The Carleton Ravens women’s hockey team ended the first half of their season on a winning note with a 3-0 win over the Concordia Stingers Nov. 26 at the Ice House.

“We were really happy with the team effort,” said Ravens head coach Shelley Coolidge. “It started in net with Tamber Tisdale, who had a very strong game for us.”

The sophomore goaltender stopped all 34 shots she faced, earning her first shutout in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) hockey.

“I give a lot of credit to my defence,” Tisdale said. “I’d say they helped me out more than any other game this season. In the last few minutes, they were trying everything they could do to not let me get another shot.”

Despite being outplayed for the first half of the opening period, Carleton managed to get on the board first when fifth-year forward Kaila Lassaline opened the scoring with a wrap-around, backhand goal.

Carleton carried the momentum into the second frame when defender Kelsey Vander Veen buried her first goal of the season, tipping in a shot from Claudia Bergeron to extend the Ravens’ lead to two.

Forward Victoria Gouge added an insurance marker in the third period to seal the Ravens win.

The Vander Veen-Bergeron-Gouge line controlled the play every time they were on the ice, with each member of the line accounting for a point on the Ravens’ last two goals.

After playing together all of last season, the trio was reunited when Vander Veen switched back from defenceman to forward, Vander Veen said.

“It was my third game on forward this season,” she said. “My line played great . . . and we love playing together.”

Carleton’s special teams were also an important factor in their win.

The Ravens went two for five on the power play — their first game of the year with multiple goals scored on the man-advantage.

“We’ve spent a lot of time this half of the season working on our power play,” Coolidge said. “All three of our power play units generated scoring opportunities, especially the line of Vander Veen, Bergeron, and Gouge.”

Coming off a 6-5 win against Université de Montréal Carabins Nov. 25, where they allowed goals on all five Carabins’ powerplays, Carleton also fared much better on the penalty kill against the Stingers, killing off all seven of their penalties.

Carleton’s next game is on the road Jan. 14 against their crosstown rivals, the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees. The Gee-Gees have beaten the Ravens in the last two meetings between the teams.

Riding a two-game winning streak going into the Christmas break, Vander Veen said the team’s confidence is at its highest point so far this season.

“Now, we know we can do it,” Vander Veen said. “We know we can get those points and beat those teams. We have to keep working hard, and we can go into the next half of the season looking forward to more wins.”