Women's Hockey Draws with McGill in Exhibition Match

A last-minute goal stripped the Harvard women’s hockey team from an outright win in an exhibition game against McGill Saturday afternoon. The goal, netted by freshman Katia Clement-Heydra, forced the Crimson into an overtime period, after leading the entire third period, 2-1. Ninth-ranked Harvard hosted the Martlets in a preseason exhibition game last season as well, then coming away with a dominant 4-1 win.

But yesterday, McGill struck first, recording a goal with just under seven minutes remaining in the first period.  The score came from senior Cathy Chartrand and remained unanswered until Crimson senior Katharine Chute put one between the pipes 15 minutes into the second period. The goal was the first of a pair for Chute, who notched another score for Harvard less than three minutes later.

The Crimson’s starting goaltender, sophomore Laura Bellamy, was substituted for the third period, replaced by freshman Lauren Joarnt, who played the rest of the game.

Following Clement-Heydra’s goal in the third period, the game was taken into overtime, where both teams failed to score in the allotted five-minute period.

Seven rookies, including Joarnt, made their first appearance in a Harvard uniform. Two of them, Lyndsey Fry and Jackie Young, registered an assist. Sophomore Josephine Pucci assisted on Chute’s first goal as well.

The Crimson will open its regular season at home against Yale on Friday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m.