Box Score SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (Jan. 20)  - First-year Kerri Nadeau netted the game-winning goal 34 seconds into overtime to help push Nichols past Saint Michael's, 3-2, on Friday night in ECAC East women's ice hockey action at Cairns Arena.

The win sets a new benchmark for victories in a season and snaps a five-game skid as the Bison now sport a 5-10-1 overall record and a 2-6-1 ledger in the conference. The Purple Knights dip to 1-13-1 overall and 0-10-1 in the league while Nichols holds a narrow 3-2-1 edge in the all-time series.

Rookie Talia Hohmann paced the Bison with a goal and an assist, classmate Grace Murphy also scored, and first-year Tori Gianformaggio made 21 stops. Nadeau netted the winner off of a rebound following Stevens' lone save of overtime, collecting and calmly sending a shot into the upper corner.
 
Senior Madelena Santore and freshman Fernanda Saavedra scored for the hosts, with Saavedra netting the first tally of her career. Freshman Kristen Spulecki provided two assists, and junior Erin Stevens made 33 saves.
 
The Purple Knights held a 13-8 advantage in shots during a scoreless first period before Murphy and Saavedra traded second-period markers. Murphy made it 1-0 just 34 ticks into the stanza, but Saavedra knotted the score at 13:28 after Gianformaggio made a left pad save with Santore on a breakaway. As players caught back up to the play, Saavedra tucked the loose puck inside the left post. Saint Michael's had a 2-on-0 rush with 10 seconds remaining while looking to take the lead, but a shot went wide right of the net.
 
Santore converted a Spulecki breakout pass into the go-ahead marker 23 seconds into the third, skating past three Bison before deking the goalie, but Hohmann caught the upper corner 12:50 into the period for the tying goal.

Nichols plays the defending national champion Norwich tomorrow in a 1:00 p.m. matinee.

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Release Courtesy Saint Michael's Sports Information