Peters, Olmstead lead Yellowjackets to win

Shanley Peters picked up her third shutout of the season on Saturday, making 19 saves in a 1-0 win over St. Benedict.

Box Score

Yellowjackets 1, St. Benedict 0

Friday night the women's hockey team jumped out to an early lead and cruised to a 5-1 win at St. Benedict. Looking for the sweep on Saturday at Wessman Arena they found the going to be a little bit tougher. Despite outshooting the Blazers in the game, the Yellowjackets were only able to muster one goal. Still, it was enough as the Yellowjackets completed the weekend sweep with a 1-0 victory.

The Yellowjackets are now unbeaten in their last eight games (6-0-2) and have won four consecutive contests coming out of the break.

The lone goal of the game came early. Haley Olmsted scored her second goal of the weekend and ninth of the season to give the Yellowjackets the 1-0 lead. Hailey Adair (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Champlin Park) and Kiara De Kezel (Deloraine, Manitoba/Deloraine) picked up the assists.

From there the stout Yellowjacket defense took over, extinguishing any and all offensive threats by the Blazers and making the one goal stand up.

Senior Shanley Peters (Gnadenthal, Manitoba/Garden Valley Collegiate) made 19 saves in the game. For the season Peters' record now stands at 10-2-4, while her goals against average dropped to 1.41 and her save percentage increased to .939. Dory Johnson made 27 saves in goal for the Blazers.

The Yellowjackets took three penalties for six minutes, while St. Benedict took two penalties for four minutes. The Yellowjackets were 0-for-2 on the power play and a perfect 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.

Milestone Update: Peters also continues to make her mark on the Yellowjacket record book. She is now second on the all-time games played list with 67, trailing Kristy Faechner (2002-06) by five games for the all-time mark. Her 38 career wins are fourth on the all-time list and nine career shutouts have also pushed her into fourth place all time. And over the weekend Peters moved into third place on the all-time list for minutes played with 3569:50.

The Yellowjackets (11-2-4, 2-2-2 WIAC) will return to the ice on Tuesday, January 14 when they head across the river to take on Twin Ports-rival St. Scholastica. Game time is scheduled for 7:00 at Mars-Lakeview Arena.

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