The Carleton Ravens women’s hockey team dropped its second straight 2–0 decision Friday, falling to the TMU Bold after losing by the same score to Western last week.
The Ravens (7–16) were held scoreless once again on home ice, as the Bold (6–17) secured the shutout.
“It was tough to get things going,” Ravens captain Avery Krawchuk said.
“I thought their [penalty kill] did a good job getting in front of our shots and not really giving us many lanes, but I think we just gotta battle through that.”
TMU’s Olwen Jones was assessed a body-checking penalty early, which Carleton successfully killed. Moments later, at 6:52, the puck slid into the Ravens’ net after the whistle, and the goal was waved off.
It took nearly half the first period for the Ravens to register their first shot on goal, while TMU recorded five in that span. Carleton went on to outshoot the Bold 5–2 for the remainder of the period, helped by two power-play opportunities off penalties to Eden Dusome, though the Ravens were unable to capitalize.
The second period opened with more action, as the Ravens put on a strong forecheck that generated several chances but yielded no goals.
TMU opened the final frame with a goal that drew a protest from the Ravens.
“There was a little bit of miscommunication between the refs, which I think caused a bit of confusion,” Krawchuk said.”Kind of a momentum killer.”
“I thought the first goal really took the wind out of our sails, and we never really regrouped after that — just started watching the game,” Ravens head coach Stacey Colarossi added.
Just over two minutes later, TMU struck again to double its lead, prompting Colarossi to call a timeout.
The Ravens had a chance to get back into the game three and a half minutes into the period when TMU’s Neely Van Volsen was called for hooking, giving Carleton its fifth power play of the night, but the Ravens came up empty once again.
“Thought we had some good looks in the second, and then [we] chose not to shoot pucks when we should and tried to shoot pucks when we shouldn’t,” Colarossi said.
Carleton was awarded its seventh power play of the night with just over six minutes remaining, looking to claw its way back into the game, but the advantage was quickly cut short. Jayden Olafson was called for tripping, sealing a difficult 0-for-7 night for the Ravens’ power-play unit.
“I think we made the adjustments in the third period, but we actually didn’t execute what we were trying to do there,” Colarossi said.
The Ravens pulled their goalie with about a minute left, but it just wasn’t enough.
“At the end of the day, you’re fighting to not end up in last place,” Colarossi said.
Krawchuk stressed the importance of resetting for Saturday’s game: “Last time we played them, we played well.”
The Ravens return to the Ice House today to face the 9–14 Ontario Tech Ridgebacks at 5 p.m.
Featured image by Marc Lafleur / Carleton Ravens
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