The Carleton Ravens women’s hockey team experienced a tough weekend, with two losses to add to their regular season record.
The team’s first game on Jan. 22 against the McGill Martlets at the Carleton Ice House resulted in a 3-1 loss.
The Martlets started out strong as forward Olivia Sutter snatched up a loose puck in front of the Ravens’ net and went head-to-head with goaltender Katelyn Steele for a goal.
McGill doubled its lead off of a turnover at the 14:03 mark of the first period where Shana Walker scored a top-shelf goal past Steele.
The Martlets last and final goal sealed the deal at 2:33 into the middle frame off another turnover. Joanne Cagnianos sent a wrist shot past Steele, against the glove side.
Carleton’s Mackenzie Coney got the only home goal.
The Jan. 24 game against the Concordia Stingers saw a final score of 1-0 for the Stingers.
Claudia Dubois, the only goal scorer of the game, sent a point shot past Steele with 47 seconds left in regulation at 19:13 for the win.
Despite the loss, Steele had a 31-save effort and was named player of the game.
Head coach Pierre Alain said his team put up a good fight on the weekend, but admitted a key part of the team’s losses has been its offence.
“Defensively we keep opponents outside the middle,” he said. “We gave ourselves a chance to win, but we need to score.”
Although the Ravens’ chance for playoffs are slim, Alain said it’s important to remain hopeful.
“We are building. We have a young team and they really battled,” he said. “We’re not done . . . It’s about being in the moment and in the moment we can just give it our best.”
Alain’s Ravens will face the Montreal Carabins at the Complexe sportif de l`Université de Montréal Arena on Jan. 31.
