Juniors shine in No. 1 Wisconsin’s 9-0 win at Maine

Friday, November 29

Orono, ME

5 PM CT

Wisconsin Badgers

16-1-0

Maine

3-13-0

Wisconsin

Maine

Photo by: Anthony DelMonaco

Juniors shine in No. 1 Wisconsin’s 9-0 win at Maine

November 29, 2024 | Women's Hockey

Box Score

Edwards, Harvey and Simms and each score twice in non-conference triumph

ORONO, Maine – The Wisconsin women's hockey trio of Laila Edwards, Caroline Harvey and Kirsten Simms each scored twice to power the No. 1 Badgers to a 9-0 win at Maine on Friday evening at Alfond Arena.

Sarah Wozniewicz, Kelly Gorbatenko and Marianne Picard also found the back of the net for for the Badgers (16-1-0) in their second-to-last non-conference game of the regular season.

The Badgers scored four times in the opening period against the Black Bears (3-13-1). Wozniewicz jumped on a Maine defensive-zone turnover and wristed it past Black Bear netminder Kiia Lahtinen. Six minutes later, Wisconsin struck on the power play. Edwards sent it to a wide-open Harvey at the point for her to snipe into the back of the net. Two minutes later, Edwards notched her own goal on a pass from Harvey. For the fourth goal of the period, Emma Venusio found Harvey in the slot, who wristed it past Lahtinen.

Gorbatenko scored a power-play goal in the second period on a nice feed from Finley McCarthy. Simms added the Badgers sixth of the game and her eight of the season going bar down on Lahtinen's net.

Here's a look back on our seventh goal of the game! Credit Edwards with a helper. pic.twitter.com/qXIOb60IAl
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerWHockey) November 30, 2024

Simms added her ninth of the season three minutes later to close out the second period with a 7-0 Wisconsin lead.

Picard tallied her sixth of the season before Edwards capped off the scoring with under five minutes left in the game.

Notes of the Game

McNaughton stopped 22 shots in the first 45 minutes of game action before Quinn Kuntz came in and made 2 saves in the final 15 minutes.
Wisconsin went two for three on the power play and have scored power-play goals in each of its last six games.
With three assists on Friday, O'Brien has recorded at least a point in each of the last five games. She leads the NCAA with 38 points this year and 28 assists.
UW improved to 3-0-0 all-time against Maine. Friday's meeting marked the first time the two teams had met since October 2003.

Up Next: The Badgers stay in Orono to face the Black Bears in game two of the series. Puck drop is set for Saturday at 3 p.m. CT. Fans can watch the game on ESPN+ or listen to Zach Sielaff and Mark Greenhalgh on 1070 The Game.