The Nipissing Lakers varsity women's hockey team improved their winning streak to 8 games with a convincing 4-0 win over the Laurier Golden Hawks at North Bay Memorial Gardens on Saturday night.
The Lakers found the back of the net in the opening period as captain Allison Hayhurst buried her first of the season.
Melissa Svienson and Tahlia Fisher grabbed assists on the game’s opening goal.
Up a goal in the middle frame, the Lakers scored twice.
Maggie McKee finished off a nice play, tapping home her fifth of the campaign, with assists going to Abby Lunney and Hayhurst.
Lunney then did the scoring herself, with McKee and Tessa Kosec earning helpers on Nipissing’s third of the game.
A pair of goals was all the offence in the second, as the Lakers took a 3-0 lead to the intermission.
In the third, with a healthy lead Nipissing locked things down and even added another goal.
Malory Dominico buried a power play marker with five minutes to go, assisted by McKee and Lunney, who each completed a three-point night.
Chantelle Sandquist was perfect in net, finishing with 17 saves for the shutout win, while the Lakers had 32 shots of their own.
Nipissing is back in action next Saturday when they host the Queen’s Gaels.
Puck drop is set for 4 p.m. at Memorial Gardens.
Lakers men win in shootout
The Nipissing Lakers men's hockey team picked up a 4-3 shootout win over the York Lions on the road in Toronto.
Charles Farmer had a pair and Harrison Caines scored for the Lakers, Kyle Foreman scored the lone shootout goal and Reece Proulx made 26 saves, plus three more in the shootout to help secure the road win.
