphy's glove side, but the goaltender made a diving glove save to preserve a 0-0 contest.
Connecticut finally broke through at 8:38 of the third. Shannon Connolly won the faceoff back to teammate Kim Berry. Berry flipped a shot on goal that Jessica Bernal (Chatsworth, Calif.) tried to cover. The puck squirted loose to the far side, where Tiffany Owens waited. Owens put the puck past Bernal and gave the Huskies a 1-0 lead. The power-play goal was just the second given up by the Badgers in the first four games.
It took Wisconsin until the final minute to respond with Cookson 's tally. Molly Engstrom (Siren, Wis.) pinched along the right boards and gave the puck to Kelly Kegley (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) in the corner. Kegley centered, and Cookson redirected with a defender on her back. It was her second goal in as many games.
The teams skated to a scoreless overtime with both teams registering one shot a piece.
Wisconsin's Jackie MacMillan (Buffalo, Minn.) played the first two periods of the contest, stopping all four shots she saw. Bernal stopped five shots and earned her first career decision, a tie. For UConn, Murphy stopped 25 shots and is now 0-1-1 on the season.
Fourth-ranked Wisconsin (3-0-1 overall, 2-0-0 WCHA) next travels to Ohio State (3-1-0, 1-0-1) for a road conference series. The Badgers and Buckeyes meet at the OSU Ice Arena on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 and 27 at 7:05 p.m. ET.
