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Yellowjackets beat Lions in first game back

Haley Olmstead scored twice and added an assist as the Yellowjackets won at Finlandia, 5-2 on Saturday.
Box Score

Yellowjackets 5, Finlandia 2

After a month away from the ice the Yellowjacket women's hockey team returned to action on Saturday against the Finlandia University Lions at the Houghton County Arena, and 2014 has gotten off to a good start.

Up a goal after two periods, the Yellowjackets scored three times in the final stanza to gain the 5-2 win.

It took just over half a period before the Yellowjackets got on the board as Karen Larson (Blumenort, Manitoba/Steinbach Regional Secondary) scored her sixth goal of the season to make it a 1-0 lead. Kiara De Kezel (Deloraine, Manitoba/Deloraine) and Haley Olmstead (Fargo, N.D./Fargo North) assisted on the goal.

The Yellowjackets extended the lead at 11:01 of the second period when the Yellowjackets converted on their third power play of the game. With Kimberly Harter off for tripping captain Dani Schultz (Morris, Minn./Morris Area) scored her team-leading eighth goal of the season to make it a 2-0 game. Sheryl Kaskiw (Souris, Manitoba/Souris Collegiate) and Alexis Reid (Dryden, Ontario/Dryden) assisted.

Finlandia answered late in the second period when Alexandra Chutskoff scored with 1:16 left in the frame to make it a one-goal game, 2-1, at intermission.

The game stayed that way through half of the third period until the Yellowjackets regained the two-goal lead. Olmstead made it a 3-1 game with her sixth goal of the season, from De Kezel and Hailey Adair (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Champlin Park) at 12:45. Larson increased the lead to 4-1 at 17:22 scoring her second of the game on the power play. Finlandia didn't go away quietly, however, as Brittney Coleman scored on the power play at 18:36 to pull back to within two. The Yellowjackets would close out the scoring with one second left on the clock as Kaskiw set up Olmstead for her second marker of the game, making the final score 5-2.

Olmstead, in addition to her two goals also added an assist, posting her first three-point game of the season. Kaskiw also had a three-point night with three assists. Reid, De Kezel and Larson also had multi-point games to lead the Yellowjackets.

Shanley Peters (Gnadenthal, Manitoba/Garden Valley Collegiate) got the start and picked up the win for the Yellowjackets, making 16 saves in the game. She is now 7-2-4 on the year. Breanna Hynnes made 39 saves in the losing effort for Finlandia.

The Yellowjackets took five penalties for 10 minutes in the game and Finlandia was penalized six times for 12 minutes. The Yellowjackets went 2-for-6 on the power play, while Finlandia went 1-for-5.

Game two of the weekend series between the Yellowjackets (8-2-4, 2-2-2 WIAC) and the Lions from Hancock, Mich. will get underway at 2:15 p.m. Central time on Sunday, January 5.
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