Box Score

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Sophomore Alexa Grushow scored with less than a minute remaining in the third period to help the Rensselaer women's hockey team to a 2-2 tie at Yale University, this evening in ECAC Hockey play. With the draw the Engineers move to 10-16-3 (6-10-2), while the Bulldogs are now 7-13-5 (5-8-5).

Yale had the first power play of the game, but Rensselaer's Kelly O'Brien denied slap shots from senior defensemen Aurora Kennedy and Tara Tomimoto. Midway through the period the Bulldogs had to kill off a penalty of their own. After Leonoff made a stick save on defenseman Madison Marzario and then stopped a wrister by Gruschow, freshman forward Krista Yip-Chuck generated a short-handed chance for Yale at the other end of the ice. But shortly after the Bulldogs finished off the penalty kill, Rensselaer forward Laura Horwood knocked in a rebound to give the Engineers a 1-0 lead at the 12:24 mark.

Each team killed off one more penalty for the period, and the Engineers went into the first intermission up 1-0.

Yale had the first six shots on goal of the second period, and the Bulldogs took advantage of a 5-on-3 to even the score. After a shot by Kennedy was blocked in the slot, Yip-Chuck and sophomore forward Jamie Haddad worked together to keep the puck alive, with Yip-Chuck boxing out a defender. They eventually got the puck to Raines, who slid it behind O'Brien.

The Bulldogs had to kill off a penalty shortly after that goal. Leonoff stopped a slap shot by Marzario, then a point-blank attempt by forward Jordan Smelker. Junior defenseman Madi Murray then tied up an RPI player in front of the net to prevent another chance.

Another successful penalty kill by Yale late in the second included a shot block by Haddad and a pair of saves by Leonoff. The teams went into the second intermission tied 1-1.

Yale caught a break early in the third when a shot by Smelker bounced off the crossbar. The Bulldogs then went ahead shortly after a scrum behind the net, during a Yale power play that left RPI with three players in the penalty box. Sophomore defenseman Kate Martini ripped a slap shot into the top corner of the net past O'Brien's glove at the 14:12 mark. Kennedy and Yip-Chuck assisted.

Rensselaer pulled its goalie with 1:28 to play, then got the game-tying goal with 43.1 seconds left. After Martini deflected away one shot and blocked another, Gruschow slipped one in to get the score to 2-2.

Rensselaer had the only shot on goal of the overtime, and it was a good one. On an Engineers power play, Leonoff had to deny a blast from defenseman Heidi Huhtamaki with a minute remaining to finish off the tie.