Carrying momentum from a road win over Waterloo six days earlier, the Carleton Ravens women’s hockey team entered Friday night searching for their second regulation win of 2026 and second winning streak of the season. The first streak ended after just two games.
With a four-goal second period, the Ravens (6–12) defeated the Brock Badgers 5–2 on the opening night of a back-to-back at home.
“I’m really proud of them for finding a way to continue to hold that lead,” Ravens head coach Stacey Colarassi said after the game. “They locked down that third period — they only allowed three shots in the third, so I think they did a good job.”
It took nine minutes of end-to-end action for either team to record a shot on goal to start the game before the Badgers (11–8) laid one on Ravens goaltender Kaitlyn Langille. The low event period came to an end scoreless, with Brock leading in shots 5-4.
But Carleton got on the board quickly in the second, with Ashlyn Carter picking up her second goal of the season. The puck squeaked through Badgers goaltender Megan Thiessen with a shot from the top of the left circle to give the Ravens a 1-0 lead.
Brock responded with a snapshot from Randyll Strongman, tying things up just three minutes later.
The Badgers kept the pressure on before a Ravens breakaway resulted in a penalty to Brock’s Marin Green, sending Carleton on a power play. Olwen Jones then put the Ravens up 2-1.
On another power play opportunity, Anya Misner scored her first goal of the season to make it 3-1.
“It feels like a long time coming,” Misner said of her first goal. “I feel really good about it, to finally get the monkey off my back.”
Guimond picked up an assist on Misner’s tally to help celebrate her 100th game as a Raven.
“Honestly, it was just super exciting,” Guimond said. “It’s such a privilege and an honour to represent the team every time you step on the ice.”
Carleton didn’t slow down, capitalizing on a masterfully executed 2-on-1. Erica Buckley chased down the loose puck and crafted a perfectly timed pass — centimetres away from the stick of a Brock defender — to Hayden Serniuk to extend the lead, 4-1.
Carleton’s flurry of three goals in seven minutes prompted Brock to take a timeout.
As the second period wound down, Strongman doubled her goal tally for Brock to cut into the Ravens’ lead 4-2.
In the final period, the Ravens missed on a rush chance before Payton Miller scored to make it a 5-2 game.
Two minutes later, Sydney Hood was sent to the box for a roughing minor, putting Carleton back on their dangerous power play, which had gone 2/2 to that point. The Ravens pushed but came up empty on the power play for the first time that night.
Nonetheless, as time ticked away, Brock’s fate was sealed, and Carleton earned consecutive victories for the second time this season.
“I actually don’t think we played a great team game today,” Colarossi said. “I thought we were really sloppy in our [defensive] zone.”
However, Colarossi went on to praise her “young group” for countering and developing multiple rush chances.
She added the Ravens have spent two days a week since the new year working on their power play.
“It is great to finally see some outcomes from it,” Guimond said of the power play. “ I think we’ve kind of found the little piece of it that’s been missing, so it’s great to see those results.”
The Ravens will hope to achieve their first three-game winning streak of the year in the second half of a back-to-back against the Western Mustangs at the Ice House tonight at 7 p.m.
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